2008 JCRC R/C Events Archive

Last Updated 01/02/2009

2008 Officers: JCRC Leadership

Click here to see pictures of the people who were nominated and elected by other JCRC members to serve as Club Officers in 2008. They all dedicated many hours of service to JCRC in 2008.

  • Club President Jim Crago
  • Vice President Shaun Zimmerman
  • Treasurer Stacy Gillmore
  • Secretary Kenny Johnson
  • Safety Officer Aaron Stover
  • Field Marshall John Crow
  • Webmaster Shaun Zimmerman

2008 JCRC: Meeting Dates with Minutes, Treasurer's Reports and Photos

2008 JCRC: New Year's Day Fly-in!

We scheduled our fly-no-matter-what-the-weather flying event on January 1st and then realized that we aren't as stupid as we may seem. It was just too windy and bitterly cold to fly - even for an event that you're supposed to fly no-matter-what-the-weather. We heard that two or three guys actually drove past the field which in itself was fairly brave, so we must now admit that we won't fly no-matter-what-the-weather...

2008 KCRC & MMRCA: Swap Meets!

 

In addition to the Winter fun we have at the Indoor Fly-In, another nice off-season Winter activity is attending the various R/C Swap Meets held throughout our area. In 2008, several JCRC members attended the Kansas City Radio Control Club's swap meet on Saturday, January 19. This is typically the coldest event of the year and this year didn't feature as much ice as the previous year's storm. Click here to view the photos from the KCRC Swap Meet. Additionally, we always have a great amount of fun with our friends from the Mid Missouri Radio Control Association in Columbia on Saturday, February 9th. They held their annual Swap Meet at the Knights of Columbus Hall and everyone had a good time, if nothing else, just visiting with friends that we don't get to see as often during the Winter months. Click here to view the photos from the MMRCA Swap Meet.

2008 JCRC: YMCA Indoor Flying!

The 2008 YMCA - JCRC Indoor Flying season. We hope those who participated had a great time. We are grateful for all who supported the events by attending and helping with the setup and break down of each event. We are extremely grateful to the YMCA for allowing us to use their facility for us to have such a great amount of fun. During your spare minutes in Summer when it's too nasty or too windy to fly, be sure to get your next Indoor R/C airplane ready for the 2008 Winter session of Indoor flying! The MMRCA website features many wonderful photos of the JCRC Indoor Fly-in events, check them out!

2008 Toledo: Exposition!

The 2008 Toledo Exposition was one of the best ever! It is a one-of-a-kind event that anyone with an interest in R/C should attend. There are hundreds of vendors, manufacturers, swap meet items, R/C Celebrities and great friends. It is a long drive from Jefferson City to Toledo, but we have never regretted going once we get there. You need some good walking shoes to cover the Conference Room of the Seagate Center and you go home tired, but glad you went. Here are some pictures taken of the Toledo Show provided by Shaun Zimmerman. Among central Missouri R/C Pilots that attended were Steve Bradford, Jack Slaughter, Roy Seals, Don Maddux, Bryan Zang, plus Stan Zimmerman from Indiana and Tom Nelson of Tennessee, both great friends of JCRC. Click here to see the first of three full pages of photos.

2008 Columbia: Salute to Veteran's Memorial Day Airshow!

The 2008 Memorial Day Airshow held in Columbia, Missouri, on May 24, 2008, was attended by thousands of people. Among the crowd was at least one of our own; John Dussold and his new Canon digital camera! He captured these great photos of the aerial action and shared them with us. Thanks for the contribution John!. Click here to view the photos.

2008 LORCS: Cancer Benefit Fun Fly

The LORCS Cancer Benefit Fun Fly was held on Saturday, May 31st at the Don Harrison Flying Field in Eldon. 100% of the money raised went to a local relay for life team and we don't have the grand total yet, but since this was LORCS's biggest event ever, we're sure the folks in Eldon are proud of what they accomplished with this fantastic event. Of course, several JCRC Members were among the 30+ pilots that attended. Gerry Hinshaw brought his turbine powered jet, another first for LORCS. Several door prizes were given away and the food was really good too! They even had some night flying on the Friday & Saturday evening portions of the event. Click here to view the pictures of the successful event.

2008 JCRC: June Meeting

 

The June JCRC Meeting was held on Tuesday, June 10th at the Miller Memorial Flying Field. It was a beautiful night and one of the few evenings of nice clear weather that we've had all year. Therefore, Club business was taken care of quickly so that our Pilots could take advantage of the opportunity to fly and we flew until we just couldn't see any more. Click here to view the photos from that evening. 

2008 Sedalia: Fly-In

 

The Sedalia R/C Flyers Fun Fly was held on Saturday, June 14th at their flying site located on the Missouri State Fairgrounds. Somehow they ordered up the best weather we've experienced at a fun fly all year (so far)! It was one of those rare days that only happens a few times of the year. Unfortunately during many of the days prior to the event there was a lot of rain and their field was uncommonly muddy, some vehicles even had to be pushed or pulled out of the mud to get out of the parking lot! Several JCRC Members were in attendance and everyone had a good time flying and eating good food and drinking cold drinks. Our thanks to John Wester and all the Sedalia folks for their warm hospitality. We have three pages of photos for your enjoyment! Click here to view the first page.
2008 JCRC: Flying at the MMRCA site in Columbia

JCRC @ Columbia was a beautiful weekend between flying events where several JCRC Members went up to the MMRCA Flying Field on Saturday, June 21st to enjoy a leisurely day of flying in near perfect weather. Steve Bradford took advantage of the opportunity to give the trailer it's first run down the highway, as well as test fly his Sig Rascal 110, which wasn't without moments of excitement, gratefully Kent Imhoff had the new Saito 1.82 twin running perfectly. Plus Steve continued to practice flying his Giant Super Sportster. Stacy Gillmore arrived with his recently modified Sig Something Extra that is once again glow-powered, as well as his Funtana X. Rick Poire brought his Dragon Lady and Giant Sundancer. Jim Crago brought his helicopters. The sky was a thing of beauty to watch all day as a wide variety of clouds passed over. Not to mention Jack Slaughter and all of the great Columbia MMRCA Members that were there, they even served up great tasting hamburgers! Kenny Johnson brought his LT-40 and Styker. Shaun Zimmerman also took his Sig Rascal 110 and LT-40. Click here to view the photos.
2008 MMRCA: Summer Sizzler

MMRCA's Summer Sizzler was not as hot as it usually gets, but it was certainly windy. All of the JCRC Members that attended the event on Saturday, June 28th had a great time. The food was wonderful with giant hotdogs and BBQ beef. Lots of flying and only a few mishaps against a beautiful sky that changed throughout the entire day. We have three pages of photos of lots of beautiful airplanes and friends for you to enjoy! Click here to view them.
2008 JCRC: American Barnstormer Tour & Aluminum Overcast B-17 Tour

On June 29th & 30th the fascinating American Barnstormers Tour stopped by the Jefferson City Airport to the enjoyment of aviation enthusiasts, offering the opportunity to fly in vintage "Golden Age of Aviation" open-cockpit biplanes for the very reasonable price of $50 per passenger. Their tour included 4 states and 9 cities. They used 5 airplanes to give rides and there were several other immaculately restored airplanes on display which also flew in the daily "Parade of Flight." Many JCRC Members took advantage of the chance to fly in these beautiful airplanes and three of our photographers documented the occasion. Additionally, on July 8th, Jefferson City was visited by the EAA's "Aluminum Overcast" B-17G Flying Fortress. It cost significantly more to fly in the B-17 ($425), but they offered ground tours that some of our members enjoyed. Click here to view the photos from these events. Please note it may take a few minutes for this to load, be patient, there are over 80 photos. You can also right-click and zoom in on the photos if you want a closer look at something. The list of members and friends that attended the tours includes John & Roseanne Dussold, Steve & Marilynn Bradford, Kent & Becky Imhoff, Stacy & Lori Gillmore as well as their sons; Tom & Matt all flew in the same New Standard D-25. Kenny Johnson, Paul Peterson, Dale Ellis (who we almost talked into going up), Shaun & Stan Zimmerman, Roy Lilly, Dan Adams, Gene Nickel, Gordon McEntire on his motorcycle and quite possibly others that we've unknowingly left off the list.
2008 JCRC: Flying at the MMRCA site in Columbia

JCRC @ Columbia. Something fairly magical took place on July 5th, 2008, in Columbia, Missouri. It was a Saturday, it was not hot in July, it was not humid, the wind was right down the runway and several friends gathered to enjoy a rare perfect day of flying and friendship. Several JCRC Members are also MMRCA Members and frankly, they have a better field in which to fly, so over the Independence Day holiday weekend we gathered in Columbia to fly. In addition to a few of our Columbia friends, we were joined by Stan & Margaret Zimmerman who were on their way home to Indiana after attending a wedding in Kansas. This gave Stan & his son, Shaun, the opportunity to fly the 1938 Kloud King after refurbishing and upgrading the radio to 2.4 GHz. Stacy Gillmore enjoyed the company of his two sons; Tom & Matt (who was home from school in Chicago). Gene Nickel, Kenny Johnson, Paul Pennington, and Rick Poire were all there flying. Gordon McEntire rode up on his motorcycle to watch and our favorite "Engine Guy" Kent Imhoff was also there. The one black mark on the day happened when Rick's Dragon Lady crashed, otherwise it was...perfect! Click here to view the photos - you can also click the "view slideshow" button and sit back and enjoy them.
2008 Mid-America Jumbo Squadron: Military Fly-In

What can we say? It rained, it sucked! With anticipation, four JCRC Members set off to attend the Mid-America Jumbo Squadron Military Fly-In on July 12th, 2008. The weather was acceptable until we arrived in K.C. Steve & Marilynn Bradford were kind enough to drive us up there, pulling a trailer full of authentic "Military" airplanes, well, Steve's were authentic. The rest of us qualified under the "looks-something-like-a-warbird" clause. Shaun Zimmerman and Dale Ellis both have brothers living in Kansas City and both came out to watch...the rain. At times it seemed like it was going to quit, we'd think about getting airplanes out of the trailer, then it would start again. Ironically, only 20 miles away, the weather was nice. Just our luck. At the very beginning of the day we did get to see Larry Wells' B-17 get in a flight, then at the end of the day Stacy Gillmore flew his U.S. Army Mayhem. The highlight of the day was eating at the King's Chef Chinese restaurant on the way home, but it was also very nice to be among good friends, too bad we didn't get to fly... Click here to view the photos - you can also click the "view slideshow" button and sit back and enjoy them.
2008 MMRCA: Pattern Classic

MMRCA's Jeff Buchner was the Contest Director for their Annual MMRCA Pattern Classic that was held over the weekend of July 12th & 13th, 2008. At least 15 pilots participated in the event with two airplanes flying nearly non-stop on Sunday as they were making up for some bad weather on Saturday. Here are just a few pictures that Shaun Zimmerman took of the event on Sunday. It looked like fun for those participating and, as always, there were several MMRCA volunteers that came out to assist Jeff with the tasks that needed to be done, including scoring and food. Click here to view the photos.
2008 JCRC: July - Great days of Summer and Flying

During the month of July 2008, there seemed to be more flying days than in the same month in years past. There were several Pilots that came out to take advantage of the extra daylight hours that are enjoyed in July in North America. Sometimes it may have been two or three guys, while at other times it seemed like the entire Club was out flying! This is a compilation of photos that were taken during the month of July 2008 by a variety of photographers including John Dussold, Stacy Gillmore, Gordon McEntire and Shaun Zimmerman. Most of the photos were taken at the JCRC Miller Memorial Flying Field, while a few others were taken at the MMRCA Flying Field in Columbia, Missouri. We hope you'll enjoy this batch of photos as they bring back memories of those great summer flying days in 2008. Click here to view the photos.
2008 LORCS: Summer Sizzler

Lake Ozark Radio Control Society Fun Fly & Swap Meet was held on Sunday, August 10th. Dan Smith was the 2008 Contest Director. We were very pleased to see the large number of JCRC Members that turned out for the event that was held at the LORCS Donn Harrison Flying Site in Eldon, Missouri. The food was great and Jack Slaughter or MMRCA was the lucky winner of the main raffle prize, an Ultra Stick 60 which was donated by our friend, John Arndt, of the Mid-Mo Hobby Shop. JCRC had three photographers taking photos of the event and we finally have the photos ready for viewing! Click here to view the first of three pages of photos.
2008 MMRCA: August 17th, 2008

On August 17th, 2008, several JCRC & MMRCA Members gathered at the field in Columbia to enjoy a beautiful day of Summer flying. It was one of those days where the rewards of working in this hobby are reaped. After many hours of fixing up and detailing model airplanes, there were several maiden flights made on this day, including Steve Bradford's magnificent 1/4-scale Balsa USA SE-5a biplane. John Dussold also enjoyed the first flight of his Goldberg Sukhoi at least until the plane dead-sticked and suffered a very "crappy" landing. Four of our photographers were there to document the fun and beauty of model aviation. In addition to the model airplane fun, we were visited by a full-scale Powered Parachute owned by one of the MMRCA members and we greatly enjoyed seeing it fly by. There are two pages of photos, please click here to enjoy viewing them.
2008 KCRC: Warbirds Over Independence

On Saturday, September 6th, 2008, we once again made our way to the Fleming Park Lake Jacomo Flying Field in Lees Summit to join KCRC for their warbird event, known as Warbirds Over Independence. Robert Slaton was the Contest Director and is also serving as the 2008 KCRC Club President. Once again the event at this location was threatened by rain, but we decided to take a chance and go anyway. We lucked out for the largest portion of the day and enjoyed some interesting cloud that were remnants of a hurricane that had just pushed through the Gulf earlier in the week. There were lots of nice airplanes, lots of nice door prizes and trophies. There was also a noon-time display of all the models on-hand and they allowed the spectators to get a closer look at them after the models were lined up on the runway. It seemed as if everyone took off right after lunch, but that just allowed us more access to the runway and nice flying site. Tom Copeland wasn't even there, but he was certainly responsible for several nice looking airplanes there that he had recently sold including Stacy Gillmore's Boeing F4B2 Biplane, Shaun Zimmerman's Fokker D-VIII and Rick Poire's clipped-wing Cub. Steve Bradford's big 1/3rd-scale Nieuport 28 also attracted lots of attention. There are three pages of photos, click here to view them.
2008 Slater: Field of Dreams Fly-In

On September 7th, 2008, several JCRC Members made their way up to a nice little small town in north-central Missouri called; "Slater." It is reported to be the boyhood home of Steve McQueen. It appeared that the entire town stopped by to watch the "Slater R/C Field of Dreams Fly-in" event. There were lots of pilots in attendance as well. Due to it's location they attracted pilots from all over Missouri and there was an equally diverse selection of airplanes to watch, from tiny to 1/3rd and 40%-scale giants. JCRC was well represented at the event. There was lots of good food and friends. The flying took place at the Slater full-scale airport which is a nicely kept grass runway lined up next to a huge corn field and it was all very picturesque. The signs used to direct people to the airport were rather unique, made from previously crashed R/C airplanes. We have three pages of pictures for you to enjoy, click here to view them.
2008 JCRC: Helicopter Fly-In

JCRC's 2nd Annual Helicopter Fly-In was held on Saturday, September 20th. Jim Crago served as the 2008 Contest Director of this event and more importantly, his lovely wife, Melba, was in charge of the food! Ribs? Home-made bread & cookies? Wow! Both worked long hours and did a fantastic job. We had pilots from all over the state; Columbia, Springfield, St. Louis, Sedalia, Jefferson City and some from Arkansas & Illinois. There were some very nice door prizes given away and our gratitude to all who donated prizes to the event, especially John Arndt of the Mid-Mo Hobby Shop who always comes through for us at local events. As you can imagine, there was lots of flying; scale, 3-D, vertical, sideways and even full-scale flying as U.S. Army CW4 Kevin Nowack of the Missouri National Guard arrived in a OH-58A Kiowa Observation Helicopter that was impressive to everyone who stopped by to see it and the kids loved having their picture taken inside of it (click thumbnails to view a larger version of the photo). We are deeply grateful to everyone in the Missouri National Guard, especially Maj. Aaron Stover and CW4 Nowack for arranging to bring this awesome helicopter to our event. There were 26 R/C Pilots and they brought nearly 70 helicopters. While there were some exciting moments when throttles got stuck on wide open, there were no crashes! Plus, excluding a brief late afternoon downpour of rain, the weather was perfect too! Click here to view the photos of the JCRC Helicopter Fly-In. Our gratitude goes out to everyone who helped make this event a success; volunteers, pilots, spectators, businesses... THANKS!
2008 MMRCA: Chili Dog Fly-In

MMRCA's Fall Fly-In was the perfect ending to the 2008 Fly-In season. It was held on Saturday, October 4th. They had lots of wonderful door prizes and as always the food was fabulous! They somehow arranged for another day of nearly perfect weather and we look forward to sharing the many photos we took at the event with you just as soon as we sort through and edit them.
2008 JCRC: Thomas Jefferson Middle School

On October 17th, 2008, JCRC was asked to be a part of the Thomas Jefferson Middle School's "Outdoor Study Day." Paul Pennington, Stacy Gillmore and Shaun Zimmerman went over to the school to fly R/C Flight Demonstrations for the TJMS 7th-grade students and teachers. While Paul and Stacy ripped up the sky over the school's practice football field, Shaun gave a brief presentation and answered questions asked about our hobby. It was certainly a lot of fun to fly in front of an appreciative audience and we believe everyone involved had a good time. To read more about the event or to view the photos, click here.