Walkalong Glider Meetups!
What’s a Walkalong Glider?
It’s a small airplane that flies perpetually as you follow it around. I had seen them around the internet but had the pleasure being introduced to them during a visit to Slater Harrison a while back.
Come in from the cold and make the coolest paper and foam gliders (materials provided). Meet new people and learn a new skill. All ages welcome! It’s an informal and social environment so be sure to bring your friends!
If you’d like an event please contact me or purchase gliders for your own event.
There are more pictures and video from previous walkalong glider events. Also Ottawa Citizen coverage.
3rd Atomic Walkalong Glider Meetup
When: Wednesday, January 22th, 2014, 6pm
Where: Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank Street, Ottawa. Lots of free street parking.
Why: Science = Fun = Cool
Hang out at the pub and refine your paper plane and walkalong glider skills!
Meet new people! Bring your friends!
2nd Atomic Walkalong Glider Meetup
When: Tuesday, January 14th, 2014, 6pm
Where: Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank Street, Ottawa. Lots of free street parking.
Why: Science = Fun = Cool
Hang out at the pub and refine your paper plane and walkalong glider skills!
Meet new people! Bring your friends!
Past Events
Arts Court Theater Walkalong Glider Dog Fight!
When: Thursday, January 9th, 2014, 6pm
Where: Arts Court Theater, 2 Daly Avenue
Phil and Darcy will teach you how to make and fly various models. Come and have some fun running around with these planes.
Canadian Aviation and Space Museum Walkalong Party
When: Thursday, January 9th, 2014, 1pm
Where: Canada Aviation and Space Museum
RSVP to Darcy@inventorArtist.com please.
Came and see Ottawa’s Aviation Museum! Phil and Darcy will be flying various paper planes and walkalong gliders around. We can teach you how to make and fly a model! Museum entrance fees may apply.
ArtEngine Paper Plane and Walkalong Glider Workshop
When: Thursday, January 9th, 2014, 9am
Where: ArtEngine, Room M70, 2 Daly Avenue
Phil and Darcy will teach you how to make and fly various models.
Glider Kickoff! Atomic Rooster Glider Get-Together
When: Wednesday, January 8th, 2014, 6pm
Who: Phil Rossoni walkalong glider expert, Darcy Whyte model plane expert
Where: Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank Street, Ottawa. Lots of free street parking.
Why: Science = Fun = Cool
RSVP to Darcy@inventorArtist.com please.
Hang out at Atomic and socialize with new friends. Meet Phil and Darcy and learn to make and fly the Citizen Tumbler. Also see other cool flying models!
Phil Rossoni is a Commercial Glider Pilot and author of Build and Pilot Your Own Walkalong Gliders. Phil has taught classes at the Museum of Science, Boston since 2000.
Darcy Whyte is an all around expert on model aviation. He is the designer of the well known Squirrel rubber band plane.
Noticed this article: http://blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org/allin/tag/darcy-whyte/
You da man, Darcy. Way to wrangle that media coverage!
Good luck with the events. Wish I could make it. I guess I need to get a passport so I can get into Canada for the next one.
We now have 15 RSVP (us included) and 5 maybe.
What we will be aiming for is not just to build the gliders but to sustain and control them. I’ll have several gliders on hand for people to try their hand at piloting. We may even have a competition to see who can stay up longest. The prize will be the coveted Walkalong Glider Cup!
The tumbling wing is the easiest to make and hone your endless lift technique. I hope to make one of the pub meetups and spread the geek factor of walkalong gliding.