Bird Dog on the bricks! By Tommy NJohnny R’s Dog looks great in Khaki fatigues!Pert little Bird Dog by George SJohn’s Bird Dog stands at attention!George’s Bird Dog spreads its wings
Colorful Guillows Bird Dogs by Bobby B (foreground) and Matty K
Here they come!
Hey! Who Let the (Bird) Dogs Out!
Yeah, this is one pack you want to be running with, so get those balsa chips flying. Don’t miss out. The gang will be flying these in the Penn Brook school gym in Georgetown, MA soon.
And shhhhh – don’t tell the town Dog Catcher! Hawww
That’s right. The first Stealth Sqdn indoor meet is just after the New Year rings in – January 15, 2023 to be precise.
Check out the Flyer HERE and mark your calendar now.
Send those pics of your Bird Dog – whether it’s all finished up or still under construction. No matter. These things are FUN and your pic will inspire your fellow clubsters to get theirs over the finish line.
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.
It’s going to be a long, cold winter. The time to build and fly indoors is fast approaching.
But the forecast is for blue skies and warm temps this coming Saturday November 5 for our season closer meet at Woodsom Farm in Amesbury, MA.
Mark your calendar now. Your fellow Stealth Squadroneers will be out at the field flying stick & tissue model airplanes. Make a point to join in on the fun.
Lots of Events over two days on the beautiful rolling fields of Woodsom Farm.
We’ll be flying a couple of new events including Pinkham Field Stick for simple easy to build stick models. Bookmark this web page now and check back often as we’ll have more on this soon! Think plans, tips, etc.
Fall is the best time to fly on Woodsom Farm. See you on the flightline skyster!
As of mid-week, the Hay Field at Woodsum was un-mowed. With waist high hay, model retrieval will be very difficult and models will likely be lost.
The brass hats have decided to cancel the Free Flight Model Airplane Contest and replace it with a Fun Fly on one of the smaller mowed fields at Woodsom.
We will run a morning Fun Fly and with some luck run the 10% ML events and maybe Embryo, Dime Scale and Simple Scale. We’ll be meeting at 9AM in the Woodsom Farm parking lot off Lions Mouth Road in Amesbury.
Hope to see you there tomorrow morning for the Fun Fly.
Also, please remember that we’ll be running a two day Contest at Woodsom on September 10,11. Check out the Contest Flyer and get your models ready for that meet!
Top Dog FAC 2022 Nationals in GeneseoSam launches Super Capacitor-powered WildcatTom Frank John and John w Howell Miller RacersThe Texas Kellys with their CorsairsJohn K launches his JetCat into Geneseo SkyGeneseo Flyers Relax Over Ice Cream
Claudette Imelda and John at Registration Table
Mark your calendars skysters!
Woo Hoo! We’re back flying on the big field at Woodsom Farm for our next two meets. Grab that pencil and mark your calendars now gang, ’cause you don’t want to miss any of the ozone-splitting free flight aero-action!
Ah yes! Mecca for FACers worldwide and the stick and tissue FF modeling paparazzi for the last 4o years.. the Big Show..G-town.. G-tropolis.. the Flying Aces Club Nationals at Geneseo in beautiful upstate New York.
This year the big Meet ran from Wednesday July 13 through Saturday July 16. The weather was fabulous with light and variable winds on several of the flying days and no rain. Saturday was magical with bright skies, thermals and nary a breath of wind for most of the day. Many long cloud-hopping flights were put up, often with the model landing a short stroll away from the launch point.
The Stealth Sqdn, Glastonbury Modelers and Pinkham Field Irregulars were well represented with several clubsters placing high among the finishers in several big events.
A special shout out is in order for clubsters Claudette M and Imelda K who helped FAC IT czar Rick P with Entrant Registration for the Contest. Claudette also spent a lot of time in the GHQ tent processing timing slips – and she even helped run at least one mass launch event out on the field. Our hats are off to you both – you’re the best!
Speaking of the best – John R was there with his trusty iphone capturing the action as it unfolded. We’ll let his pictures tell the story. We’ve posted a few here, but you can see the full FAC Nats 2022 collection HERE. Many thanks for these John!
We know a bunch more Stealth Squadroneers would have loved to have made it to the Nats. Hopefully next year we’ll see you there skyster!
Clubster John R. took some great photos! Check them out HERE
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Rich Z’s FAC Scale winning ErcoupeSean R launches his spiffy new Nassise P-40Vance Gs beautiful Kalinen ambulance a/c.WW1 hijinks. George’s SE5 won the event
Tom N’s new Sopwith Tabloid fell to George S’ SE-5 in the WW1 Combat event
Great weather, Light Turnout
Some folks were on vacation. Some folks were at the beach. And some folks were enjoying a long leisurely bike ride (clubster Steve K did stop by on his Cannondale to check out the flying action).
Maybe it was the rescheduled date from the previous weekend which was very windy. Regardless, it was a terrific flying day with light winds and thermals. A couple models landed in the nice shade trees ringing the field, but were retrieved without damage. Flying at the Pony Express field was low-key with lighthearted yet keen competition. A fine time was had by all.
A hearty thanks goes out to Rich Z who made the arrangements for the field and worked with the town to reschedule the meet to a day with better weather. Well done!
Genial John R. drove up from Boston and had his iphone working overtime capturing the action. It’s always fun to see John’s pictorial take on our meets.
Due to high winds, the 6/18/2022 meet at the Pony Express Field in Ipswich has been RESCHEDULED TO SATURDAY 6/25/2022. Same place (Pony Express, Ipswich), time (9AM start) and events (view the full Contest Flyer with Directions to the field HERE – note this flyer still carries the old date).
The weather is looking much better for the 25th and we hope to see you all there!
Rich, William & Tom fly Harry’s Cessna dimer in the wind!
Evan and dad Rob with SkylarkSean with his new Leopard MothSteve with his new CorvetteSteve K winds his Hi-Climber
Matt’s stunning Pfalz DIII FAC Scale model featured a balsa monocoque fuselage
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!
