Formerly the River Oaks Aero Modeler's Club & Kalamazoo Thunderbirds

 

Explore our website to learn more about flying at River Oaks Park in Galesburg AND at the Gilmore Museum at Hickory Corners.

If you have any questions, please contact us. If you are interested in joining or want to learn how to fly, let us know.

We are always looking for new members to fly with.

2010 Calendar

April 24  Saturday  at 10:00am
Cleaning day for the fields.

We will start at Gilmore and then move to River Oaks.
Come and help us set the fields for this new season , after we finish working we can fly …..

May 1 Saturday
Kalamazoo Air zoo invited our club for a R/C open house.

The museum will supply the tables and we will supply the info and planes for the visitors that day.
Bring your best planes and helis, there is a good chance that we could fly some small electrics at the  museum.

May 22  our open season Fly In at River Oaks  at 10:00 am  

Our first get together, bring a plane and come ready to have fun.

June 19  -- The School program --- at River Oaks at 12:00 am

This is the 3th year we run this Fly in day for the school program that Fred Marion and David Groll run.
This is always a great day for us and the kids.

June 25 – Kalamazoo Valley Antique Tractor Show ---

This is a open invitation to our club to be part for this event at Gilmore Car museum.
This event bring a lot of people and we will do the  R/C airplanes exhibition for them.
We are looking for great pilots for that day, more info on this coming soon .

July 17   Thunderbirds Warbirds Over Gilmores 3 --- 12:00Noon
Gilmore Car Museum

This is the 3th time we do this and always bring a lot of pilots, with great Warbirds flying over the field.
Open for all other Clubs around us . we will start

July 31  Saturday  12:00 am fly In  at Gilmore

Just to keep the summer running hot we will fly all day at Gilmore , open for all pilots from other R/C  clubs .

August 21- Saturday Electric Fly In River Oaks –

Bring a friend and a electric plane or heli.
Open for other clubs that want to fly only electrics.
A charge of  $ 5.00 will apply for visitors.

Sept 18 – Saturday ---- Closing season

We will clean and pick any item that needs to be put away for the winter, if weather is good we can also fly



Thunderbirds RC Club Officers

President
Luis Espinel
269-823-4044

Vice-President
Flank Guarisco
269-207-6589 


Secretary
Fred Marion
269-668-3808

Treasurer
Bill Kelsey
269- 327-5974





Monthly Business Meeting's: First Thursday of every month at the field.

Every Thursday, weather permitting, club fun fly at River Oaks Field!


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