When I lived in western Pennsylvania my Club and I sponsored many UC Fun Flies as well as Stunt Contests. The Fun Flies drew as many if not more flyers from seemingly great distances! My wife and I sponsored Pizza Parties on our deck which were self sufficient via adding up the actual costs of all drinks and food served divided by the number of persons consuming same and we simply passed the hat for the stated per capita amount! Great fun and fine learning experiences for all! Some of attendees came all the way from New Jersey! Others came from Maryland, Ohio, eastern PA,NY etc. These were low budget, high fun rewards events! unfortunately that Club lost its' field and the membership dwindled all the while getting older!Sadly, a few of us moved away!
I remember having attended the Coxackie, NY contests run by the Albany Club and really enjoyed myself over there when we lived in Bennington, VT. I think Scott Smith was involved back then with Bill Hummel and others. Great Times!
Phil Spillman