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Club Members
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Meet the Members
Club Members: Submit your favorite pictures and
a short bio to webmaster@lcrcc.us
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Meet club member Henry Adams
Henry is an avid
flyer, and loves slow-flying, scale planes. He owns and flies several planes of various sizes, both electric and nitro-powered.
Henry's son, Phillip, is also a member of the club, and is a VERY FINE young pilot!
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| Hank Adams, enjoying an evening flight |
I caught up with Henry on August 31, 2011, where he was flying a World War I "Pup" biplane. The calm
winds and cool temps made for a perfect evening for flying, and Henry's plane could easily be mistaken for the real McCoy
in the air! Henry also flew another WWI biplane, but I forgot to snap a picture of it!
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| Henry's Pup |
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| The PUP and Andy Wargo's powered KITE! |
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Meet club member Roy Bender
Roy is one of
the friendliest people you'll ever meet. He is a full-scale pilot as well as an R/C pilot, so he truly understands
the physics of flight. Roy is a born teacher. His appreciation and enthusiasm is absolutely contagious!
I can personally vouch for the fact that he is an excellent R/C instructor.
On the day these pictures and video were
shot, there were some visitors watching. Roy was chatting with them and making them feel welcome, explaining various
details about the planes, controls, etc. I met Roy's wife, Connie, who is also delightfully friendly and cheerful,
but I didn't have the presence of mind to take her picture.
Even though it was one of the first outtings of the year,
Roy was in fine form! Beautiful take-offs and landings (most of which evaded my camera!)
Video: Roy Bender, April 4, 2010
Meet club member Peter
Caddick
I caught up with Peter on August 8, 2011, where he was flying his Radian sailplane at dusk.
 As it was getting late, we didn't have
much time to chat, but Peter was good enough to share the following information...
Hello, my
name is Peter Caddick and I have been flying R/C for twenty years. I learnt to fly R/C at club in Reading, England,
right beside the River Thames. In fact the downwind leg of the landing approach was over the river!
Over the years I have travelled and worked in lots
of places. Where ever I go I seek out the local hobby store and get their directions to the local model flying field. For
it is at the field that the common language of R/C flying is practiced, what better way to make new friends in a strange
town, state or country than at the flying field!
During my first ten years in the hobby I flew fixed wing planes and never wished to try helicopters.
I tried all manner of planes; 1/4 scale, gassers, sailplanes, electrics (in the days of ni-cads and brushed motors), etc.
Then, in a moment of boredom, I tried flying a helicopter on the simulator and told myself that if I ever mastered flying
a helicopter on the simulator I would try the real (model) thing. Hence, the addition of a Raptor 30 to my fleet - which I
used to teach myself to fly.
I have always been a member of at least one model flying club, and believe in giving back to the hobby. My examples
include conducting numerous show and tell events for different group, being an instructor, teaching Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
about the hobby and being a club officer for eleven years (nine of which have been as a club president).
Remember this is a
hobby and it is supposed to be fun! Some of us only 'fly' the picnic tables, whilst others want to fly all day, either
way join a club and enjoy this great hobby and the many friends that it can bring.
Safe flying, Peter
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| Peter's Hangar and Man-Cave! |
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| Peter Caddick, August 8, 2011 |
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Meet club member Mark Fisherwho braved the elements on Dec. 27, 2009, to fly his nitro high-wing plane. Mark is fairly new to
the club, having joined in October, 2009. He usually flies his electric models, but recently purchased his first nitro-powered plane.
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| Mark Fisher |
Mark is also a pilot (of life-sized planes) and had flown over
the field earlier that day in a Cessna 172.
He gave me some good
insight as to how to use the rudder to "coordinate" turns.
Mark had several
picture-perfect tricycle landings before I thought
to get my camera. The landing I captured wasn't his best,
but still got the job done quite nicely.
Mark Fisher, a quick fly-by with his nitro-powered high-wing NexStar
Mark Fisher landing
Meet club member Bill
Henry
Bill can recite Pi to 35 decimal places while performing inverted loops - blindfolded! Actually,
I have no idea if that's true or not. I didn't have much time to talk to Bill when I snapped this picture, so
I had to make up something! I did notice, however, that he is a switch-hitter... flies electric and nitro.
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| Club Member Bill Henry |
Meet club member Tom HobbinsTom was flying a scale AT-28 the day I caught up with him
at the field in April, 2010. The beautiful plane has some very nice scale features, and looks great on the ground as
well as in the air. Tom has a special attachment to that model, since he flew the full-sized version in Viet Nam.
Tom's brother, Bob, is also a club member.
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| Club Member Tom Hobbins, with his AT-28 |
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| Tom Hobbins, April, 2010 |
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On this particular day, Tom was tweaking the plane when the
nose gear (Robart pneumatic retract) hung up in the air! Tom did a great job of landing on the rear wheels and gently
setting the nose down on the grass.
Meet
club member Jim LenahanJim had recently joined the
club when I caught up with him on June 15, 2013. He was flying his "Apprentice" high-wing electric foamie
with instructor Peter Caddick. Jim flew RC models as a kid, and is just getting back into the hobby. He lives
close to the field and also has a dental practice nearby.
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| Club Member Jim Lenahan with his Apprentice |
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| Jim Lenahan, June 2013 |
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Meet club member Dave MuchmoreDave was flying his
"Gentle 88," a powered glider, the day I caught him at the field. It is one of several planes Dave owns and
flies at the club. On one of his flights that day, he saw the battery hatch cover fluttering down from WAY up and far
away from the runway. Dave wandered through the fields searching for the cover, but wasn't able to recover it.
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| Club Member Dave Muchmore, with his "Gentle-88" powered glider |
Meet club member John Nguyen
John is an
active member of the club. These pictures were taken on Sep 11, 2011, when he had at least two planes at the field.
One was a delta wing Bobcat that John built from a kit and converted from nitro to electric. Sweet looking plane,
on the ground and in the air. John also had a small white plane, scratch-built, that he was flying for the 1st time.
It was well-built, as it withstood a couple "unceremonious" landings in the weeds without sustaining even a scratch! John is the father of Tom Nguyen, who is also an active member of the club and an excellent pilot as well.
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| Club Member John Nguyen with his Bobcat |
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| Assembling the Bobcat |
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| John's son, Tom, flying the Bobcat |
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| Scratch-built high-wing |
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| Another view of the high-wing |
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Meet club member Craig PeckCraig was club president in 2009, and club vice president
in 2010. Craig is an excellent RC airplane pilot. Owner/operator of "Flying Media," Craig has some
SERIOUS equipment (both flying and photo) used to take aerial photos and video. He must have one of the coolest jobs,
ever!
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| Club Member Craig Peck |
Below are some recent examples of Craig's work... just another day in the office!
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| Men at Work? (Heli pilot - club member Andy Wargo) |
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| Road Construction Site |
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| Andy Wargo flying the heli, Craig Peck operating the camera. |
Meet club member Bill StaffordBill has been flying for 2 or 3 years, and travels all
the way from Honeybrook to fly at the field. Here, Bill was testing the new OS motor on his Hangar 9 "Alpha 60"
high-wing plane.
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| Club Member Bill Stafford |
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| Bill and his Alpha 60 |
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| Hangar 9 Alpha 60 |
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Meet club member Jim Schertzer
I caught up with Jim at the field on June 5,
2013. An absolutely gorgeous day, Jim was flying his nitro-powered NexStar. A beautiful plane, beautifully flown!
When Jim isn't flying, he works at Harley Davidson in York.
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| Club Member Jim Schertzer |
Meet club member Charles ZirkelThe club Field Marshal,
Charles doesn't let a little cold weather or snow get in the way of some good flying! These pics, taken during 2010's
"Snowmaggedon" show off Charles' plane outfitted with snow skis!
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| Charles Zirkel, our Field Marshal, with ski plane |
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| Zirkel's Ski Plane |
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Meet club member Andy Wargo
Andy is a great pilot,
both of airplanes and helicopters. In fact he used to fly full-sized planes until it got to be too expensive, then he
switched to RC aircraft. Andy has many planes and heli's in his hangar, including electric, nitro, gas - - and even
has a turbine helicopter!
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| Andy Wargo, with his powered kite |
I caught up with Andy on August 31, 2011, where he was flying a powered kite! An amazing contraption, it looked
like something from a Jules Verne science fiction story! But it was very cool! Instead of moveable control surfaces,
it uses thrust vectoring to control it's movement. Andy also showed me one of his helicopters, a quad-copter, and
demonstrated it's air worthiness. Fantastic craft, too, it had a very stable hover, and he could move it about with
considerable precision. We enjoyed nearly PERFECT weather for flying that evening... cool temperature and almost dead
calm! Andy wore a huge smile the entire time!
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| Powered Kite! |
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| Andy Wargo with his quad copter |
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| The QUAD |
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