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jbourke
Sep 01, 1996, 01:00 AM
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<td><img src="http://static.rcgroups.com/articles/ezonemag/1996/../images/srsym01.jpg" width="148" height="98"> <p><img src="http://static.rcgroups.com/articles/ezonemag/1996/../images/srsym02.jpg" width="148" height="101"> </td>
<td><a href="/articles/ezonemag/1996/srsymp.htm">The SR Symposium</a> <p>Attendees heard lectures from the
&quot;gurus&quot; of electric flight, including Keith Shaw, Tom Hunt, Larry Sribnick, and
Bob Kopski.<br>
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<td>The indoor fly-in was held on Friday&nbsp;at 7:00. Modelers from all over the world
gathered to fly 1oz airplanes in the Hotel conference room. <p>One ingenious modeler used
a high-power flashlight as a means of controlling his&nbsp;ultra-lightweight pennyplane.
Details are inside the article. </td>
<td><img src="http://static.rcgroups.com/articles/ezonemag/1996/../images/indoor05.jpg" width="175" height="116"> <p align="center"><a href="/articles/ezonemag/1996/indoor.htm">The SR indoor fly-in</a> </p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://static.rcgroups.com/articles/ezonemag/1996/../images/light.jpg" width="178" height="174"> </td>
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<img src="http://static.rcgroups.com/articles/ezonemag/1996/../images/mystery.jpg" align="left" hspace="0" width="169" height="147"><a href="/articles/ezonemag/1996/krcplane.htm">Assorted planes on the flight line</a> <p>Its impossible to guess
how&nbsp;many planes were at this year's KRC. Every type of plane imaginable
was&nbsp;represented, from 5&quot; wingspans to 1/4 scale and beyond. Electric helicopters
and ducted fans also made occasional appearances. </td>
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<td><img src="http://static.rcgroups.com/articles/ezonemag/1996/../images/horten.jpg" align="left" hspace="0" width="157" height="208"><br>
<a href="/articles/ezonemag/1996/shawdemo.htm">Keith Shaw's Demonstration flights</a> <p>One of the highlights of
every KRC is the Keith Shaw Demo. Keith has&nbsp;been building electric scale masterpieces
for&nbsp;years. </p>
<p>This year, Keith's Horten flying wing was lost due to a radio failure only seconds
after take-off. </td>
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<td><h2 align="center">THE ALL UP LAST DOWN </h2>
<p align="center">The Winner of the AULD this year was John McCullough with his ONO
design. <a href="/articles/ezonemag/1996/ono.htm">Get the inside scoop on the ONO's inner workings</a> </td>
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<td><p align="center"><img src="http://static.rcgroups.com/articles/ezonemag/1996/../images/eflight2.jpg" width="182" height="114"> </p>
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<p><a href="/articles/ezonemag/1996/krcface.htm">The KRC Experience</a> </p>
<p align="center">Meet the gang&nbsp;at EFLIGHT, a&nbsp;few celebs, and take a look at
some of the vendor's offerings. </td>
<td><img src="http://static.rcgroups.com/articles/ezonemag/1996/../images/kirk.jpg" width="205" height="265"> </td>
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<p align="center">My deepest&nbsp;personal thanks to Dennis Weatherly, Jim Mullen, Mike
Roerig, and Andy Roerig for providing photos for this article. Thanks also to Pete O'Shea
for scanning in numerous photos for me. </td>
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