- Pure
Pilot Enjoyment.
- Promotion
of our hobby/sport to the public.
- A
central
Indiana
located annual fly-in for scale
aircraft designed and flown through 1929.
This includes vintage aircraft, military aircraft and civilian
aircraft
In
a nutshell, here it is. If you are interested, then get with your
like-minded friends and acquaintances. Visit one another's flying
fields every 2 - 4 weeks (or so) and generate some local interest.
You will likely find more WWI enthusiasts in your area than you thought
existed in the whole region. This is what we did in our area
and then the Hamilton County Club held a Dawn
Patrol event at their field in September of 2004.
What a great time we had! A
very successful first time Dawn Patrol event.
This
continued and grew during 2005, with a lot of 1/4 scale and a few 1/3
scale birds beginning to appear. The second annual fly-in
was held. Again, the location
was the Hamilton County Club, and the event was officially christened the 2005
Hoosier Dawn Patrol. We
had a great time, better than the year before!
There were 3 1/3 scale birds there (3 other third scale planes were
scheduled to appear but
scheduling conflicts kept them away) and several 1/4 scale planes.
The flying was terrific fun! We
camped there at the field, and flew actual “Dawn Patrol” flights!
In
2006 (I can see it now)...the 3rd Annual Fly-In, WWI style with 20 to
30 1/4 scale and a few more 1/3 scale planes.
The 2006 Hoosier Dawn
Patrol will be the National Flying Site, in
Muncie
,
Indiana
.
The scheduled dates are August 18 – 20, 2006.
Oh Man, it just keeps getting better!
My
associates and I would very much like to see this continue to grow and
prosper. In fact, we are working to make it so!
Hopefully, other like minded fliers will develop their own Dawn
Patrol events in their neck-of -the -woods.
I
am currently flying a 1/3
scale Fokker Eindecker E-I and a 1/4
scale Nieuport 17. I am also
attempting to develop plans for a 1/3 scale Nieuport
11.
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