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last update: 4/6/2009 - arw
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© 2002-2009, Ribcrackers Model Airplane Club
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The Ribcrackers were organized about 50 years ago as a non-profit model airplane club under
the auspices of the Livonia Department of Parks and Recreation. At the time, the primary emphasis
was on control line flying with considerable effort given to public demonstrations of model
aircraft flying to promote the hobby.
Today, we are almost exclusively a radio control club and do not enjoy the support of any
municipal recreation department. Members fly nitro, gas & electric powered planes and
gliders. We are approximately 80 in number with our primary emphasis on sports flying. Our
goals are the promotion of the safe flying of radio control models and the general advancement
of radio controlled flight. Ribcrackers runs an active, free R/C pilot training program and we
continue to devote our efforts to providing public service demonstrations and displays as part of
our responsibility to the community and our public whenever possible.
The club currently flys out of Ray Field (see the maps for directions). Ray Field is on the south side
of Grand River, one mile east of New Hudson. It is on the Walbridge property on the east side of
their access road. It has a large, mown grass runway (400'x 400') which is suitable for most modelers.
As the field is near the New Hudson Airport, a spotter is mandatory - no solo flying without a
spotter to watch for full-scale airplane traffic is allowed at Ray Field. While Ribcrackers
has been flying at Ray Field for nearly 20 years, we do not own the flying field but we are constantly
searching for a suitable, permanent site.
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