. . . The Cobra R/C Club, AMA Charter No. 744, of Council Bluffs will host a nationally sanctioned World War I model airplane fly-in Saturday and Sunday at Cobra Field south of Council Bluffs, said Larry Puls, president of the 46-member club. The organization has been going for about 47 years and is truly intergenerational, with members ranging from age 16 to 90.
The event is a celebration of early aviation and is open to World War I and Golden Age aircraft modeled after flying machines built from 1903 to 1933, Puls said. . . .
There is a $5 landing fee for pilots, who must be current AMA members.
The event is open to the public, and there is no charge for spectators. Audience members are advised to bring their own lawn chairs. Food will be available for purchase. There will be plenty of free parking.
To get to Cobra Field, take Interstate 29 to the Bellevue Exit, go east over the interstate, take the first right and go south for two miles, take the first right and go back over the interstate and follow the signs to the field. . . .
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."
Makes me wonder what the longest distance is over which a model airplane has been flown (I know... google it). I envision some guy driving along the highway with his buddy holding the controller in the passenger seat... plane slowly making it's way to Council Bluffs.
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the logistics of such an undertaking would be mind-boggling! It'd surely require a vest, some denim, a huge controller with a big antennae and 1.21 gigawatts!
Stargazer wrote:Makes me wonder what the longest distance is over which a model airplane has been flown (I know... google it). I envision some guy driving along the highway with his buddy holding the controller in the passenger seat... plane slowly making it's way to Council Bluffs.
That's kind of funny, trans-Atlantic, wow. I remember waaaaaay back when I was a kid, the local paper ran an article on some locals that did exactly what you proposed here, 20 some miles, which was supposedly a world record at the time. I always had in the back of my mind breaking that record, but don't think I'll be topping a trans-Atlantic jaunt.
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."
Okay... I just realized that this was a 'WWI model' airplane fly-in... not WWI 'model airplane' fly-in. :) I guess I should go check this out... not that I'm not also interested in R/C planes.
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Terry Lamm of Omaha starts up his radio-controlled Fokker DR-1, modeled after the aircraft flown by the Red Baron, whose real name was Manfred von Richthofen. The model has a wingspan of about 55 inches.
Dean Dingman’s Sopwith Camel model airplane flies over Cobra Field Saturday.
Visiting from Ankeny, Lance Alderman, left, and Dan Olson prepare Olson’s ¼-scale radio-controlled model of a Nieuport 28 at Cobra Field south of Council Bluffs Saturday afternoon. The two were flying the plane, which boasts an 80-inch wingspan, at the Cobra R/C Club’s nationally sanction World War I model airplane fly-in.
Jim Stulken was at Cobra Field with his ¼-scale radio-controlled model of a 1929 Fleet. Stulken’s plane has an unusual 5-cylinder radial engine. The 25-pound model has an 85-inch wingspan.
Dan Olson’s ¼-scale model of a Nieuport 28 prepares to land.
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."
