Control-line model aviators in several Northwest
locations put up flights on various kinds of Ringmasters
over the Oct. 4-5 weekend (and surrounding dates) as
part of the worldwide Ringmaster
Fly-A-Thon.
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:
Updated!
As of Friday, Oct. 17, the worldwide
tally was 9,305 flights by 506 pilots.
By John
Cralley
Northwest Ringmaster flights
In the Northwest, flights are known to have taken place
in Auburn, Wash.; Chehalis, Wash.; Adair Village, Ore.,
Junction City, Ore.; Klamath Falls, Ore., Portland,
Ore.; Roseburg, Ore.; Falkland, B.C., and Richmond, B.C.
At least 740 flights were made by at least 58 pilots at
Northwest venues.
The reports below are from the various organizations
and individuals who participated; some of the data is
taken from the worldwide report.
Data and reports will be added if more are received by
Flying Lines.
Washington state
Some of the Skyraiders' planes lined up
awaiting action at Roegner Park. Dave Gardner
photo.
Auburn, Wash., Ringmaster flights
Oct. 5-6, Roegner Park, Auburn, Wash.
The Northwest Skyraiders made 130 flights by 12 pilots
over the Saturday and Sunday.
Multiple airplanes were flown, all the way from a Baby
Ringmaster to our 'Ringmonster' (150% size), a lot of
S-1's, some i.c., many electrics, with some clever power
management strategies. These allowed the minimum flights
of five laps, with landings and stops (no forward motion)
and power up for another 'official' flight, with up to
eight flights on one battery charge!
A very successful two-day activity, with a lot of active
flying, including some maneuvering (two 60° loops ~ one
lap — do the math on 60' lines! We did NOT deduct
laps for any inverted flying!
Two Ringmasters await action. Dave
Gardner photo.
A nice-looking red and white. Dave
Gardner photo.
The other planes in the picture reveal
the size of the Ringmonster. Dave Gardner photo.
Rod Claus launches for Steve Ashmore. Dave
Gardner photo.
The Faro Field Flyers.
Chehalis, Wash., Ringmaster flights
Oct. 4-5, Faro Field, Chehalis, Wash.
By Jeff
Christenson
The
Faro Field
Flyers Faro flew all weekend for the flyathon.
Pilots were Jeff Christenson, Tina Christenson, John
Milton, Mark Winz and Brad Parker
We've done an event within the event which is the
thousand-lap club at Faro which gets you a T-shirt. This
year Tina, John and I got to 2,000 laps each. Lots of
flying. All said and done the club had about 450 miles of
Ringmaster flying!
Our total we submitted was 315 flights to the website.
Oregon
Eugene, Ore., area Ringmaster flights
Gene Pape's Ringmaster flies at the
Eugene Prop Spinners' summer flying field in Junction
City, Ore., on Oct. 5. Pape's Ringmaster has an
interesting history: It was built by Pat Johnston of
Boise, Idaho, and originally powered with an O.S. FP
.25; then it was owned for a time by Gerald Schamp of
Albany, Ore., who installed an O.S. 26 four-stroke; then
it was owned and flown by John Thompson in Old-Time
Stunt for several years; finally, Gene salvaged the
broken plane from a crash, installed a McCoy .35, and
has flown the plane in fly-a-thon events for several
years. Flying Lines photo.
By John Thompson
Oct. 2 and 5, Eugene Equipment
Auction/Can Do Ranch, Junction City, Ore.
The Eugene
Prop Spinners flew Ringmasters both on Thursday,
Oct. 2, and Saturday, Oct. 5
Russ Hester, Gene Pape and John Thompson
flew, with support from Jim Corbett. Eleven Ringmaster
flights were made. It was very windy on Saturday,
leading to one minor crash; damage was limited to a
broken prop. Flights were:
- Russ Hester: S-1
- Gene Pape: S-1 (8 flights)
- John Thompson, S-1, Super (two flights)
The fliers with their planes, from left:
Russ Hester, John Thompson, Gene Pape. Jim Corbett
photo.
Russ launches for Gene. Flying Lines
photo.
Two Ringmaster Variants: Super and Baby.
Flying Lines photo,
Portland Ringmaster flights
Lineup of Ringmasters awaits action
at Jim Walker Memorial CL Field in Portland's Delta
Park. Dave Baxter photos.
By Don Curry
Oct. 4-5, Jim Walker Memorial
field, Delta Park, Portland, Ore.
The Northwest Fireballs
had nine flyers over the two days.
They were,
Dave Baxter, Darrin Bishop, Terrence Bardue, Jim
Cameron, Mike Hazel, Niels Madsen, Leighton
Mangels, Doug Powers and
Jess Walls.
We had 15
different Ringmasters which were eight S-1s, three
juniors, two babys, one board wing and one Lil
Stuntin'.
We flew a
total of 137 flights for the two days.
Also reported to the fly-a-thon website were 11
flights made by Pat Chewning on an S-1.
Below is a gallery of Ringmaster
photos from the Portland event.
Jim Cameron prepares to launch for
Niels Madsen.
Dave Baxter (below) flew all three
of these Ringmasters.
Roseburg, Ore., Ringmaster flights
Church on the Rise flying
site, Roseburg, Ore., Oct. 4
Terry Mitchell (left) and
Chris Nicholls with the Roseburg Ringmaster
lineup. Bob Lewis photo.
By Bob
Lewis
We got in 12 qualifying flights in Roseburg:
Chris Nicholls 7 flights:
1 x With the Classic
S-1 Ringmaster with OS .35
1 x S-1 with Veco .19
5 x Baby Ringmaster
1/2A
Alan Rader 3 flights:
1 x S-1 Ringmaster
with OS .35
1 x Jr Ringmaster
with Fox .19
1 x S-1 Ringmaster
with Veco .19
Stan Olzaski 1 flight
1 x Ringmaster S-1
with Enya .20
Terry Mitchell 1 flight
1 x Ringmaster S-1
with Enya .20
Adair Village, Ore., Ringmaster flights
Benton County RC Club, Oct.
10
Pilots Craig
Bartlett and Dave Patana made one
flight each on an Enya .29-powered S-1,
according to the fly-a-thon tally.
Klamath Falls, Ore., Ringmaster flights
Conger School, Klamath
Falls, Oct. 12
Peter
Reifel and Robert Reifel made a total of
four flights on an electric-powered Junior
Ringmaster, according to the fly-a-thon tally.
British Columbia Ringmaster flights
Falkland, B.C.
From Fly-a-Thon tally report
Barrie Shandel and Greg Davis made four flights
combined on Barrie's private field. Planes were an S-1
and an Imperial.
Vancouver, B.C. area
Richmond, B.C, Rice Mill Road site,
Oct. 4-5
Chris Sacket prepares his Super
Ringmaster in the pit area. Chris Cox photo.
By Chris Cox
The Vancouver Gas Model Club and
the Pacific
Aeromodellers Club members met at the Rice
Mill Road flying site in Richmond, B.C.
We had a total of 18 pilots fly this
weekend racking up a total of 114 flights! I
was surprised by the total, but we had a few pilots
who were very ambitious!
Tom Stevens with one electric
Ringmaster and one diesel.
Stevens gets the diesel ready.
A guest flies an S-1.
