Opening up Flight School

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The Stetson Flight School is seeking to broaden its reach to serve the whole club, not just the traditional clientele of R/C beginners and former flyers. Our instructional team includes people with a wide range of skills and expertise, from basic flying skills, to aerobatics, to tuning IC engines, to building and repairing models, to programming various radio systems, etc. We want to share this resource with club members who are looking for help.

Flight School is open for business every Tuesday (when weather permits) from 16:30 to well into the evening. So feel free to just drop in to look for advice and assistance or just chat. Bring your plane and gear, as appropriate. Don’t forget to check the club website on Tuesday morning to make sure Flight School is on that day (www.stetsonflyers.com).

Or get in touch with me in advance to discuss your issue and arrange for help. Call, text or email.

That’s the make-it-up as-we-go-along approach. In addition we intend to hold scheduled sessions on specific topics. One of these will demonstrate Forward Programming of a Spektrum Smart receiver. If you’re interested, please let me know. I’m thinking of doing it at the field, under the shelter, on a Tuesday evening in late July. More to come.

To learn more and register for Flight School, visit

https://stetsonflyers.com/flight-school-overview

So join our effort to share the expertise!

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Flight School

2026 Zone G Fun Fly

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Date: Saturday July 25, 2026 
Rain Date: Sunday July 26

Landing fee: $25.00 (includes BBQ lunch)
MAAC registration required.
Closed to general public.
Basic camping available (no hook-ups)

2026 Ed Rae Memorial Fun Fly

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UPDATE: Moved to Sunday June 7th

We've been tracking the weather forecast for Saturday and it doesn't look good - rain in the morning and the possibility of thunderstorms in the afternoon. It's a bit of a judgement call, but we've decided to postpone the Ed Rae Memorial Fun Fly to the following day: Sunday June 7th. 

Campers, please feel free to camp for the weekend regardless of the weather. Camping at the Field: I'll add that a number of you have asked permission to camp this weekend with trailers and RVs. As a member of the Stetson Flyers club you can camp anytime you wish and make use of the field amenities - BBQ, etc. You DO NOT need permission from the club Executive. We also encourage you to invite your friends who are MAAC members from other clubs in the region and beyond to camp and fly with you at the field regardless of whether there's an event happening or just regular flying. 

Hope to see you on Sunday!!

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Field Rolling - May 14, 2026

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We will be conducting our annual rolling of the field this Thursday (May 14, 2026). The roller is scheduled to be delivered @ 9:00 AM. Charlie Colwell, our Field Manager, will be there to supervise but he needs volunteers to spend an hour or so driving the roller around the field at these times:

  • 9:00 AM
  • 11:00 AM
  • 1:00 PM
  •  3:00 PM.

NOTE:  The field will be closed for all flight operations during rolling.

Volunteer roller drivers can contact our field director Charlie Colwell at contact@stetsonflyers.com

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Field Clean Up

2026 Spring Field Cleanup and Club Meeting

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Spring Clean Up and Club Meeting at the Field - Saturday May 16, 2026:  9:00-11:00AM

Tasks for the day will include:

  • Taking down and storing the winter shelter.
  • Move and install the summer shelter.
  • Clean and setup the barbecue.
  • Move and position the benches and  picnic tables.
  • West starting station needs some work on the patio stones, they need to be raised a couple of inches.
  • Four patio stones need to be installed centre of the control line circle.
  • Roll east west runway and north south runway.
  • Get rid of some of the junk that’s accumulated in our trailer.
  • Level a few pot holes on our lane. Andy is planning on bringing his 4 wheeler with a dump box.
  • If someone wants to do some lumber jacking, bring your chainsaw. East of the runway there’s a clump of trees that aren’t getting shorter.

Tools needed include: shovels, rakes, wheel barrow, jack knife and chainsaw.

The work party is from 9:00 till 11:00. Followed by a club meeting.

Barbecue lunch will be included as a thank you for attending and lending a hand.
 

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