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Old 02-19-2018, 01:47 PM
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To Everyone who came,,,,, Thank you!

We had a very very successful Jet Event over this past weekend. Over 40 pilots from 4 states came and they logged over 200 flights. We had a great crowd of spectators too, the tours thru the pits were really appreciated by the General Public too. It made for some great public awareness too. The planes just get bigger and more detailed every year. Beautiful aircraft.

Top Gun Award went to Neal Smiley for flying his incredible 1/6 scale SkyMaster F-18,, What a treat and a thrill. Way to go Neal.

A huge thank you to Paul and Pat Stenberg from Zap Glue.

Futaba Team Pilot Neal Smiley who paid for the pilots lunches, and bought lots Auction items too, some he just gave away. What a nice man and a world class modeler.

Barry Hou for auction items from King Tech

Dirk Flejter for 2 - $500 off certificates for the new Sparrow Jet from Pacific RC Jets. Plus more auction items as well.

Jet Pilots Org who provided the Top Gun Trophy, Jim McEwen facilitated that.

Rob Thomas for the Cortex Gyro with programming cord, he is the owner of our new local Rise Up Hobbytown hobby shop. He show cased his building skills and got a lot of build orders from the Leonardo that is close to being finished. Planes done right call Rob 760-406-1565 He booked over 20 builds over the next year from the pilots.

Details for Scale was here, Marvin and Grace brought Wounded Warrior hats and shirts too. They showcased the new F-16 Nozzle that features operation thrust feathers
Call Neal at 310-413-1297 Or Marvin at 602-635-0653

E-Power and the always wonderful Pam and her great electrical supplies.

Prestige Auto/Model repair and Painting service was here, he had a beautiful new Viper to show off his handiwork. 760-564-8000. He got 3 jobs over the weekend.

Kinectic Composites were there, with some really great Carbon Fiber Sheets and parts.

Cone Zone came thru with super Burgers, Brats, Chicken or Hot Dogs too. Great caterer. Beth and Bob at 760-777-2018

Then a huge Thank you to our super club members who worked so hard.
Pictures to follow.
Dan

Last edited by [email protected]; 02-19-2018 at 06:30 PM. Reason: Giving credit for the Top Gun Award