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Indoor Model Airplanes Enthusiasts at Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb
Date: 2/27/2011 Album ID: 1180527
Photos by Jerilee Bennett
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Tightly wound rubber bands are used to power the flights of indoor model airplanes at the 5th Annual Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb at the City Auditorium on Sunday, February 27, 2011. The event was put on by the Magnificent Mountain Men Free Flight Club of Colorado.
The Boyd family had three generations that participated in the Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb for indoor model airplanes. Ray Boyd works with his grandfather, Raymond Boyd, to get an airplane ready for flight at the event on Sunday, February 27, 2011. (JERILEE BENNETT,THE GAZETTE)
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Rick Pangell (left) and Jerry Murphy (right) and other indoor model airplane enthusiasts do a mass launch during the Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb on Sunday, February 27, 2011. Participants of all ages took part in the event at the City Auditorium. (JERILEE BENNETT,THE GAZETTE)
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The airplanes in the Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb are propelled by rubber bands that are wound many times. Bill Gowen keeps an eye on his plane as it circles at the event on Sunday, February 27, 2011. . (JERILEE BENNETT,THE GAZETTE)
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The crowd spends a lot of time looking upward. (JERILEE BENNETT,THE GAZETTE)
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Bill Gowen uses a steering pole to change the course of his airplane. (JERILEE BENNETT,THE GAZETTE)
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Bill Gowen uses a steering pole to change the course of his airplane. (JERILEE BENNETT,THE GAZETTE)
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The Boyd family had three generations that participated in the Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb for indoor model airplanes. David Major launches an airplane while his cousin, Stephen Boyd, supervises at the event on Sunday, February 27, 2011. (JERILEE BENNETT,THE GAZETTE)
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Jerry Murphy tinkers with his plane in between flights. (JERILEE BENNETT,THE GAZETTE)
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The planes have a close call. (JERILEE BENNETT,THE GAZETTE)
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Brothers Andrew and Eric Bacon wind their airplane. (JERILEE BENNETT,THE GAZETTE)
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