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!
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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.
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.
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.
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!
2022-23 Indoor Season One Design
Twofer the One Design Event!
Oh my, it’s December already! And I haven’t got my One Design model completed for the 2022-23 Indoor Flying Season. And…and there’s TWO of them to build too!
Time flies while we’re having fun, eh?
So, our stealthy webmaster finally updated the One Design page on the Stealth Sqdn site. Check it out. You’ll find the all important Rules here in case you lost the original emails these were sent out with. Use the Contact Us form to find out how you can get a short kit or plan for the Potez dimer. We’ve got some great Bird Dog docs to share with you as well. Color schemes, 3 views, detailed pics and more from the Bird Dog Squadron Signal publication. Just ask via the Contact Us form and we’ll shoot the good stuff off to you.
Hopefully some of the pics on the One Design page will get your building juices flowing. And yes, please send us pics of your in progress or completed One Design builds to admin@stealthsquadron-fac49.com. We’ll get them up on this site for all to see.
See you in the gym skyster!
2019-20 Indoor Season Kicks Off!
fly in the gym!
OK gang, the weather’s turning colder and the Indoor flying season is here.
Check the links at right to see the dates in Georgetown and Glastonbury. Glastonbury kicks off on Sunday Nov. 10, while Georgetown kicks off on Jan. 5.
There are lots of opportunities to fly free flight rubber in the gyms. Don’t forget to build your Pipit and join the fun!
“click the links below to view flying dates in Georgetown, MA and Glastonbury, CT”