MMRCA - 2001 Annual Chili-Dog Fun-FLy

Photos and commentary by Andy Steere.


These are pictures from the Mid-Missouri R/C Association's annual Chili-Dog Fun-Fly. It is November 3rd, 2001 and the weather is perfect! This is a rescheduled event, as the original date was rained out.

STATIC IMAGES

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chili2001_01_320.jpg Wide angle view of pits and flight line.
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chili2001_02_320.jpg View of the pavilion from the pits.
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chili2001_03_320.jpg Another.
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chili2001_04_320.jpg Jeff Buchner approaches the pits. That's my Contender on the ground where he is about to walk .
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chili2001_05_320.jpg Dan Adams, my wife Carrie, and brother-in-law Randy Leosch stand around in the Pavilion enjoying the day. My son and some of his friends sit at one of the tables.
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chili2001_06_320.jpg Dan Stelljes comes to join us. My daughter is sitting at the far right. She's a little bit bored.
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chili2001_07_320.jpg Jeff Buchner takes one of my son's friend Ryan Lynn up on the trainer with the buddy-box, as I watch.
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chili2001_08_320.jpg Jeff was gracious enough to take all the kids up on the buddy box... including my daughter, who is standing in front of me watching. She thought it was pretty cool.
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chili2001_09_320.jpg Jeff is a great instructor... works real well with the kids.
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chili2001_10_320.jpg The trainer in question. It has survived lots of students.
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chili2001_11_320.jpg Our youngest member Joesph gets some pointers from our resident helicopter expert... Bobby Perkins.
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chili2001_12_320.jpg Bobby looks over a fellow's new heli and points out things of interest.
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chili2001_13_320.jpg More planes at the end of the pits. Steve Forrest brought his P-40... which is a joy to watch fly.
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chili2001_14_320.jpg A pilot brings his Piper Cub around for a pass.
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chili2001_15_320.jpg Full parking lot... we will need to expand it some more.
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chili2001_16_320.jpg Getting close to the end of the day... shadows are getting long. Another successful fun-fly!
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MOVIE CLIPS

(Choose a format to view by clicking on one of the two links provided. The native format for the video camera (Olympus C-700UZ) is Apple Quicktime MOV. This version will produce the best picture and sound possible, but the file sizes are large. The Microsoft AVI files were converted using Lead Multimedia Converter and while much smaller... their image quality suffers (a lot on some movies, very little on others). If you have trouble viewing these by directly clicking on the link, try right-clicking on the link, choose save to disk, and play the video ouside the browser. The MOV files require Apple Quicktime player or plugin, and the AVI files require Microsoft Windows Media Player or similar. The AVI files are converted using an Indeo video codec, if you have trouble viewing the video.)


A short clip of Bobby flying his helicopter.
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Another clip of Bobby and his heli.
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A nice biplane.
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Steve Forrest's P-40. Nice plane!
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Not sure exactly what kind of plane this is.
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Dan Stelljes flys sitting down. Poor guy has more back and knee problems than anyone I know.
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Piper Cub, doing its thing.
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Jim Cooper and Jerry Windsor, as Jim test flies Jerry's new plane.
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Bobby trying out Randy's Lite Machines helicopter, with Joesph watching.
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Bobby and Randy go through the Lite Machines manual looking at what's what.
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