KenSue

Time for “The Big One”, at MCRCC, on the Gulf Coast in Gulfport, MS

MCRCC will be hosting our 16th annual Fall Fly In on Friday October 18th and Saturday October 19th, 2013. We are the centrally located Gulf Coast Flying Club.

You can travel in on Thursday October 17th, and stay in your RV on site through Sunday October 20th. If you are staying overnight, at our site, you will need to be a self contained unit.

We will have some of our club members staying overnight. And the access road, to the field, has a gate that will be locked at night.

There is also PLENTY of RV parking less than 1/8th of mile from our field. It is located at the Harrison County Fairgrounds. They have power and water hook ups, and the cost is $20.00 per night.

We have a 200' x 400' grass runway, 18 pit stalls with power at each one (and they are big enough for more than one person each), 04 starting stations, and 05 pilot stands.

We even have a private, air conditioned and heated bathroom, for the ladies.

You must hold an AMA membership to fly.

We welcome every kind of aircraft: Big Birds, Warbirds, Civilian, Aerobatic, 3-D, Electric, Gas, Glow, Helis', Foamy, Quad...whatever you have...come show it and let's see it fly! We have seen planes as big as 42%.

AND, YES we allow Gas Turbines. So bring your jets, you will need to provide your own fire extinguisher for gas turbines.

Night flying through Saturday night is perfectly ok…some of our own members will do some night flying Friday night.

Gates open at 8:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday

There will be a onetime landing fee of $10, good for both days.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., both days.

Registered pilots will receive give aways.

There will be a 50/50 raffle

There will be a raffle for a Seagull Edge 540, 1.20 size.

There will be food available, on site, more about that a little later.

Several sponsors have signed on. For updated sponsor info, pleas see post #6. I will update, the list, as they jump in with us.

Help us make this the biggest, best family fly-in event the Ms. Coast has ever seen!!!!! Just a good time folks.

For RV Parking, at the Fairgrounds call: (228) 832-0080, (228) 832-8620 or (228) 831-3350. You can also visit the Harrison County Web Site at: [email protected]

Our club web site is: www.mcrcc.net
Our Address is 14665 County Farm Rd. Gulfport, MS 39503
Lat: 30 29'56.19" N / Lon: 089 10'30.58" W

If you have any questions, please e-mail me at:
[email protected]
And I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Thank You!!!!!
Kenny

Hotels’

Gulfport (South on Hwy. 49 Exit 34 from I-10)
Holiday Inn (228) 679-1700
Best Western Seaway Inn (228) 864-0050
Calirion Inn (228) 868-3300
Quality Inn (228) 864-7222
Ramada (228) 868-8200
Motel 6 (228) 863-1890
America’s Best Value Inn (228) 868-8500
Econo Lodge (228) 863-5500
Fairfield Inn and Suites (228) 822-9000

Gulfport Hotels (Airport Rd., From I-10 Exit 34 South, south on Hwy. 49, turn left on Airport Rd.)
Residence Inn Marriott (228) 867-1722

Gulfport Beach Hotels
Courtyard by Marriott (228) 864-431

Casinos’ with Hotels’

Gulfport Casinos’ with Hotels’
Island View (877) 774-8439

Biloxi Casinos’ with Hotels’
Hard Rock (228) 374-7625
Beau Rivage (228) 386-7111
IP (228) 436-3000
Treasure Bay (228) 385-6000
4 Points by Sheraton (228) 546-3100
Golden Nugget (228) 435-5400

The hotels on Hwy. 49, and Airport Rd., are all within 20-25 minutes of the field. The hotels on the beach, and at the casinos', are a bit further.

KenSue

Here are some photo's of our facility, field.

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Photo's of the RV entrance, and parking near our field.

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Here are some photo's of past Fly Ins.

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Here are some photo's of past Fly Ins.

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We are happy to announce our sponsors:

Pilot RC, J & L Products, B & E Graphix, Orange Grove Hobby Shop (our LHS), Tower Hobbies, Balsa USA, Atlanta Hobby, Progressive RC, Troy Built Models, Taildragger RC, Hobby Town USA Mobile, Graph Tech RC, Hobbico, Chief Aircraft, RTL Fasteners, Radical RC, PSP MFG., OMP, Aero-Works, Tru Turn and Precision Aerobatics have all decided to sponsor the event!

There are still a few sponsors in the process of sending items. I will periodically update the sponsor list in this post, so stay tuned (this is going to be a Big Fly In!).

KenSue

The raffle prize is now in our possession. We will be raffling off a Seagull Edge 540, 1.20 size!

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Here are some aerial shots of our field. These were taken at our Spring Fly In (June 8th, 2013).

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The guys at our club are really getting amped up about the Fly In. One of them sent me a collage he wanted me to share with you. Unfortunately the photo is too big for RC Universe. So, here is the link to it on Flying Giants, it's post #21:

http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...t=85186&page=2

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We had our club meeting, this past Sunday. The members are excited, and the final plans are coming together. If you want some good hospitality, and some good flying (whether your flying, or watching), you don't want to miss this one!

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I've been in touch with several people (mostly on the Flying Giants thread), and there are plenty who are going to make the whole 2 days. You don't want to miss this one!

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Check out the sponsors in post #6! They have been so helpful with our past fly ins, and have been very gracious with this upcoming fly in.

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Come on October!

KenSue

Two weeks away!

Most of the sponsor donations have arrived. As soon as it is all here, I'll let you know how many pilots will receive prizes as they register.

KenSue

The club is in final prep mode. And I gotta tell ya, our club members are stoked! If you've never been here, this is an awesome group of people and a beautiful location, come check us out...I know you'll want to come back.

KenSue

FLY IN PILOT PRIZES!! And there's still more coming!

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2 Day Fly In Starts Tomorrow! We're ready! let's do this, and have a blast at it!

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The weather is clearing...and they're tearing up the sky. Come on out, you don't want to miss this one!

KenSue

Well, this one is in the bag. we hope to see all of you at our Spring Fly In (should be around the first weekend in June, but I'll keep you posted when we get closer).

I want to thank everybody who braved the rain with us. Thank you for your traveling to our Fall Fly In. Thank you for the show! I want to thank our sponsors, it really helps...so, thank you! And to our club members, thank you for your tireless efforts to make what would normally be a dismal failure...a complete success! I think most clubs would have cancelled with the bad weather we had. And, thank you to those of you who kept my Fly In ADHD calm (especially as it dealt with the crappy weather). Even with 5 hours of rain on the last day, we had 39 pilots...in the rain...what? I have been told by multiple people that we would have seen 70+, had it not been for the rain. Thank you to those who committed to it, and stuck it out!

Here's a YouTube link to an awesome flight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f54x_xDh6dQ

And, here's a link to Fly In Photo's, look at post 67 - 78.

http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=85186