2012 Mid America Fun Fly June 1-3 Grosse Ile, MI

[dlbell]

Hello Friends,

I am pleased to announce the 2012 Mid America R/C Heli Fun Fly scheduled for June 1st thru 3rd, 2012. This years' event will take place at Grosse Ile Airport on the island of Grosse Ile, Mi. after months of planning and negotiating we have permission to fly on one of the airports two runways. The runway is 8850 feet long offering us an incredible amount of space for our flight line. This year the event will be held in conjunction with the Grosse Ile Island Fest also occurring at the airport during the Fun Fly.

Moving the event to the airport offers several new amenities:

Night Flying
Camping
Motor Home Parking
Full Scale Helicopter Rides
Full Scale Plane Rides
Carnival Games and rides for the family.

Last year due to circumstances beyond my control the XFC was held the same weekend. But with a little effort and some luck the XFC will be two weeks later and I assure you there will not be a lack of talent at this event.

Demo Pilots planning to attend!!!!

Nick Maxwell - Team Futaba & OS Engines & Team Rotor Rage
Curtis Youngblood - Curtis Youngblood Enterprises
Kyle and Ray Stacy - Team Futaba & Team Rotor Rage
Bobby Watts - Team Futaba
Bert Kammerer - Team JR & Team Outrage & Team Rotor Rage
Tim Jones - Team A-main Hobbies & Team YS & Team Rotor Rage
Matt Botos - Team Synergy & Team Rail Blades
Aaron Johnson - Team Synergy & Team Rotor Rage
Alex Rodriguez - Team JR & Team Heli Wholesaler
AJ Jaffe - Team YS & Team Curtis Youngblood & Team Rotor Rage
Tony Whiteside - Team Compass & Concept RC
David Kettlehut - Team Compass
Jared Granzow - Team JR
Mike Fortin - Team Heliwholesaler
Ray Nemovi - Team Curtis Youngblood & Team Thunder Power
JC Zankl - Team Empire

And many more to come...

The following Sponsors have agreed to support the event:

Futaba
Horizon Hobby
Avant RC
Miniature Aircraft
Heli Wholesaler
Byron Fuels
Outrage
Compass
Castle Creations
Curtis Youngblood Enterprises
Scorpion Power Systems
Hacker Brushless Motors
Rail Blades
Prop-shop hobbies
A-main Hobbies
Dirtburners RC Racing
Assurance RC (Align USA)
Progressive RC

And the Grand Prize will be donated by Experience RC!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Guys,

Here is the Hotel and Pre-registration info:

The Primary hotel will be the;

LaQuinta Inn
12888 Reeck Road
Southgate, MI
734-374-3000

The rate for the event is $72.15 + Tax per night. The hotel offers free wi-fi and free breakfast. Please mention "Mid America Fun Fly" to get the group rate.

The second hotel will be the;

Motel 6
18777 Northline Road
Southgate, MI
734-287-8340

The rate for the event is $50.39 + Tax per night. The hotel offers free wi-fi and free breakfast. Please mention "Mid America Fun Fly" to get the group rate.

Both room blocks will start accepting reservations on February 1st 2012.


The landing fee this year is $30.00 and includes the following;

3 days of flying at a premiere facility with some of the best pilots on the planet.

Hot dog lunch Friday and Saturday.

Event t-shirt (free with preregistration only).

Raffle tickets (5 included with preregistration or 1 with in-site registration).

The t-shirt design will be released on March 1st, and there will be a few prizes for those that pre-register.

To pre-register simply send a check payable to;

Darrell Bell
22792 North Kane
Detroit, MI 48223

Be sure to include a note with your t-shirt size and AMA number.

Or Paypal to xcellpilot@hotmail.com and include your t-shirt size and AMA number in the comment section.

Hope you all can make it,

Big D.

As usual there will be planned dinners and other activities for every night of the event. Inaddition to the night booming Detroit area night life, The Detroit Grand Prix returns in 2012 and it's the same weekend so the city will be buzzing with excitement and all of you race fans can check out the race on Sunday. Check out Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix www.detroitgp.com for more details.

Stay tuned for more info regarding Sponsors very soon.

www.midamfunfly.com

[dlbell]

I just wanted to add a picture of the site.

Big D.

[1BADAIR]

shooting for 200 pilots right?

[Cullen Colapietro]

That's some big talent! It's worth it just to see these guys fly. Though geting on the flight line shouldn't be an issue, this venue is expansive.

Sign me up, coming Sat/Sun likely.

[dankcincy]

Count me in D.

[dlbell]

Pre-register @ www.midamfunfly.com

Thanks,

Big D.

[dlbell]

Just confirmed;

Mike Fortin - Team Heliwholesaler
Ray Nemovi - Team Curtis Youngblood & Team Thunder Power
JC Zankl - Team Empire


Take care,

Big D.

[Cullen Colapietro]

Those are hard hitters! I like it. As I said before, best venue to see pilots from all over the US.

I hope the turn out is worthy of the talent represented.

[dlbell]

I too hope we get a good turn out. It takes a lot of work to put together an event like this and to secure this type of facility. Hoping to get between 150 to 175 registered pilots with the all things considered (facility, pro pilots and great raffle prizes) attending this event is a MUST.

Take care,

Big D.

[dlbell]

Ok Dan looking forward to seeing you.

[dlbell]

Originally Posted by 1BADAIR

shooting for 200 pilots right?

200 pilots pilots would be great!!!!! We certainly have the room for it (8) eight GIANT flight stations with (2) two hovering/testing stations at each end.

Big D.

[1BADAIR]

Probably can have more flight stations. Where we flew you could barely see where you were. Then I think joe mack flew a few flights on the other side of us and you could barely tell what kinda of car he drove down there.

[r1sportbike]

the flightline is over twice the size of IRCHA, so we can accommodate a larger number than that, if necessary.

[dlbell]

Originally Posted by 1BADAIR

Probably can have more flight stations. Where we flew you could barely see where you were. Then I think joe mack flew a few flights on the other side of us and you could barely tell what kinda of car he drove down there.

You're absolutely correct. I could easily add flight stations and I may if I have enough pilots for that. I do want everyone to feel somewhat connected,so I thought 8 very large stations would be okay but I certainly have the room to expand. Everything hinges on the turnout in both registered pilots and volunteers to help run the event.

However, it turns out the event should be AWESOME!!!!

[Matt Nasca]

Just registered, see ya'll there!!

[dlbell]

Originally Posted by Matt Nasca

Just registered, see ya'll there!!

Thanks Matt looking forward to seeing you!!!
Big D.

[dlbell]

Assurance RC (Align USA)
Progressive RC
Dirtburners RC Racing


Have been added to the sponsor list ths year.

Hope you guys can make it!!!!!!!


Big D.

[Bassntaz]

This is just a few miles from my house. Is there a charge for spectators? I would love to check things out.

Thanks

[Cullen Colapietro]

Free to watch, bring a heli, or at least some money for the raffles, they always have great prizes!

[Pinion]

Pinion can not wait to see some of that "Motor City Smack"...... yeeeeessssss!