Military heroes honored at Fairfield County Fair in Lancaster

  • 2018-10-23
The Fairfield Ohio Radio Control Society (FORKS) chose an unusual way to honor veterans at the Fairfield County Fair in Lancaster—it created a display of radio-controlled military model planes under a tent for the veterans to enjoy, according to an article in the Lancaster Eagle Gazette.

Among the displays were aircraft that had flown in both World Wars, as well as Vietnam. The more recent “birds” included an F-14, a plane seen in the popular 1986 film Top Gun. Organizers of events like this could distribute appropriate Business Cards to attendees.

The club was founded in 1965, and Jamie Thimmes, a FORKS member, said it was a “great hobby to get into.” He noted that although he and his brother have been members for a relatively short time, some people have been part of the club for years. Thimmes added he wanted to use the day to talk to veterans who had worked on, or flown, the full-size versions of the model planes.

FORKS meets monthly at the Moose Lodge, where there is a runway 900 feet long available for the group’s use. Thimmes says it is not simple to fly a radio-controlled model plane, and is a skill that must be learned like any other. He says would-be pilots can train in a simulator, or work with a veteran pilot. Noting that model planes can cost as much as several thousand dollars, he says mistakes can be both embarrassing and expensive.

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