RC Meet at a disused WWII Runway near Dudkundi Village, Kharagpur, Kolkata

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rohitgupta322

Actually, I had told Gusty bhaiya about this. He sent PM's to only those who had put up a comment in the thread, and he assumed that the rest will understand that it hasn't been called "off".

We were really missing a lot of RCIndia members, the only ones who were there were me, Kalyan da, my friend Ankit, Rajib bhaiya and of course gusty bhaiya. (Sorry if I have missed some names here!)

But, VC bhaiya I had sent you a PM few days before the meet asking you whether you were coming to the meet or not, but I didn't get any reply so I assumed that you were busy packing stuffs to be carried to the meet.  :giggle: ;D

But, here's the good news, Gusty bhaiya has decided to get that area cleared so that future RC meets can be carried on there, it's just a perfect place. The meet might be held there every once a month or so, i'm not too sure, but he was talking about it. And to add to that we have the shillong meet coming up.

Since Gusty bhaiya is busy transferring to a new location, he might not be online for 15 days or so, so he asked me to continue this thread.  ;D
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rohitgupta322

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ankitbaid

The RC meet organized at the disused WW 2 runway in Dudkundi  was a great success  as a lot of veteran hobbyists attended the meet and showed some stunning moves (a few of them have been included in the video Rohit has posted). There were the hobbyists from IHC (India's Hobby Centre) and others from RCTC and forum members  including  myself , Kalyan da , Rohit and Rajib da.
There was a shamiana , sitting arrangement , fans , transport and other facilities all thanks to Gusty bhaiya's efforts. It was a real hot afternoon and the sun shone like hell , but no one could keep their eyes off the stupendous katana , corsair ,aeromsater , jet ranger , and a couple of other ones  :)
The pilots were amazing and all I could manage was look dumbfounded  :o at their skills and maneuvers and applaud. This was an incomparable experience that has brought me closer to this hobby. I saw faces that loved those RC birds and hope to have a couple of those great planes myself someday (that is if I could ever manage to rise to the skills those pilots had).
There was only one man who could have made such a meet possible and he was BANG ON   :thumbsup: !!
Grateful to have such a kind and warn hearted person as a senior in the hobby   :salute: .
Special thanks to the  Air Commander (sorry for missing out on his name)and the other officials from Air Force Station,Kalaikunda  without whose efforts this meet would have been impossible.

KALYANPRODHAN

Some Photos from my camera.

Pic1. : Commanders in dress.   :salute:

Pic 2 : Question : How much LiPO is essental for field ? :headscratch:

Pic 3: Guess who ? Our Future Generation with so much detail idea (Abhimanue! but this time complete knowledge). (:|~

Pic 4 : Foamy in pile.
We have to unite and to prove ourself to make indigenous products as well as marketing / Canvasing them. I'm sure we must achieve success if we try unitedly.

KALYANPRODHAN

But one balsa expert pass the time by fixing the foamy damaged by an airpass nearby you can watch at 6:33 min of video. But before this, it lost it's prop earlier , then broken motor-mount and after fixing with 5 minute epoxy, it again opened by Airblow of another glow. :giggle:
We have to unite and to prove ourself to make indigenous products as well as marketing / Canvasing them. I'm sure we must achieve success if we try unitedly.

KALYANPRODHAN

Pic 1 : Colorful planes.

Pic 2 : Packed.

Pic 3 : Foamy flying.

Pic 4 : Spectators.
We have to unite and to prove ourself to make indigenous products as well as marketing / Canvasing them. I'm sure we must achieve success if we try unitedly.

rohitgupta322

I was lucky enough to be in the truck with so many planes(Pic 2)  ;D
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rcpilotacro

Gusty's Hangar and Introduction.

A Good pilot will practice until he gets it right,
A Great pilot will practice until he can't get it wrong.

SunLikeStar

Awesome pics {:)} I can only imagine how much fun you guys must have had there  :D

rcpilotacro

The meet went off, lot of guys drove down from Kolkata with thier birds. i had my acromaster only rest were on its way to kolkata. thanks guys. more such meets will follow, more news for NE india members in strore. watch out in RCI for more
Gusty's Hangar and Introduction.

A Good pilot will practice until he gets it right,
A Great pilot will practice until he can't get it wrong.

naatumach

aah.. Kharagpur, actually kalaikunda, got really fond memories when dad was posted there :)
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rohitgupta322

Quote from: augustinev on June 29, 2011, 02:07:44 PM
The meet went off, lot of guys drove down from Kolkata with thier birds. i had my acromaster only rest were on its way to kolkata. thanks guys. more such meets will follow, more news for NE india members in strore. watch out in RCI for more

I hope to be there for the next meet.  ;D
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globalmilind

WOW- This reminds me of the Lucknow meet!
These are great events! Senior people with hats and goggles! Awesome! :thumbsup:
Milind Raj

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....and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.

bcchristopher

Hi Gusty, good to see you so actively involved. Wish I was there too. Best wishes, God bless and Happy landings!