Western Front Dawn Patrol 2008

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Western Front Dawn Patrol 2008



The Cobras R/C Club (AMA Charter 744) will host the second annual "Western Front Dawn Patrol", which will be held September 20-21, 2008 near Council Bluffs, Iowa. (A suburb of Omaha, Nebraska.)

This "R/C Celebration of Early Aviation" is a non-judged "fun fly" for scale and semi-scale R/C models of aircraft from the 1903-1933 time period, with special emphasis on Great War types.

More information is available here:
Western Front Dawn Patrol Fun Fly September 20-21, 2008.




Contact person: Dean Dingman
pfalzpflyer@netscape.net

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Map to the Cobras RC flying field.

It's a nice, well-maintained grass field that's wide enough to accomodate takoffs and landings in almost any direction.

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http://cobrasrcclub.com/dawn_patrol07.htm

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7759640965992355735&hl=en

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The web address for the WFDP 2008 webpage has changed. The earlier link will no longer work.

The updated link is now:
Western Front Dawn Patrol Fun Fly September 20-21, 2008.

Best regards,
Dean Dingman, Event Director
Western Front Dawn Patrol 2008

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Only one week away now.

Also wanted to let you all know that WFDP 2008 T-shirts will soon be available. I'll have further details when I am able to post photos.

Best regards,
Dean Dingman, Event Director
Western Front Dawn Patrol 2008

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Well, the event is now history. It was a blast. We had great weather (sunny, temps about 80, wind 5-10mph straight down the runway) and had planes in the air almost constantly.

We had fellows bring in all sorts of neat WW1 R/C planes. (Camels, Tripes, SE5s, Fokker D.VIIs and D.VIIIs, etc.) Plus some "Golden Age" stuff, like a 1/4-scale 1929 Fleet with 5-cylinder radial.

The local paper did a write-up on the Tuesday before the event and a photo spread in the Sunday edition. (They even got the facts straight and the names spelled right! ) So we had some spectator traffic which gave us the opportunity to share our hobby with the public.

Then there was the legendary dogfight between my Camel and Terry Lamm's Triplane. (It was just supposed to be a carefully choreographed "mock dogfight", but I guess Terry and I are a little more competitive than we thought! ) It was so much fun that Terry and I couldn't wipe the grins off our faces for an hour. We may have to consider adding WW1 R/C Combat to next years event.

I was too busy flying to take pictures, but I'll post some photo links as I get them.

We hope to see some of you next year.

Best regards,
Dean in Omaha