Member's Aircraft Photos



John Stoney representing the Gold Country Flyers at the Volcano, CA 4th of July, 2010 parade. That's our banner on his 1939 Studebaker.

Typical racing action during a T-34 race heat. Foreground is Fred Weaver flying with Luke Hoagland counting laps.

This is a typical crowd that shows up for the monthly T-34 races. The schedule for the races is listed in the Upcoming Events page of this web site.

Dave Hand who is part of the Tuesday - Thursday group shown getting ready for another flight with his Four Star 40. OS engine for power. Great easy flyer.

Jerry Davis and his hangar 9 P-51. Evolution 26 gas engine, retracts and all the stuff. Good flyer.

Alan Ross and his Sukoi. 46 cc gas for power. Futaba radio with a XPS 2.4 gig RF module and receiver.
Harry Beck and his Ultra Stick. OS .46 AX for power; Spectrum Radio.

Tom Minger's Sealine .60. Built from a old Mirataka Kit. OS .61 rear exhust, tuned pipe. Jerry Davis launching. All balsa kit included the floats and the unique inverted vertical stab. Flys just like the 60's - 70's pattern ships.
The infamous Tuesday - Thursday flying group From left to right standing - Bud Kanemoto, Jerry Davis, Dick Thomas, Alan Ross, Dave Hand; Neal Heath, Dale Cantando, Harry Beck, Bill Simunek and Tom Minger. Bob Pynenburg operating the camera.

A picture from one of the classes conducted by Gold Country Flyers members at the 2010 Amador County Kid's College. The GCF model aviation classes are one of the most popular at this annual event.
Jim Moore holding class at Kid's College on how helicopters fly using his fleet of electric heli's as talking points.
Dick Belden and his scratch built Kaos with Supertiger for power. Great flying "old time" and one of Dick's typical flawless building jobs.
John Stoney converted a styrofoam beer cooler into an electric ducted fan model.
Dale Cantando getting his Sopwith ready for a flight. Carl Reynolds making sure all is going right.
Buzz Bussard and his Goldberg Tiger. It is a great flyer.
Tom Minger with his Predator       P-max 90 helicopter. YS .91 for power. Futaba FASST radio system for control. Pit area table displays the needed tools for helicopter flight.
New club member Brock Brown came back to RC after a long absence riding his Harley all over creation. Using this Hangar 9 P-51 trainer it only took him a hand full of buddy box flights to solo once again.
Just a few (really) of the Mike Belmont - Tom Richardi Air Force.
Ed Whittenburg and his new T-34 for the 2008 racing season. Note the, "No,  Bob , No" on the wing tip. A well deserved shot at Bob Pynenburg's penchant for midair collisions during the racing.
Stan Kromfols sea plane. Shot taken at New Hogan Resv., Wrinkle Cove. Sea plane flying every Friday morning with the GCF and Mountain Flyers Clubs.
Rich Allred taking his scratch built RCM 60 Trainer out for another flight. It wasn't long after this flight that Rich shoulda zigged when he zagged. The OS .61 engine was powerful enough to get the airframe to the crash site very quickly......
Glider towing operation. Tom Minger flying Jerry Davis' Uproar with a Supertigre .90 for power.
Jerry Davis' Cumic Glider sitting on a dolly getting ready to be towed by the Uproar.
Tom and Jerry getting ready for the glider tow. Harry Beck giving sage advice like, "get ready to run!"
The towing works great!                          
Bill Simunek and Bob Pynenburg going out to practice for the T-34 racing season. Since this photo was taken in Spring of 2010, you can be sure neither of these two T-34's  exist any longer. Both club members are part of The World Models Impact and Abrasion Test Team.
Here is Larry Savail on the buddy box with Dick Belden instructing. Larry is making rapid improvements.
Last but not least is the GCF's "RC". Not Radio Control, but our Resident Coyote. He showed up at the field early in the spring, a mere pup. Not afraid of airplanes (or people), he has found a permanent position of "RGT" (Resident Gopher Terminator)......




rev 7/18/10