New England Free Flight Meets
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This is to be a list of New England (and environs) Free Flight meets. I need your help though. Let me know what's going on. And no doubt there are errors here.

If things get grim and quiet, I'll be reduced to trying to figure it all out from the AMA magazine, which will produce a whole another level of confustulation, to say nothing of ruining my eyes and cerebral cortex trying to figure out all those itty bitty numbers. And then there are many fun things that the AMA doesn't publish.

I'll post notes of interest, especially if I get them already cyberized
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!!WARNING!!
This is All Totally Unofficial
A product of a cheap OCR and my patented Neuro-Cerebro-Typo-Generator
If it is important, !CALL FIRST!.
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GLASTONBURY AREA MODELERS

The Glastonbury Area Modelers - aka Glastonbury Aeromodelers - is/are a Free Flight club located in Connecticut.. In the summer we fly Flying Aces style in the original Pinkham Field. In the winter we fly in the Glastonbury Hi Skool Gym - two FAC style contests and many open gym fun flies. All the meets are very low key and while much of the flying is of a very high quality, many folks are duffers like myself having a good time. Children and spectators are welcome.

As far as I know this is the original FAC club.  Dave Stott and Bob Thompson, the originators of the Flying Aces concept, still fly with us.

Everyone is welcome to attend

To find out the schedule and lots more good stuff, head on off to the GLASTONBURY  HOMEPAGE (CLICK)

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I'm really happy to post and plug this. Not only does Jerry stock kits and glue and all the stuff you'd expect, Balsa - Batteries -  Kits -  Engines and motors - Glue -  Knives  Books & Plans but he carries the good unexpected stuff like blue blades, machined props, the skinny pins, and the 1/64" wood. He appears at some of the meets with all the goodies. But the real trip is to visit him in Simsbury. His shop is amazing.  Just like it should be.
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SAM-7 OT FREE FLIGHT
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Oct 19- SAM 7 is organizing the Old Timers at the Sky Scraper annual  at Wawayanda NY
For details [KLICK HERE] and follow on.

Oct 4- Doc Pastel hosts a SAM luncheon/gab fest on at his home in Vernon.
Nov 2 -The banquet  at the Galleria in Glastonbury $15

 
 Map
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General Area
Map 
of 
Field

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NEWG

NEWG   50th ANNIVERSARY MEET
Golden Year

Sept 28     Crane Wildlife Sanctuary
CD Stan Colson 617-389-3313
 Rubber Scale   P-30  FAC Peanut   HLG
NoCal    Catapult glider
WWI mass launch  Dog Fight
All AMA Combined A1/Coupe
Thompson/Greve   Embryo
WWII mass launch  Combat
Modern Military Scale

 Oct 12 Autumn 50 Crane Wildlife Sanctuary

Jean Smith 508-295-1306
Dimers    P-30
Peanut    HLG
NoCal    Catapult
Golden Age Military mass launch
All AMA Combined A1/Coupe
WWII    Embryo
WWI
Oct 19 Frost Fly  Morningside Flight Park

CD Stan Colson

Dimers    P-30
Peanut    HLG
NoCal    Catapult Glider
Embryo    All AMA Combined A1/Coupe
WWII

 
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Norwich FAC
A small fun group that flies pretty much anything
TEACHERS MEMORIAL SCHOOL NORWICH CT
The Norwich Flying Aces are no more. The place burnt up.

R.I.P.

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Flying Aces Stealth Squadron

Oct 4  8:30- 5:00  Woodson Farm Amesbury Mass
CD. Richard Zapf  (978) 352 6135
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FAC EVENTS
FAC Scale Jumbo & Giant combined - Peanut - 
Dime Scale - Modern Civil & Golden Age Combined -
Midget Racers - Embryo- Jimmy Allen

FAC MASS LAUNCH
WWI multi wing only -  WWII 15% rule - Thompson/Greve 15% rule -AT-6  15% Rule

AMA EVENTS
Old Time Stick - small  - P30 -  HLG- Catapult glider
 

These folks have a fine website. (CLICK)  and off you go

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The Charles River R.C. Folk
are reported to run a mellow mixed RC Free Flight affair from time to time . Click HERE for their web page
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The MassConn Indoor Flying Club
flies small scale rubber, ministick,P-24, EZ Bee,  and other fun stuff.

The gym at Bethany Lutheran Church is a bit smaller than a regular basketball court and has a gabeled but clean 16' high ceiling with a flat horizontal 15' wide section between  the slanted walls which do make it necessary to keep your plane in the center of the room. It is located one-half mile west of Route 20 on the left side of Walnut Hill Road in beautiful downtown East Hartland, CT.

It is 12.5 miles and 27 minutes from Bradley International Airport. Any interested folks should contact Jerry when planning a visit.

Oct./28/03 – Nov./25/03  -- Dec /??/03 (call Art or Jerry) 
Jan./27/04 – Feb./24/04 –Mar/30/04 –Apr/27/04 
All sessions run from 12:00 to 3:30 on a Tuesday
Art Anderson 1- 413-357-6681
Jerry Knoblauch 1-860-658-1538 

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Play in the zeppelin hanger
East Coast Indoor Modelers
Lakehurst N.J. Naval Air Hanger 1
For all information contact ....
Rob Romash, ECIM 1208, 1208 Squirrel Rd. Marlon NJ 08053
Phone 856-985-6849
e-Mail smithjan@mattel.com  and write Rob Romash in the subject line.

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The Brooklyn Skyscrapers Model Airplane Club
Oct 11, Monthly "A" contest.

Oct 18-19, Skyscraper's Annual, "AA" contest, American and National Cup. FAI, AMA and other
events
For more details check their fine website at. . .
http://www.brooklynskyscrapers.org/
Enjoy!
 

     Waywayanda New York
contact Dave Acton
914-948-4234

Directions: 
    From New York city, take I-87 to Highway 17 to west Route 17M,  to Orange County Route 12, then go south six miles.  Field is on the left at Grain elevator.  [Approximately one hour from Tappanzee bridge.]

    From New England and from upper New York, take I-84 to exit 3, Route 17M, go east 1.5 miles, then south on Orange County Route 12.  Field is on the left. [Approximately thirty minutes from Newburg.]

    From Western New York take Route 17 to I-84, south 3 miles  to exit 3, Route 17M, go east 1.5 miles, then south on Orange County Route 12. Field is on the left.

    From Pennsylvania and points south, take I-84 to exit 2,  go six miles east on County Route 1, then one mile north on County Route 12.  Field is on right at the Grain Silo.


Sky Scraper's web site: http://www.brooklynskyscrapers.org/

 Hotels
Days Inn on 17M in Middletown, exit 3 off I-84.   Price approximately $70 - $80.  Good quality.

Global Budget Inn of America on 17M, also exit 3 off I-84.   Price between $50 - $70.  Reasonable quality, though credit card does not guarantee room with late arrival.

Several other Hotels at exit 4 and other exits off I-84. The hotels along I-84 that we used for Galeville contests  are also not far away.

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FAC NATS
Watch this space
Geneseo New York
Every FAC event  known to man and maybe some more.
Details Lin Rachel 3301 Cindy Lane Erie Pa 16506

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Western NY FF Society
Call John Carls 814-362-7789
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