2025 Ed Rae Memorial Fun Fly Event Report

Event Date

This year’s Ed Rae event was postponed from Saturday to Sunday because the forecast was calling for calmer winds on Sunday than Saturday. 

The day started out as a beautiful day, light winds and kind of cool. The mozzies were out in force! As the morning progressed, the temperature became more June-like and the wind picked up (good old mother nature pulled the patented switcher-roo on us!) One good thing about the wind it kept the mozzies away (I hates them!) 

By the time the 9:00 morning brief happened we had 25 registered pilot’s and a fair number just out to enjoy the nice warm weather and pleasant day. The wind kept up, but wasn’t terrible and not too many had any trouble with it since it remained, for the most part, down the runway from the east. 

There were generally at least 2 -3 planes in the air most of the time. And I noted that even when there wasn’t a lot of flying, everyone was enjoying the weather and having a great social gathering. 

Category

2025 EDF Rally

Electric Ducted Fan (EDF) Jets are the ultimate RC jets.

Date: Saturday July 19, 2025
Rain date: Sunday July 20, 2025
Timetable:
 

  • 8:30-9:00: Registration
  • 9:15 - Pilot briefing time.
  • 11:30-12:30 - BBQ Lunch (cash only)
  • 16:00 - End of event.

Landing fee: $10.00
MAAC registration required.
Stetson Membership required for club members.
Closed to general public.
Basic camping available (no hook-ups)
 

2025 Ed Rae Memorial Fun Fly

UPDATE: The high wind forecast for Saturday June 7th is not improving but the forecast is much better for Sunday, therefore we are moving the Ed Rae Memorial Fun Fly to Sunday June 8th, 2025

Join us SUNDAY June 8, 2025 for the Ed Rae Memorial Fun Fly.

Come out and fly, watch or eat burgers, it’s all good. There will be a SWAP MEET. If you have RC stuff to sell or give away, bring it out. You can set it up on the south side of the main shelter and in the spectator area between the sidewalk and the monument. Please be sure to mark a price and your name on the items. Please bring a table if you need one as most of the picnic tables will be needed for lunch. 

Rain date: 2025-06-08

Who was Ed Rae?


Ed Rae joined the Air Force in 1943 when he was 18 years old. He was a rear gunner on a Halifax aircraft. He was shot down near the end of the war and became a prisoner of war in Barth Germany. When he was released after the war, he came home and became a draftsman at Rockcliffe Air Base. He later worked as a Production Artist for the Department of Foreign Affairs where he was discovered by Alan Beddoe (a local heraldry expert) to be a part of a group of people to transcribe names of fallen soldiers that had died during WW11, into the Book of Remembrance located in the Peace Tower at Parliament Hill. He later became quite active with a group called the International Group of Prisoners of War. He put out a semi-annual newsletter and attended many reunions. Unfortunately, both he and his wife (Irene Rae) died in a car accident on October 27, 2001.

2025 Spring Field Cleanup

Event Date

The Stetson Flyers Club airfield cleanup day was held May 9-10. Twenty-seven members volunteered to help maintain the airfield, make repairs and to make it safe and enjoyable for another flying season.  

The rolling of all grass surfaces started on Friday afternoon and continued until 11:30 am on Saturday. In total the runway was rolled four times. The exchange of the seasonal shelter from winter to spring is a welcome change as it signifies good weather, special events and BBQ’s!  The most labour-intensive part of the clean up was filling in potholes along the laneway along with scraping of loose paint, repainting curbs and touch-up other surfaces including flight benches, picnic tables, flight line and spectator fences.  In all two full gallons of brown paint were used within a few hours.  The painting brightens the facility and helps the curbs be more visible, avoiding the tripping hazards.  The windsock, the Canadian flag and the parking lot warning markers were all replaced.

Category

By-laws Stetson Flyers Model Club of Orleans

The by-law outlines the governance structure, responsibilities, and operational rules of the Stetson Flyers Model Club of Orleans.

It defines the roles of members, directors, and officers; sets out procedures for meetings, elections, and document execution; and describes how the club is to be managed in compliance with Ontario's Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010.

Click on the link below to download the PDF document.

 

FLYING FIELD ADDRESS

5800 Frontier Road, 
Vars, ON, Canada
 

Google Maps Link

 

MAILING ADDRESS:

Stetson Flyers Model Airplane Club 
PO Box 91542 RPO Mer Bleu 
Orleans, ON, K1W 0A6 
613-518-4463
contact@stetsonflyers.com