Northwest fliers participate in 2023 Ringmaster fly-a-thonSee fly-a-thon website for up-to-date worldwide flight totalControl-line model aviators in several Northwest locations put up flights on various kinds of Ringmasters over the Oct. 7-8 weekend (and surrounding dates) as part of the worldwide Ringmaster Fly-A-Thon sponsored by the Brotherhood of the Ring. The Brotherhood's John
Cralley gathers flight data from around the world
and compiles a spreadsheet showing what variants of
Ringmasters were flown at the many locations where the
flying took place. Latest flight data is available on
the fly-a-thon
website. Worldwide report:As of Nov. 2, 2023, the reported worldwide flight total
was 7,603 flights by 618 pilots. See
final worldwide tally
|
Pilots |
No. of Flights |
Airplane /Engine |
Airplane / Engine |
Rodney Claus |
11 |
S-1 / Fox 35 |
|
Fred Gordon |
4 |
S-1 / OS 25 |
|
Jim McCartney |
8 |
S-1 / Johnson 29 |
|
Steve Ashmore |
20 |
PJ RM 576/ Electric |
Baby RM |
Steve Holt |
13 |
S-1 / OS 25FP |
RM Flash / Fox 15 |
John Knoppi |
9 |
S-1 / Fox 35 |
|
Mike Haverly |
3 |
RingRat 250 /electric |
|
Kris Millard |
10 |
S-1 / Throttled OS25 |
|
KC Johansen |
1 |
S-1 / Fox 35 |
|
Austin Johansen |
4 |
S-1 / Fox 35 |
|
Mike Potter |
1 |
Ring-O-Gyro |
|
TOTALS: 11 Pilots |
84 |
11 planes |
2 planes |
At right, a RingMonster, 15% of scale,
built by the late Bill Sodon, and at left a standard S-1
Ringmaster. Dave Gardner photo.
Mike Haverly's Stevens Aero RingRat 250,
electric. Dave Gardner photo.
At Faro we have an event within the event with our
members vying to get into the 1,000-lap club each year.
Members who accomplish the goal get a T-shirt and
bragging right for making it in.
Our club flew both Saturday and Sunday with a total of seven pilots in two flying circles flying 157 flights. This is without a doubt our favorite event each year as everyone just relaxes and has fun. Sadly everyone just plain forgot to take a group photo this year.
Pilots were:
Jeff Christenson, Skyward Hobbies S-1 Ringmaster tribute
with McCoy .29, 27 flights, 1,105 laps
Tina Christenson, Skyward Hobbies S-1 Ringmaster tribute
with OS FP .25, 25 flights, 1,023 laps
John Milton, Skyward Hobbies S-1 Ringmaster tribute with
ASP .25, 39 flights, 1,580 laps
Doug Oertli, Ringmaster Super Flash with OS FP .25, 26
flights, 1,070 laps
Chuck Rudorpher Skyward Hobbies S-1 Ringmaster tribute
with OS FP .25, 20 flights, 839 laps
Mic Hart, RingMaster S-1 with McCoy .35, 18 flights, 757
laps
Gene Lafond, Skyward Hobbies S-1 Ringmaster tribute with
OS FP .25, 2 flights, 33 laps
Gene Pape starts the McCoy .35 on his Pat Johnston-built Ringmaster, as Dave La Fever holds. Flying Lines photo.
The Eugene Prop Spinners worked Ringmaster flights into their weekly flying session. Dave La Fever, Gene Pape, Gary Weems and John Thompson flew, with support from Jim Corbett Flights were:
John Thompson's Super Ringmaster (left)
powered by a Brodak .25, and Baby Ringmaster powered by
an AME .08cc. Flying Lines photo.