Members of the 2005 JCRC Float Fly Planning Committee survey the area where the Float Fly event was held.

Please be sure to show your patronage to the sponsors of our 2005 Float Fly (in alphabetical order)

Here are some of the photos taken on Friday, July 22nd, a day that many took off from work to help setup for Saturday.

Mike Anderson and John Dussold get their airplanes ready for flight.

Mike Anderson and John Dussold take advantage of full-access to Binder Lake the day prior to the Float Fly to try out their planes.

Mike Anderson mounted his Spacewalker on floats and it was beautiful in the air, looking reminiscent of a Schneider Cup race plane while Randy Morris drove his ShockWave R/C Airboat around Binder Lake at the same time.

After the flight of his Stick on floats, John Dussold can no longer say that "he's never flown off water" any more!

John's first flight off of water went great and even had a spectacular launch as the plane went airborne.

Again more of John Dussold's Stick on floats as it flies by and just as the water rudder kisses the water.

Mike Anderson also had a Shockwave R/C boat, but his is the type that has an inboard glow-powered engine and this boat can move! That is right up until it runs out of fuel and had to be recovered. More misfortune waited for Mike and his great looking Spacewalker. Unfortunately, as can be seen in the photo below, the left rear brace that holds the float came loose causing the plane to spiral out of control as the float because an unwanted control surface.

Mike did his best to keep it under control, but the loose float was more than the plane could handle. The middle photo shows the plane an instant after the impact with the water. Fortunately for Mike he hit the water instead of the ground and the plane only suffered moderate damage and should be flying again soon.

Mike Anderson then got out his beautiful sailboat, unfortunately, as soon as it was launched, he realized that there was a problem with the steering servo, so he decided to wade out to get it since it was still close to shore, well, it drops off a little more than expected, but he got it back..

Mike Anderson then repaired the minor problem with the steering servo and set off chasing the wind. Then let the Float Fly begin - the panoramic photo shows the site just prior to getting started on Saturday. Rick Poire is getting his float plane ready for flight.

Rick's airplane on the take-off run, but it just wouldn't come out of the water. Rick spent more time helping us get ready for the event and didn't have enough time to get his plane set up exactly as he would have liked. Tom Gillmore is shown with a 'recovery boat' that he and Stacy created in case a plane gets stranded and a larger boat isn't available. 

The Gillmore's recovery boat attempts to push Rick Poire's floatplane back to shore after the engine quit. Also pictured is Jim Crago's beautiful Tugboat. Jim has been building on this Tugboat, on and off, for over 20 years and finished it in time for our event. It is capable of turning just like a full-size Tugboat with two electric motors and four water rudders!

Finally, using the recovery boat provided by Rick Poire - Chris Bogg was able to go out and recover Rick's stranded airplane. Stacy & Tom Gillmore run their R/C Airboat across the water. The spectators really enjoyed watching to boats too. Another shot of the event area.

Stacy Gillmore graciously accepts John Ardnt's (owner of Mid-Mo Hobby Shop) generous gift of three $25 Gift Certificates to be used at his Hobby Shop. Thanks John! Also pictured is a small contingency of ducks who decided to hang out with us most of the day as Jim Crago's Neptune floats it's way into take off position while angler's in a boat look on. I believe they were some of the only people out there besides us all day. They seemed to enjoy watching too.

Jim Crago's Neptune and Tom Copeland's airplanes along the flight line area with more spectators watching on.

Tom Copeland was one of the first in the air with his "B-ARF" that really looks nice on floats - taking off, flying and touching down on the water.