As is typical of these types of events here in the Midwest, most folk start arriving mid-week, and when Helen and I arrived at the Madison County Dawn Patrol around 2:30pm Wednesday afternoon June 7th,. there were several flyers already here. So with help from CD Tamas Seres we got our RV and Trailer bedded down for the weekend, and started setup.

The Madison County RC Flyers home field in north-central Indiana is a very nice grass triangle field, bounded on either side by drainage ditches which converge at the north end of the field – the “West Drake Ditch” to the East and “Polley Walk” to the West, with the Pit Area making the base of the triangle. Located about an hour west of Muncie, Indiana, the surrounding area is farmland and wind farms.

Winds were brisk all afternoon, so everyone already arrived had been taking a leisurely start to getting airborne, but we did get the "Flags of the Great War" display up (and the flags were very energetic this afternoon/evening and in fact most every afternoon throughout the event).

One plane unfortunately came to grief on Friday - Bryan Baumer's 1/4 BUSA Fokker D.VII was badly damaged during a deadstick landing attempt. Damage is substantial, but he is planning to rebuild it.