| CCRCS Member Since:
1995 |
Age: 70's |
Occupation:
Retired State Trooper |
| Year Started in Hobby:
Mid 60's! |
Club Office Held:
None here, but currently president of Pahrump Valley Model
Aviators in Pahrump, NV |
Hometown:
Battle Ground
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| Favorite Plane:
Composites ARF Extra 300 |
My Next Plane:
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Email:
cmurray124@aol.com |
| Favorite CCRCS Event:
Fun Fly |
Best R/C Project:
Balsa USA 1/4 scale Cub |
| Worst Experience:
Flying before I had cataract surgery. Boy, was it difficult
to see where my plane was. I crashed several, but saved
many with the help of flying buddies! |
| Best Experience:
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| Why I fly at CCRCS:
Light poles to aim at, but my goal continues to be missing
them! Actually, it's a great place to fly, lots of
camaraderie. |
| My Project/Build List:
None at this time! |
| My Commentary:
I started out with the control line in the 60's. About
1969, I entered an AMA contest at a local navy airfield
in Seattle. I took first place in carrier landing with
a Corsair I built and flew with the control line. A
Boeing engineer carved a prop for this plane which made
it the fastest and the slowest plane in the carrier
contest.
I put my hobby on hold for about 30 years and came back
to it when I retired in 1993. Since then I have enjoyed
the activity.
Currently I fly on a dry lake bed in the NV desert in
the winter. Most winters the weather is mild and we can
fly nearly every day. Currently we are trying to
develop a piece of land for a fly field for club members
(we have 20 members). The dry lake bed is BLM land and
open to all public-non AMA members, which can be a
challenge, as well as 4-wheelers who like our smooth fly
field to practice donuts.
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Chuck
with his Extra 300, and a typical winter campout at the field in
Pahrump, NV