Dare County Radio Control Flyers

Twenty club members and their guests opened their 2024 holiday season last evening at our club's annual Christmas party at the Beachside Bistro in Kill Devil Hills.

Those in attendance enjoyed the wonderful meals and hospitality provided by our hosts, as well as the model aviation décor, a year-in-review slide presentation, and of course sharing the evening with our members in celebration of their friendship and goodwill.

We wish to extend our thanks the staff of the Beachside Bistro, especially our waitress, Jesse, for making our celebration so enjoyable.

Our club's leadership team met today at the location for our Christmas party, the Beachside Bistro, for breakfast and to familiarize themselves with the facilities and to do some planning for the upcoming year.

Our team was very impressed with the the food, the facilities, and the staff that will be hosting our party this year. With over 25 members and guests already planning to attend, this year promises to be a well-attended and enjoyable event for our members to celebrate the holiday season.

The upcoming year is also promising to be a fun-filled flying season with a greater emphasis on working more closely with our newer members to get them back into the air and improve their flying skills.

In addition, tentative dates have been set for the First Flight Invitational Model Air Pylon Races, the Outer Banks Festival of Model Aviation, a field trip for our members to the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, and a series of model building workshops.

For the third weekend in a row, flying today was not possible due to very strong winds, so John Silva, Grant Dick, Peter Fynn, Diane Yanacek, Robert Yanacek, Skip Wescott, Charlie Doss, Rose Carros, and Pete Carros met for breakfast at the Jolly Roger Restaurant to discuss their recent projects and the upcoming club meeting on Thursday.

Since flying conditions were poor today because of high winds, eleven of our club members decided to meet up at the Jolly Roger for breakfast and conversations about their recent projects and activities.

Attending were: Quinn McCarron; Pete Carros; Skip Wescott; Rose Carros; Jim Davis; Stephen Yanacek; Jim Shiels; John Watkins; Peter Fynn; Sean McCarron, and: Robert Yanacek.

At our October monthly business meeting we set an attendance record with 23 members present. The highlight of the meeting was undoubtedly introducing eleven of our new members who were able to attend and presenting the prizes to our raffle winners from the Outer Banks Festival of Model Aviation.

Other business included final plans for the installation of our new geotextile runway, setting up a static display for the public at Kitty Hawk Kites' upcoming Brewtag event, and our invitational pylon race that will be held on November 2nd.