Author Topic: 2016 Brodak's fun fly (Read 20566 times)

Elwyn Aud · « **Reply #50 on:** June 17, 2016, 10:01:15 PM »

Quote from: SteveMoon on June 17, 2016, 08:20:37 AM

Great pics guys, thanks!
Love the Tempest. Is this an original design, or is it
adapted from something else? Plans?

Later, Steve

I believe it is an Adamusko design.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #51 on:** June 18, 2016, 04:34:17 PM »

Looks and sounds like I missed a great one. Hopefully the coming year will be better. Also hope all had fun as well as a good time. Now you all have a safe trip home and I will wait for the report in Control Line World. Thanks to See and Elwyn for the reports and pictures, maybe see you in Tulsa. Fingers crossed.

RknRusty · « **Reply #52 on:** June 18, 2016, 05:50:50 PM »

Yeah me too, Doc. But living vicariously through my pals will have to do. I just talked to Will and Wayne and arranged a hit on John's hobby shop for some choice goods to bring back for me.

I hope we get to see more scoreboard pics. Wayne reports he scored over 500 in one of the PA events. I'm pretty sure that's his first 500 plus score, though he pretended he didn't remember for sure Lol.

Everybody be safe on that tired drive home.
Rusty

Jay · « **Reply #53 on:** June 18, 2016, 07:18:19 PM »

Hey anyone by chance take a shot of the Advance scoreboard? I had to leave early and curious how I placed. First time in Advance and there were some great pilots. Felt funny flying a Twister/Fox 35 when everyone else had some great planes. Need to remedy that before next year.

Jay

Elwyn Aud · « **Reply #54 on:** June 18, 2016, 09:13:26 PM »

We stopped at the contest for about three hours Saturday but had to hit the road shortly after 10. Here are a few pics.

John Paris · « **Reply #55 on:** June 18, 2016, 10:01:48 PM »

Jayster,
No board shot but #1 is of your bird landing!!!
John

Andre Ming · « **Reply #56 on:** June 18, 2016, 10:48:15 PM »

Thank you very much De and Elwyn for your excellent coverage of the Brodak Contest. You helped us that simply couldn't be there enjoy it vicariously through your reports and pictures. Excellent job.

Makes me even more proud to be a 'Dobber!!

Zuriel Armstrong · « **Reply #57 on:** June 19, 2016, 05:44:35 AM »

De and Elwyn. Thanks for the daily commentary and photos. It means a lot to those of us who cannot attend. Thanks and safe travels home.

goozgog · « **Reply #58 on:** June 19, 2016, 08:59:09 AM »

Thank you Elwyn and De!!!

For me, a week at Brodak's goes by in a blur.
When I get home, I look for your photos first to see
what I missed.

The entire event wouldn't be the same without you.

Many many thanks! - Keith Morgan

Elwyn Aud · « **Reply #59 on:** June 19, 2016, 02:40:22 PM »

Here are a few more assorted photos. The Pathfinder reminds me a bit of a Mike Keville painting.

De Hill · « **Reply #60 on:** June 19, 2016, 09:18:17 PM »

Saturday, June 18 - The last day.

The day started cool and calm; the only flying left to do was the second round of PA. (all classes)
I had a good talk with Charles Carter, who flew out to Brodak's from Escondido, CA. He borrowed a plane from Jon Wright to fly in competition.

I also had a good conversation with Big Art and Denny Adamissin, Sparky, Doug Taffinder, and Wesley Dick who had a stunt ship named Velvet with slotted flaps. I'm sure Elwyn has a picture of it somewhere.

There were a lot more Electrics this year. I thought about converting to Elactric for a little while, and then went over and bought a gallon of Powermaster 10/22 from Bob Krug. Who was a Huey doorgunner in Vietnam.

The Brodak meet has a huge amount of John's employees, part time help and volunteers who make it run.

Here is the Tabulating crew: ( or Central Command if you prefer)

Sandy Bruce, Charley Ward, Anna and Tom Noska, Ronda Stewart, and Rebecca Conklin.

Runners: These were teenagers who ran scoresheets.
Chelsea Hershenberger, Janna King, Hunter Stewart, and Joanna Pullem.

The grounds crew kept the lawns mowed, and emptied the trash cans and sacks, of which there were many. They are:

Brian Ball, George Connely, and Sam Schwartz.

There were fewer Cicadas on the field today, but you could still hear them singing in the woods.

Flying ended at 10 am, and Elwyn and I hit the road back to Tulsa. We were besieged by suicidal
Cicadas who hit our windshield through West Virginia and part of Ohio. I have read about the 17 year Cicadas all my life, but I have never experienced them before. Once is enough!

John Tate · « **Reply #61 on:** June 20, 2016, 07:27:40 AM »

Advance Score Boards:

Elwyn Aud · « **Reply #62 on:** June 20, 2016, 10:09:32 AM »

Another handful of pics...

FLOYD CARTER · « **Reply #63 on:** June 20, 2016, 10:19:14 AM »

I see a good turnout at the Brodaks. Was anyone flying OTS? (Ringmasters don't count). Or was there even an OTS category?

Don't recognize any names. (But we are pretty isolated out here.)

Floyd

De Hill · « **Reply #64 on:** June 20, 2016, 10:45:45 AM »

Hi Floyd,

Go back to page 1, Day 3. OTS information is listed there.

Elwyn Aud · « **Reply #65 on:** June 20, 2016, 10:48:59 AM »

Quote from: FLOYD CARTER on June 20, 2016, 10:19:14 AM

I see a good turnout at the Brodaks. Was anyone flying OTS? (Ringmasters don't count). Or was there even an OTS category?

Don't recognize any names. (But we are pretty isolated out here.)

Floyd

I saw a good number of Vikings, 2 Big Jobs, a Big Wing, several Firecats, 2 galloping Comedians, at least one Barnstormer, one Jamison Special, one El Diablo, one Upstart, at least two Smoothies, and a lot of Ringmasters if you wish to count them. Thirty Five entries if i counted right.

De Hill · « **Reply #66 on:** June 20, 2016, 10:52:40 AM »

A lot of guys wonder why Elwyn doesn't like to take scoreboard photos.

Elwyn says that he doesn't like to take pictures of anything that goes less than 55 mph !

goozgog · « **Reply #67 on:** June 20, 2016, 12:15:01 PM »

Hoping everyone got home safe.
( That also means you John Miller.)

Could someone please post the
Expert CLPA results.

With all the airplanes and camp stuff
there was no room left for my camera.

Thanks! - K.

John Tate · « **Reply #68 on:** June 20, 2016, 01:20:48 PM »

Expert Score Sheet from Gerry Glier:

goozgog · « **Reply #69 on:** June 20, 2016, 02:14:56 PM »

Thank you John and Gerry!

Cheers! - Keith

Bob Reeves · « **Reply #70 on:** June 20, 2016, 02:19:55 PM »

In case anyone is wondering, Joe Gilbert pulled a mussel in his arm on Thursday and wasn't able to fly the PA rounds. Tough break..

Bob Hudak · « **Reply #71 on:** June 20, 2016, 06:30:59 PM »

I felt bad for Joe, hope he gets well enough to make a NATS appearance. Bob R. tell Tom I tried to get a couple friends to go in on buying him out, but their arms are too short and I needed enough money to get home😕
Bob

Douglas Ames · « **Reply #72 on:** June 20, 2016, 08:22:54 PM »

During the OS .25 LA Race everyone was swarmed by Cicadas!!
Here's Paul Smith trying to refuel/ start. Ugh!
They flocked to the circle with three models in the Air.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #73 on:** June 20, 2016, 09:32:18 PM »

Quote from: Bob Reeves on June 20, 2016, 02:19:55 PM

In case anyone is wondering, Joe Gilbert pulled a mussel in his arm on Thursday and wasn't able to fly the PA rounds. Tough break..

Lucky for the rest.

Get well soon Joe!

Gordan Delaney · « **Reply #74 on:** June 21, 2016, 10:29:15 AM »

Looks like every one was having fun. I was wondering if John Miller had showed up? I saw he scratched on one board. Any one know or seen him.

Gordy

Rick_Huff · « **Reply #75 on:** June 21, 2016, 10:39:38 AM »

Gordan,
Yes, John was there and we talked about the Twin Pathfinder.
Rick

John Paris · « **Reply #76 on:** June 21, 2016, 07:56:09 PM »

John took a bit of a tumble in or out of his motor home I heard. Hand was bandaged and I think he said he had a broken bone and that his knee was a bit banged up. This is most likely why he scratched. Seemed to be in good spirits despite the setback.

John

De Hill · « **Reply #77 on:** June 22, 2016, 08:29:38 AM »

Elwyn and I had a fairly uneventual drive back to Tulsa last Saturday and Sunday. We went 80 most of the time, and people were passing us. We ran out of the Cicada windshield splashers in Ohio. The detour route through St. Louis from I-70 to I-44 must have been laid out by some politicians son in law.

We made it to 60 miles south of St. Louis on Saturday, got a motel, and arrived in Tulsa around 12 noon on sunday.

Elwyn Aud · « **Reply #78 on:** June 22, 2016, 09:11:42 AM »

Quote from: Gordan Delaney on June 21, 2016, 10:29:15 AM

Looks like every one was having fun. I was wondering if John Miller had showed up? I saw he scratched on one board. Any one know or seen him.

Gordy

FLOYD CARTER · « **Reply #79 on:** June 22, 2016, 09:21:47 AM »

De Hill did some reporting on OTS entrants. Thanks, De.

Did anyone record the OTS scores?

Floyd

Jim Kraft · « **Reply #80 on:** June 22, 2016, 01:50:56 PM »

De and Elwyn, glad you guys made it home ok. Thanks again for all you did for us. Tell Joe to get well soon. You too John Miller. Control line people are still the best people.

Dennis Moritz · « **Reply #81 on:** June 22, 2016, 02:18:28 PM »

Fabulous Brodak 20. Buzz and John announced 20 more. Part of the joy this time around was John's renewed health and energy. As many of you know, Brodak 20 was originally announced to be the last. We Control Line enthusiasts have a reprieve. More and more Brodaks to happen. Hang in there John. A big thank you to all involved.

Philly Fliers won the Club Participation award. Second year in a row. There were a lot of us there. We tabulated something like 15 trophies. Wow. Tottering seniors winning their share. Congratulations to everyone. For the Philly Fliers every year begins at Brodak.

Elwyn Aud · « **Reply #82 on:** June 22, 2016, 03:22:45 PM »

Quote from: FLOYD CARTER on June 22, 2016, 09:21:47 AM

De Hill did some reporting on OTS entrants. Thanks, De.

Did anyone record the OTS scores?

Floyd

I checked and I had actually shot some pics of the results.
Brodak now has all the results posted on their website.
http://brodak.com/PDF/2016%20Fly-In%20Results.pdf

wwwarbird · « **Reply #83 on:** June 22, 2016, 09:56:03 PM »

Was Elwyn the only one there with a camera?

peabody · « **Reply #84 on:** June 23, 2016, 03:35:43 AM »

Elwyn does a terrific job....I wager that you could reach out to him and he'll produce a CD

Sparky will have videos as well

Have fun!

Elwyn Aud · « **Reply #85 on:** June 23, 2016, 05:26:15 AM »

Thanks for the kind words. Will Hubin was shooting lots of pics and I'm sure you'll be seeing his great pics in a few magazines. I'm putting a bunch of pics up on Photobucket but it will be a few weeks getting it all sorted out. Did get a good start since i had a couple of days before I had to return to work. Right now Photobucket's sorting function is kaput so you can't change the order of the pics to put them in any logical arrangement.
http://s46.photobucket.com/user/Inferalanding/library/2016%20Brodak%20Fly-In

RC Storick · « **Reply #86 on:** June 23, 2016, 05:28:21 AM »

I will upload videos Monday the 27 of June

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #87 on:** June 23, 2016, 07:57:57 AM »

Big THANK YOU to John & Buzz Brodak for sharing their yard for another gathering. John's crew also work their tails off. No visit is complete without going to the factory, the hobby shop, and then next door to the lunch counter at Brodak's Market.

Chatted with old friends, met some new friends, reminisced about too many friends lost. If there was a common thread through the conversations it was that everyone is genuinely worried about CL modeling 10 or even 5 years from now. I have been hearing that CL is dying ever since I started flying in the early 1960's. For the first time the words are starting to ring true, not just for CL but for Aeromodeling in general. The problem is we need to find a way to make CL "younger". Perhaps events like Joe Nall & Brodak Fly-In are part of the answer?

THANKS for all who stopped to chat with Big Art. He is moving kinda slow these days - but he is moving! He gets re-energized by hanging out with the gang and he had a great time.

A belated THANK YOU to De & Elwyn for the daily blogs from the field.

Note to WWARBIRD, Elwyn & Will Hubin were shooting pix all over the field, Sparky & crew had videocams all over the place. By comparison, the rest of us are hacks! Sounds like Elwyn & Sparky have plans to post more stuff soon, Will usually has a write-up in MA...

john e. holliday · « **Reply #88 on:** June 23, 2016, 10:23:26 AM »

Big Art is looking good for what he has been through. Hopefully see you all next year. I remember first meeting him at team trials in St Louis many years ago. Dennis your parents were a great couple and am proud to say I met and knew them.

eric greeson · « **Reply #89 on:** June 23, 2016, 11:04:39 AM »

Thank You for your time and efforts , Very fine looking airplanes and sounds like a great time at this event , Maybe some day I will be able to attend

Congrads to ever one that entered and the bugs sound like real pest that would drive me

Eric

De Hill · « **Reply #90 on:** June 23, 2016, 08:54:34 PM »

Thanks to Colleen Gilbert, here are the names of the BBB's who served the food at Brodak's free
dinner.

Merry Phelps, Linda Brainard, Elaine Brookins , Joan Decamera, Missy Curtis, Jaycee Curtis , Colleen Gilbert, Charlotte Jessup , Larna Keller , Kathleen Lenore , Elena Saunders , Shirley Sheeks, Ronda Tipton , Rainy Welsh, Gary Lutz, Mike ?? (help needed here) Ray and Carolyn D'ore served Jambalaya.

Author Topic: 2016 Brodak's fun fly (Read 20566 times)

Rick_Huff