2018 Yuma Aeromodelers Airshow

Yuma CAP Team 508 volunteers at Yuma Aeromodelers Air show on Feb. 10, 2018

Yuma CAP composite squadron 508 senior and cadet volunteers helped make this year's Yuma Aeromodelers Air show a successful event. Just a few weeks ago Yuma Aeromodelers made their airfield, Contreras Field, available for our model rocketry rocket launch.

Group Photo Team 508

Busy cadets take a break from dusty parking lot

Cadet leadership during a break

We wanted to thank them for their generosity by helping out at the air show. We arrived in the CAP van about an hour before the event was scheduled to start. We set up tables and chairs for our base of operations. The aeromodelers offered some bagged breakfasts for sustenance. Many of us then set out to help direct traffic and automobile parking for the event. That was a lot of dusty work with over 900 vehicles counted passing through the admission area.

Impressive Crowd for air show

 We were not so busy that there was not time to watch some of the air show. Pilots showed their mastery of the model airplane world with a variety of demonstrations. The parachute drop was particularly successful this year. Model aerobatic displays were also impressive.

Aircraft staged to fly

Acrobatic maneuvers with Foothills in background

 Major Smith, our unit commander, oversaw all of our activities during the air show. Major Haskell did his usually excellent job of managing coms. Major Dickerson orchestrated the lunch run for 3 dozen tacos and sodas to wash it all down.

Senior Staff confer

Major Haskell distributes radios

Cadets and seniors enjoyed the beautiful if breezy day. I think we firmed up our relationship with Yuma Aeromodelers by our excellent volunteer work, keeping parking chaos to a minimum. We look forward to working with this local group again in the near future. The field is a good site to hone our skills with the quadcopter and should provide a nice area for stargazing as we ramp up our astronomy program.

Flags fly proudly