Model Airplanes

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GENESEO – For many of the model airplane enthusiasts gathered last weekend at the National Warplane Museum, their hobby began with a childhood fascination of aviation that has never gone away.

“I’ve been doing this since I was 9 years old. I’m now 62,” said Simon Blake, an editor of a plumbing trade journal in Toronto, Ontario.

“When I was a kid, I didn’t have a TV at home so to entertain myself I got into model airplanes. It started with the local Boys’ Club,” said Blake, who also restores old motorcycles.

Blake’s plane – he called it a T-bird – was among the larger planes being launched Aug. 11 during the opening day of the 48th annual Empire State Free Flight Championships, which

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If you mention Joplin’s native son Bob Cummings, longtime residents of Joplin may remember the motel on Range Line Road that bore his name. Or they may recall his series of television shows from the 1950s and 1960s, where he portrayed a bachelor photographer always on the go. It’s possible some might recall one of the many movies in which he appeared from 1933 into the 1980s.

He was born in 1910 in Joplin to Dr. Charles and Ruth Annabelle Cummings. His father, a surgeon, was on the staff of St. John’s Hospital and was one of the founding doctors for the Jasper County tuberculosis hospital, later named Elmhurst, outside of Webb City.

In 1909, Orville and Wilbur Wright traveled through Kansas on the way to Joplin. While in Kansas, Orville Wright contracted “barber’s itch,” a fungal infection. Dr. Cummings successfully treated him for the infection. As a result of the treatment, Wright and the doctor became good friends. The next year when his son was born, the senior Cummings wanted to name their son Robert Orville Cummings. Ruth Cummings objected to the point of crossing out Robert Orville on the birth certificate and adding Charles Clarence instead. As there was no more room on the certificate for the surgical nurse to sign, she signed beneath the composite name. The baby became Robert Charles Clarence Orville Cummings.

Orville Wright continued to be a family friend over the next decade, even as the senior Cummings became an advocate for public aviation and municipal airports.

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Admission is free.

Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) membership is required for those who wish to fly their model aircraft. The landing fee is $20 per pilot. The Fun Fly is an AMA-sanctioned competition, offering RC-related items as prizes.

The Fun Fly is a long-standing tradition of the Headwaters R/C Flying Club, drawing pilots from throughout Minnesota and North Dakota.

“We usually average around 30,” said Club President Dick Reich. “We’ve seen over 40 at times.”

This year, Dylan Hudock, a UND aerospace student and factory flier for Compass Helicopters, will be doing demo flights. Hudock has been flying R/C planes for 14 years and helicopters for a decade.

A slalom course will be set up mid-afternoon for delta-wing foamies and similar aircraft. Only fixed-wing models are allowed; no rotary or hybrid. Planes must have a 25-inch wing span to score maximum points. Combat and night flying will also be available.

There are currently about a dozen members in the Headwaters R/C Flying Club; more always welcome.

“We’re looking for new members all the time, any age,” said Larry Sowden.

“Not only airplanes,” added Reich. “We’ve got people who fly quads, helicopters, drones.”

They gather Tuesday mornings around 10 a.m. and Wednesday evenings at 5:30 p.m. to fly on the club’s five-acre field, weather permitting.

Dave Martin is the club’s newest member.

“I’m rediscovering my childhood,” he said. “I built planes when I was really young.”

“One of the things that has happened over the last few years is a lot of people are going from 2-cylinder Glow engines to electric,” said

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GENESEO – For many of the model airplane enthusiasts gathered last weekend at the National Warplane Museum, their hobby began with a childhood fascination of aviation that has never gone away.

“I’ve been doing this since I was 9 years old. I’m now 62,” said Simon Blake, an editor of a plumbing trade journal in Toronto, Ontario.

“When I was a kid, I didn’t have a TV at home so to entertain myself I got into model airplanes. It started with the local Boys’ Club,” said Blake, who also restores old motorcycles.

Blake’s plane – he called it a T-bird – was among the larger planes being launched last Friday afternoon during the opening day of the 48th annual Empire State Free Flight Championships,

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