Hi all:
After a one year interruption - due to Covid... - the LVRCS Before the Snow Flies contest is on again! I'm listing the flier information below.
I hope you can attend! - Bob Hunt CD
Before the Snow Flies 2021
Last year’s Before the Snow Flies contest was cancelled due to Covid restrictions. But this year’s event is a go!
This year’s contest will be held at the same site as the 2019 gathering, on the LVRCS (Lehigh Valley Radio Control Society) field near Easton, PA (see directions below).
Bob Hunt will be the Contest Director, and Mike Cooper will be the Assistant CD.
Dates:
There will be one circle open on Friday, October 1st for practice flying, and practice flying can commence at 9AM on that day. The competition days are October 2nd and 3rd.
Events on Saturday, October 2nd:
We will be hosting the Garden State Circle Burners belated (due to their loss of field…) 50th Anniversary Old Time Stunt contest. There will be just one class of OTS flown, with trophy plaques to third, and participation certificates for all contestants as a keepsake of the last GSCB OTS event.
Planes designed, built, or flown prior to December 31, 1952 are eligible for OTS competition.
Classic Stunt will also be flown on Saturday. Models designed, built, or flown prior to December 31, 1969 are eligible to be flown in this event.
Nostalgia Stunt will also be flown on Saturday. Models that were designed, built, or flown between January 1 1970 and December 31, 1990 are eligible to be flown in this event. There will be trophy plaques to third place in both Classic and Nostalgia. All ages are combined in Classic and Nostalgia
Events on Sunday, October 3rd:
The PAMPA Classes (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert) will be flown on Sunday, with trophy plaques to third place in each skill class.
Special award:
The Buddy Wieder Concours perpetual plaque will be awarded to the best looking model as voted on by the contestants.
Pizza Party!
On Saturday afternoon, October 2nd, there will be a Pizza Party at the field, and all contestants and contest workers are invited. And, the Pizza will be provided free of charge!
Food:
At the first Before the Snow Flies contest the food was a major hit. We will again be offering hamburgers and hot dogs made with fresh meat and rolls purchased the day of the contest.
Tricky Tray raffle:
Another big hit of the last contest was the Tricky Tray (some call it a Chinese raffle) raffle. You will be able to purchase as many tickets as you like and “stuff” the box that will be in front of the item you most want to win!
Registration information:
This is an AMA Sanctioned event (Sanction number 11317), and all contestants will have to show a current AMA license.
Registration will begin promptly at 7AM on each contest day (perhaps even earlier…), with a pilot’s meeting at 7:30AM, and flying will commence at 8AM each day, except for OTS on Saturday; flying for that event will begin at 9AM.
The flight order for each event will be drawn and posted. Your order of registration will not have any bearing on the flight order.
The event fees are as follows: $15.00 for one event, $20.00 for two events, and $25.00 for three events. But, hey, the Pizza Party is free…
Directions:
The LVRCS field is located at 4140 Gradwohl Switch Rd, Easton, PA, 18045-8216 ( 40.712496, -75.307552 ). Additional field and club information is available the LVRCS website: LVRCS.com
Lodging:
There are a number of motels in the Easton/Allentown/Bethlehem Pennsylvania area. A check of the internet should yield many in varying price ranges. All of these motels should be within minutes driving distance of the LVRCS field.
Additional information:
A limited amount of RV parking is available on the contest site, but there are no hook-ups available, so self-contained campers or motorhomes only please, and please park as closely together as possible.
We are anticipating a large number of entries, so please park cars as closely together as possible, without risking the danger of “door dings.” There will probably be a parking director on duty…
The field we will be flying on is situated out in a large farmer’s field. The corn surrounding the field will have been harvested by contest time, so there should not be anything to cause turbulence.
The owner of the field’s home is located directly adjacent to the entry road, so PLEASE come in extremely slow (5 MPH max!), and extremely quiet.
Contact information:
For more information, please contact Contest Director, Bob Hunt at 610-746-0106. Email: robinhunt@rcn.com
Two last things:
Due to the limited amount of daylight during October, we will be pushing to get in as many flights as possible. If the number of entries for an event does not allow for two complete rounds to be flown prior to darkness, we will fly a finals with a number of fliers to be decided after the first round.
Because of the above potential limitations we are asking that you contact Bob Hunt as early as possible and let him know if you are planning on coming to the contest so that he can adjust his staff accordingly and also plan to make best use of the field on the contest days.
Let’s all have one more blast “Before the Snow Flies!”
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