ALERT! TODAY’S FLYING ACES TAKE FLIGHT EVENT AT SPENCER-PEIRCE LITTLE FARM IN NEWBURY, MA HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO SATURDAY JUNE 28, 2025! SAME TIME, SAME PLACE, SAME SPONSOR (GUILLOW’S THANK YOU!) AND SAME FAMILY FLYING FUN!
Tag: Georgetown MA
Woodsom Meet Resched to 5/18!
New Amesbury Meet date (May 18) – same place, time, events
See you there!
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1st Woodsom Farm meet May 18
See the full Event Flyer HERE for Directions, Contacts, etc. NOTE: the date has not been updated to 5/17 on this Flyer, but all other information is good.
We’ve been out test flying models (see pics) at Woodsom Farm in Amesbury, MA and it’s in great shape.
Spencer-Peirce Little Farm Event Links
The staff at Historic New England’s Spencer-Peirce Little Farm in Newbury, MA have been busy. Our June 14 Flying Aces Take Flight! event listing is up on their website and Facebook page. Please plan to attend (register on Facebook page) and forward the links below to friends and family. This us a great day for kids looking to burn off some energy flying Guillow’s stick models on a beautiful open field with many other attractions at the farm.
Historic New England.org – Event Listing
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm – Event Facebook Site
Let’s get that “Going” and “Interested” count up on the Event Facebook page gang!!
Indoor Season Wrap Up
We closed out the indoor flying season with a couple of great meets, April 6 in Georgetown, MA (results below) and April 13 in Glastonbury, CT. Thanks to our roving photog for capturing some pics.
April 6 Georgetown results – Page 1
April 6 Georgetown results – Page 2
See you on the flightline skyster!
Flying Aces Take Flight!
All Outdoor Contest dates have been added to our website Calendar
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Get outside!
The flowers are blooming, the days getting warmer, and just like that it’s outdoor flying season.
Our season opener on the big field at Woodsom Farm in Amesbury is on Saturday May 10 is coming soon. A few clubsters have already been out flying at the Woodsom Farm testing field!
Spencer-Peirce Little Farm Event Links
The staff at Historic New England’s Spencer-Peirce Little Farm in Newbury, MA have been busy. Our June 14 Flying Aces Take Flight! event listing is up on their website and Facebook page. Please plan to attend (register on Facebook page) and forward the links below to friends and family. This us a great day for kids looking to burn off some energy flying Guillow’s stick models on a beautiful open field with many other attractions at the farm.
Historic New England.org – Event Listing
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm – Event Facebook Site
Let’s get that “Going” and “Interested” count up on the Event Facebook page gang!!
Indoor Season Wrap Up
We closed out the indoor flying season with a couple of great meets, April 6 in Georgetown, MA (results below) and April 13 in Glastonbury, CT. Thanks to our roving photog for capturing some pics.
April 6 Georgetown results – Page 1
April 6 Georgetown results – Page 2
See you on the flightline skyster!
3/9 Georgetown Indoor & NRE Event Update
See you at the Sunday, March 9 Georgetown, MA meet!
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Daylight Savings too
Remember, set your clocks ahead 1hr Saturday night March 8!
You don’t want to show up an hour late for this Sunday’s indoor flying at the Penn Brook Middle School in Georgetown, MA.
We’ve got a bunch of updates to share this time around gang. Read on!
Georgetown 2/23 Indoor Results
There was lots of great flying going on at the rescheduled indoor meet in the Penn Brook school gym on February 23. No pics this time, but we can share the contest event results (thanks Steve!)
2/23/2025 FAC Kanone Report Sheet 1
2/23/2025 Kanone Report Sheet 2
The indoor flying season is drawing short – you still have time to make official Scrappy One Design flights (see Scoreboard in sidebar).
Durham, CT Outdoor Dates Posted
As usual, there are four Full Day outdoor Flying Aces Club contests scheduled this year. The Spring Fling (Jun. 8), Mid-Summer Melt (Aug. 10), the Fall Fly-In (Sep. 14) and the Turkey Fly (Nov. 16). Check the Calendar and Coming Events on this site to view the Meet Flyers for all the details.
There are also Mini Meets scheduled for mornings on the first Sunday of most months during the outdoor season. See the dates on the Pinkham Field (Durham) schedule HERE.
Ed Novak Tribute Event Updates
The NRE Tribute Event was a huge success at the Turkey Trot Contest back in November 2024 at Pinkham Field (Whites Farm) in Durham, CT. This event will be run again at the Durham, CT FAC meets this year. Check the Pinkham Field schedule for the specifics.
And guess what? A new all-sheet sport design in the spirit of the Tribute Event has been added to the roster. Capt. Dick Struhl’s Tubular Terror! Download a scan of the original plan and construction article for the Terror on the NRE Tribute Event page on this site. What a deal – it’s Free! Check out the updated Novak Tribute Event guidelines/rules too.
Let us know via this site’s Contact Us form if you need help printing the plan, or getting some of that vintage BLACK RUBBER motor for your model.
Whew, that’s all for now gang. Back to the building board — and
see you in the Penn Brook school gym (Georgetown, MA) on March 9!
see you in the Penn Brook school gym (Georgetown, MA) on March 9!
Feb 23 Meet & Tips
Sunday February 23 Georgetown, MA meet is ON See you there!
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Building & Finishing Tips
FLASH – The FEBRUARY Georgetown meet has been rescheduled to Sunday 2/23/2025 in the Penn Brook middle school. View FLYER for directions & contacts.
Since it’s the building season, here are some quick modeling tips from our clubsters..
Airbrushed Ink Finishes
Clubster Harry C. was flying his new, enlarged Nassise Hellcat at the February Glastonbury, CT flying session. This model (sidebar pics) sports a beautiful airbrushed ink finish. A brief run-down from Harry:
“I bought the ink locally at Jerry’s Artarama (available online). The colors are Artfinity alcohol ink from 25 ml bottles intended for marker refills. There are earth tones, olive greens and greys that would be useful for other camo schemes. I used Liquitex acrylic ink for the white simply because there was no white available from Artifinity. There are colors in the Liquitex line but not as many and they are more vivid. I used the ink unthinned in a Paasche model H external mix airbrush and it went on very dry, requiring three coats to get good color definition. Even so the total weight gain was only on the order of a gram. I held the airbrush fairly close to the model, perhaps three inches or so. The insignia were done with 0.002” low tack frisket film cut to shape. Next time I would probably paint the whole model with white to get better opacity on the color layers. A top layer of Krylon clear acrylic would add durability at the cost of more weight.”
Harry did a fabulous job rendering the tricky 2 tone blue/white color scheme on his Hellcat. Airbrushed insignia too – wow! Who’s next to give it a try?
Dollar Store Eraser Tools
Modelers are a resourceful lot. They’re often cheap too.
Our creative Vermont clubsters discovered that the ubiquitous “Pink Pearl” eraser makes a great multi-use building tool. Cheap discount store erasers work well too. Cut into small bricks (sidebar pics), they make soft yet firm hold downs for those lightweight laminated balsa flying surface outlines. No more pin marks and the eraser bits will not get glued to the lamination. Need a small, easily adjustable clamp for holding fragile parts together? Bits of eraser on a long common pin will do the trick. So, you don’t want to break out the airbrush for some simple decorations on your next model? Carve an eraser to make your own stamp. Use your imagination and get creative with these simple tools.
That’s all for now gang. Back to the building board — and
see you in the gym on February 23!
see you in the gym on February 23!
Feb 9 Georgetown Meet Cancelled
Upcoming indoor meets Feb 2 (G’bury) and Feb TBD (G’town). Be there!
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SNOW!
The Sunday FEBRUARY 9 Meet in the Georgetown, MA middle school has been CANCELLED due to SNOW CONDITIONS. Please stay home and build!
We haven’t done that lately, but there’s a blizzard of indoor flying going on here in the Northeast. Lots of socializing too – musicians, writers, pilots..we’ve got it all. Budding author Rich Z even had his story The Cannoneers read on New Year’s Eve on local radio station WHAV 97.9 FM!
And we’ve already had our first two indoor meets of 2025.
On Jan 5 we flew in the big gym at Glastonbury HS in Connecticut. Skyboss John K was out sick, but clubsters stepped up and the meet came off without a hitch. Lots of Scrappy One Designs were flying and John sent out the Scrappy Scoresheet after the meet. Ray H. has to top time with his Scrappy, but Jim R is a scant 2 seconds back and he’s fitted a promising new prop to boost duration. Surely the 2min mark will fall soon. Mitch K leads in the “closest to average flight time” category with lots of flyers vying for the pole position.
The next weekend (Jan 12) the Georgetown middle school gym was abuzz with stick and tissue models flitting about. Yet more Scrappy’s were getting airtime and all seemed to be flying well. Jon C showed up with a Freebird ornithopter, illustrating the broad range of rubber powered free flight models. All of the usual competition events were flown. Check out the Event Results below (thanks Steve!)
Stealth Squadron Jan 12, 2025 Results Page 1
Stealth Squadron Jan 12, 2025 Results Page 2
See you in the gym in early February skysters!
April 2 Meet Results, Pics & Video
Check the Calendar page for Oudoor Season flying dates
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2023 Indoor Season Finale
The Stealth Squadron 2023 Indoor Flying Season was closed with the final meet on April 2.
Several new models made an appearance and another modeler won their first Kanone (Bob B with his Baxter Pussycat).
Competition was keen as usual. Check out the results below:
Kanone Report, Stealth Squadron April 2023, Page 1
Kanone Report, Stealth Squadron April 2023, Page 2
We’ve got a compilation video of the action to share as well:
Outdoor Dates Posted to Calendar
We’ve got a full schedule of FAC free flight meets scheduled.
Get out and fly with the gang at Woodsom Farm in Amesbury, MA and Pinkham Field in Durham, CT. We’ve even got another June date booked at the Pony Express Field in picturesque Ipswich, MA!
Check out the Calendar page, or Coming Events in the sidebar of this site. Mark your personal calendar and as always, see you on the flightline skyster!
March 12 Indoor Meet Results & Pics
visit the Photos page for more pics
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New Flyers, New Models, old favorites
Wow, the Penn Brook Middle School gym was as busy as a beehive in May at the March 12 meet!
Several new flyers from New Hampshire showed up to fly their rubber powered free flight models. At least one youngster flew a traditional stick and tissue model airplane for the first time. And the local VW Beetle car club showed up to enjoy the show.
Ara D and Sam B made the trek from ME and CT to join the flying fun. Always good to see our pals from out of state.
The contest events were friendly, jovial – and competitive as ever. Check out the results below:
Kanone Report, Stealth Squadron March 2023, Page 1
Kanone Report, Stealth Squadron March 2023, Page 2
Check out the Photo Page for more pics from the March meet.
April Indoor Flying Finale
Sure it’s been snowing up a storm, but Spring is around the corner.
Our indoor flying season wraps up in April with a final flying session in Georgetown, MA on April 2, and another finale in Glastonbury, CT on April 16. These are your last opportunities to fly indoors in New England this season, so check out the flyers and mark your calendars now.
Outdoor Flying Dates Coming Soon
Keep your eyes peeled on the Coming Events sidebar on the homepage as well as the Calendar on this site. We’ll be posting the Outdoor Meet and Contest dates soon.
Hopefully, you’ve been busy as a beaver on the building board and getting some new models ready to go. We’re really looking forward to seeing the models from Steve E’s online model building class take to the sky.
See you on the flightline skyster!
Photos from May 14 Outdoor Season Opener at Woodsom Farm
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Outdoor Season opener a big success!
Well gang, the 2022 Stealth Sqdn outdoor flying season got off to a strong start on Saturday May 14.
The weather at Woodsom Farm in Amesbury, MA started off with more wind than expected. But the wind moderated by midday and many long flights were made.
New Models
Flyers were productive over the long winter building season and several new models were seen in the air.
Steve E was spotted flying his big Condor and another new rakish sport model he calls Corvette. Terrific new designs from Steve.
Sean R entered a great flying Leopard Moth in the Golden Age Civil event. We think this was from an EasyBuilt kit.
Several Comet T-Crafts from the Indoor One Design event were seen flitting about.
Vance G put in a few promising test flights with his outstanding new Latecoere FAC Scale Model. Vance built this from enlarged Steve Griebling plans published in an old Crosswinds newsletter.
Tom N flew his new flat-winged Airdevel Fokker Transport dime scale model.
And there were many more.
Hot Competition
Camaraderie and freindly competition is featured in all Stealth Sqdn meets, but there were a couple special moments at the May 14 meet.
Sean R won the hotly contested WW2 mass launch event with his reduced-size version of the Nassise Mustang.
The P-51 “Old Crow” flew straight and long using up much of the field to edge out Tom N’s Polikarpov I-153.
Sean in turn got edged out in the Golden Age/Modern Civil event. His DH Leopard Moth just couldn’t hang in there against Rich Z’s Guillow’s Fairchild 24 which was flown by Evan P.
Vance G’s dainty little General Airistocrat was flying great and won the Peanut Scale event.
It was a great day. See you in June at the Ipswich Polo Field meet skyster!
Last Indoor Meet April 3rd – Outdoor Amesbury Dates Posted
Fly Indoors in Georgetown MA on Sunday April 3!
view photos from March 13 Indoor Meet
Glastonbury April 10 meet Cancelled!
Whew, we’ve got lots of info to share about upcoming club activities!
First, your last opportunity to fly Indoors this season is this coming Sunday April 3. Yep, we’ll be flying in the Penn Brook Middle School gym in Georgetown MA. Check out the flyer at top of this post for the Event roster. See you there!
Check out clubster John Rood’s terrific photos from the March 13 indoor meet here.
And unfortunately the April 10 Meet in Glastonbury CT has been CANCELLED
2022 OUTDOOR AMESBURY DATES SET
Good news here gang. A full slate of dates has been set for Outdoor Meets at fabulous Woodsom Farm in Amesbury MA.
Check the Upcoming Dates in the sidebar, or the Calendar page of this site and mark you calendars. Time to get those new models finished up and ready to go!
We’ll be flying many of our popular events at these meets. Look for the specific Contest Flyers to be posted as the dates approach. We’ll be posting the Pinkham Field (Durham CT) meet dates soon too. Lot’s of flying is on the horizon for 2022 for sure!
See you on the flightline skyster!