Big remote-controlled airplanes return to St. Charles
The passion for airplanes never goes away. People involved with the Fox Valley Aero Club already know this.
The club's Windy City Warbirds and Classics event wrapped up its three-day event Saturday as more than 70 pilots from seven states and Canada were on hand to fly nearly 200 flight-ready, large-scale model remote-controlled airplanes at the club's airfield in St. Charles.
Club board member and event coordinator John Fischer of Plainfield, said he expected from 1,000 to 1,500 people to attend the three-day long event. For information on the club, visit foxvalleyaero.com.
A late World War I Fokker D. VII German fighter plane flies over the corn field at Fox Valley Aero Club's second annual Windy City Warbirds and Classics large-scale RC airplane event in St. Charles Friday. The plane, designed by Anthony Fokker of Holland, was considered state-of-the-art at the time and the best fighter plane of the war. As a part of the armistice, Germany had to hand over all the D. VII's to the Allies so they could study them.
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A pilot doll in a World War II Fairchild PT-19 plane owned by Armin Weber of Aurora sits in standby mode waiting to fly at the Fox Valley Aero Club's second annual Windy City Warbirds and Classics large-scale RC airplane event in St. Charles Friday.
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An A-10 "Warthog" jet flown by Paul LeTourneau of Oconto, Wisconsin, cruises past an American flag during the noontime show at the Fox Valley Aero Club's second annual Windy City Warbirds and Classics large-scale RC airplane event in St. Charles Friday. The plane, officially called a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, debuted in the '70s, was used in Iraq and Desert Storm and is still in use today.
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John Dolacki of Lorain, Ohio, center, pilots his plane while Hugh Pearl of Sleepy Hollow, right, acts as his spotter during the Fox Valley Aero Club's second annual Windy City Warbirds and Classics large-scale RC airplane event in St. Charles Friday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Paul LeTourneau of Oconto, Wisconsin, walks his A-10 "Warthog" jet to the runway to take flight at the Fox Valley Aero Club's second annual Windy City Warbirds and Classics large-scale RC airplane event in St. Charles Friday. The plane, officially called a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, debuted in the '70s, was used in Iraq and Desert Storm, and is still in use today.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
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