Radio-control Enthusiasts

Author: jone Date: 14 November, Category: Appealing, Visits 3303

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The R.C. Bush Pilots club was started in 1981, for those who enjoy flying radio control (RC) model planes. It’s one of the largest clubs in Florida, and calls Phil Wherry Field in West Palm Beach home.

Many pilots add figurines in the cockpits of their planes. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

Phil Dettman controls an electric Flybarless 3-axis gyro helicopter doing acrobatic maneuvers while Andrew Wright looks. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

Phil Petty examines his multiple channel radio control as his plane rests next to him at Phil Wherry Field. [I have a bunch of hubbies], Petty said, [but in particular these (RC Bush Pilots) are a great bunch of people]. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

A T-Rex 600 Efl remote control helicopter flown by Jeff Polisena of West Palm Beach does acrobatic maneuvers at Phil Wherry Field. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

Wile E. Coyote is in the cockpit of an 80 inch Ultra Sport remote control plane. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

Julius Lee prepares a Kyosho Acrobatic Osmose plane. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

Professional pilot and remote control plane enthusiast Bob Rembert prepares to start the propeller of a 1/4 scale Edge 540 remote control, gas powered plane. [I wanted to fly since I was 10 years old. I love it so much. And I can do stuff with the model airplanes I can't do with the real planes], said Rembert. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

The Edge 540 flies over Phil Wherry Field; Veterans Hospital is seen in the background. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

Rembert does a stall maneuver with a 1/4 scale gas powered DH 540 over Phil Wherry Field. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

Phil Dettman prepares one of his electric flybarless 3-axis gyro helicopters. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

Lee Montgomery of Wellington carries his electric power glider. A small electric engine aids the glider, which has a wing span of five meters, to climb and and use the wind to extend flight time. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

Dusty Rhoads of Jupiter steps over his P51 remote control plane. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

This plane survived a rough landing. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

A WWII pilot rests in the removable cockpit of a remote control plane at Phil Wherry Field. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

A 1/4 scale Decathlon remote control gas powered plane does a stall maneuver while another planes flies in the background. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

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