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1998 Library Day 

1998 Library Day 1998 WMAA/TORKS 1998 Bob Fox Memorial 1999 In-Door Fun Fly 1999 Annual Show 1999 Library Day 2000 In-Door Fun Fly 2000 Annual Show 2000 Bob Fox Big Bird 2000 Library Day 2000 Rally of the Giants 2000 Scale Masters 2002 Annual Show

 

The following pictures were taken at the Fourth Annual WMAA Westerville Library Day event on Saturday June 6, 1998.

The Westerville Library Day event is one of several community service events the WMAA conducts throughout the year.  The Library Day event includes airplane and helicopter flying demonstrations, club provided lunch and an opportunity for guests to try their hand at flying an R/C trainer airplane in a buddy box configuration.

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LibraryDay2Big.jpg (117419 bytes) Lenny Scheren (kneeling) starts is biplane before putting on a flying demonstration for the crowd.

 

LibraryDay9Big.jpg (136732 bytes) World renowned Geoff Combs checks his Extra prior to putting on one of his Tournament of Champions caliber flight demonstrations.

 

LibraryDay10Big.jpg (84399 bytes) Dave Evans launches Lenny's "bat" for a combat demonstration.

 

LibraryDay11Big.jpg (108236 bytes) Mike Barbee launches Mike Dinneen's "bat" for a duel with Lenny.

 

LibraryDay15Big.jpg (129267 bytes) A club member instructs a young man on the finer points of radio-controlled flying prior to him getting a few minutes of stick time.

Club members manned 5 training stations equipped with buddy box radio configurations to allow Library Day attendees to try R/C flying first hand.

 

LibraryDay12Big.jpg (160346 bytes) Club members assisting another young man flying an R/C airplane for the first time.

Over 90 people had a chance to fly.

 

LibraryDay13Big.jpg (164770 bytes) Another youngster getting hands-on experience.

 

LibraryDay14Big.jpg (186326 bytes) The food crew hard at work.

In addition to conducting flying demonstrations and hands-on flying the WMAA also provided lunch for the Library Day crowd.

A total of 264 hot dogs were served.  A strong indication of the success of  the event.

 

 

 

 

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