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RCCD – 2016 Schedule

Club Meetings are held at 7:30 pm, on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the Month, at the Tucker Senior Center.
Ground School is held on the 4th Thursday of the month at the EAA Chapter 13 Hangar, or RCCD field, as noted.
Event details will be communicated on the event flyers and links.
Dates and activities are subject to change.  Check www.rccd.org often for any changes.

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2016
Full Schedule
Full Calendar (pdf)
Events Only
 
 
 
2015
Full Schedule
Month Day Date Activity Pictures Organizer
Jan '16 Fri 1 Informal New Year flying & lock combination change  
  Thu 7 Club Meeting
 
  Thu 21 Club Meeting
 
  Thu 28 Ground School - Installing equipment in a model
 
  Sun 31 Swap Shop
Paul Newby
Feb Thu 4 Club Meeting
 
  Thu 18 Club Meeting
 
  Thu 25 Ground School - CAD in aircraft design
 
Mar Thu 3 Club Meeting
 
  Sat/Sun 12/13 RC Aircraft Show at Gibraltar
Jim Lundberg
  Thu 17 Club Meeting
 
  Thu 24 Ground School - cancelled
 
Apr Thu 7 Club Meeting - Mini Toledo Noel Hunt
  Thu 21 Club Meeting
 
  Sat 23 Field Spring Clean-up (Rain date 4/24)  
  Thu 28 Ground School - Wing tip lamination
 
May Thu 5 Club Meeting
 
  Sat-Tue 14-17 AMA HQ Road trip - Cancelled
D. Biegas/N. Hunt
  Thu 19 Club Meeting
 
  Sat/Sun 21/22 Watts Over Wetzel (W.O.W.) Electric Event Mike Pavlock
  Thu 26 Ground School - Safety (held at the field)
 
Jun Thu 2 Club Meeting
 
  Thu 16 Club Meeting
 
  Sat 18 Great Lakes Scale & Warbirds
Scale aerotow gliders too (up to about 3 meter)
J. McCormick/ N. Hunt
  Tue 28 1st Kids' night (Rain date 6/30)
Bruce Thoms
  Thu 23 Ground School
 
Jul Thu 7 Club Meeting
 
  Sat 9 Big Bird Lou Tisch
  Sat 16 Work Party
EAA CH13 breakfast fly-in
ALL
Noel Hunt
  Thu 21 Club Meeting
 
  Sat 23 Club Project homecoming, fly-in & Steakout
Phil Laperriere
  Thu 28 Ground School
 
Aug Thu 4 Club Meeting
 
  Sat 6 4-Stroke Rally
Mike Schafka
  Tue 9 Kids' night (Rain date: 8/11 )
Bruce Thoms
  Sat 13 National Model Aviation Day. (Open House at RCCD)
Herb Mills
  Thu 18 Club Meeting
 
  Thu 25 Ground School
 
  Sat 27 Great Lakes Combat - Cancelled
Scott Gilkey
Sep Thu 1 Club Meeting
 
  Sat / Sun 3/4 Club Fly-in, Fun Fly & Picnic
Jim Lundberg
  Sat/ Sun 10 /11 Tom Brett Memorial Pattern Contest Peter Van Heusden
  Thu 15 Club Meeting
 
  Thu 22 Ground School
 
Oct Thu 6 Club Meeting
 
  Sat 15 Field Winter prep (Rain Date: 10/16)
 
  Thu 20 Club Meeting
 
  Thu 27 Ground School
 
Nov Thu 3 Club Meeting
 
  Thu 17 Club Meeting
 
  Thu 24 NO Ground School
 
Dec Thu 1 Club Meeting - Election of club officers
 
  Tue 13 Christmas Party
 
  Thu 15 NO Club Meeting
 
  Thu 24 NO Ground School
 
Jan '2017 Wed 1 Informal New Year flying & lock combination change
 
  Sun 29 RCCD Swap Meet
Paul Newby

2016 - Aviation Events of Interest (non-RCCD)
Dates may change - Please access the websites of the organizers for the latest details

(Other events at R/C clubs can be accessed from respective club sites - see Links page)

Events on red background are 2015 dates, shown for reference. Red background will be removed as 2016 dates are provided.

Month
Date/s
Event
April 1 - 3 The Weak Signals - R/C Expo (The Toledo Show )
June 2 - 4 CARDS Warbirds & Classics Over Michigan
June 11 PMAC Warbird Festival
June 25 Skymasters Electric Fly-in
July 7 - 9 Air Supremacy over Elkhart
July 14 - 17 Cahtham Warbirds & Classics
July 16 CARDS Giant Scale
July 25 - 31 Air Venture Oshkosh 2012
August 7 Skymasters Warbirds & Scale Fly-in
July/August 30-1 Michigan Jets 2016 TBD
August 18 - 20 Warbirds & Classics over the Midwest
Aug 20 - 21 Thunder Over Michigan
August 27 PMAC's Flying Circus
September 1 - 3 Indiana Warbird Campaign (AMA HQ site)
October 1 - 2 WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous
at the National Museum of the United States Air Force - Dayton, OH
September 19 - 20 Flying Pilgrims - 30th Fall Phase Out for Fun, Giant Scale event
September 18 PMAC Scale Fly-in

Events at other clubs on RC FlightDeck, withing driving distance of RCCD



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