District III
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Winter is a good time for building your next project, but it is also a good time for indoor flying and swap meets. I attended a few of each this past winter, so let’s get started.
The Miami RC Club, in Xenia, Ohio, held several indoor events at the Bellbrook Middle School. Tom Bean, the school’s retired physical education teacher, procured the use of the gym for the indoor flying. A $5 landing fee was charged to fly, with all of the proceeds going back to the school at the end of the season.
I attended the Southeastern Model Show and swap meet in Perry, Georgia, in March. If you have never been to this gathering, you need to put it on your calendar. It is huge! It took me all day to walk around the three large buildings that were filled with vendors and swap tables. I found a few items that I didn’t know that I needed. It was good to meet a lot of my friends from other states who attended as well. It was worth the 10-hour drive to get there.
Also in March, I attended the Bellbrook Sugarcreek Schools and the Greene County Career Center STEAM Night, in Bellbrook, Ohio.
This was a venue for local businesses and trade schools to display job opportunities to students and adults. The Miami RC Club had a display set up with a flight simulator in the main gym and performed flying demonstrations in the auxiliary gym. Both areas were well attended, and the flight simulator was busy all night long.
The next day, I attended a STEM venue at the Wright-Patterson Elementary School. The RAMS club (from the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base) had a display and flight simulator set up for the kids to view. They also provided penny foam gliders for the kids to fly. Once again, the flight simulator was a big hit with the students.
There is more to come, so stay tuned for next month’s article.
