On June 24th, the American Helicopter Museum held their annual family and fun celebration, FamilyFest, and the CCRC was invited to participate.

We were set up in our own room, which was incidentally entitled the Model Room. Our team brought two simulators which were in use the entire four hours by youngsters anxious to try their hand at simulated flying. One sim was set up for fixed wing, while the other was initially set for helicopters. Since none of the attending club members had any real experience flying helos, we switched both to fixed wing aircraft.

Our participation in the event was very much appreciated by the museum director and his staff. There was a great deal of interest in model aviation and in the CCRC. Hopefully, this event will spark interest in the many adults who stopped by and, perhaps, bring us some new members.

Since the weather was uncertain, we did not do any flying. A few more club members would have helped at this event, as four hours of supervising the young folks on the sims was a challenge! We look forward to being invited to next year’s event, and to better weather as well.

American Helicopter Museum & Education Center

1220 American Boulevard

West Chester, PA 19380

https://www.helicoptermuseum.org/