The Charlotte Observer has featured our club in a very nice, front page article in the South Charlotte section of the June 8 newspaper. The article can also be read online at the following link.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/community/south-charlotte/article82013152.html
Please take a look.
Our first pattern event hosted at the McCracken Aerodrome is now complete. Despite less than perfect weather, the event was a great success. 23 pilots competed in 5 categories. The winners are as follows.
We look forward to hosting our 2nd pattern event Sept 17 and 18, 2016.
The club would like to thank Jerry Plyler and Rick Harn for planning and coordinating this event.
If you are not familiar with pattern competition, please check out the NSRCA.US website for more information.
Our Spring fly in was a great success!!!
We had 31 registered pilots, great hot dogs and hamburgers, great flying, and great camaraderie. We unveiled our new, enclosed, food preparation area to 100% positive reviews. All involved, both from the cooking side and from the eating side enjoyed the use of the newly remodeled facility and look forward to using this space for many events in the future.
The following awards were presented at the fly-in:
Our fly in was a huge success!!!
We had 45 registered pilots, great BBQ, great flying, and great camaraderie. We spent time honoring Gene Leonard by dedicating the Gazebo as a memorial to Gene for his service to the country and the many contributions he made to the club.
We also were able to honor the Purple Heart Foundation for their work and service. A large portion of the event’s proceeds will be donated to the Foundation to be used to support their mission and to help veterans who served our country.
Good Bye to Fellow Aeromodeler Gene Leonard
Today is a sad day for the Charlotte Aeromodelers as we lost one of our long time members. Gene Leonard died Saturday after a fight with cancer. It was an honor to know and fly with Gene. Gene was one of the lucky ones that survivesd the WW2 Normandy invasion. Gene’s passion was flying model aircraft. You would hardly ever see a day that Gene was not at the field making memories with fellow Members.
We will miss him!
