McCook Field Squadron
Flying Aces Club

A rubber band scale free flight model airplane club based in Dayton Ohio

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Picture Gallery 1

19 pictures

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McCook Field circa 1924. Don't you just love that text on the building!

date: 1924

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McCook contest 8-30-2007, L-R back row: Lee Campbell, Diann and Dave Gershpacher, front row Kyle Gershpacher

date: 8/30/2007

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McCook contest 6-21-2008, picture 1, the flight line. We had a good turnout for the contest and all went well. One minor bit of rain on Saturday pm but Sunday turned out great. Looked like some rain moving in just as most left around 2:30 pm Sunday

date: 6/21/2008

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McCook contest 6-21-2008, picture 2, our members hard at work at the scoring table

date: 6/21/2008

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McCook contest 6-21-2008, picture 3, a box of Jim Bair's airplanes

date: 6/21/2008

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Members of the McCook Field Squadron are seen mass launching their Cloud Tramps on a calm morning at Waco Field for the 2008 mass launch. The Cloud Tramp is a timeless balsa wood rubber band model airplane designed by Charles Hampton Grant and published in the August 1954 issue of Model Airplane News.

The Cloud Tramp is a timeless balsa wood rubber band model airplane designed by Charles Hampton Grant and published in the August 1954 issue of Model Airplane News.

date: 2008

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another shot of the Club members launching their Cloud Tramps for the 2008 mass launch.

date: 2008

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Stu's free flight to RC conversion

date: 2008

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Bob McCarty's Gollywock with fuselage in need of recovering from a blown motor

date: 2008

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Bob McCarty's Gollywock after repairs

date: 2008

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Stu's Gollywock with DT using Button timer and force multiplier.

date: 2008

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relative size with ruler of Stu's Gollywock with DT using Button timer and force multiplier.

date: 2008

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Details of Stu's force multiplier arm

date: 2008

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Sean Cross arrived in his 1930 Model A Ford. Sean is wining his Jimmy Allen, the Model A obviously is in the background. Sean travelled over 150 miles each way from Jeffersonville, IN and made it with no problems up and back home

date: 2008

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Jim Bair's Aeronca L

date: 2006

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Jim Bair's Tiger Moth

date: 2006

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Stu's Cloud Tramp number 2 (16 grams), lighter than number 1

date: 2006

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Dottie Bair holding Jim Bair's Pilatus PC 21 at the 2008 Ted Dock Memorial. Photo taken by Ron Teichert

date: Oct-08

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Jim Bair launching his Aeronca Champ at the 2008 Ted Dock Memorial. Photo taken by Ron Teichert

date: Oct-08

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