A set of four Icon A5 planes (above left) from Wisconsin (left to right): Paul Daniel (Pewakee, WI), David Flick (Green Bay, WI), Tim Monday (Suamico, WI), and Bob Gartzke (Green Bay, WI). A larger fleet of Model Aero Polaris flying boats (above right) mostly came from the other side of Lake Michigan as well.
Piloted (left to right) by Greg McCrossin, Paul Deininger (Cleveland, OH), David Flick, Gary Doeren, Tim Monday, and Bob Gartzke. Paul Grossman (below left) came from Linden, MI and flew his Polaris a number of times. Paul is at the sticks as his Polaris(below right) does a low fly by.
span) Sikorsky “Varney” S-39 and his proto- type 1⁄12 scale (80-inch wing span) twin hull Savoia Marchetti S-55 (see Classic Aero ad on page 7).
In recent years, we have attracted a few “full scale” aircraft to our event. This year Mike Weltyk (Oxford, MI) flew in on Satur- day with his newly repainted Maule Rocket. The power of this aircraft is impressive—ca-
pable of short takeoff and landing (STOL). On Sunday, Walt Plentis flew in with his full-size J-3 Cub and his typical one float landing to spend some time with us. Walt again offered a ride to a lucky attendee at the conclusion of our event. Joe Rubinstein (Lake Orion, MI) won the honor this year. The event is primarily “fly for fun”; how- ever, there were two optional judged compe-
tition categories, with the intent to attract more unique models. The competition cate- gories were Sport and Scale. Each category was competing for a Spektrum DX6I radio system! These are not rulebook scale events, but do include both static and flight judging. Skymasters’ member, Joe Rubinstein, did the judging honors.
The winner in the Scale category, with his
Mark Smith of Lake Orion, MI sends Snoopy (above left) out in search of the Red Baron in a “dawn patrol” flight Sunday morning. Raymond Seymour from Flint, MI
FLYING MODELS
does a fly by (above center) with his shoulder wing plane on floats. The Saturday winds get under the wing of a lightweight Polaris(above right) on the water.
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