The Silver Dart project... is underway and initial design meetings are being held as you read this.

Project manager Nigel Chippindale is gathering information about Canada's first powered flight aircraft along with interested people to get a large stand-off scale model of the Dart built and into the air on its anniversary in February of 2009.

We need your collective help in this exciting project and are calling on you to donate a little time and expertise to bring together each task to assemble the Dart.

If you are interested please contact Nigel... nchippin at rogers dot com

Be part of Canada's history!

UPDATED. Two items to mention,... one more serious than the other. Firstly, Stetson club member Todd Carroll has been in hospital lately after a serious motorcycle accident. I spoke to him lately and he reeled off a significant list of broken things, but he is on the mend. Please contact him to wish him well... vekeman at sympatico dot ca (Corrected address).

Thanks Todd for letting the Hangar 9 Corsair go, I have seen the replacement in the shop waiting for you.

Secondly, on a slightly lighter note, with the Stetson Warbird meeting coming up on August 23, the last thing I want to hear about is the death of a warbird...

Like me, you might want to ask Mike Gratton where his P-40 is...?

The Zone Fun Fly... was held this past weekend and whilst I could only attend the Saturday, the turn out was bigger than the giants!

The Smith Falls airport hosted the event, complete with a 4000' paved runway allowing many of the jet guys to show up and fly.

The weather on Saturday afternoon tried its worst but the rest of the day and Sunday were great. This is a no-miss event!

Check out some of the action...

     
     
Pictures : Goose. See the rest here.

Larry Ingram has submitted three galleries of pictures from the Sunday here... Thanks Larry.

Sunday August 3 is... the 2008 Red Bull Flugtag.

Flug what?

Red Bull Flugtag challenges teams of everyday people to build homemade, human-powered flying machines and pilot them off a 6.7 metres (22 feet) high deck in hopes of achieving flight! Flugtag may mean "flying day" in German, but all these crafts ultimately splash into the waters below. They are judged not only on their flight's distance, but creativity and showmanship as well.

This event is free for spectators and is being held at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. See more here...

Rally of the Giants... was held in Canada for the first time in its 30 year history last weekend and despite the weather was a great success. The Arnprior Municipal Airport was host to the four day event that saw 109 pilots with over 210 aircraft and over a thousand spectators.

Pilots kept the flightline open non-stop flying in rain, wind, low cloud base and fog. Yes, Canada really turned it on for all involved.

The Stetson club members accounted for the largest number of volunteers, great work guys! Here is a few shots to get you interested and following the link after the pictures will take you to the balance...

Enjoy!...Goose.

     
     
Pictures : Goose. See the rest here.

Larry has submitted two galleries of pictures from the Sunday here and here as well.

Watch out!... for the Stetson Flyers Links page that has been resurrected on the main menu (left).

Here is your chance to share all the R/C goodness that you frequent on the internet. Send me your favourite links!... Goose

Welcome!... to the new members of the Stetson Flyers, including Jacoues Leroux, Hal MacDonald, John Romhild, Normand Belair, Doug Alcock, Murray Morgan, Reginald Dyer, Sebastien Melbourne, Evan Halliwell, James Mosco, Norbert Magdziak, Christian Bessette, Kevin Kluke, Denis McKinnon, Andre Gagnon, Elias Gerstasser, Mark Simunic, Luke Straker, Dave Percy, Calvin Miller, Jim Savage, Sylvain Gagnier, Sidney Rees, Marc Huot, Gregg & Stephen Kerr, Paul Pronovost, Rene Lepage, James (Ed) Ronan, Ben Vaughn, Barry Hanna & Fred Lottes...

We wish you a long and happy relationship with the club...

Past Features...

Here are some features you may have missed.

September Meeting

Tuesday September 30th is the next scheduled meeting at the Aviation Museum. The flying season is here, get out there and get into it! Come back in September and tell us all about it!

Meeting starts at 7:30, come around to the back door.