MMRCA - Spring Fun-Fly 2002

Photos and commentary by Andy Steere.

These are pictures from April 20th, 2002 when the Mid-Missouri Radio Control Association held their annual Spring Fun-Fly. We also took this opportunity to bring Mrs. Hemphill out to see the Pavilion. The weather did NOT cooperate. We went from 80F on Friday to 55F on Saturday. There was also a pretty stiff breeze coming from the east, directly cross-runway. I brought my P-47, but didn't want to take a chance with the weather.

STATIC IMAGES

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Cold weather and a stiff crosswind kept the turnout light.
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View of the pits. Carl's big H9 Extra is on the left, my P-47 is on the right, some of Troy's planes in the background.
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Dan Adams introduced everybody to Mrs. Hemphill. Mike Lyon, who kept nice and warm that day, stands behind her.
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Dan talked a little about Lou and Mrs. Hemphill... under the pavilion named in their honor.
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We had a cast bronze plaque made for the pavilion and showed it to Mrs. Hemphill for the first time. See the movie clip at the bottom of the page. I cut the top of Dan's head off in the photo... sorry Dan!
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Dan Adams, a good friend of Lou, authored the wording on the plaque. Nobody could have said it better. We will mount the plaque in the very near future, and may try to do something a bit more formal for a dedication.
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MOVIE CLIPS

(Choose a format to view by clicking on one of the two links provided. The native format for the video camera (Olympus C-700UZ) is Apple Quicktime MOV. This version will produce the best picture and sound possible, but the file sizes are large. The Microsoft AVI files were converted using Lead Multimedia Converter and while much smaller... their image quality suffers (a lot on some movies, very little on others). If you have trouble viewing these by directly clicking on the link, try right-clicking on the link, choose save to disk, and play the video ouside the browser. The MOV files require Apple Quicktime player or plugin, and the AVI files require Microsoft Windows Media Player or similar. The AVI files are converted using an Indeo video codec, if you have trouble viewing the video.)

This is the take-off run of Carl Johnson's Hanger-9 33% Extra 330L.
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Carl's Extra, clip #2
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Carl's Extra, clip #3. A bit jumpy at the end, shot at full zoom (10X).
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Jeff Buchner's yellow Kaos. Flies great, even in the wind.
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Dan Adams presenting the plaque to Mrs. Hemphill.
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Last modified on 07/15/2002

since July 15, 2002.