Model Plane Hobbyists Will Zip, Dip & Dive At Baltimore's Largest Fly-In

HALETHROPE, Md. (WJZ)—Health professionals will tell you it's a good thing to not only eat right, exercise, but also to have a hobby or two.

Mike Schuh introduces us to a group in Halethorpe who has listened to that advice.

Baltimore's largest celebration of remote control airplanes is back for another weekend of high-flying fun.

The free event features local hobbyists zipping, dipping and diving their remote control planes, helicopters and jets hundreds of feet in the air.

Digger Drury's plane has a real-life, tiny, tiny jet engine that can fit in your hand and a top speed of 200 miles an hour. You could buy a used car for what it costs to buy the radio-controlled model.

Drury never takes his eyes off it.

"Yeah, yeah, with this plane it's a lot of money in the air," Drury said.

The Charm City Memorial Fly-In is Baltimore's biggest model airplane fly in.

Some 130 enthusiasts will fly this weekend and raise $2,500 for upkeep of their special county-owned flying field.

That fly in continues Saturday and Sunday. It's free and is at the Southwest Area Regional Park. For more information, click here.

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