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MRFA was founded with the
principals of providing an organization to promote model aviation, train
new comers to the hobby and supply a common ground for all hobbyist to
share their love for aviation.
The Mad River Flying Assoc. is
an Ohio non profit organization and was conceived in 1993. Wayne
Brunotte & David Millner already involved in radio control made the
decision to place an add in the local newspaper to see if there was any
interest in developing a club in the Urbana area. A meeting date was set
and the first open meeting saw 20 people in attendance. Thus MRFA was
born. At the following meeting a name was established, officers elected,
by-laws and constitution were written and adopted.
With the
basics defined and the new membership eager to fly the next item on the
agenda was to establish a flying site. With the help of Mr. Wendell
Weller and his family, MRFA had a temporary home at his private full scale landing strip.
We were in the air! The club still needed to focus on obtaining a permanent
site.
The club approached the city of Urbana with a proposal to
transform the old city landfill to a model airpark. After showing that
many communities had done the same thing and what the group could do to
add to the cities recreation base, they approved of
the idea and we set forth with our plans. The local firm, McKeever Excavating was a major
player in the development of the site. They trucked in nearly 60 loads of
topsoil and provided the grading of the runway surface. Working on top of
a closed landfill can present many challenges. Shortly thereafter
the runway was seeded and prepared for use. In June of 1994 MRFA moved to its new home at 1217 Children's
Home Rd.
The members of
the "Mad River Flying Assoc." wishes to extend a warm welcome to
all visitors. You will find us flying many
different evenings of the week, but the club has designated Thursday
evenings and Sunday afternoons and evenings as times that we try to gather
on a regular basis. MRFA offers a training program
for those wanting to
learn how to fly. Different nights can be set up when you contact us about
our instruction program. Please feel
free to go to our contact page to email members or officers for additional
information about the club, how to join and learn more about radio control
flying.
Happy Flying!
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