Control-line model aviators in several Northwest locations put up flights on various kinds of Ringmasters over the Oct. 5-6 weekend (and surrounding dates) as part of the worldwide Ringmaster Fly-A-Thon sponsored by the Brotherhood of the Ring.

The Brotherhood's John Cralley gathers flight data from around the world and compiles a spreadsheet showing what variants of Ringmasters were flown at the many locations where the flying took place. Latest flight data is available on the fly-a-thon website.

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Worldwide report:

Updated! As of Thursday, Oct. 17, the worldwide tally was 11,160, flights by 606 pilots, with reports still coming in.

See final worldwide tally

By John Cralley

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Northwest Ringmaster flights

In the Northwest, flights are known to have taken place in Auburn, Wash.; Chehalis, Wash.; Junction City, Ore.; Portland, Ore.; Roseburg, Ore.; Richmond, B.C.; and Parksville, B.C. At least 474 flights were made by at least 50 pilots at Northwest venues.

The reports below are from the various organizations and individuals who participated; some of the data is taken from the worldwide report.

Data and reports will be added if more are received by Flying Lines.

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Washington state

Some of the Skyraiders' planes lined up awaiting action  Randy Ling photo.

Auburn, Wash., Ringmaster flights

Oct. 5-6, Roegner Park, Auburn, Wash.

By Dave Gardner

Nine Northwest Skyraiders pilots made a total of 122 flights.  The chart below lists the pilots, the type of Ringmaster and the number of flights.

Pilots	No. of Flights	Airplane /Engine	Airplane / Engine
Rodney Claus	10	S-1 / Brodak 25	RingMonster I/Fox 78
Jim Schneider	7	S-1 / OS 25	RingMonster II/LA46
Jim Schneider	3	RM Jr./ Enya 15
Jim McCartney	6	S-1 / Johnson 29	RM Jr. / OS 15
Steve Ashmore	56*	PJ RM 576/ Electric	RM Jr. / OS 15
Steve Holt	5	S-1 / OS 25FP	RM Flash / Fox 15
Will Tilse	4	S-1 / Fox 35	Baby RM / Cox 049
Kris Millard	29*	S-1 / Throttled OS25
Jeff Potter	2	S-1 / OS 25
TOTALS:      8 Pilots	122	9 planes	6 planes

More Skyraiders planes await action. Randy Ling photo.

Skyraiders (from left) Jim Schneider, Rod Claus, Dave Gardner and Kris Millard. Randy Ling photo.

Roegner Park ballfield park site. Randy Ling photo.

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Chehalis, Wash., Ringmaster flights

Oct. 5-6, Faro Field, Chehalis, Wash.

By Jeff Christenson

Three of the Faro Field Flyers flew our ringmasters during the fly-a-thon weekend for a total of 104 flights. it seems a lot for three people but we have our thousand-lap club every year so our flights are actually an average of about 30 laps give or take.

Pilots were myself Jeff Christenson, My wife Tina Christenson and John Milton with Sonny helping out.

Planes were two Ringmaster S-1's and a self designed 36" RingMistress that Tina flies.

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Oregon

Eugene, Ore., area Ringmaster flights

Lineup of Ringmasters awaiting flights by the Eugene Prop Spinners. Flying Lines photo.

By John Thompson

Oct. 3, Can Do Ranch, Junction City, Ore.

The Eugene Prop Spinners worked Ringmaster flights into their weekly flying session. Russ Hester, Dave La Fever, Gene Pape, John Thompson and Gary Weems flew, with support from Jim Corbett. Eleven Ringmaster flights were made. Flights were:

• Russ Hester: S-1
• Dave La Fever: Junior (2 flights), Super.
  
• Gene Pape: S-1 (3 flights).
  
• John Thompson, S-1, Super, Baby.
  
• Gary Weems, S-1