Archive for July, 2008
The 2008 Ribeye Funfly is now history and what a great couple of days! The weather was absolutely perfect for the weekend and there was a ton of flying going on. Over 100 flight tickets were distributed Saturday and Sunday so there was very little time that something was not in the air.
The Ribeye’s were bigger than ever this year and really capped off a great Saturday. I’m pretty sure that noone was hungry after all was said and done.
There was a little wind that come up for an hour or so while we were eating but ended up perfectly calm for the evening. We flew as long as we could in the daylight but then turned on the lights and kept flying!
All in all it was a ton of fun and I really want to thank all of you that attended, our sponsors and all those that put in the time and effort to make the event happen! Thanks!
Here are some photos with hopefully some video coming soon. Enjoy!
Friday Night Ribeye Funfly Report
10:20 pmWell the flying is finished for the evening and it wasn’t necessarily an evening without incident. About 6:00 a very nice and much needed rain shower rolled though. Ended up with about 1/2 an inch of rain in a half hour. The temps dropped to about 60 so it was a little chilly but it certainly didn’t keep people out of the air. They guys from Jamestown and Valley City put quite a few flights on and one ended a bit early for Mike with a stuck throttle. I guess one way to stop that screeming engine is to put the nose into the ground… :^) Probably not the preferred way but still quite effective and very impressive.
Kyle also was doing some high speed ‘top gun’ passes and ended up on the ground for a fairly nice landing but way too much speed and headed right into the catch fence.
There was a beautiful sunset to close things off for the night and the wind was a little high so we didn’t do any foamy flying….tomorrow! :^)
Doughnuts and coffee tomorrow morning to get this started at around 8:00. Hope to see you there.
The day is coming and the excitement is building for this years signature event for the SAGE flying club. The Ribeye funfly is the 3rd annual event as well as another in a long string of annual funfly events held in Dickinson by the Slope Area Golden Eagles.
Recent News and Updates:
Friday gates will be open around noon and open flying commencing from then on.
Friday night flying under the lights is a go so bring foamies and park flyers.
Doughnuts & Coffee will be served Saturday morning for pilots.
Saturday lunch will be $3 for hotdogs or hamburgers, chips and drinks.
Saturday night flying under the lights is a go so bring foamies and park flyers.
Breakfast burritos will be served Sunday morning for Breakfast as well as ‘leftovers’ for Sunday lunch all included for pilots.
We’ve had some rain showers recently and so the field should be in great shape for this years event.
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our many sponsors of this event:
Industry Sponsors:
Horizon Hobby Dist. (Diamonte 25e ARF)
Heliproz (Carbon 600 Blades, Tools, T-shirts, etc.)
MaxAmps Batteries (2 Lipo packs - T-shirts)
Great Planes Dist. (T-shirts)
Hobby Lobby (FlyCamOne2 - awesome remote video camera)
Sig Manufacturing (gift certificates)
Tru-Turn (Hats)
Hitec RCD (Hats, T-shirt, Screwdrivers)
Master Airscrew (Props)
Aeroworks (Practice Planes)
Academy of Model Aeronotics (Many Shirts and T-shirts)
Wheels Wings & Hobbies (Gift Certificates)
Local Sponsors:
Western Fire & Safety (Light Plant and Fire Extinguishers)
Tiger Discount (Ice and Soda)
Val’s Sanitation (Porta-potty)
Custom Data, Inc. (Website design and marketing)
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We hope to see you July 18-20th!!