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          Steve Hathaway's Xl-pro 4 stroke
          Peter Wale's turbine
          Peter Wale's Notar
           
          Club Fly Day - Jan. 25, 1998
          GPH-346 Mike Bender's GPH-346 (58K)
          XL SE Peter Wale's X-Cell Custom Graphite SE (48K)
          Gary W. Gary Wright wrings out his Intrepid (22K)
          November 2, 1997 at Bithlo
          M.D. Pro Marvin Dericho's XL Pro (41K)
          R.N. 60 Roosevelt Newsome's XL Custom Graphite 60 (27K)
          Club fly day - July 27, 1997
          5 XLs A field of X-Cells (42K)
          XL Pro Steve Hathaway's 4 stroke powered XCell Pro (26K)
          Tsurugi One of Nob Muraki's Hirobo Tsurugis (57K)
          Tsurugi Nob Muraki's Tsurugi in a hover (29K)
          The crowd Part of the crowd that braved the 96º heat (38K)
          Nob & Cliff Cliff Hiatt does a post flight check of Nob Muraki's Tsurugi (43K).

          Check out a few highlights from TORCHS 1st Annual Heli Fun Fly on Oct. 8, 1996.
          TORCHS held it's 1st Annual Fun Fly on Sunday Oct. 6, 1996 at the club's field in Bithlo, FL. The weather gave us overcast skies from the start but held off on the rain until 2 p.m. which gave enough time to get in all the planned events.

          UH1-N Peter Wale's UH1-N on the stand just before it flew beautifully (35K)
          UH1-N Another view of Peter's UH1-N showing the twin exhaust ports leading from the gas engine. Fuse is a Scalehouse Helicopter kit (30K)
          R.N. Roosevelt Newsome tries to move the red ball in the novice obstacle course event - easier said than done (39K).
          J.S. John Schmitt nudges the ball into the circle (31K).
          Mike B/guys Mike Bender lends a hand in the impound area while Steve, Craig, and Cliff look on (35K)
          Drags 1 Ewald Heim vs. Dabling Harward in the semi-final drag race with start man Craig Kirker (21K).
          drag 2 Dabling vs. Marvin Dericho (30K)
          drag 3 Marvin vs. (28K)
          drag 4 The final drag for all the marbles - Marvin vs. Ewald. Ewald edged Marvin out at the end for the win (24K).
          Gary B. Miniature Aircraft rep. Gary Scott Breithaupt from Toronto, Canada (33K).
          Cliff H. Cliff Hiatt's YS 91 powered 4 stroke XL Pro (24K)
          Steve H. TORCHS president Steve Hathaway's XL Custom and Gas XL (45K)
          Sloan D. Sloan Davis' Gas XCell (38K)

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