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Brooklyn Skyscrapers Model Airplane Club
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Happy 75th Anniversary to the most active club in the Northeast.
Brooklyn Skyscrapers at the club’s 75th Anniversary dinner on April 30, 2011.
Yes, the banner is 25 years out-of-date but that’s okay – in 2036 we’ll double it!
Back row: Jean Pailet, Bob Morris, Tom Juell, Mal Maclean, Art Collard, Andrew Barron.
Middle Row: Alan Abriss, Vito Gagliano, Brian Pacelli, Larry Davidson, Carrol Allen, Dave Acton, Ian Hurley, Mike Cook, Don Rousseau.
Seated: Chris Maikisch, Bob Geyer, Bob Hatschek, Leon Shulman, Bob Langelius, Bob Lipori, Tom Fennell. Leon (seated behind banner) started the club 75 years ago.
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Established in 1936, the Brooklyn Skyscrapers
is one of the oldest model airplane clubs in the country. The club still has
a large membership, although not one single member resides in the borough
of Brooklyn, N.Y. The club has retained this name for two reasons, tradition
and chutzpah! Tradition, because of the clubs origin. And chutzpah because
of the clubs old battle cry, "Brooklyn voises da woild." Also known
as the most active
club in the northeast, the clubs members still
travel to all parts of the country to compete in free flight model airplane
contests. Today the Skyscrapers have members living in all parts of the United
States, but the core members still live in the N.Y.C. Tri-state area. Photographs
of modeling activity from 1939 and 1957 can be seen below along with new photographs
showing today's members. Sort of a photographic history showing sixty years
of modeling's "good ole' days". Today the Skyscrapers fly in Wawayanda,
NY on the Bryton Barron Memorial Flying Field. Fellow Skyscraper member, Andrew
Barron purchased this amazing sod farm / flying field and has been kind enough
to let us all use it. The field is approximately 800 acres of flat sod and
some corn. This is probably the finest free flight flying site in the Northeast.
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History of the Skyscrapers click here
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Wing Loading Calculator click here
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Video shot from club members models click here
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The Skyscraper's new Newsletter read it here.
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Contest director's report and contest results
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Skyscraper News and Contest Calendar
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Visit the Skyscrapers Photo Gallery
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Purchase the Skyscraper DVD here
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Skyscrapers merchandise
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for photos and story click here.
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Galeville Field Status Report
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the
Skyscraper's Newsletter.
Back issues available here.
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Flying Barrons Free Flight field weather click the banner below.
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