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Swap And Fly August 11, 2012 – Wingmaster Field

Every year in August the Dayton Wingmasters host a Swap and Fly. This year is the 4th annual Swap and Fly, it’s scheduled for Saturday August 11th. Last year we had a full house with a lot of merchandise being bought and sold. Every year it seems to grow and...

1905 Wright Flyer Kit Wins Award

Thanks to Ken Meyers and Keith Shaw (now both AMA Hall of Fame members) for all the work and effort continuing the country’s oldest ongoing electric fly in. The Mid-America Electric Flies. This years event was held July 7 & 8 2012 and is usually scheduled...

The Man Aviation History Almost Forgot

by Bob Taylor Three men were involved in the invention and development of the first powered airplane-that’s right three. Everyone knows about the Wright brothers, but that third man was Charles E. “Charlie” Taylor, a quiet genius who loved cigars and...

About The Area Around Radical RC

Fred from Cary, NC asks: Hi, just for fun, I googled your address (Google Maps View), and see some very interesting things near you. You are across from Wright Field (Wiki). That could be fun. Do they let you fly RC stuff over there? And behind you….looks like a park...

Virtual Tour Of USAFM

Thanks to Ken Eubanks for forwarding a fantastic link. Most RC’rs will make the journey to Dayton at least one time to vist the United States Airforce Museum. Maybe your at a great distance or life’s circumstances has kept you from visting as of yet. Here...