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Formed originally some 41 years ago as
"Winton Wingers", the Greater Cincinnati Radio Control Club
(GCRCC) is a group of enthusiasts from all around the South-west Ohio
region of the USA. For the first 38 years of its existence, the Club
flew in the Springfield Township, but then found itself having to find a
new site due to development of the one they had used for so long. The
outcome of months of research and planning was their current site south
of Trenton, Ohio, which they proudly refer to as their 'field of
dreams'.
GCRCC's current membership stands at over 120;
there is an open invitation for anyone interested in the hobby to visit
the club and they offer a comprehensive training program
from April to September for newcomers. They have a very active program of competitive
events within the club as well as community events such as their annual Kids
Fly which supports the Spina Bifida Association of Greater
Cincinnati. A major summer event is the annual Flying Circus
which is a spectacular model aviation airshow that draws thousands to
their field and is regarded as the best family event of the summer! To
encourage a good variety of models for the Circus, there are a number of
expert builders in the club who offer their help to those keen to build
a new model for the show but are not too sure about taking the plunge.
 I
was interested, too, in a rather unusual winter competition
appropriately named Freeze Fly! The 2001 event has recently been
held and for the fifth consecutive year was won by Eddie Obermeyer.
Eddie is on the right in the picture with Barry Longfield (left) and
Alan Feist (centre) taking 2nd and third places respectively. I guess
GCRCC has a strong family appeal as I see that one of the club's
webmasters is Jeff Obermeyer and you can see a rather nice model
belonging to Mark Feist on the photo
gallery page.
Greater Cincinatti RCC also has a good website
which is kept right up to date (not all of 'em are!).The home page
itself carries information on latest club news,  current
events and lists recent updates to the site. They now have a forum up
and running, and there are also pages on the site covering R/C
basics, Gallery, Building, Newsletter (of which ModelFlight
reader Mike Slaughter is the editor) and Links.
R/C basics is a good page for the general
enquirer, helpfully setting out the cost of getting started in the hobby
and covering national association and club dues, basic trainer kit,
engine, radio gear and accessories. The Building page carries a
good four-part article entitled The Building Board by club member
Bob Crawford.
The Gallery is interesting, consisting of
four separate 'scrapbooks' covering specific events and a general
archive, each containing a good number of pictures. There's a nice
mixture of material between pictures of general interest to the casual
browser or interested enquirer and shots of the club in action with
plenty of members being featured.
The GCRCC website is at http://www.gcrcc.net
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