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Fall Float Fly at Sandy Point {Shuswap Lake}
Author: Bill Cousins
 As usual the red carpet was out at Sandy Point for the fall fly-in hosted by the Shuswap Lake Aero Modellers. People start gathering for this event early in the week, practising their manouvers to impress the spectators on the week-end.
The beach was filled with beautiful planes - a tasty bunch of eye candy for the dedicated flyer. We all know you can get an eyeful on the beach and they come in all kinds of shapes and colors. We are talking about planes here.
Although the weather was on the cooler side, the rain came in on Friday. Saturday the rain snuck in again around fouir o'clock and rained through the evening. Sunday started out a little cloudy and the sun peeked at times with really no wind to speak of most of the day, but by three o'clock it was raining pretty heavy so everyone started to pack up. There was still alot of flying that was done all weekend.
There were a record number of planes registered at the compound with I believe, ninety-five entrants. That made for some good 50/50 draws as all three were in excess of $150.00. There were a few mishaps with planes beyond repair but even that can be an advantage. After the Harvard crashed on the water and lost its floats, it sat on the sand like a lame duck. It made quite nice kindling for the bonfire that night.
There is not much that can get the spirits of a flyer down. He can be wet, he can be hot, he can be cold but he is never discouraged. There is always another day to fly. There was also some very good prizes to be won and the tickets were very reasonable at $10.00 for a book of ten. Unfortunately, I was not among the winners. Some prizes were a Top Flite Cessna kit with an interior kit; two top notch radios with all accessories; a set of beautiful Commander floats and the list goes on.
The campground has updated its cooking facilities and as always the food was good and plentiful. Food is now barbecued and we all enjoy a good cook-out.
The wasps again were not a problem which was a blessing. They seem to like the smell of the fuel and can become quite a problem at times. I enjoyed myself immensely over the weekend and I'm sure everyone else did as well. Nothing better than a group of flyers discussing the pros and cons of different planes, float set-ups and other such flight related topics.
On that note, we wrap up the fall fly-in for another year. As we've said before, if you haven't been before keep your calendar open in June of 2006 for the spring fly-in. Even if you come as a spectator it is really awesome to see these planes of every size take off, fly around and land on the water, it is a great way to spend the day or weekend.
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