Why are RC events called "Fly-ins?"
03-28-2005, 04:31 PM
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Why are RC events called "Fly-ins?"
Well.....why?
Now.. Osh kosh...THAT is a fly in...
but nobody actually flies in to an RC event...do they??
Shouldn't they be called something like an RC drive to, unpack, assemble, fly......in?
or something like that?
Always wondered.....
Now.. Osh kosh...THAT is a fly in...
but nobody actually flies in to an RC event...do they??
Shouldn't they be called something like an RC drive to, unpack, assemble, fly......in?
or something like that?
Always wondered.....
03-28-2005, 05:17 PM
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RE: Why are RC events called "Fly-ins?"
I think I just spit my wine onto the screen!
I love that answer Minn!
And nope we couldn't do "A bunch of grown men "flyin'" toy airplanes...."
either I guess!
I love that answer Minn!
And nope we couldn't do "A bunch of grown men "flyin'" toy airplanes...."
either I guess!
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RE: Why are RC events called "Fly-ins?"
I know in some parts of the country, a fly-in is what a non-competition event is and a fun fly is for competition events that are either measured or timed. This helps to tell one event from the other.
03-29-2005, 08:02 AM
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RE: Why are RC events called "Fly-ins?"
I think the name is a appropriate. We call them fly-ins because we might fly into things like trees, birds, toadstools, bedsheets, streamers, balloons, and if we have combat, another airplane.
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03-29-2005, 09:27 AM
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A FlyIn is like a Dyslexic form of cooking or baking. With this, each indidividual ingredient is not very good by itself but when put all together, something good comes of it.
With a Fly In, you can have 50plus individual pilots, with their own individual styles, and types of planes in the air and nothing good can come from it but it is entertaining to say the least!
With a Fly In, you can have 50plus individual pilots, with their own individual styles, and types of planes in the air and nothing good can come from it but it is entertaining to say the least!
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RE: Why are RC events called "Fly-ins?"
Some possible origins:
Deep South- Hey ya'll, let's go down to the south 40 and so some fly-in.
Inner City- Yo, yo, yo, a plane would look fly in the hood.
Deep South- Hey ya'll, let's go down to the south 40 and so some fly-in.
Inner City- Yo, yo, yo, a plane would look fly in the hood.
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RE: Why are RC events called "Fly-ins?"
ORIGINAL: mulligan
Some possible origins:
Inner City- Yo, yo, yo, a plane would look fly in the hood.
Some possible origins:
Inner City- Yo, yo, yo, a plane would look fly in the hood.
Nice!!
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RE: Why are RC events called "Fly-ins?"
ORIGINAL: exeter_acres
Well.....why?
Now.. Osh kosh...THAT is a fly in...
but nobody actually flies in to an RC event...do they??
Shouldn't they be called something like an RC drive to, unpack, assemble, fly......in?
or something like that?
Always wondered.....
Well.....why?
Now.. Osh kosh...THAT is a fly in...
but nobody actually flies in to an RC event...do they??
Shouldn't they be called something like an RC drive to, unpack, assemble, fly......in?
or something like that?
Always wondered.....
The better question is; why do we drive on parkways, but park on driveways?
03-30-2005, 12:16 PM
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RE: Why are RC events called "Fly-ins?"
It is a gathering of the almighty RC pilots, the fellowship of those who never crash, and those who know it but have never seen it,, lets have a moment of silence,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,[:-][:-]
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RE: Why are RC events called "Fly-ins?"
I always thought the term originated in the late 60s or early 70s in immitation of sit ins, love ins, die ins, teach ins and be ins. It distinguished unstructured gatherings from contests.
Or not.
Or not.
04-01-2005, 03:15 PM
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RE: Why are RC events called "Fly-ins?"
Who cares,,,, they are fun gathering's,,,, and you always have those guys who role up with their 24 foot enclosed trailers and unload 4 planes, and set them out there and talk about them all day and talk about other pilots but they never fly,,,,
