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4 pages Club
Cameron Dragonflies R/C Club
Since 1993
Radio Control, Airplanes and the Cameron Dragonflies This story begins for me back in the middle- to late-1950s. My brother, Jerry, and I became interested in model airplanes. We made connections with a young man that had been flying U-Control models (or ukies, as they were called.) We were debating about what would be best to fly, and he said…
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4 pages Club
Casa Grande RC Flyers (CGRC Flyers)
Club history
In the fall of 2011, two residents of Casa Grande made a request of the Parks and Recreation Department for a radio controlled air field in a city park north of Casa Grande. Due to concerns of noise for neighboring houses, injury and liability issues, and the close proximity to the Casa Grande airport, the Parks Department opposed the…
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2 pages Club
Central Ohio Free Flight Club (COFFC)
Club history
A Brief History of Free Flight in Central Ohio Around 1926, Lou Willis’ dad took young Lou, then 12, to an indoor model meet of the Columbus Model Flyers at the drill hall of the old Fort Hayes barracks in Columbus. He was immediately fascinated by a 24” Curtiss Hawk rubber model he saw fly well. He was hooked on the hobby for life and soon joined…
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2 pages Club
Chicago Aeronuts
Since 1930s
Louis G. Vargo, AMA #7098, composed and submitted the following history in 2006 to the AMA History Project (at the time called the AMA History Program.) An Early History of the Chicago Aeronuts Perhaps no other aeromodeling club had such an auspicious beginning as the Aeronuts. Carl Goldberg’s hobby shop became the focus of modeling activity in…
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3 pages Club
Cloudbusters Model Airplane Club
Since 1939
The Cloudbusters Early in 1939, a group of teenage model airplane enthusiasts from Royal Oak, Michigan gathered at the hobby shop of Jack Willett and under his sponsorship formed the Royal Oak Thermites Club. Meetings were held on a regular basis at Willett’s store, but the records of these activities have been lost through the years. Club members…
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4 pages Club
Coachella Valley R/C Club (CVRCC)
Club history
Dan Metz offered the following from the CVRC Club website at http://www.cvrcclub.com/files/The_Coachella_Valley_Radio_Control_Club_history.pdf. The Coachella Valley Radio Control Club has come a long way from a loosely knit group of model enthusiasts without a home, to an organization of well over 100 with a professional flying field. Some of the…