The planes and models on display were again the stars of the show at the 58th annual Hobby show in Toledo, OH. And would you believe an RC Dragon won Best in Show? Must have been that “Scale” paint job that did it! That, or the incredible craftsmanship and quality of the over-all project… Anyway, here’s the rest of the winners from the show. All the models look amazing!
Aerobatic Planes
1. C-ARF Extra 260 John Bradley
2. Hangar 9 Beast David Payne
3. Carden Pro Byron Striker
Best Finish (Film)
Flying King Rick Arrowood
Best of Show
RC Dragon Rick Hamel
Designer Scale Plane
1. 1937 Culver Dart Paul Weigand
2. Halberstadt CL-2 Robert Caso
3. Ryan Fireball FR-1 Hal Parenti
Helicopter
1. Rotormaster CV-22B Larry Chapman
2. AH-1Z Huey Cobra John Russman
3. FL-282 Hummingbird Dan Winklman
Jet Plane
1. CT-114 Tutor Roy Maynard
2. MiG-15 BIS Rick Boyer
3. BVM MiG-15 BIS Scott Miller
Military Sport Scale
1. F4U Corsair Gary Price
2. DHC-1 Chipmunk Michael Plot
3. Fokker D-VII Paul Westrich
Non Military Sport Scale
1. Ryan STA Special Rick Boyer
2. Lopresti Fury Dennis Sumner
3. SM55X Savoia Marchetti Allen Mrock
Old-Timer RC
1. Westerner Robert Bienestein
2. Nemith Hi-Tri-Wing Larry Latowski
3. Bunch Scor Dave Frantz
RC Sailplane
1. GO-3 Minimoa ZB Blama
2. Thermic Dick Thompson
3. Aquila grand Jerry Sharp
Sport Plane
1. Dragon Rick Hamel
2. Strato B Kenneth Barnes
3. Pepsi Chipmunk Bob Schreel
Vintage Plane
1. deBolt Yankee Bob Noll
2. Penetrator Chuck Winchester
3. R/C Guff Charles Chomos
I want to see the Dragon fly.
Gerry It would be nice to see the plane I won 2nd place with with the rest of the competitors. If you forgot it was the De Havilland Chipmunk the big yellow airplane.
Hi Mike, sorry to say the photo I took of your plane was (Heavens to betsy!) out of focus! If you can send me a photo or two I will be happy to update the page with your photo from the show! Congrats on your 2nd place win!
GY
GY, if you send me an e mail address I can send you a photo I don’t blog. Thank you Mike
Mike send the pix to me at the office at: gerryy@airage.com