2007 Spring-Fling Fun-Fly

These are pictures from the MMRCA SPRING-FLING FLY-IN held 05/05/2007 at the Flying Tigers Field in Columbia, Missouri USA. Here is a link to the brochure.

These pictures were taken with a Canon S3 IS digital camera. I had accidently left it set to indoor color-balance and had to correct as I could in photoshop. I RECOMMEND MAXIMIZING YOUR BROWSER TO VIEW THESE!

STATIC IMAGES

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2816 / 1024 / 640 - We had nice warm weather this year...
2816 / 1024 / 640 - but a little windy.
2816 / 1024 / 640 - Mel mans the registration table.

2816 / 1024 / 640 - Three grills ready for cooking.
2816 / 1024 / 640 - Dave Richter cooking burgers and dogs.
2816 / 1024 / 640 - Some flying going on despite the wind.

2816 / 1024 / 640 - Getting the ParkZone Strykers ready.
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2816 / 1024 / 640 - Jeff flying his Four-Star 40.
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2816 / 1024 / 640 - Getting my electric Bobcat50 ready.
2816 / 1024 / 640 - 100mph and ~1500watts.

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2816 / 1024 / 640 - Ran out of battery, minor damage.

2816 / 1024 / 640 - Dave McDonald flying his Kat70.
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MOVIE CLIPS

(These movies were produced using Microsoft Movie Maker. The 320x240 size will run better on slower computers or those with limited bandwidth for downloading. Most of the movies are also available in 640x480 resolution, when the original was taken in that size on the Canon S3 IS digital camera. I usually recommend right-clicking on the link, choose save to disk, and play the video ouside the browser.)

ParkZone Strykers... flying a little combat/formation.
1:50 minutes (320x240 - 2.5MB) (640x480 - 5.4MB)

Jeff Buchner's Four-Star 40. Flying great!
1:14 minutes (320x240 - 1.8MB) (640x480 - 3.5MB)

I belive this is a Telemaster. David Larsen took this clip while I was getting my bobcat ready.
1:01 minutes (320x240 - 2.0MB) (640x480 - 4.1MB)

Not the best flight I've had on the bobcat, but here it is. Ran out of battery power and couldn't make it back to the runway. Tore the landing gear out, but otherwise only minor damage. Yes, that's long time member Carl Johnson acting as spotter. We were glad to see him!
5:54 minutes (320x240 - 12.3MB) (640x480 - 24.8MB)

Dave McDonald flying/3D'ing his Katana 70 in the stiff crosswind.
2:58 minutes (320x240 - 6.8MB) (640x480 - 13.7MB)

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Copyright 2007 - Andy Steere

Last Updated: 07/05/2007