Changes will be made to the flyer as we add more sponsors and events so be sure to check back on a weekly basis.

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Please note: This year there will be a $10.00 Pilot Registration Fee. The fee includes the Friday night Mexican Food Dinner and your Pilots Only Raffle ticket. We need to recoup the cost incurred by the club to cover the rental fee for the Shelby Airport Inc.

RV'ers, new and returning, PLEASE NOTE:

RV space is limited so you must reserve a space in advance. RV space is free to participating registered pilots. To all others, this year there is a $25.00 per night tax deducible donation to Wings Over Ohio R/C Club LLC. We upgraded the electric hook-ups last year and it was costly to do. We need to recoup the cost.

Notice to Swappers: Swap space is $5.00 per 10x10 space per day. Please register in advance by clicking on the Pre-Register link above. The spaces are limited and on a  first come first served basis.

An open letter to all the new, returning, and potential pilots:

We at Wings Over Ohio R/C Club are striving to make the next twenty-one years at Shelby as fun and enjoyable as was the first! Please come join all of us if you love to fly R/C as we do or if you would like to learn more about the sport. We had Dennis McKay as our AMA Intro Pilot and instructor. He was available on site to give you and your kids a "hands on" opportunity to try out this fascinating hobby. Dennis has agreed to again be the AMA Intro Pilot. We are proud to announce Terry Kennedy will also be working with Dennis as an Intro Pilot this year. Thanks to Terry for his wonderful work with the Rally. His wife Bea will act as our official photographer this year too. We will have George Meyers working as our Videographer and photographer this year. We had a "Park Flyer", R/C Boat and R/C Car area setup for anyone to get a real radio control demo. There was lots of room on the pond for boat races and there were monster truck demos too! We have again been approved by the Superintendent of the Shelby school district to allow our flyers to be hand carried home by each student in the district (over 3000 students). Talk about reaching our "target audience"! The attendance was overwhelming! We had over 3500 in attendance over the weekend. You can again be assured of a large audience to watch your flying skills. You will certainly be able to show off your finest aircraft too. We even had a couple that loved it so much they got a room in town to spend the night so they could attend on Sunday as well. A lot of kids had a whole lot of fun right along with the adults. We want the returning pilots to have more fun now than ever before by allowing even more open flying time and a chance to really show off their piloting skills to the spectators young and old alike. By demonstrating your skills and enjoyment of the R/C Sport we hope to attract even more newcomers to this fascinating hobby.
All of our contacts have proven to be very receptive and excited about the new concept. Shelby will have our volunteers from the Ashland Cloud Chasers an AMA chartered club and members of other local clubs to help make this a fun and enjoyable Fathers Day Weekend of R/C flying for all. We promise more open flying this year. Friday June 16th from noon till 8:00 P.M. is by invitation only to Registered Pilots, Manufacturers & Vendors Reps and the Shelby Crew. This includes the FREE Big Friday night Mexican Food Shin-Dig Get Together at 6:00 P.M. hosted by my wife Jan and myself. Jan will be making her famous Southwest dishes. YUMMY! We are still getting comments from last year on the food. This is going to be a regular benefit of attending Shelby from now on!
Thanks to Jan for her wonderful cooking skills!
Please e-mail us if you would like us to send you or your club copies of the flyer or to receive more information. rcpilots@shelbyairrally.org If you would like to participate in the event this year just email us with a brief description of your piloting skills and your aircraft type, size, and class. You can pre-register by clicking that link above. We are looking for 3D & Freestyle pilots as well as Helicopters, Warbirds, Jets, & Rockets for the show demonstrations! We can be reached by telephone at 419-668-8845 between the hours of 10:00 A.M till 7:00 P.M eastern time

We had a lot of the regulars attending the New Shelby that have flown at Shelby for the last twenty years or so. We had a lot of new pilots too! We are working to make this the largest R/C Aircraft flying event in Mid-Ohio. Our crew from Wings Over Ohio R/C Club are going to be at the 52nd annual Toledo Show to meet with sponsored pilots, manufacturers, vendors, and the R/C Clubs in attendance to promote Shelby. We also attend the TNT Electric TOC on Friday and The TNT E-X Games on Saturday night. If you would like to contact us please do so by email or phone. We will be more than happy to talk with you. A lot of new concepts are in place for the new Shelby.We opened it up to all sizes and classes of aircraft last year and the response was great. Even the Park Flyers have their own area to fly! No longer will it be limited to just 1/4 Scale or larger airplanes. Heli & Jet pilots are also invited to attend. Thanks Nick and Gary for your expert Jet Program! All events will be scheduled and programmed for a safe and fun demo of your piloting skills. WE WANT KIDS! So come on Kid's bring your Dad, Granddads (and anyone else that wants to come along), for a REALLY FUN Aviation weekend!

We are pleased to have the Air Explorer Troop 117 from Bucyrus Ohio join us again this year. They along with Jim Robinson and Boy Scout Troop 107 did the parking and policing duties last year. Their expertise in controlling the parking traffic and keeping the grounds clean is one of the biggest jobs. They will be participating in the flying and training this year. Thanks to Andy for his help last year with being the Events Official Announcer! Jim and his Boy Scouts Troop will be doing the parking duties this year.

Special Thanks goes out to the sponsors, manufacturers, vendors, and distributors who are helping to promote our event by giving their generous promotional consideration.

• Academy of Model Aeronautics

• Bay Carts, Mansfield. For providing us with the use of their Golf Carts.

• The Brickley Restaurant, Shelby

• Byron Originals & Fuel (byronfuels.com)

• Daniels Hobbies, Berlin Heights, Ohio

• Dynamic Balsa

• Fly R/C Magazine

• Glen's Surplus Sales, Shelby

• Great Planes Model Manufacturing

• Sgt. Dave Mack, Officer John Geisenger

• The members of the Fraternal Order of Police 180

• The Shelby Police Dept.

• HiTEC RCD

• Hobby Force, Mansfield Ohio

• Hobbico

• Horizon Hobby

• Ex-Mayor, James W. Hunter of Shelby, Ohio

• Micro Fasteners

• Mansfield & Richland County Convention & Visitors Bureau

• Multiplex

• Ohio Model Products, Dayton, Ohio

• R/C Modeler Magazine

• R/C Report Magazine

• RC Universe.com

• Shelby Chamber of Commerce

• Shelby Golf Cars

• Doug Schmidt and David Wagner owners of the SHELBY AIRPORT INC. without whom this event would not be possible!

• WMFD TV Mansfield

• The Shelby Daily Globe

• All these great companies can see how we are promoting this wonderful hobby by the new changes we are integrating this year at Shelby. Please check back weekly as the list grows

• We want to welcome of Mansfield, as our new and exclusive beverage sponsor this year! Thank you Drew for considering us.

We hope to "See you there" this year!

Wings Over Ohio R/C Club, charter number 4600 was formed for the specific purpose of sponsoring and producing Shelby's Giant Air Rally as an annual event. Donn "Corky" Boyd, AMA # 1047 CD is president, Contest Director and the producer of Shelby's R/C Air Rally. Jan "Ladyflyer" Boyd AMA #  7734 CD is Secretary/Treasurer, Assistant Contest Director and Co-producer of the Rally. We can be reached at rcflyers@shelbyairrally.org Shelby's annual event will continue to be Mid-Ohio's largest and most fun place to fly during the Fathers Day Weekend every June.

We want to welcome Mr. Chuck Klier AMA # 40043 CD as our new Vice President and alternate CD! Great to have you with the club Chuck! He was in charge of the Radio Impound and Raffles. You can meet him and his wife Mary-Lou at the Wings Over Ohio tent at the show. Chuck is my all around best friend and the man who got me restarted in R/C Airplanes when I first moved back to Ohio years ago. He has attended Shelby for the last 22 years so he is a great help in running the show.

 For your directions to Shelby Airport click one of the links below. You can go to the Shelby Airport Inc. Web Site www.shelbyairport.com for information on and pictures of the airport.

Map of 5085 State Route 39 W
Shelby, OH 44875-9061

Directions to 5085 State Route 39 W
Shelby, OH 44875-9061

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Contact Info: Donn "Corky" Boyd, President or Jan "Ladyflyer" Boyd, Secretary  Phone 419-668-8845 E-mail rcpilots@shelbyairrally.org