Lester Goldsmith wearing a circus ringmaster costume maneuvers his Ringmaster airplane while flying on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 at Audubon Park. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Taylor Pugh, 8, helps his grandfather as they gas up a Ringmaster airplane on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 at Audubon Park. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
A Ringmaster airplane maneuvers while flying on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 at Audubon Park. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Jim Lynch maneuvers his Ringmaster airplane while flying on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 at Audubon Park. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Lester Goldsmith (left) receives help from Al Robinson (right) as they prepare his Ringmaster airplane for flight on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 at Audubon Park. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Up, up and away: Through pandemic, model airplane builders/pilots doubled down
The COVID-19 pandemic might have grounded some local model airplane enthusiasts for a while, but it couldn’t stop them from building more Ringmaster model planes and being ready for Saturday’s 13th annual Worldwide Fly-A-Thon.