Zone Columns

September 11, 2026 - Zone A (A - Alberta / Northwest Territories / Nunavut)
Tag(s): Sport (just for fun) | R/C Scale Sailplane

A Season of Challenges, Connections, and Looking Forward

By JOHN HORNER

As another flying season begins to wind down across Zone A, I find myself reflecting on what has been, without question, one of the most memorable summers in recent memory.

August 30, 2026 - Zone E (E - Middle Ontario)
Tag(s): Sport (just for fun) | Control Line | Control Line Precision Aerobatics | Electric Aircraft | FPV (First Person View) | Free Flight Indoor | Free Flight Outdoor | Multi-Rotor (Drone) | R/C Boat | R/C Car | R/C Float Plane | R/C Helicopter | R/C Indoor | R/C Jet | R/C Jet Turbine | R/C Large Model | R/C Open Combat | R/C Precision Aerobatics | R/C Pylon | R/C Sailplane | R/C Scale | R/C Scale Aerobatics (IMAC) | R/C Scale Combat | R/C Scale Sailplane | Rocket | SAM (Society of Antique Modelers)

When It's Just Club Members: Event Approval Still Matters

By CARL CIMPRICH

Hello Middlers, I’m writing this column because while recently attending a club event I was asked, “Why do clubs have to get approval (sanction) for a club member only event…

June 29, 2026 - Zone E (E - Middle Ontario)
Tag(s): Sport (just for fun) | Electric Aircraft | R/C Jet | R/C Jet Turbine | R/C Large Model | R/C Precision Aerobatics | R/C Sailplane | R/C Scale | R/C Scale Sailplane | SAM (Society of Antique Modelers)

Zone E Report: Warbirds Over Marshville Soars to Success

By CARL CIMPRICH

Wainfleet, Ontario — This past Saturday, aviation enthusiasts from across the region gathered at the Rose City Model Flyers field for the much-anticipated “Warbirds Over Marshville” event—and by all accounts, it was a…

May 7, 2026 - Zone M (M - Southwestern Ontario)
Tag(s): Sport (just for fun) | Control Line | Control Line Precision Aerobatics | Electric Aircraft | FPV (First Person View) | Free Flight Indoor | Free Flight Outdoor | Multi-Rotor (Drone) | R/C Float Plane | R/C Helicopter | R/C Indoor | R/C Jet | R/C Jet Turbine | R/C Large Model | R/C Open Combat | R/C Precision Aerobatics | R/C Pylon | R/C Sailplane | R/C Scale | R/C Scale Aerobatics (IMAC) | R/C Scale Combat | R/C Scale Sailplane

Zone M update

By PETER DOUPNIK

March 4, 2026 - Zone E (E - Middle Ontario)
Tag(s): R/C Sailplane | R/C Scale Sailplane

The Dick Colley Big Bird Bash

By CARL CIMPRICH

an end of season gathering at the Southern Ontario Glider Group