The Las Vegas 2nd annual Stunt Challenge Sat Nov. 10th & 11th at Bennett R/C field. Flying on Paved runway. Field open Friday Nov.9th for Practice. Food and Toilets on site. Early entry saves you money. This is going to be a big event so plan on coming. Entry form send to Reuben Lots of entertainment on the Las Vegas strip for Family. |
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Steve with his Shark Plane
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Las Vegas Circle Burners new field
Las Vegas Circle Burners (LVCB), Nevada’s newest model airplane club, has just opened a new flying circle. Many of us who have traveled to fabulous Las Vegas think of only the famed Strip – the hotels, shows and gambling. But there is a beautiful flying site right here at Bennett field. This flying site was paid for by Bill Bennett for the R/C Tournament of Champions. Bill Bennett was one of the richest men in the world and he also enjoyed model planes and helicopters. He was once the owner of Circus Circus and Sahara Hotel and Casino. Bill also owned a hobby shop called Circus Hobbies. In 2006 Bill Bennett was inducted into the Academy of Model Aircraft Hall of Fame and a plaque was presented to his friend Donny Weitz at SuperFly V., the all-electric fun fly. When Bill died in 2002 the field was turned over to the Clark County Parks Department. A biography of Mr. Bennett called “The Forgotten Man” was published in 2010.
Bennett Field Las Vegas is a city with a large population of radio control flyers and mostly R/C clubs. Modelers who fly control line are a minority who are scattered around the city with no permanent home or organized affiliation.
Enter the Las Vegas Circle Burners. Reuben and Steve MacBride, two AMA members who relocated to Las Vegas from New Jersey, founded LVCB. Back in northern NJ this father & son proudly flew their control line planes and actively participated in every aspect of control line and model aviation which included being long-time members of the Garden State Circle Burners, flying in and placing in championship contests, organizing, directing and judging contests and more. It wasn’t easy to give up an active control line life for one much lower key in their new city. The Las Vegas Circle Burners formed in June 2011 and has quickly grown to have 50 members. Interest in their club, as well as in flying control line, is growing and hopefully this newly formed club can continue to promote this activity and increase the number of control line enthusiasts in Las Vegas. For more information about this club, contact their treasurer at Tubeman5@aol.com http://lasvegascircleburners.weebly.com/ Acquiring a flying site in Clark County, Nevada wasn’t easy. The first person Reuben contacted was the district ten Associate Vice President, Greg Clemensen. He suggested a few different places to fly control line planes but he did not know of a control line club in the area. One location was a desert lakebed, which was very dry and dusty. Another place was Lake Mead Recreation Park, which is a paved parking lot but not very close to home. With the high price of gas the travel cost would be a real problem. Greg mentioned a radio control club near by. Reuben and his son joined their club and started to fly planes on the 100 x 700 foot R/C runway. Sharing this runway especially on a weekend meant that while they flew, the runway was closed to R/C planes. To get in an eight-minute flight they had to wait their turn. An average time was one flight per hour. The control line flyers soon noticed an area west of the runway that was large enough to fly control line and not interfere with the r/c runway. The problem was an existing fence that was in the way and needed to be removed to make a single circle on the grass. Reuben And Steven approached the R/C club officers and asked if they could help them to speak with the County Parks Dept. to turn that area into a control line circle. The R/C club manages the park to assure it complies with all AMA safety rules and regulations. A request was put in and two years later the existing fence was removed and a new fenced in area was added for control line. The control line flyers are grateful to the Las Vegas Radio Control Club for promoting model aviation and expanding their site to accommodate control line. The Clark County Parks Dept. also did a beautiful job making a safe site. Parks dept. removal of fence. Danny Garcia photo
Adding new fence around complete circle. Danny Garcia photo Danny Garcia and Steve MacBride, President of LVCB, during training day at new circle Club members relaxing in the shade
Reuben Holding Ringmaster during Ringathon event
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Greg Clemensen AMA Associate Vice President Dist. 10 , awarding Steven MacBride President of LVCB Gold Leader Club award at meeting on Feb 25th, 2013 at the North Las Vegas Airport Meeting.
Field has safety fence all around. Nice grass, you can see where old fence was removed to the right.
Fence being removed to make the circle complete. Sept. 2012 :)
Danny Garcia on Training day. Steve MacBride on Buddy safety thong. Notice extra long so Steve can put it around his hand. Beautiful mountain background, and R/c runway behind.
The Control line field is Open
7 days a week. 7AM till dark.
Control line club located in Las Vegas at Bennett Field.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sam+boyd+stadium&hl=en&hq=sam+boyd+stadium&t=m&z=14
7000 East Russell Rd. By sam Boyd statium
We have trainning days for control line along with the training days of Radio Control. They are the last Saturday of every month. We welcome anyone who is interested in flying
control line to contact any of the club officers to schedule trainning.
Join an exciting new club and get a control on flying U control.
We have trainner planes and always a helping hand to advance your fun.
President
Timemachine60@aol.com
Steven MacBride
702-776-8578
862-221-1055 cell
Vice President
Mike Mattingly
Piccard46@hotmail.com
702-839-1930
Treasurer
Reuben MacBride
Tubeman5@aol.com
702-776-8578
862-221-1485 cell
Secretary
Christopher Mundell
Las Vegas
702-275-0692
Safety officer LVCB
Dane Martin
Reuben flying Balloon Bust Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aecA2iY-qos&feature=youtu.be
Bill & Steve hard at work prepairing circle for cement. 2-10-2013
Vintage Stunt Contest 2012 in Tucson Az. Reuben & Steve getting Nobler Started for flight. There was 70 entries in Classic.
Reuben flying in VSC at Tucson AZ. Notice the beautiful flying site they have. 3 Paved circles and 3 grass circles. A great contest to go to and I had a great time.
Skips new Ringmaster 2015
Skips scratch built Ares, Skip also fly's Radio control and is an expert at R/C speed boat racing.
Bill Ervin Beautiful painted Cobra.
Bill is an expert Builder and flyer.
He quoted if it has wings he can fly it.
R/C planes, electric and indoor flying he enjoys beside control line.
Steven & Reuben on Ringathon Day.
Joey Mathison & Charles with Baby Ringmaster
Larry Marx club trainner showing how to fly control line. We have the Buddy cord, and the planes to teach anyone interested in flying control line. Unlike radio you get to feel the plane and make all the turns by ucontroling it. Very exciting way to fly.
Joey Mathison Holds AMA Jet speed records. His planes have been clocked doing over 200MPH. Yes he spins in a circle at that speed.
Members of club from left to right
Reuben MacBride, Wayne McGartlin, Greg Clemensen ,Anita Rost, Mike Rost
Joey Mathison, Steve MacBride, Larry Marx, Bill Holt
Steven MacBride with his newest Brodak Jet plane. It is a Classic event plane and powered by a super Tigre 51, 54oz. and covered in Monocoat.
Ed Capitanelli from Tucson AZ. with his starduster planes. Ed was a Las Vegas flyer and is a member of LVCB. His wife Peggy also is a member.
Rig -a- thon Day in October. From left to right, Joey Charles, Steve, Larry,Bill
Christopher Mundell our youngest member. Chris is a 4th generation flyer of the MacBride family.
Bill Holts and Charles, They are long time control line flyers in Las Vegas
