Author Topic: Buder Park - 60th Anniversary Fun Fly - Aug 15-16 - pictures (Read 1534 times)

Fred Cronenwett · « **on:** August 30, 2020, 10:00:09 AM »

Hello all,

We had a good turnout with 15 pilots registering from as far west as Colorado and into Indiania

The Raffle had more items donated than I expected, so that means the Broken Arrow CL stunt and Scale contest will also have prizes available including a $50 Brodak gift certificate that was donated by one of the pilots who attended the fun fly. Sig Donated an Skyray XL kit and two gallons of fuel. Mark and Dan flew the Skyray XL that was there on site that Bob Nelson from Sig had with him. Darren Young one of the Lafayette Esquadrille club members brought the drinks to the flying site which was very much appreciated by everyone who was thirsty. On Saturday it was hot and muggy!

Walt Brownell came by on Sunday, we had some of his models that he had donated back to the Lafayette Esquadrille CL club, some were flown while he was there. Walt is no longer building and flying so now his models are with multiple club members getting cleaned up and flown again. I flew his A-26 Invader on both Sat and Sun.

Special thanks to everyone who came and celebrated the 60th anniversary of Buder Park.

Fred Cronenwett, CD

Fred Cronenwett · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2020, 10:04:24 AM »

more pictures

Fred Cronenwett · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2020, 10:04:54 AM »

and even more pictures

Fred Cronenwett · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2020, 10:07:51 AM »

pictures , and then some
that line up of models along the flags were brought to the flying site by Dan McEntee

Fred Cronenwett · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2020, 10:09:45 AM »

Lynn Boss from Denver brought his 63" P-47

Fred Cronenwett · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2020, 10:11:39 AM »

The Skyray XL was brought to the flying site by Bob Nelson on the right and Mark on the left among others flew the model

Fred Cronenwett · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2020, 10:15:26 AM »

Walt Brownell with his CL Stunt Typhoon (Dan McEntee is getting that model flying again) and the A-26 is being flown by myself

Fred Cronenwett · « **Reply #7 on:** August 30, 2020, 10:19:32 AM »

Lynn Boss flew his OS-26 four stroke powered P-38 in formation with Fred Cronenwett's B-29 on Saturday

this video was flown the Thursday before the fun fly for practice

Fred Cronenwett · « **Reply #8 on:** August 30, 2020, 10:24:20 AM »

and new even more pictures

Fred Cronenwett · « **Reply #9 on:** August 30, 2020, 10:26:12 AM »

Fred Cronenwett · « **Reply #10 on:** August 30, 2020, 10:28:27 AM »

Joe Pearson (Jason Pearson's father) came with this wooden boxes that were raffled off. Hanging in Joe's tent was the upside down / right side up dog airplane

Scott Richlen · « **Reply #11 on:** August 30, 2020, 01:44:08 PM »

Any more pictures of the Atlas? Who was flying that? It looks like a classic.

Peter in Fairfax, VA · « **Reply #12 on:** August 30, 2020, 03:10:23 PM »

The tandem multi flight was awesome. The fellow flying the twin seemed to have especially great skills at walking in a circle, lifting his handle over the quad motor plane's pilot and executing a pass. A well orchestrated flight by both parties. The audio is great.

Crist Rigotti · « **Reply #13 on:** August 30, 2020, 09:05:00 PM »

Looks like a great time.

Mark Gerber · « **Reply #14 on:** August 31, 2020, 05:37:01 AM »

Fred,

Thanks for the pictures. Hope to make it next year.

Mark Gerber

Scott Richlen · « **Reply #15 on:** August 31, 2020, 05:51:44 AM »

I did some searching and the Atlas is Dan McEntee's? Designed by Bob Storick? I could only find one more picture from years ago. Any more?

john e. holliday · « **Reply #16 on:** August 31, 2020, 01:02:17 PM »

Sure wished I could have been there. Also missed the Topeka stunt contest.

Oh, thanks for the pictures and video. Kind of eased the pain a little.

Bruce Shipp · « **Reply #17 on:** August 31, 2020, 02:06:05 PM »

What scale are the B-29 and the P-38? I’m guessing the P-38 is a bit larger scale than the bomber?

I had never thought of throttled CL formation flying but it looks so doable! Slightly shorter lines for the wingman and formation takeoffs and landings would be very cool.

That was a well flown demo. I’m impressed with the throttle response and their ability to match speeds and stay close. I’d love to see two of those P-38s fly together.

Dan McEntee · « **Reply #18 on:** August 31, 2020, 04:58:07 PM »

Quote from: Scott Richlen on August 31, 2020, 05:51:44 AM

I did some searching and the Atlas is Dan McEntee's? Designed by Bob Storick? I could only find one more picture from years ago. Any more?

The Atlas was one of Sparky's rejects. The finish had not quite come out to his standards so it was left hanging on the wall. He needed a favor, so he made me a decent price on the airframe, and painted my AMA number on it. I don't know what wing it is, but it's powered by a Tom Lay ST.60, Xoar 13-5/6 prop, weighs 60 ounces ready for fuel.
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee

Scott Richlen · « **Reply #19 on:** August 31, 2020, 06:46:29 PM »

Thanks for the info Dan. It's a neat-looking ship!

Fred Cronenwett · « **Reply #20 on:** September 01, 2020, 05:15:56 PM »

the throttled formation flying is a skill and Lynn Boss who flew the P-38 also does racing so this is easy for him. I have flown with him before so we have it down on how to do the flights.

I don't know what the scale sizes are of the models, but you want the models to be comparable in flight speeds for it to work. Do not combine a fast and and slow model together.

The formation flying is a thrill, it made my day seeing the P-38 on my tail while flying the B-29.

Fred

Bruce Shipp · « **Reply #21 on:** September 02, 2020, 09:08:41 AM »

Thanks for that, Fred. Again, a great demo!