GIMLI MODEL FEST 2011 SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE

GIMLI MODEL FEST
2011
SPONSORSHI P PACKAGE
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What is Gimli Model Fest?
Excitement - Thrills - History - Dreams
Gimli Model Fest is an R/C hobby showcase. This annual multi day event
features radio control (R/C) classic, sport, jet, and scale model R/C
airplanes – over 120 models flew in past years. Some are rare; some are
special only to their owners, some are quarter size replicas of actual
aircraft that carry a historical theme.
On Saturday and Sunday, the Gimli Kiwanis Club sets up a concession
stand that offers delicious burgers, hot dogs, perogies and those famous
mini donuts.
The air show features jets with miniature turbine jet engines, warbirds,
aerobatics, R/C combat, kid's candy drop and much much more in the 3
hours of non stop R/C entertainment.
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SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
Flagship Sponsor:
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$2000.00
Event naming right: “…….. Presents Gimli Model Fest 2011”
Posters
Communications (Radio spots, P.A. announcements during the weekend)
Top page banner ad on website (www.gimlimodelfest.com)
Premium banner placement for weekend (Sponsor Supplied)
Sponsor flier distribution at gate
Includes 50 day passes.
Platinum sponsor:
 $1000.00
 Designated area naming rights:
o Examples:
 “.............. Model Fest Garage”
 “.............. RV area”
 “.............. Parking area”.
 Sponsor flier distribution at gate
 Premium banner placement for weekend (Sponsor Supplied)
 Website logo placement (www.gimlimodelfest.com)
 Includes 25 day passes.
Gold sponsor:
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$300.00
Website logo placement (www.gimlimodelfest.com)
Sponsor supplied banner placement
Includes 10 day passes
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SPECTATOR COMMENTS
Frank:
“Howdy,
Helen and I would just like to thank you for a GREAT THREE DAYS OF FLYING.IT WAS THE BEST WE
HAVE EVER BEEN TO. Again your crew out did your selves.
Again thank you!”
Darrell:
“Once again, your members have pulled off a fabulous model airshow!
I was impressed last year, and this year was no different. Having the professional announcer there really
makes the airshow...
Everyone really lucked out with great flying and spectator weather, 2 years in a row...
The only thing missing really was WW2 bombers in a flyby with the fighters. (hint, hint, for next year
Awesome job guys and gals! I can hardly wait for next year.”
Peter:
“Greetings all
A really big thank you and a job well-done to the entire gang of volunteers who created a great weekend
for all us visitor types. If one checks the definition of the word perfect they would read - see Gimli Model
Fest.”
Bill:
“Great job, Joan & I had a great time.
Looking forward to next year.
Thanks a bunch for all your time and effort.
It is appreciated by all.
Thanks again.”
Bill:
“My daughter and I had a great time at model fest! she was the first one up and almost last one down on
Saturday (with a little help from Dad). We will see you in 2009!”
Al:
"Hey guys,
Just a quick note to thank you for a spectacular RC weekend. You obviously did your homework as the
Airshow was well run and safe with a good variety of events and multiple disciplines and went off without a
hitch at least, as far as I could see.
Every comment I overheard in the spectator gallery was positive.
Again thanks for a memorable event."
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Joe:
"Great weekend! Great people! and lots of great planes both on display and in the air...looking forward to
next year already."
Randy:
"It's nice to see the warm comments from spectators who enjoyed the show. As a pilot, the event behind
the scenes was top notch - very well organized and easy to participate in and enjoy. The organizers really
deserve credit for providing such a wonderful and safe venue for us to fly in. Couldn't ask for more - well
maybe some WWII heavy bombers in formation...;)"
Garnet:
"I too always always have a great time. I could not believe the change in the field in just one year. Super
job by all the organizers and workers.
The pilots shade tent was a super idea and each year the flying just gets better and better.
For one who hates to drive long distances the 500 km to Gimli for this event is a piece of cake.
I also would like to thank all the pro photographers for the excellent pictures they take. It is so nice to be
able to sit back and look at the planes in detail over the winter and the folks sitting and enjoying it all.
My reservations are ongoing from year to year. God willing we will see you in 2009"
Gina:
"I had the chance to enjoy the better part of the day on Saturday during your practice time. I must say that I
was impressed by what was going on around me. Not only was I taking in the model flights but also tow
planes, gliders and parachuters......what an awesome site. This event could not be held a better place.
Hats off to you all!”
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MEDIA COVERAGE
Gimli Model Fest 2008 was featured on the cover page of the
October 2008 issue of the MAAC Magazine!
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Model aircraft show takes wing on weekend
By Roger Newman Friday August 18, 2006
Interlake Spectator — Gimli’s Model Air Fest flys into town this weekend.
For the third consecutive summer, model aircraft buffs will have an opportunity to
participate in a “Fun Fly” Saturday and watch experts stage a major air show Sunday.
Site of the action is the fest grounds on the north side of PR 231 a half mile west of Hwy.
8.
An example, right, of the kind of model aircraft one can expect to see this weekend.
Sponsored by Gimli Tourism, the popular fest is organized by volunteers like Barry
Martin, Todd Shulba, Jeff Esslinger and Brian Renaud.
“The model aircraft show is the most successful event we’ve staged in the last four
years,” says Martin, chairman of Gimli Tourism. “It is a mostly self-sustaining show that is
taking wing. It has outgrown its present grounds and will move next year to a bigger site
at the Gimli Airport.”
Martin anticipates that 1,000 to 2,000 people will attend this year’s fest over the two
days. Besides having the chance to fly their own planes Saturday, they will witness a
Sunday air show with scale models of many different types of aircraft. In the past, the
show’s attractions have ranged from vintage war planes and large jets to novelty items
like a flying lawnmower and Superman.
“We’re expecting a good crowd again this year,” Martin said, noting admission is only $2
Saturday and $3 Sunday with children under 12 free. “It is probably the most affordable
family event in the area -- and that was our goal.”
There have also been off-shoot benefits to the show. Since it started, two model plane
and car clubs have been formed in Gimli.
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Gimli Model Air Fest remains a huge hit
By Roger Newman Friday August 25, 2006
Organizer Jeff Esslinger flies the P-47.
ROGER NEWMAN
Interlake Spectator — Gimli’s model aircraft show gets bigger and bigger.
Despite high winds, more than 1,500 people attended the third annual Model Air Fest last
weekend in a farm field on PR 231. west of Hwy. 8.
“This is the largest show we’ve had,” enthused show organizer Jeff Esslinger, regional
director for the Model Aircraft Association of Canada. “Besides the big crowd, we
attracted approximately 100 pilots from Winnipeg, Brandon, Kenora, Dryden, Yorkton,
Swift Current and other places in Saskatchewan.”
Esslinger said the ferocious wind grounded some of the heavier and more exotic models
like a “flying lawnmower” and a “flying witch”. Still, spectators sitting in their lawn chairs
were able to view a stunning display of model flying by the owners of everything from
replica military aircraft, jets and turbo props to float and vintage planes.
Esslinger himself was at the remote controls of a B-47 bomber, while Horace Smaczylo
and Mike Connellan, both from Winnipeg, displayed their respective skills in flying CF-15
and CF-18 fighter planes.
Smaczylo said some pilots spend as much as $13,000 on their models. “My new engine
in the C-15 cost $3,700,” he added.
The vintage period was covered by pilots such as Earl Patterson of Brandon who flew a
“Great Lakes Special”, a scale model of an aerobatics plane from the 1950s.
“This is the second time I’ve flown at the Gimli model show,” Patterson said. “It’s a great
setting in a nice town by the lake.”
The overwhelmingly positive response from pilots, fans and volunteers is prompting the
sponsor -- the Gimli Tourist Board -- to move the show to a larger site. Next year both the
Saturday fun fly and the Sunday flying displays by experts will be held at Gimli Airport.
Modellers soar in air fest IV
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By Jim Mosher Friday August 24, 2007
Modeller Jack Jansen figures he spent a year-and-a-half building his replica biplane.
JIM MOSHER
GIMLI -- They whirred through the air with the greatest of ease -- or it seemed. Truth is,
the people at the controls of the more than 100 radio-controlled model airplanes made it
look easy.
The fourth annual outing of the Interlake Radio-Controlled Model Club’s Gimli Model Fest
brought together about 100 modellers to a field at the south end of Gimli Motorsports
Park, along Minerva Rd. As in years past, thousands attended the three-day event.
Modellers from Gimli, Winnipeg and Northwestern Ontario gave the audience plenty to
marvel at.
Show organizers Jeff Esslinger and Todd Shulba are long-time modellers.
“These people have a passion for aviation,” Esslinger, 43, said of the modelling fraternity.
“I was 10 years old when I discovered my passion for this stuff.”
But school, girls and other commitments kept him away from the hobby until Esslinger
reached his mid-30s. “Then I picked it up again -- and, boom, I was at it again.”
Though it’s something most people can pick up, controlling your model aircraft requires
training and a good spatial sense. “Eventually, you end up with a feel for the airplane,”
said Esslinger. “You put yourself in the cockpit, and you’re flying.”
Modellers come from diverse backgrounds. They’re united by that love of airplanes.
Jack Jansen, an automotive mechanic by day, has been enthralled with modelling for 55
years. He’s 64 now and builds his planes from scratch. His scale model Scout
Experimental-5A biplane, built life-size by the Royal Aircraft Factory during the First
World War, is a testament to detail and authenticity. (Jansen figures it took a year-and-ahalf to fashion the replica.)
Fired by a glow engine, boasting an aerodynamically-stabilizing dihedral design,
featuring a low nose moment and “a fairly good-sized tail,” explains Jansen, the SE-5A is
one of the best planes ever built. At a quarter scale, it’s stable in flight and rolls well. But
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it’s no speed demon. “You might hit 50 miles an hour if you’re lucky,” Jansen said.
Shulba’s SR 71 Blackbird, on the other hand, is all speed all the time. As he put his plane
through a mild run Saturday afternoon, the Blackbird reached speeds of 250 mph. “It’s
scratch-built,” Shulba, 43, said. “It’s my own design.”
ORGANIZERS BUOYED BY POPULARITY OF EVENT
As the Blackbird lifted off, it climbed near-vertically into the sky. The crowd strained their
eyes to catch the v-shaped airplane. Then Shulba put the ‘bird’ through some acrobatic
routines, always defying gravity as it zoomed hither and yon.
The Blackbird burns a half a gallon of gas in four minutes, Shulba noted.
Former Canadian air force Sabre pilot, Tex Gehman has been building and flying radiocontrolled airplanes for 30-odd years. “It takes a while to get used to controlling the plane
in flight,” he said. “But these planes fly the same way as a full-size aircraft. The same
principles are in play.”
Getting used to ‘controlling’ the plane is the challenge. As modellers stand in a control
zone separated from the viewing public, they have to understand the changing dynamics.
The electronic instructions they send to their planes (in rapid pulses in specific
frequencies) are one-way. They get nothing back from the plane. Instead, they rely
entirely on ‘seeing’ the plane and getting a feel for its motion.
As your plane approaches you, for instance, that right-turn toggle actually flies the plane
to your left -- so there’s an art in reconfiguring your perception to the actual spatial
location, speed and direction of your model airplane.
While most of the show was devoted to fixed-wing model aircraft, a four-person
contingent from Lakehead Aero-Modellers, of Thunder Bay, Ont., was also on-hand with
their radio-controlled model helicopters.
Warren Paju, an electronics instructor at Lakehead University, has been involved with
model aircraft for 25 years. “It’s all about a fascination with things that fly,” he said. “I’ve
always had that.”
Also new this year were a pair of demonstration events that could become fixtures in
future shows, including a radio-controlled model car circuit and controlled-line model
airplanes; the latter being planes that are actually tethered so they stay in a fixed area.
Barry Martin was one of the principal organizers of the original Gimli model air show. “I
think it’s been a great thing,” he said. “It’s affordable. It’s a family event. And it brings
people to Gimli. That’s what it’s all about.”
Esslinger also credited then mayor Kevin Chudd and his council with providing initial
support for the show. Chudd’s Chrysler also provided an All-Terrain Vehicle for use by
organizers as they moved from the different areas of the show this year.
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