American Helicopter Museum FamilyFest
On June 24th, the American Helicopter Museum held their annual family and fun celebration, FamilyFest, and the CCRC was invited to participate. We were set up in our own room, which was incidentally entitled the Model Room. Our team brought two simulators which were in use the entire four hours by youngsters anxious to try […]
CCRC Picnic & Fly-In
After concerns about the weather and the wind were alleviated, the CCRC Picnic and Fly-In took place as scheduled on Saturday, June 17, 2023. The day was bright and sunny with winds at 15, gusting to 25 MPH. Gusting winds didn’t stop some of our braver and more experienced from doing some phenomenal flying. Dan […]
Boy Scouts at Sisk Field
On Tuesday evening, June 6th, the CCRC hosted Boy Scout Troop 8 a for a flight demonstration and a chance for the Scouts to get some stick time, on the buddy box. After some initial reluctance the Scouts saw how much fun it was and lined up to try flying. This followed flight demonstrations by […]
Finding a Lost Plane
Crashing a plane is a reality in model aviation, it happens to all of us. A plane going down in high grass such as a hay field is a mixed blessing in that the grass cushions the impact and more often than not the damage is minimal. The downside is finding the dang thing in […]
