A portion of the food from the Saturday night catered dinner (above left). No one left hungry. Henry Haigh III flew this Stik (above right) and Henry Haigh IV’s Stik (below left). Both planes from the Haighs had plenty of power for
strong vertical performance. Loren Green from Quincy, Michigan flew his Balsa USA SeaLane (below center). One of several Great Planes Sea Winds(below right) flown at the event.
ta dinner Saturday night from Bar None Catering, a local restaurant in Brighton, a peach cobbler dessert, and a Sunday morn- ing Pancake and Egg Breakfast have be- come our regular food offerings. This event couldn’t happen without the help of many Skymasters members and their families. Staffing the various functions was a host of volunteers—too many to list here. From registration, flight control, air- craft retrieval (they don’t all make it back to the beach under their own power…), setup, tear down, and everything in between, it
certainly takes a crew of dedicated volun- teers. My hat’s off to them for all their help making the event run smoothly. Skymasters offers thanks to the sponsors
of this event including Hobbico, Castle Cre- ations, Model Aero, Seaplane Supply, Plane Fun Floats, and our local hobby shops, Flightline Hobby and Prop Shop Hobbies. Their generosity in donations and discounts is a tremendous help in running the event. A pilots drawing on Sunday had all entrants going home with a prize at the end of the weekend.
The next Midwest Regional Float Fly will
be on September 6–7, 2014! I welcome you to come join the fun, whether to fly, or watch, or start your own event in your part of the country. If you haven’t flown from the water before, I hope you give it a try and find it as enjoyable as I and all the others have found.
Find out more about Skymasters and the Midwest Regional Float Fly at
www.sky
masters.org or email to floatfly@skymasters. org or call me at 248-431-5562. Come on in, the water’s fine! Happy landings!
This Antic, complete with rigging wires (above left), is from a Proctor kit. It is one of a pair of Antics flown by Bob Brown from Northville, Michigan. Bob
FLYING MODELS
Donohue’s 89-inch Dynaflight Super Decathalon climbs out after takeoff (above right). It’s powered by a 35cc engine and weighs 20 pounds.
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