Roughly 15 years ago, when Dave and Pete Malchione became CDs for WOD, it was only a three-day event. This is how WOD has grown to its current five-day run. By early afternoon on Tuesday, Mark Ward, and Jim Stanton, from Tidewater RC’s Ghost Squadron in Chesapeake, Virginia, had already set up their canopy, assembled several aircraft, and had their 1/4-scale Sopwith Pup in the air! Of course, that didn’t stop some of its more enthusiastic pilots from showing up and flying even earlier. WOD 2012 officially ran from Wednesday, July 11 through Sunday, July 15. Airplanes (L to R): Bill Fairweather’s P-47, Mike Ronig’s P-51, the Malchione’s Ultra Bandit, and Vinnie Damiani’s Zero and P-40.
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This year’s pilots included Mac Hodges, Paul LeTourneau, Frankie Mirandes, Adam Lilley, Dave Wigley, Jerry McCallum, and Ron and Joan Liska. WOD attracts some of best builders and pilots in the country. How big? How about a 1/2-scale Cub, or a B-29 with 20-foot wingspan? Of course, this is just the starting point. It must also meet the IMAA’s minimum requirements for size: 60-inch wingspan or 1/4 scale (whichever’s smaller) for airplanes with two or more wings, and 80-inch wingspan or 1/4 scale (again, whichever’s smaller) for monoplanes.
To fly, an airplane must be a Scale model of a military aircraft from any point in any country’s history. It has since grown to be a fun-fly and daily air show with 185 pilots, roughly a dozen vendors, and more than 4,000 spectators. It started in 1992 and consisted of just a handful of friends who got together to fly their large warbirds. WOD is an AMA and International Miniature Aircraft Association (IMAA) event and it’s one of the largest, oldest, and most-respected events of its type. I felt the same way on my first day at WOD in 2010-and half the event had been rained out that day! “Best day ever! This is epic!” shouted a young boy behind me at the start of Electric Mayhem on the fourth day of Warbirds Over Delaware (WOD) 2012. Digital exclusive event coverage on Īslo featured in the January 2013 Model Aviation tablet app.
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