39thAnnual Old Rhinebeck Jamboree By Whitney Philbrick

Classic Early-bird action at the aerodrome! he Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. This year the weather was beautiful, Memories of a blue September the long hot summer had finally let Tsky, giant scale Sopwith Pups go. The first flights of the day were barking to life and then taking off in off dewy grass, wet enough for an their own length, menacing Fokker electric Supermarine racer and triplanes in a rainbow of colors. record holder to “ski” off of the run- Suspending belief about a hapless way. Earlier in the day, its builder, old farmer trapped in a Piper Cub, Don Bosquet, sent up an electric- the audience booing the infamous powered scale Demoiselle to take Black Baron of Rhinebeck. All set aerial shots of the flightline, the the tone for the 39th field, and the surround- annual Jamboree hosted Bird’s-eye view of the Old Rhinebecking area. And as usual, by the Mid-Hudson RC Aerodrome. there were several elec- Society. tric airplanes in the mix Though the event including, a Great was held on the weekend Planes Fokker triplane, of September 10 and 11, Mike Krug's Kyosho for a while the models Tiger Moth, and Jay and the full-size vintage Stevens' converted airshow allowed everyone Comet Aeronca Chief, to forget the bombs in powered by a motor he Iraq, the water covering got from a computer’s New Orleans, and the CD ROM drive. raising prices at the gas There were also pumps. many gorgeous gasoline Special Award Winners!Dick Allen with his racer.

also an earlier-model Aeronca. Long time attendee (Above) Nick Ziroli with Nick Ziroli showed up this his impressive year coming all the way from Beechcraft Florida to fly his new Staggerwing. (Right) Beechcraft Staggerwing. Tom polapink showed Veteran Tom Polapink up with his beautifully brought his impressive executed . (Below) Ferand Sopwith Snipe while Dick St Andre Albatross is Allen flew his Miles Sparrow all smiles sitting behind Hawk racer. A special treat his winning Albatross was Ferdnand St. Andre who D.Va had brought a beautiful 1/3- scale Albatros D.Va that he modeled after the full-size airplane that is part of the Aerodrome's collection. He built his model using the same construction tech- niques as the full-size includ- ing over 3000 tiny nails! Some of the more unusu-

~ First Place ~ Nick Ziroli Beechcraft D-17 Staggerwing ~ Spirit of Rhinebeck ~ Tom Polapink Sopwith Snipe ~ Best Of Show ~ Don Peters with his gull-winged Douglas Ferand St Andre Albatross D.Va YB-7 Bomber. and glow powered models. Both al models included, Tim Haggerty’s Rich Feroldi and his son Jack had auto gyro, Don Peters’ twin-engine beautiful planes. Rich flew a beauti- Douglas YB-7 bomber a 1915 ful Fleet and Jack manned a Beechey-Eaton monoplane and a black Fokker Dr.1 triplane. Adam very nice Sperry Messenger. Lilly had a giant and The Mid-Hudson RC club did its usual great job of keeping the event running smoothly. Led by Contest "Best of " Award Sponsors Director Jim Rangitsch with Dave Messina running impound, Mike Balsa USA, F&M Enterprises, Tebolt interfacing with the Glenn Torrance Models, Aerodrome ground crew, Jack NoBS Batteries, SR Batteries, Robinson leading the judging team, The Aeroplane Works, and Bob Allen managing the flight line crew, everything went off with- Primary Sponsors out a hitch. Many sponsors from the RC industry responded gener- Arizona Model Aircrafters, ously and donated a treasure trove All-American Kit Cutters, of prizes for the lucky pilots and Bob Smith Industries, were given to those judged to have Bob's Documentation, Castle Creations, Don Smith Plans, particularly impressive models. Dremel, Dumas Aircraft, Dymond Model Sports, Dynamic Balsa & Hobby Supply, Best of Category Winners Horizon Hobby, MGA Pilots, Miniature Aircraft, Model Airplane News, Pacer / Zap, Pat O'Brien's Hobbies, Peck Polymers, Best WW I Polk's Hobbies, Proctor Enterprises, Mark Pertersen Siemens Shuckert Quest Engineering & Development, SR Batteries R C World, Radio Control Hobbies Reids Quality Model Products Best WW1 Biplane Robart Mfg., TOC Aviation, YS Performance, Ziroli Plans Jack Feroldi Fokker Dr.I Zurich Sunglasses Balsa USA Best Civilian Secondary Sponsors Rich Feroldi Fleet Bipe The Aeroplane Works Aerospace Composite Products Best Golden Era Racer AeroWorks, Davis Diesel, Ernest Mfg, Inc., FMA Direct Dick Allen Miles Sparrow Hawk Lone Star Models, MACS Products NoBS Batteries Micro Fastener, Omni Models Best Paint Job Propwash Video Productions RAm Products, Wally Zober Plans Francis Reed P-26 Wendell Hostetler's Plans F&M Enterprises West Mountain Radio Best Covering World War I Aeroplanes, Inc. Daniel Amirault Sopwith Pup Glenn Torrance They say that imitation is the highest form of flattery! Impressive duo don’t you think?

Tim Hagerty with his impressive Auto-Gyro. Bob Curry flew this Balsa USA Neiuport.

Smoking Spowith Pups are everywhere! Stan Kulesa’s Fokker D-VII With 98 registered pilots and more than 200 airplanes, the 2005 jamboree was a wonderful event. The weather was perfect and the old Rhinebeck magic was everywhere. Be sure to attend next year, the 40th annual Rhinebeck Jamboree is sure to be a grand event filled with classic early-bird action.