Johnstown RC Club
AMA District III --- Club Charter #718
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2019 is Johnstown RC Club's 57th year as an AMA Club
Check out this recent TV show called Kaleidoscope which featured our Flying Club.... Click Here
Take a look at a drone view of our field .............. by Gary Lundgren. Click Here
A Short video from our recent In-Door Fly-In.... by Gary Lundgren. Click Here
Members manning the booth at the 2019 Mall Show....Additional pictures Click Here
The Work Crew for Spring Field Cleanup on Saturday, April 13th, 2019
For additional pictures.....Click Here
Club Members Roger Luther, George Wacker, and Herb Ewald attended
the 2019 Toledo RC Show in early April, 2019. For more pictures....Click Here
The Johnstown RC Club held it's Annual Banquet on Saturday, March 23rd, 2019
It was well attended and we enjoyed a talk by our own AMA District III Vice President Mark Radcliff. Above right is the Award we received for 57 years of AMA membership for the Johnstown RC Club. For additional pictures from this event....... Click Here
George Wacker & Roger Luther pose in front of FIFI one of only two flying B-29's
For additional pictures from the B-29 Visit....Click Here
The Mall Show 2018.......Galleria Mall, Johnstown, PA
Spring Work Day at the Field, great turnout this year, Thanks Guys!
The group picture from the January 2018 Indoor FlyIn
Sunday Evening Flying...Sept. 17th, 2017 L to R. Mark, Paul, Sam, Frank, Jim, Kenny, and Roger
Sunday Evening Flying at our Family Picnic
The Three Amigo's with their Escapades
Roger, Ken, and Bruce
October view of our field approaching from the north
To watch the 4 minute video from which the above picture was lifted, Click Here
Visitors to this site so far!
The Johnstown R/C
Club was founded in 1962 and consists of 45-50 members of all ages who
like to build and fly electric, control line, and gas powered radio
controlled model airplanes. Our flying field is located between Elton
and Salix, PA near the Windber Country Club on Saddle Club Road. (Check
on the "Our Field" page for detailed directions). Our monthly meetings
are held the first Tuesday of each month at the Richland Township
Municipal Building on Schoolhouse Road, near the UPJ Campus and the
Richland Township High School. Meetings start at 7:30 pm except during
the summer months when they are moved to a later time to allow for
summer evening flying. GPS co-ordinates for our field are N 40.16.733
& W 78.45.874 and our flying fields elevation is 2250 ft. The
physical address for the field is 231 Saddle Club Road, Windber, PA.
(Applications for AMA and Club Membership are available for printout at the top of the Newsletter page)
.......2018 JOHNSTOWN RC CLUBS 57th YEAR........
Website Last Updated on 7/6/2019
Club Meetings and upcoming activities...
July Club Meeting......... Tuesday, July 2nd, 8:30 pm
July Family Picnic........ Sunday, July 28th, 5pm at the field.
August Club Meeting...... Tuesday, August 6th 8:30 pm
Web Albums: To view a nice collection of pictures
during the past year, and from recent
club events, click on any of the links
below:
Check out the new videos on the "links"
page. See Cliff, Fred, Roger, Scott,
and Bruce fly their planes.
A neat video from the IMAA Air Show 2011..... Click Here
Some fantastic 3-D Flying by 19 year old Joe Smith at
the Joe Nall Fly-In: Click Here
Check out the new videos on the "Links Page"
Special Edition Newsletter: BSA Aviation Camporee
An Album of pictures from a trip to the National Air &
Space Museum at Dulles Airport, The Udvar-Hazy Center
Many pictures of very unique and distinctive aircraft.
Click Here
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2018 Mall Show
2018 Club Banquet
2018 Indoor Fly-In
2018 Toledo Show
2017 Club Banquet
2017 Toledo Show
2017 Indoor Fly-In
2016 Field Pics
2016 Mall Show
2016 Indoor Fly-In
2016 Club Banquet
2015 Field Pics
2015 Mall Show
A Video Tour of the 2015 Mall Show
2015 Club Banquet
2015 Indoor Fly-In
2014 Pics from our Flying Field
2014 Mall Show
A Video Tour of the 2014 Mall Show
2014 Toledo Show Pictures
2014 Club Banquet
A Video Tour of the 2013 Mall Show
A Video Tour of the 2012 Mall Show
50th Anniversary Power Point Show
The most common times to fly at our field are weekday
mornings 8-11am. Saturday mornings 9 till 1 pm, and
Mon-Tue-Wed & Thursday Evenings...4 pm till dark, and of
course Sunday afternoons from about 2 pm until dark.
The Sunday afternoon hot dog cookouts will begin in April,
and the monthly "Family Picnics" begin in May.
Family Picnics are held on the last Sunday of each month.
All flying is dependent on the weather and wind of course!
