QD Weve previously reported 1991 Indoor RC/CL Nationals contests conclude 1991 reporting view AMA/NFFS Free Flight Nationals U Harry Murphy FREE FLIGHTs portion annual AMA/NFFS Nationals seemed pop up rather suddenly 91 calendars since just last October 1990 edition held Lawrenceville Illinois site mid-June dates year suggested NFFS last fall idea pre-empting summer farm crop problems hoped easing vacation situations some plus enabling participants use dormitories Vincennes University lovely VU campus lies nestled next Wabash River just north downtown Vincennes few miles east Illinois across Red Skelton Bridge new VU dorms quite elegant comfortable according contestants stayed during week addition luxury provided new dorms attended years Nationals blessed other niceties Gone chills blustery winds two previous attempts 88 90 capture ideal Midwestern autumn weather during October year participants Nationals enjoyed warm surmy days insignificant wind drifts entire week Thermals abounded max flights plentiful weatherman smiled obligingly session AMA/NFFs annual outdoor bash must Free Flight Nationals just meant summer happening area country some things remained much same previous Nationals Lawrenceville included hospitality townspeople area merchants renewal old friendships introductions new ones camaraderie among friendly competitors noise model engines motorized chase bikes mixed flutter rubber-powered propellers churning air dawn dark lets forget tasty porkburgers cold drinks Sylvias mobile concession stand always Nationals knowing wins awards has to understand true meaning event may convene once year fly compete models some point realize airplanes Iconvertshis Left Gregory Stewart auto hood makeshift workbench assemble eiectric Powered model Greg won CO2 event over experienced filers phenomenon often happens Free Flight Right Jim Noonan peddied plans vintage supplies mag [s collectors field week found time fly handsome Compressed Air entry 4th place December1991 11 Happy DaysProof annual AMA Nationals often ramiiy SiTairs Wilils Free Flight Team Larry Jamie Julie Steven Grandpa Lou entrance MidAmerican Air Center near Lawrenceviiie illInoissite June 18-22 FF Nationals Larrys model Happy Days 55 FAi design Zaic book Left Sal Taibi participates 52nd consecutive Nationals prepares event-winning Elfin 249-powered Brooklyn Dodger ficial flight Clarence Myerscough former SAM Champs high-point champ serves official timer Right Father-and-Son team Bill Tony Hutchins stretched Satelilte 788s pair teamed Jimmy Buxton win Team OHLG trophy Left Charles Groth estabilahed new national record Electric recharging modei array mysterious-looking electronic gadgets plastic bag Right Charles Caton bridesmaid Gas 90 Nationals became bridegroom last winter won Gas year Wife Gale beams approval behind gorgeous green Hummin Bird Junior-age contestant Jim Troutman pre pares FlH Al Towilne entry offi cial flight shortly after brief Friday morn ing rain squall Jim won P-30 Junior event Ralph scnlaro nouth Bend Indiana 75 years young summer won Open Hand-Held Catapult Glider being 41 entrants obtain three maxes will deteriorate become damaged beyond repair become lost friendships weve made gatherings will remain life nature thing Monday arrival day quickly Las Hallgarth Anderson Indiana chose Souper 30 design Lee Campbell P-30 entry Only two entrants maxed out hotly contested event Hank Sperzel Beileview Nebraska trim-looking originsi design P-30 entry placed 5th field 66 popu lar rubber-powered events established living quarters week drove few miles out field check out site shake few hands put some test flights gentle breeze taking models short field direction across airport runway longer-fused models dropping waist-high corn calf deep wheat stubble much week two alternatives DTing model left airport 12 Model Aviation runway areas before making its descent learned quickly accurately could establish line sight models would descend greenery less time took us pace up down corn rows locate However remedy multiple vaccinations underside wings stabs plane dropped wheat stubble would have incorporation long landing gear corn sometimes causing prolonged scavenger hunt often seemed better alternative pesky problem tolerable flights terminated runways grassy areas short hazards thanks light Left Bill Burns entered Wally Summers Jabuatwock Old-Timer Small Rubber Fuselage event popular u n9wn Deing kitted Midwest Products Right Local residents Bud Ellen Brown prepare Buds beautiful OT Rubber Scale Puss Moth official flight Bud collected returned over dozen lost models within week after contest December 1991 13 nan Mad Ball Timer Nystrom won Open Pee Wee 30 wIth Basic Yeller design byJoel Grasmeyer Senior-age conBill Ole Yeller Haletestant FlA Towline event bested Open-age fliers win event Joel builds fine-looking models Detroit-based brother team Paul Bill Shalior pauses between rounds Fl AIA2 Towline competition Paul chased Bill flew take 6th event Jeff iedor Dallas Texas won 2nd 1/aA Gas Junior Jeff did well other events cluding first Catapult Glider Junior inc Robert uunnams II Bob Iis new Shuniken-powered VzA gas design won second place Open 1/zA Gas year Cox engines no winners above 4th place Ed Keck prepares launch D Gas entry its max flights new Cat egory lii National record Gib Robbins per forms timing duties new-era Gas jobs larger TO 1Evitate powerful new racing engines Open winner Ed Kecks model Gal breathlCS 049 up front Ed Mate flew pretty red white blue Megow Ranger Old-Timer A/B Pylon event SAM 57s VIntage events drew large following during competition variable winds week Thermal boomers swallowed up number models regardless DT causing disappear fluffy clouds patches bluebut happens Free Flight Competition began Tuesday activity commenced earnest Contest Directors Abram Van Dover Ed Sullivan would direct five-day agenda AMA NFFS events Don Sachtjen pitched canopy about 500 ft down runway begin three-day SAM 57 event schedule RC Assist event set up third location extreme wend end long east/west runway 91 edition Nationals underway over 500 contestants participating various events Nationals would make end 30-year dynasty reliable Cox TD 049 /2A Gas Open event go down fourth place find Continued page 145 Left crew headed AMA Operations Director Bob Vojalavek right minded AMA souvenir shop field entrance through out week mobile trailer also housed handy computer spit out event results record time Right Wakefield fliers Mary Bashaw Marty Richardson keep vigil thermal detector bubble machine wait patiently good air also seem blessed goodly number expert advisors standing background 14 Model Aviation unique design Pee Wee 30 event high-thrustline model Dick Rikel Paducah Kentucky long landing gear great landing wheat stubble V Gus Eaves flew Fubar design AR rios Gas pesky corn wheat stubble direction ne new-era viii jobs larger Wal ston Retrieval System brought back Marvin Mace files Pilferca rear 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good margin over four minutes Team Hand Launch Glider event went new group Hoosier father-and-son team Bill Tony Hutchins hooking up Jimmy Buxton capture honor jokingly told Bill knew ever won Nationals trophy HLG would need lot help friends happy fellow Hank Nystrom Johnson City Tennessee won Pee Wee 30 event Bill Hale Basic Yeller design irony Hank once known Mad Ball King because former cottage industry business making some very efficient engine timers mechanical innards now extinct Mad Ball wind-up toys Pee Wee 30 event rules prohibit use mechanical timers use measured fuel allotments eye droppers small syringe tubes Obviously Nationals win will provide no endorsement Hanks mechanical timer products Emmett Holt posted high time 1AA NosGas besting last years winner Guy Eaves full two-minute margin Entry levels high NosGas events Sal Taibi again winning form Elfin 249-powered standard size Dodger post five max scores OT A/B Fuselage pair Playboy Seniors battled OT C Pylon before Tom 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QD Weve previously reported 1991 Indoor RC/CL Nationals contests conclude 1991 reporting view AMA/NFFS Free Flight Nationals U Harry Murphy FREE FLIGHTs portion annual AMA/NFFS Nationals seemed pop up rather suddenly 91 calendars since just last October 1990 edition held Lawrenceville Illinois site mid-June dates year suggested NFFS last fall idea pre-empting summer farm crop problems hoped easing vacation situations some plus enabling participants use dormitories Vincennes University lovely VU campus lies nestled next Wabash River just north downtown Vincennes few miles east Illinois across Red Skelton Bridge new VU dorms quite elegant comfortable according contestants stayed during week addition luxury provided new dorms attended years Nationals blessed other niceties Gone chills blustery winds two previous attempts 88 90 capture ideal Midwestern autumn weather during October year participants Nationals enjoyed warm surmy days insignificant wind drifts entire week Thermals abounded max flights plentiful weatherman smiled obligingly session AMA/NFFs annual outdoor bash must Free Flight Nationals just meant summer happening area country some things remained much same previous Nationals Lawrenceville included hospitality townspeople area merchants renewal old friendships introductions new ones camaraderie among friendly competitors noise model engines motorized chase bikes mixed flutter rubber-powered propellers churning air dawn dark lets forget tasty porkburgers cold drinks Sylvias mobile concession stand always Nationals knowing wins awards has to understand true meaning event may convene once year fly compete models some point realize airplanes Iconvertshis Left Gregory Stewart auto hood makeshift workbench assemble eiectric Powered model Greg won CO2 event over experienced filers phenomenon often happens Free Flight Right Jim Noonan peddied plans vintage supplies mag [s collectors field week found time fly handsome Compressed Air entry 4th place December1991 11 Happy DaysProof annual AMA Nationals often ramiiy SiTairs Wilils Free Flight Team Larry Jamie Julie Steven Grandpa Lou entrance MidAmerican Air Center near Lawrenceviiie illInoissite June 18-22 FF Nationals Larrys model Happy Days 55 FAi design Zaic book Left Sal Taibi participates 52nd consecutive Nationals prepares event-winning Elfin 249-powered Brooklyn Dodger ficial flight Clarence Myerscough former SAM Champs high-point champ serves official timer Right Father-and-Son team Bill Tony Hutchins stretched Satelilte 788s pair teamed Jimmy Buxton win Team OHLG trophy Left Charles Groth estabilahed new national record Electric recharging modei array mysterious-looking electronic gadgets plastic bag Right Charles Caton bridesmaid Gas 90 Nationals became bridegroom last winter won Gas year Wife Gale beams approval behind gorgeous green Hummin Bird Junior-age contestant Jim Troutman pre pares FlH Al Towilne entry offi cial flight shortly after brief Friday morn ing rain squall Jim won P-30 Junior event Ralph scnlaro nouth Bend Indiana 75 years young summer won Open Hand-Held Catapult Glider being 41 entrants obtain three maxes will deteriorate become damaged beyond repair become lost friendships weve made gatherings will remain life nature thing Monday arrival day quickly Las Hallgarth Anderson Indiana chose Souper 30 design Lee Campbell P-30 entry Only two entrants maxed out hotly contested event Hank Sperzel Beileview Nebraska trim-looking originsi design P-30 entry placed 5th field 66 popu lar rubber-powered events established living quarters week drove few miles out field check out site shake few hands put some test flights gentle breeze taking models short field direction across airport runway longer-fused models dropping waist-high corn calf deep wheat stubble much week two alternatives DTing model left airport 12 Model Aviation runway areas before making its descent learned quickly accurately could establish line sight models would descend greenery less time took us pace up down corn rows locate However remedy multiple vaccinations underside wings stabs plane dropped wheat stubble would have incorporation long landing gear corn sometimes causing prolonged scavenger hunt often seemed better alternative pesky problem tolerable flights terminated runways grassy areas short hazards thanks light Left Bill Burns entered Wally Summers Jabuatwock Old-Timer Small Rubber Fuselage event popular u n9wn Deing kitted Midwest Products Right Local residents Bud Ellen Brown prepare Buds beautiful OT Rubber Scale Puss Moth official flight Bud collected returned over dozen lost models within week after contest December 1991 13 nan Mad Ball Timer Nystrom won Open Pee Wee 30 wIth Basic Yeller design byJoel Grasmeyer Senior-age conBill Ole Yeller Haletestant FlA Towline event bested Open-age fliers win event Joel builds fine-looking models Detroit-based brother team Paul Bill Shalior pauses between rounds Fl AIA2 Towline competition Paul chased Bill flew take 6th event Jeff iedor Dallas Texas won 2nd 1/aA Gas Junior Jeff did well other events cluding first Catapult Glider Junior inc Robert uunnams II Bob Iis new Shuniken-powered VzA gas design won second place Open 1/zA Gas year Cox engines no winners above 4th place Ed Keck prepares launch D Gas entry its max flights new Cat egory lii National record Gib Robbins per forms timing duties new-era Gas jobs larger TO 1Evitate powerful new racing engines Open winner Ed Kecks model Gal breathlCS 049 up front Ed Mate flew pretty red white blue Megow Ranger Old-Timer A/B Pylon event SAM 57s VIntage events drew large following during competition variable winds week Thermal boomers swallowed up number models regardless DT causing disappear fluffy clouds patches bluebut happens Free Flight Competition began Tuesday activity commenced earnest Contest Directors Abram Van Dover Ed Sullivan would direct five-day agenda AMA NFFS events Don Sachtjen pitched canopy about 500 ft down runway begin three-day SAM 57 event schedule RC Assist event set up third location extreme wend end long east/west runway 91 edition Nationals underway over 500 contestants participating various events Nationals would make end 30-year dynasty reliable Cox TD 049 /2A Gas Open event go down fourth place find Continued page 145 Left crew headed AMA Operations Director Bob Vojalavek right minded AMA souvenir shop field entrance through out week mobile trailer also housed handy computer spit out event results record time Right Wakefield fliers Mary Bashaw Marty Richardson keep vigil thermal detector bubble machine wait patiently good air also seem blessed goodly number expert advisors standing background 14 Model Aviation unique design Pee Wee 30 event high-thrustline model Dick Rikel Paducah Kentucky long landing gear great landing wheat stubble V Gus Eaves flew Fubar design AR rios Gas pesky corn wheat stubble direction ne new-era viii jobs larger Wal ston Retrieval System brought back Marvin Mace files Pilferca rear 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QD Weve previously reported 1991 Indoor RC/CL Nationals contests conclude 1991 reporting view AMA/NFFS Free Flight Nationals U Harry Murphy FREE FLIGHTs portion annual AMA/NFFS Nationals seemed pop up rather suddenly 91 calendars since just last October 1990 edition held Lawrenceville Illinois site mid-June dates year suggested NFFS last fall idea pre-empting summer farm crop problems hoped easing vacation situations some plus enabling participants use dormitories Vincennes University lovely VU campus lies nestled next Wabash River just north downtown Vincennes few miles east Illinois across Red Skelton Bridge new VU dorms quite elegant comfortable according contestants stayed during week addition luxury provided new dorms attended years Nationals blessed other niceties Gone chills blustery winds two previous attempts 88 90 capture ideal Midwestern autumn weather during October year participants Nationals enjoyed warm surmy days insignificant wind drifts entire week Thermals abounded max flights plentiful weatherman smiled obligingly session AMA/NFFs annual outdoor bash must Free Flight Nationals just meant summer happening area country some things remained much same previous Nationals Lawrenceville included hospitality townspeople area merchants renewal old friendships introductions new ones camaraderie among friendly competitors noise model engines motorized chase bikes mixed flutter rubber-powered propellers churning air dawn dark lets forget tasty porkburgers cold drinks Sylvias mobile concession stand always Nationals knowing wins awards has to understand true meaning event may convene once year fly compete models some point realize airplanes Iconvertshis Left Gregory Stewart auto hood makeshift workbench assemble eiectric Powered model Greg won CO2 event over experienced filers phenomenon often happens Free Flight Right Jim Noonan peddied plans vintage supplies mag [s collectors field week found time fly handsome Compressed Air entry 4th place December1991 11 Happy DaysProof annual AMA Nationals often ramiiy SiTairs Wilils Free Flight Team Larry Jamie Julie Steven Grandpa Lou entrance MidAmerican Air Center near Lawrenceviiie illInoissite June 18-22 FF Nationals Larrys model Happy Days 55 FAi design Zaic book Left Sal Taibi participates 52nd consecutive Nationals prepares event-winning Elfin 249-powered Brooklyn Dodger ficial flight Clarence Myerscough former SAM Champs high-point champ serves official timer Right Father-and-Son team Bill Tony Hutchins stretched Satelilte 788s pair teamed Jimmy Buxton win Team OHLG trophy Left Charles Groth estabilahed new national record Electric recharging modei array mysterious-looking electronic gadgets plastic bag Right Charles Caton bridesmaid Gas 90 Nationals became bridegroom last winter won Gas year Wife Gale beams approval behind gorgeous green Hummin Bird Junior-age contestant Jim Troutman pre pares FlH Al Towilne entry offi cial flight shortly after brief Friday morn ing rain squall Jim won P-30 Junior event Ralph scnlaro nouth Bend Indiana 75 years young summer won Open Hand-Held Catapult Glider being 41 entrants obtain three maxes will deteriorate become damaged beyond repair become lost friendships weve made gatherings will remain life nature thing Monday arrival day quickly Las Hallgarth Anderson Indiana chose Souper 30 design Lee Campbell P-30 entry Only two entrants maxed out hotly contested event Hank Sperzel Beileview Nebraska trim-looking originsi design P-30 entry placed 5th field 66 popu lar rubber-powered events established living quarters week drove few miles out field check out site shake few hands put some test flights gentle breeze taking models short field direction across airport runway longer-fused models dropping waist-high corn calf deep wheat stubble much week two alternatives DTing model left airport 12 Model Aviation runway areas before making its descent learned quickly accurately could establish line sight models would descend greenery less time took us pace up down corn rows locate However remedy multiple vaccinations underside wings stabs plane dropped wheat stubble would have incorporation long landing gear corn sometimes causing prolonged scavenger hunt often seemed better alternative pesky problem tolerable flights terminated runways grassy areas short hazards thanks light Left Bill Burns entered Wally Summers Jabuatwock Old-Timer Small Rubber Fuselage event popular u n9wn Deing kitted Midwest Products Right Local residents Bud Ellen Brown prepare Buds beautiful OT Rubber Scale Puss Moth official flight Bud collected returned over dozen lost models within week after contest December 1991 13 nan Mad Ball Timer Nystrom won Open Pee Wee 30 wIth Basic Yeller design byJoel Grasmeyer Senior-age conBill Ole Yeller Haletestant FlA Towline event bested Open-age fliers win event Joel builds fine-looking models Detroit-based brother team Paul Bill Shalior pauses between rounds Fl AIA2 Towline competition Paul chased Bill flew take 6th event Jeff iedor Dallas Texas won 2nd 1/aA Gas Junior Jeff did well other events cluding first Catapult Glider Junior inc Robert uunnams II Bob Iis new Shuniken-powered VzA gas design won second place Open 1/zA Gas year Cox engines no winners above 4th place Ed Keck prepares launch D Gas entry its max flights new Cat egory lii National record Gib Robbins per forms timing duties new-era Gas jobs larger TO 1Evitate powerful new racing engines Open winner Ed Kecks model Gal breathlCS 049 up front Ed Mate flew pretty red white blue Megow Ranger Old-Timer A/B Pylon event SAM 57s VIntage events drew large following during competition variable winds week Thermal boomers swallowed up number models regardless DT causing disappear fluffy clouds patches bluebut happens Free Flight Competition began Tuesday activity commenced earnest Contest Directors Abram Van Dover Ed Sullivan would direct five-day agenda AMA NFFS events Don Sachtjen pitched canopy about 500 ft down runway begin three-day SAM 57 event schedule RC Assist event set up third location extreme wend end long east/west runway 91 edition Nationals underway over 500 contestants participating various events Nationals would make end 30-year dynasty reliable Cox TD 049 /2A Gas Open event go down fourth place find Continued page 145 Left crew headed AMA Operations Director Bob Vojalavek right minded AMA souvenir shop field entrance through out week mobile trailer also housed handy computer spit out event results record time Right Wakefield fliers Mary Bashaw Marty Richardson keep vigil thermal detector bubble machine wait patiently good air also seem blessed goodly number expert advisors standing background 14 Model Aviation unique design Pee Wee 30 event high-thrustline model Dick Rikel Paducah Kentucky long landing gear great landing wheat stubble V Gus Eaves flew Fubar design AR rios Gas pesky corn wheat stubble direction ne new-era viii jobs larger Wal ston Retrieval System brought back Marvin Mace files Pilferca rear 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entry top small factory south field went factorys office informed pleasant receptionist small problemmy model roof said Weve never problem before suggested maintenance usually handled such occurrences correct retrieved model promised receptionist would try return very nice folks Lawrenceville George Perryman took Korda Open Rubber event Bud Romak Surely models fly better now did long-ago times Down Don Sachtjens diggings Tom Lucas Atwood 60-powered Rambler putting plenty margin between him Clarence Myerscoughs Flyaway win 30 Second Antique trophy Guy Eaves taking no chances 020 Replica diminutive Strato Streak posted 61hminute margin over Interceptor flown Wayne Cain Would believe 62 entries event else Bill Schlarb made clean sweep balsa glider events Dad Ralph Bills Hugelet design won OT Hand Launch Glider event good margin Don Reids Verier captured Pre-37 Wakefield event finale SAM 57 Rubber event card no formal dinner tap Thursday Don Sachtjen managed put anyway off Westport Inn 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QD Weve previously reported 1991 Indoor RC/CL Nationals contests conclude 1991 reporting view AMA/NFFS Free Flight Nationals U Harry Murphy FREE FLIGHTs portion annual AMA/NFFS Nationals seemed pop up rather suddenly 91 calendars since just last October 1990 edition held Lawrenceville Illinois site mid-June dates year suggested NFFS last fall idea pre-empting summer farm crop problems hoped easing vacation situations some plus enabling participants use dormitories Vincennes University lovely VU campus lies nestled next Wabash River just north downtown Vincennes few miles east Illinois across Red Skelton Bridge new VU dorms quite elegant comfortable according contestants stayed during week addition luxury provided new dorms attended years Nationals blessed other niceties Gone chills blustery winds two previous attempts 88 90 capture ideal Midwestern autumn weather during October year participants Nationals enjoyed warm surmy days insignificant wind drifts entire week Thermals abounded max flights plentiful weatherman smiled obligingly session AMA/NFFs annual outdoor bash must Free Flight Nationals just meant summer happening area country some things remained much same previous Nationals Lawrenceville included hospitality townspeople area merchants renewal old friendships introductions new ones camaraderie among friendly competitors noise model engines motorized chase bikes mixed flutter rubber-powered propellers churning air dawn dark lets forget tasty porkburgers cold drinks Sylvias mobile concession stand always Nationals knowing wins awards has to understand true meaning event may convene once year fly compete models some point realize airplanes Iconvertshis Left Gregory Stewart auto hood makeshift workbench assemble eiectric Powered model Greg won CO2 event over experienced filers phenomenon often happens Free Flight Right Jim Noonan peddied plans vintage supplies mag [s collectors field week found time fly handsome Compressed Air entry 4th place December1991 11 Happy DaysProof annual AMA Nationals often ramiiy SiTairs Wilils Free Flight Team Larry Jamie Julie Steven Grandpa Lou entrance MidAmerican Air Center near Lawrenceviiie illInoissite June 18-22 FF Nationals Larrys model Happy Days 55 FAi design Zaic book Left Sal Taibi participates 52nd consecutive Nationals prepares event-winning Elfin 249-powered Brooklyn Dodger ficial flight Clarence Myerscough former SAM Champs high-point champ serves official timer Right Father-and-Son team Bill Tony Hutchins stretched Satelilte 788s pair teamed Jimmy Buxton win Team OHLG trophy Left Charles Groth estabilahed new national record Electric recharging modei array mysterious-looking electronic gadgets plastic bag Right Charles Caton bridesmaid Gas 90 Nationals became bridegroom last winter won Gas year Wife Gale beams approval behind gorgeous green Hummin Bird Junior-age contestant Jim Troutman pre pares FlH Al Towilne entry offi cial flight shortly after brief Friday morn ing rain squall Jim won P-30 Junior event Ralph scnlaro nouth Bend Indiana 75 years young summer won Open Hand-Held Catapult Glider being 41 entrants obtain three maxes will deteriorate become damaged beyond repair become lost friendships weve made gatherings will remain life nature thing Monday arrival day quickly Las Hallgarth Anderson Indiana chose Souper 30 design Lee Campbell P-30 entry Only two entrants maxed out hotly contested event Hank Sperzel Beileview Nebraska trim-looking originsi design P-30 entry placed 5th field 66 popu lar rubber-powered events established living quarters week drove few miles out field check out site shake few hands put some test flights gentle breeze taking models short field direction across airport runway longer-fused models dropping waist-high corn calf deep wheat stubble much week two alternatives DTing model left airport 12 Model Aviation runway areas before making its descent learned quickly accurately could establish line sight models would descend greenery less time took us pace up down corn rows locate However remedy multiple vaccinations underside wings stabs plane dropped wheat stubble would have incorporation long landing gear corn sometimes causing prolonged scavenger hunt often seemed better alternative pesky problem tolerable flights terminated runways grassy areas short hazards thanks light Left Bill Burns entered Wally Summers Jabuatwock Old-Timer Small Rubber Fuselage event popular u n9wn Deing kitted Midwest Products Right Local residents Bud Ellen Brown prepare Buds beautiful OT Rubber Scale Puss Moth official flight Bud collected returned over dozen lost models within week after contest December 1991 13 nan Mad Ball Timer Nystrom won Open Pee Wee 30 wIth Basic Yeller design byJoel Grasmeyer Senior-age conBill Ole Yeller Haletestant FlA Towline event bested Open-age fliers win event Joel builds fine-looking models Detroit-based brother team Paul Bill Shalior pauses between rounds Fl AIA2 Towline competition Paul chased Bill flew take 6th event Jeff iedor Dallas Texas won 2nd 1/aA Gas Junior Jeff did well other events cluding first Catapult Glider Junior inc Robert uunnams II Bob Iis new Shuniken-powered VzA gas design won second place Open 1/zA Gas year Cox engines no winners above 4th place Ed Keck prepares launch D Gas entry its max flights new Cat egory lii National record Gib Robbins per forms timing duties new-era Gas jobs larger TO 1Evitate powerful new racing engines Open winner Ed Kecks model Gal breathlCS 049 up front Ed Mate flew pretty red white blue Megow Ranger Old-Timer A/B Pylon event SAM 57s VIntage events drew large following during competition variable winds week Thermal boomers swallowed up number models regardless DT causing disappear fluffy clouds patches bluebut happens Free Flight Competition began Tuesday activity commenced earnest Contest Directors Abram Van Dover Ed Sullivan would direct five-day agenda AMA NFFS events Don Sachtjen pitched canopy about 500 ft down runway begin three-day SAM 57 event schedule RC Assist event set up third location extreme wend end long east/west runway 91 edition Nationals underway over 500 contestants participating various events Nationals would make end 30-year dynasty reliable Cox TD 049 /2A Gas Open event go down fourth place find Continued page 145 Left crew headed AMA Operations Director Bob Vojalavek right minded AMA souvenir shop field entrance through out week mobile trailer also housed handy computer spit out event results record time Right Wakefield fliers Mary Bashaw Marty Richardson keep vigil thermal detector bubble machine wait patiently good air also seem blessed goodly number expert advisors standing background 14 Model Aviation unique design Pee Wee 30 event high-thrustline model Dick Rikel Paducah Kentucky long landing gear great landing wheat stubble V Gus Eaves flew Fubar design AR rios Gas pesky corn wheat stubble direction ne new-era viii jobs larger Wal ston Retrieval System brought back Marvin Mace files Pilferca rear 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good margin over four minutes Team Hand Launch Glider event went new group Hoosier father-and-son team Bill Tony Hutchins hooking up Jimmy Buxton capture honor jokingly told Bill knew ever won Nationals trophy HLG would need lot help friends happy fellow Hank Nystrom Johnson City Tennessee won Pee Wee 30 event Bill Hale Basic Yeller design irony Hank once known Mad Ball King because former cottage industry business making some very efficient engine timers mechanical innards now extinct Mad Ball wind-up toys Pee Wee 30 event rules prohibit use mechanical timers use measured fuel allotments eye droppers small syringe tubes Obviously Nationals win will provide no endorsement Hanks mechanical timer products Emmett Holt posted high time 1AA NosGas besting last years winner Guy Eaves full two-minute margin Entry levels high NosGas events Sal Taibi again winning form Elfin 249-powered standard size Dodger post five max scores OT A/B Fuselage pair Playboy Seniors battled OT C Pylon before Tom 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QD Weve previously reported 1991 Indoor RC/CL Nationals contests conclude 1991 reporting view AMA/NFFS Free Flight Nationals U Harry Murphy FREE FLIGHTs portion annual AMA/NFFS Nationals seemed pop up rather suddenly 91 calendars since just last October 1990 edition held Lawrenceville Illinois site mid-June dates year suggested NFFS last fall idea pre-empting summer farm crop problems hoped easing vacation situations some plus enabling participants use dormitories Vincennes University lovely VU campus lies nestled next Wabash River just north downtown Vincennes few miles east Illinois across Red Skelton Bridge new VU dorms quite elegant comfortable according contestants stayed during week addition luxury provided new dorms attended years Nationals blessed other niceties Gone chills blustery winds two previous attempts 88 90 capture ideal Midwestern autumn weather during October year participants Nationals enjoyed warm surmy days insignificant wind drifts entire week Thermals abounded max flights plentiful weatherman smiled obligingly session AMA/NFFs annual outdoor bash must Free Flight Nationals just meant summer happening area country some things remained much same previous Nationals Lawrenceville included hospitality townspeople area merchants renewal old friendships introductions new ones camaraderie among friendly competitors noise model engines motorized chase bikes mixed flutter rubber-powered propellers churning air dawn dark lets forget tasty porkburgers cold drinks Sylvias mobile concession stand always Nationals knowing wins awards has to understand true meaning event may convene once year fly compete models some point realize airplanes Iconvertshis Left Gregory Stewart auto hood makeshift workbench assemble eiectric Powered model Greg won CO2 event over experienced filers phenomenon often happens Free Flight Right Jim Noonan peddied plans vintage supplies mag [s collectors field week found time fly handsome Compressed Air entry 4th place December1991 11 Happy DaysProof annual AMA Nationals often ramiiy SiTairs Wilils Free Flight Team Larry Jamie Julie Steven Grandpa Lou entrance MidAmerican Air Center near Lawrenceviiie illInoissite June 18-22 FF Nationals Larrys model Happy Days 55 FAi design Zaic book Left Sal Taibi participates 52nd consecutive Nationals prepares event-winning Elfin 249-powered Brooklyn Dodger ficial flight Clarence Myerscough former SAM Champs high-point champ serves official timer Right Father-and-Son team Bill Tony Hutchins stretched Satelilte 788s pair teamed Jimmy Buxton win Team OHLG trophy Left Charles Groth estabilahed new national record Electric recharging modei array mysterious-looking electronic gadgets plastic bag Right Charles Caton bridesmaid Gas 90 Nationals became bridegroom last winter won Gas year Wife Gale beams approval behind gorgeous green Hummin Bird Junior-age contestant Jim Troutman pre pares FlH Al Towilne entry offi cial flight shortly after brief Friday morn ing rain squall Jim won P-30 Junior event Ralph scnlaro nouth Bend Indiana 75 years young summer won Open Hand-Held Catapult Glider being 41 entrants obtain three maxes will deteriorate become damaged beyond repair become lost friendships weve made gatherings will remain life nature thing Monday arrival day quickly Las Hallgarth Anderson Indiana chose Souper 30 design Lee Campbell P-30 entry Only two entrants maxed out hotly contested event Hank Sperzel Beileview Nebraska trim-looking originsi design P-30 entry placed 5th field 66 popu lar rubber-powered events established living quarters week drove few miles out field check out site shake few hands put some test flights gentle breeze taking models short field direction across airport runway longer-fused models dropping waist-high corn calf deep wheat stubble much week two alternatives DTing model left airport 12 Model Aviation runway areas before making its descent learned quickly accurately could establish line sight models would descend greenery less time took us pace up down corn rows locate However remedy multiple vaccinations underside wings stabs plane dropped wheat stubble would have incorporation long landing gear corn sometimes causing prolonged scavenger hunt often seemed better alternative pesky problem tolerable flights terminated runways grassy areas short hazards thanks light Left Bill Burns entered Wally Summers Jabuatwock Old-Timer Small Rubber Fuselage event popular u n9wn Deing kitted Midwest Products Right Local residents Bud Ellen Brown prepare Buds beautiful OT Rubber Scale Puss Moth official flight Bud collected returned over dozen lost models within week after contest December 1991 13 nan Mad Ball Timer Nystrom won Open Pee Wee 30 wIth Basic Yeller design byJoel Grasmeyer Senior-age conBill Ole Yeller Haletestant FlA Towline event bested Open-age fliers win event Joel builds fine-looking models Detroit-based brother team Paul Bill Shalior pauses between rounds Fl AIA2 Towline competition Paul chased Bill flew take 6th event Jeff iedor Dallas Texas won 2nd 1/aA Gas Junior Jeff did well other events cluding first Catapult Glider Junior inc Robert uunnams II Bob Iis new Shuniken-powered VzA gas design won second place Open 1/zA Gas year Cox engines no winners above 4th place Ed Keck prepares launch D Gas entry its max flights new Cat egory lii National record Gib Robbins per forms timing duties new-era Gas jobs larger TO 1Evitate powerful new racing engines Open winner Ed Kecks model Gal breathlCS 049 up front Ed Mate flew pretty red white blue Megow Ranger Old-Timer A/B Pylon event SAM 57s VIntage events drew large following during competition variable winds week Thermal boomers swallowed up number models regardless DT causing disappear fluffy clouds patches bluebut happens Free Flight Competition began Tuesday activity commenced earnest Contest Directors Abram Van Dover Ed Sullivan would direct five-day agenda AMA NFFS events Don Sachtjen pitched canopy about 500 ft down runway begin three-day SAM 57 event schedule RC Assist event set up third location extreme wend end long east/west runway 91 edition Nationals underway over 500 contestants participating various events Nationals would make end 30-year dynasty reliable Cox TD 049 /2A Gas Open event go down fourth place find Continued page 145 Left crew headed AMA Operations Director Bob Vojalavek right minded AMA souvenir shop field entrance through out week mobile trailer also housed handy computer spit out event results record time Right Wakefield fliers Mary Bashaw Marty Richardson keep vigil thermal detector bubble machine wait patiently good air also seem blessed goodly number expert advisors standing background 14 Model Aviation unique design Pee Wee 30 event high-thrustline model Dick Rikel Paducah Kentucky long landing gear great landing wheat stubble V Gus Eaves flew Fubar design AR rios Gas pesky corn wheat stubble direction ne new-era viii jobs larger Wal ston Retrieval System brought back Marvin Mace files Pilferca rear 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good margin over four minutes Team Hand Launch Glider event went new group Hoosier father-and-son team Bill Tony Hutchins hooking up Jimmy Buxton capture honor jokingly told Bill knew ever won Nationals trophy HLG would need lot help friends happy fellow Hank Nystrom Johnson City Tennessee won Pee Wee 30 event Bill Hale Basic Yeller design irony Hank once known Mad Ball King because former cottage industry business making some very efficient engine timers mechanical innards now extinct Mad Ball wind-up toys Pee Wee 30 event rules prohibit use mechanical timers use measured fuel allotments eye droppers small syringe tubes Obviously Nationals win will provide no endorsement Hanks mechanical timer products Emmett Holt posted high time 1AA NosGas besting last years winner Guy Eaves full two-minute margin Entry levels high NosGas events Sal Taibi again winning form Elfin 249-powered standard size Dodger post five max scores OT A/B Fuselage pair Playboy Seniors battled OT C Pylon before Tom 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QD Weve previously reported 1991 Indoor RC/CL Nationals contests conclude 1991 reporting view AMA/NFFS Free Flight Nationals U Harry Murphy FREE FLIGHTs portion annual AMA/NFFS Nationals seemed pop up rather suddenly 91 calendars since just last October 1990 edition held Lawrenceville Illinois site mid-June dates year suggested NFFS last fall idea pre-empting summer farm crop problems hoped easing vacation situations some plus enabling participants use dormitories Vincennes University lovely VU campus lies nestled next Wabash River just north downtown Vincennes few miles east Illinois across Red Skelton Bridge new VU dorms quite elegant comfortable according contestants stayed during week addition luxury provided new dorms attended years Nationals blessed other niceties Gone chills blustery winds two previous attempts 88 90 capture ideal Midwestern autumn weather during October year participants Nationals enjoyed warm surmy days insignificant wind drifts entire week Thermals abounded max flights plentiful weatherman smiled obligingly session AMA/NFFs annual outdoor bash must Free Flight Nationals just meant summer happening area country some things remained much same previous Nationals Lawrenceville included hospitality townspeople area merchants renewal old friendships introductions new ones camaraderie among friendly competitors noise model engines motorized chase bikes mixed flutter rubber-powered propellers churning air dawn dark lets forget tasty porkburgers cold drinks Sylvias mobile concession stand always Nationals knowing wins awards has to understand true meaning event may convene once year fly compete models some point realize airplanes Iconvertshis Left Gregory Stewart auto hood makeshift workbench assemble eiectric Powered model Greg won CO2 event over experienced filers phenomenon often happens Free Flight Right Jim Noonan peddied plans vintage supplies mag [s collectors field week found time fly handsome Compressed Air entry 4th place December1991 11 Happy DaysProof annual AMA Nationals often ramiiy SiTairs Wilils Free Flight Team Larry Jamie Julie Steven Grandpa Lou entrance MidAmerican Air Center near Lawrenceviiie illInoissite June 18-22 FF Nationals Larrys model Happy Days 55 FAi design Zaic book Left Sal Taibi participates 52nd consecutive Nationals prepares event-winning Elfin 249-powered Brooklyn Dodger ficial flight Clarence Myerscough former SAM Champs high-point champ serves official timer Right Father-and-Son team Bill Tony Hutchins stretched Satelilte 788s pair teamed Jimmy Buxton win Team OHLG trophy Left Charles Groth estabilahed new national record Electric recharging modei array mysterious-looking electronic gadgets plastic bag Right Charles Caton bridesmaid Gas 90 Nationals became bridegroom last winter won Gas year Wife Gale beams approval behind gorgeous green Hummin Bird Junior-age contestant Jim Troutman pre pares FlH Al Towilne entry offi cial flight shortly after brief Friday morn ing rain squall Jim won P-30 Junior event Ralph scnlaro nouth Bend Indiana 75 years young summer won Open Hand-Held Catapult Glider being 41 entrants obtain three maxes will deteriorate become damaged beyond repair become lost friendships weve made gatherings will remain life nature thing Monday arrival day quickly Las Hallgarth Anderson Indiana chose Souper 30 design Lee Campbell P-30 entry Only two entrants maxed out hotly contested event Hank Sperzel Beileview Nebraska trim-looking originsi design P-30 entry placed 5th field 66 popu lar rubber-powered events established living quarters week drove few miles out field check out site shake few hands put some test flights gentle breeze taking models short field direction across airport runway longer-fused models dropping waist-high corn calf deep wheat stubble much week two alternatives DTing model left airport 12 Model Aviation runway areas before making its descent learned quickly accurately could establish line sight models would descend greenery less time took us pace up down corn rows locate However remedy multiple vaccinations underside wings stabs plane dropped wheat stubble would have incorporation long landing gear corn sometimes causing prolonged scavenger hunt often seemed better alternative pesky problem tolerable flights terminated runways grassy areas short hazards thanks light Left Bill Burns entered Wally Summers Jabuatwock Old-Timer Small Rubber Fuselage event popular u n9wn Deing kitted Midwest Products Right Local residents Bud Ellen Brown prepare Buds beautiful OT Rubber Scale Puss Moth official flight Bud collected returned over dozen lost models within week after contest December 1991 13 nan Mad Ball Timer Nystrom won Open Pee Wee 30 wIth Basic Yeller design byJoel Grasmeyer Senior-age conBill Ole Yeller Haletestant FlA Towline event bested Open-age fliers win event Joel builds fine-looking models Detroit-based brother team Paul Bill Shalior pauses between rounds Fl AIA2 Towline competition Paul chased Bill flew take 6th event Jeff iedor Dallas Texas won 2nd 1/aA Gas Junior Jeff did well other events cluding first Catapult Glider Junior inc Robert uunnams II Bob Iis new Shuniken-powered VzA gas design won second place Open 1/zA Gas year Cox engines no winners above 4th place Ed Keck prepares launch D Gas entry its max flights new Cat egory lii National record Gib Robbins per forms timing duties new-era Gas jobs larger TO 1Evitate powerful new racing engines Open winner Ed Kecks model Gal breathlCS 049 up front Ed Mate flew pretty red white blue Megow Ranger Old-Timer A/B Pylon event SAM 57s VIntage events drew large following during competition variable winds week Thermal boomers swallowed up number models regardless DT causing disappear fluffy clouds patches bluebut happens Free Flight Competition began Tuesday activity commenced earnest Contest Directors Abram Van Dover Ed Sullivan would direct five-day agenda AMA NFFS events Don Sachtjen pitched canopy about 500 ft down runway begin three-day SAM 57 event schedule RC Assist event set up third location extreme wend end long east/west runway 91 edition Nationals underway over 500 contestants participating various events Nationals would make end 30-year dynasty reliable Cox TD 049 /2A Gas Open event go down fourth place find Continued page 145 Left crew headed AMA Operations Director Bob Vojalavek right minded AMA souvenir shop field entrance through out week mobile trailer also housed handy computer spit out event results record time Right Wakefield fliers Mary Bashaw Marty Richardson keep vigil thermal detector bubble machine wait patiently good air also seem blessed goodly number expert advisors standing background 14 Model Aviation unique design Pee Wee 30 event high-thrustline model Dick Rikel Paducah Kentucky long landing gear great landing wheat stubble V Gus Eaves flew Fubar design AR rios Gas pesky corn wheat stubble direction ne new-era viii jobs larger Wal ston Retrieval System brought back Marvin Mace files Pilferca rear revised rear fin Lots fiberglass ins K&B Schnuerle front end Note unique fuel shut-off Make cowl solid block use laminated pieces Carve sand shape Sand rest model cross sections shown paying particular attention rounding leading edge spars cowl held small wood screws front Keep rear alignment pins short cowl can removed prop spinner place used 1 A-in Merco spinner can difficult find side pond cant locate Merco reshape nose accommodate 1 -in spinner Extra scrap material will required right side engine mounts fair larger spinner dont reduce engine offset accomplish Perhaps spinner manufacturers will soon begin making spinners under 1 /2 ought good market particularly because availability newer /2A engines Covering finishing Choose covering material carefully plastic heat-shrin]cable materials will shrivel up diesel fuel Ive tried several poor results have good luck MonoKote Micafilm An alternative use old-fashioned dope finishes over covering material choice Fuelproof paint required 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good margin over four minutes Team Hand Launch Glider event went new group Hoosier father-and-son team Bill Tony Hutchins hooking up Jimmy Buxton capture honor jokingly told Bill knew ever won Nationals trophy HLG would need lot help friends happy fellow Hank Nystrom Johnson City Tennessee won Pee Wee 30 event Bill Hale Basic Yeller design irony Hank once known Mad Ball King because former cottage industry business making some very efficient engine timers mechanical innards now extinct Mad Ball wind-up toys Pee Wee 30 event rules prohibit use mechanical timers use measured fuel allotments eye droppers small syringe tubes Obviously Nationals win will provide no endorsement Hanks mechanical timer products Emmett Holt posted high time 1AA NosGas besting last years winner Guy Eaves full two-minute margin Entry levels high NosGas events Sal Taibi again winning form Elfin 249-powered standard size Dodger post five max scores OT A/B Fuselage pair Playboy Seniors battled OT C Pylon before Tom 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QD Weve previously reported 1991 Indoor RC/CL Nationals contests conclude 1991 reporting view AMA/NFFS Free Flight Nationals U Harry Murphy FREE FLIGHTs portion annual AMA/NFFS Nationals seemed pop up rather suddenly 91 calendars since just last October 1990 edition held Lawrenceville Illinois site mid-June dates year suggested NFFS last fall idea pre-empting summer farm crop problems hoped easing vacation situations some plus enabling participants use dormitories Vincennes University lovely VU campus lies nestled next Wabash River just north downtown Vincennes few miles east Illinois across Red Skelton Bridge new VU dorms quite elegant comfortable according contestants stayed during week addition luxury provided new dorms attended years Nationals blessed other niceties Gone chills blustery winds two previous attempts 88 90 capture ideal Midwestern autumn weather during October year participants Nationals enjoyed warm surmy days insignificant wind drifts entire week Thermals abounded max flights plentiful weatherman smiled obligingly session AMA/NFFs annual outdoor bash must Free Flight Nationals just meant summer happening area country some things remained much same previous Nationals Lawrenceville included hospitality townspeople area merchants renewal old friendships introductions new ones camaraderie among friendly competitors noise model engines motorized chase bikes mixed flutter rubber-powered propellers churning air dawn dark lets forget tasty porkburgers cold drinks Sylvias mobile concession stand always Nationals knowing wins awards has to understand true meaning event may convene once year fly compete models some point realize airplanes Iconvertshis Left Gregory Stewart auto hood makeshift workbench assemble eiectric Powered model Greg won CO2 event over experienced filers phenomenon often happens Free Flight Right Jim Noonan peddied plans vintage supplies mag [s collectors field week found time fly handsome Compressed Air entry 4th place December1991 11 Happy DaysProof annual AMA Nationals often ramiiy SiTairs Wilils Free Flight Team Larry Jamie Julie Steven Grandpa Lou entrance MidAmerican Air Center near Lawrenceviiie illInoissite June 18-22 FF Nationals Larrys model Happy Days 55 FAi design Zaic book Left Sal Taibi participates 52nd consecutive Nationals prepares event-winning Elfin 249-powered Brooklyn Dodger ficial flight Clarence Myerscough former SAM Champs high-point champ serves official timer Right Father-and-Son team Bill Tony Hutchins stretched Satelilte 788s pair teamed Jimmy Buxton win Team OHLG trophy Left Charles Groth estabilahed new national record Electric recharging modei array mysterious-looking electronic gadgets plastic bag Right Charles Caton bridesmaid Gas 90 Nationals became bridegroom last winter won Gas year Wife Gale beams approval behind gorgeous green Hummin Bird Junior-age contestant Jim Troutman pre pares FlH Al Towilne entry offi cial flight shortly after brief Friday morn ing rain squall Jim won P-30 Junior event Ralph scnlaro nouth Bend Indiana 75 years young summer won Open Hand-Held Catapult Glider being 41 entrants obtain three maxes will deteriorate become damaged beyond repair become lost friendships weve made gatherings will remain life nature thing Monday arrival day quickly Las Hallgarth Anderson Indiana chose Souper 30 design Lee Campbell P-30 entry Only two entrants maxed out hotly contested event Hank Sperzel Beileview Nebraska trim-looking originsi design P-30 entry placed 5th field 66 popu lar rubber-powered events established living quarters week drove few miles out field check out site shake few hands put some test flights gentle breeze taking models short field direction across airport runway longer-fused models dropping waist-high corn calf deep wheat stubble much week two alternatives DTing model left airport 12 Model Aviation runway areas before making its descent learned quickly accurately could establish line sight models would descend greenery less time took us pace up down corn rows locate However remedy multiple vaccinations underside wings stabs plane dropped wheat stubble would have incorporation long landing gear corn sometimes causing prolonged scavenger hunt often seemed better alternative pesky problem tolerable flights terminated runways grassy areas short hazards thanks light Left Bill Burns entered Wally Summers Jabuatwock Old-Timer Small Rubber Fuselage event popular u n9wn Deing kitted Midwest Products Right Local residents Bud Ellen Brown prepare Buds beautiful OT Rubber Scale Puss Moth official flight Bud collected returned over dozen lost models within week after contest December 1991 13 nan Mad Ball Timer Nystrom won Open Pee Wee 30 wIth Basic Yeller design byJoel Grasmeyer Senior-age conBill Ole Yeller Haletestant FlA Towline event bested Open-age fliers win event Joel builds fine-looking models Detroit-based brother team Paul Bill Shalior pauses between rounds Fl AIA2 Towline competition Paul chased Bill flew take 6th event Jeff iedor Dallas Texas won 2nd 1/aA Gas Junior Jeff did well other events cluding first Catapult Glider Junior inc Robert uunnams II Bob Iis new Shuniken-powered VzA gas design won second place Open 1/zA Gas year Cox engines no winners above 4th place Ed Keck prepares launch D Gas entry its max flights new Cat egory lii National record Gib Robbins per forms timing duties new-era Gas jobs larger TO 1Evitate powerful new racing engines Open winner Ed Kecks model Gal breathlCS 049 up front Ed Mate flew pretty red white blue Megow Ranger Old-Timer A/B Pylon event SAM 57s VIntage events drew large following during competition variable winds week Thermal boomers swallowed up number models regardless DT causing disappear fluffy clouds patches bluebut happens Free Flight Competition began Tuesday activity commenced earnest Contest Directors Abram Van Dover Ed Sullivan would direct five-day agenda AMA NFFS events Don Sachtjen pitched canopy about 500 ft down runway begin three-day SAM 57 event schedule RC Assist event set up third location extreme wend end long east/west runway 91 edition Nationals underway over 500 contestants participating various events Nationals would make end 30-year dynasty reliable Cox TD 049 /2A Gas Open event go down fourth place find Continued page 145 Left crew headed AMA Operations Director Bob Vojalavek right minded AMA souvenir shop field entrance through out week mobile trailer also housed handy computer spit out event results record time Right Wakefield fliers Mary Bashaw Marty Richardson keep vigil thermal detector bubble machine wait patiently good air also seem blessed goodly number expert advisors standing background 14 Model Aviation unique design Pee Wee 30 event high-thrustline model Dick Rikel Paducah Kentucky long landing gear great landing wheat stubble V Gus Eaves flew Fubar design AR rios Gas pesky corn wheat stubble direction ne new-era viii jobs larger Wal ston Retrieval System brought back Marvin Mace files Pilferca rear 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good margin over four minutes Team Hand Launch Glider event went new group Hoosier father-and-son team Bill Tony Hutchins hooking up Jimmy Buxton capture honor jokingly told Bill knew ever won Nationals trophy HLG would need lot help friends happy fellow Hank Nystrom Johnson City Tennessee won Pee Wee 30 event Bill Hale Basic Yeller design irony Hank once known Mad Ball King because former cottage industry business making some very efficient engine timers mechanical innards now extinct Mad Ball wind-up toys Pee Wee 30 event rules prohibit use mechanical timers use measured fuel allotments eye droppers small syringe tubes Obviously Nationals win will provide no endorsement Hanks mechanical timer products Emmett Holt posted high time 1AA NosGas besting last years winner Guy Eaves full two-minute margin Entry levels high NosGas events Sal Taibi again winning form Elfin 249-powered standard size Dodger post five max scores OT A/B Fuselage pair Playboy Seniors battled OT C Pylon before Tom 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QD Weve previously reported 1991 Indoor RC/CL Nationals contests conclude 1991 reporting view AMA/NFFS Free Flight Nationals U Harry Murphy FREE FLIGHTs portion annual AMA/NFFS Nationals seemed pop up rather suddenly 91 calendars since just last October 1990 edition held Lawrenceville Illinois site mid-June dates year suggested NFFS last fall idea pre-empting summer farm crop problems hoped easing vacation situations some plus enabling participants use dormitories Vincennes University lovely VU campus lies nestled next Wabash River just north downtown Vincennes few miles east Illinois across Red Skelton Bridge new VU dorms quite elegant comfortable according contestants stayed during week addition luxury provided new dorms attended years Nationals blessed other niceties Gone chills blustery winds two previous attempts 88 90 capture ideal Midwestern autumn weather during October year participants Nationals enjoyed warm surmy days insignificant wind drifts entire week Thermals abounded max flights plentiful weatherman smiled obligingly session AMA/NFFs annual outdoor bash must Free Flight Nationals just meant summer happening area country some things remained much same previous Nationals Lawrenceville included hospitality townspeople area merchants renewal old friendships introductions new ones camaraderie among friendly competitors noise model engines motorized chase bikes mixed flutter rubber-powered propellers churning air dawn dark lets forget tasty porkburgers cold drinks Sylvias mobile concession stand always Nationals knowing wins awards has to understand true meaning event may convene once year fly compete models some point realize airplanes Iconvertshis Left Gregory Stewart auto hood makeshift workbench assemble eiectric Powered model Greg won CO2 event over experienced filers phenomenon often happens Free Flight Right Jim Noonan peddied plans vintage supplies mag [s collectors field week found time fly handsome Compressed Air entry 4th place December1991 11 Happy DaysProof annual AMA Nationals often ramiiy SiTairs Wilils Free Flight Team Larry Jamie Julie Steven Grandpa Lou entrance MidAmerican Air Center near Lawrenceviiie illInoissite June 18-22 FF Nationals Larrys model Happy Days 55 FAi design Zaic book Left Sal Taibi participates 52nd consecutive Nationals prepares event-winning Elfin 249-powered Brooklyn Dodger ficial flight Clarence Myerscough former SAM Champs high-point champ serves official timer Right Father-and-Son team Bill Tony Hutchins stretched Satelilte 788s pair teamed Jimmy Buxton win Team OHLG trophy Left Charles Groth estabilahed new national record Electric recharging modei array mysterious-looking electronic gadgets plastic bag Right Charles Caton bridesmaid Gas 90 Nationals became bridegroom last winter won Gas year Wife Gale beams approval behind gorgeous green Hummin Bird Junior-age contestant Jim Troutman pre pares FlH Al Towilne entry offi cial flight shortly after brief Friday morn ing rain squall Jim won P-30 Junior event Ralph scnlaro nouth Bend Indiana 75 years young summer won Open Hand-Held Catapult Glider being 41 entrants obtain three maxes will deteriorate become damaged beyond repair become lost friendships weve made gatherings will remain life nature thing Monday arrival day quickly Las Hallgarth Anderson Indiana chose Souper 30 design Lee Campbell P-30 entry Only two entrants maxed out hotly contested event Hank Sperzel Beileview Nebraska trim-looking originsi design P-30 entry placed 5th field 66 popu lar rubber-powered events established living quarters week drove few miles out field check out site shake few hands put some test flights gentle breeze taking models short field direction across airport runway longer-fused models dropping waist-high corn calf deep wheat stubble much week two alternatives DTing model left airport 12 Model Aviation runway areas before making its descent learned quickly accurately could establish line sight models would descend greenery less time took us pace up down corn rows locate However remedy multiple vaccinations underside wings stabs plane dropped wheat stubble would have incorporation long landing gear corn sometimes causing prolonged scavenger hunt often seemed better alternative pesky problem tolerable flights terminated runways grassy areas short hazards thanks light Left Bill Burns entered Wally Summers Jabuatwock Old-Timer Small Rubber Fuselage event popular u n9wn Deing kitted Midwest Products Right Local residents Bud Ellen Brown prepare Buds beautiful OT Rubber Scale Puss Moth official flight Bud collected returned over dozen lost models within week after contest December 1991 13 nan Mad Ball Timer Nystrom won Open Pee Wee 30 wIth Basic Yeller design byJoel Grasmeyer Senior-age conBill Ole Yeller Haletestant FlA Towline event bested Open-age fliers win event Joel builds fine-looking models Detroit-based brother team Paul Bill Shalior pauses between rounds Fl AIA2 Towline competition Paul chased Bill flew take 6th event Jeff iedor Dallas Texas won 2nd 1/aA Gas Junior Jeff did well other events cluding first Catapult Glider Junior inc Robert uunnams II Bob Iis new Shuniken-powered VzA gas design won second place Open 1/zA Gas year Cox engines no winners above 4th place Ed Keck prepares launch D Gas entry its max flights new Cat egory lii National record Gib Robbins per forms timing duties new-era Gas jobs larger TO 1Evitate powerful new racing engines Open winner Ed Kecks model Gal breathlCS 049 up front Ed Mate flew pretty red white blue Megow Ranger Old-Timer A/B Pylon event SAM 57s VIntage events drew large following during competition variable winds week Thermal boomers swallowed up number models regardless DT causing disappear fluffy clouds patches bluebut happens Free Flight Competition began Tuesday activity commenced earnest Contest Directors Abram Van Dover Ed Sullivan would direct five-day agenda AMA NFFS events Don Sachtjen pitched canopy about 500 ft down runway begin three-day SAM 57 event schedule RC Assist event set up third location extreme wend end long east/west runway 91 edition Nationals underway over 500 contestants participating various events Nationals would make end 30-year dynasty reliable Cox TD 049 /2A Gas Open event go down fourth place find Continued page 145 Left crew headed AMA Operations Director Bob Vojalavek right minded AMA souvenir shop field entrance through out week mobile trailer also housed handy computer spit out event results record time Right Wakefield fliers Mary Bashaw Marty Richardson keep vigil thermal detector bubble machine wait patiently good air also seem blessed goodly number expert advisors standing background 14 Model Aviation unique design Pee Wee 30 event high-thrustline model Dick Rikel Paducah Kentucky long landing gear great landing wheat stubble V Gus Eaves flew Fubar design AR rios Gas pesky corn wheat stubble direction ne new-era viii jobs larger Wal ston Retrieval System brought back Marvin Mace files Pilferca rear 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good margin over four minutes Team Hand Launch Glider event went new group Hoosier father-and-son team Bill Tony Hutchins hooking up Jimmy Buxton capture honor jokingly told Bill knew ever won Nationals trophy HLG would need lot help friends happy fellow Hank Nystrom Johnson City Tennessee won Pee Wee 30 event Bill Hale Basic Yeller design irony Hank once known Mad Ball King because former cottage industry business making some very efficient engine timers mechanical innards now extinct Mad Ball wind-up toys Pee Wee 30 event rules prohibit use mechanical timers use measured fuel allotments eye droppers small syringe tubes Obviously Nationals win will provide no endorsement Hanks mechanical timer products Emmett Holt posted high time 1AA NosGas besting last years winner Guy Eaves full two-minute margin Entry levels high NosGas events Sal Taibi again winning form Elfin 249-powered standard size Dodger post five max scores OT A/B Fuselage pair Playboy Seniors battled OT C Pylon before Tom 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Flight times quite respectable models neater unsightlies being moved inside fuselages pylons Charles Groth Bob Nichols would change positions trophy line Electric B final day competition three events scheduled Nostalgia Gas events rather heavy event card Friday Ed Keck would capture B NosGas event 21% larger Crescendo Ed Aikmans Spacer second Bill Hale posted seven consecutive maxes win NosGas Ignition event four PAA Load event other three Fridays banquet update ate sandwich Wendys Saturdays weather still nice thunderstorm predicted midafternoon Fortunately nearly everyone out early put up flights before hitting trail back home Ed Keck put all-day marathon show D Gas until thunderstorms began around 3 pm thereby posting new Category III Class D Gas record AMA gas models seem designed same theme rounded wing stab tips geodetic construction long built-up cross-trussed open-framework fuselages rear fins Oh yeah also plenty power up front Everyone happy see Ed Konefes win Mulvihill Rubber 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Connecticuts Nest Hobby Stop unique blend FRULrS flEAS Featuring large array model aviation needs frcmi basic eutic 69 Research Pkwy Meridencr 06450203 2656003 award final Nostalgia Gas event C NosGas won Bill Hale Spacer left 11 am halfway back Columbus Ohio time flying officially ended 4 pm though activity ended rains predicted arrived really over 91 Nationals fun-filled week flying socializing modeling friends fitting event closed display heavenly fireworks made week enjoyable should take bow Since space does permit individual kudos will offer collective appreciation saying Thank See downwind Bergen County/Styles Continued page 21 referred Joe Department Parks Joe met Department Parks Director Jim MacFaul reviewed him deliberations Board Freeholders meetings several months later potential model flying site found within countys complex parks system Mr MacFaul retired after 30 years service bringing process standstill Joe kept pot boiling Throughout year maintained contact Board Freeholders telephone visit finally met newly appointed Director Parks Mr C Nurnberger May 1986 impressing him favorably less month June 19 1986 Joe asked address regularly scheduled meeting Parks Commissioners big step forward Parks Commissioners Joe again described vision model airpark Bergen County support Mr Nurnberger parks officials showed sympathy understanding chosen piece land owned county adjacent multiuse park illegal dumping ground old cars beer bottles garbage assorted junk After looking site over Joe pronounced capable transformation warned would take lot backbreaking work Over next several months county organized construction program liaison forged AMA clubs near site March 1987 12 AMA club presidents officially came together Bergen County Model Aerodrome Spearhead Committee task force coordinated cleanup land removal accumulated junk development model field Operations maintenance coordinated monthly meetings still being held writing After months dedicated labor county 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QD Weve previously reported 1991 Indoor RC/CL Nationals contests conclude 1991 reporting view AMA/NFFS Free Flight Nationals U Harry Murphy FREE FLIGHTs portion annual AMA/NFFS Nationals seemed pop up rather suddenly 91 calendars since just last October 1990 edition held Lawrenceville Illinois site mid-June dates year suggested NFFS last fall idea pre-empting summer farm crop problems hoped easing vacation situations some plus enabling participants use dormitories Vincennes University lovely VU campus lies nestled next Wabash River just north downtown Vincennes few miles east Illinois across Red Skelton Bridge new VU dorms quite elegant comfortable according contestants stayed during week addition luxury provided new dorms attended years Nationals blessed other niceties Gone chills blustery winds two previous attempts 88 90 capture ideal Midwestern autumn weather during October year participants Nationals enjoyed warm surmy days insignificant wind drifts entire week Thermals abounded max flights plentiful weatherman smiled obligingly session AMA/NFFs annual outdoor bash must Free Flight Nationals just meant summer happening area country some things remained much same previous Nationals Lawrenceville included hospitality townspeople area merchants renewal old friendships introductions new ones camaraderie among friendly competitors noise model engines motorized chase bikes mixed flutter rubber-powered propellers churning air dawn dark lets forget tasty porkburgers cold drinks Sylvias mobile concession stand always Nationals knowing wins awards has to understand true meaning event may convene once year fly compete models some point realize airplanes Iconvertshis Left Gregory Stewart auto hood makeshift workbench assemble eiectric Powered model Greg won CO2 event over experienced filers phenomenon often happens Free Flight Right Jim Noonan peddied plans vintage supplies mag [s collectors field week found time fly handsome Compressed Air entry 4th place December1991 11 Happy DaysProof annual AMA Nationals often ramiiy SiTairs Wilils Free Flight Team Larry Jamie Julie Steven Grandpa Lou entrance MidAmerican Air Center near Lawrenceviiie illInoissite June 18-22 FF Nationals Larrys model Happy Days 55 FAi design Zaic book Left Sal Taibi participates 52nd consecutive Nationals prepares event-winning Elfin 249-powered Brooklyn Dodger ficial flight Clarence Myerscough former SAM Champs high-point champ serves official timer Right Father-and-Son team Bill Tony Hutchins stretched Satelilte 788s pair teamed Jimmy Buxton win Team OHLG trophy Left Charles Groth estabilahed new national record Electric recharging modei array mysterious-looking electronic gadgets plastic bag Right Charles Caton bridesmaid Gas 90 Nationals became bridegroom last winter won Gas year Wife Gale beams approval behind gorgeous green Hummin Bird Junior-age contestant Jim Troutman pre pares FlH Al Towilne entry offi cial flight shortly after brief Friday morn ing rain squall Jim won P-30 Junior event Ralph scnlaro nouth Bend Indiana 75 years young summer won Open Hand-Held Catapult Glider being 41 entrants obtain three maxes will deteriorate become damaged beyond repair become lost friendships weve made gatherings will remain life nature thing Monday arrival day quickly Las Hallgarth Anderson Indiana chose Souper 30 design Lee Campbell P-30 entry Only two entrants maxed out hotly contested event Hank Sperzel Beileview Nebraska trim-looking originsi design P-30 entry placed 5th field 66 popu lar rubber-powered events established living quarters week drove few miles out field check out site shake few hands put some test flights gentle breeze taking models short field direction across airport runway longer-fused models dropping waist-high corn calf deep wheat stubble much week two alternatives DTing model left airport 12 Model Aviation runway areas before making its descent learned quickly accurately could establish line sight models would descend greenery less time took us pace up down corn rows locate However remedy multiple vaccinations underside wings stabs plane dropped wheat stubble would have incorporation long landing gear corn sometimes causing prolonged scavenger hunt often seemed better alternative pesky problem tolerable flights terminated runways grassy areas short hazards thanks light Left Bill Burns entered Wally Summers Jabuatwock Old-Timer Small Rubber Fuselage event popular u n9wn Deing kitted Midwest Products Right Local residents Bud Ellen Brown prepare Buds beautiful OT Rubber Scale Puss Moth official flight Bud collected returned over dozen lost models within week after contest December 1991 13 nan Mad Ball Timer Nystrom won Open Pee Wee 30 wIth Basic Yeller design byJoel Grasmeyer Senior-age conBill Ole Yeller Haletestant FlA Towline event bested Open-age fliers win event Joel builds fine-looking models Detroit-based brother team Paul Bill Shalior pauses between rounds Fl AIA2 Towline competition Paul chased Bill flew take 6th event Jeff iedor Dallas Texas won 2nd 1/aA Gas Junior Jeff did well other events cluding first Catapult Glider Junior inc Robert uunnams II Bob Iis new Shuniken-powered VzA gas design won second place Open 1/zA Gas year Cox engines no winners above 4th place Ed Keck prepares launch D Gas entry its max flights new Cat egory lii National record Gib Robbins per forms timing duties new-era Gas jobs larger TO 1Evitate powerful new racing engines Open winner Ed Kecks model Gal breathlCS 049 up front Ed Mate flew pretty red white blue Megow Ranger Old-Timer A/B Pylon event SAM 57s VIntage events drew large following during competition variable winds week Thermal boomers swallowed up number models regardless DT causing disappear fluffy clouds patches bluebut happens Free Flight Competition began Tuesday activity commenced earnest Contest Directors Abram Van Dover Ed Sullivan would direct five-day agenda AMA NFFS events Don Sachtjen pitched canopy about 500 ft down runway begin three-day SAM 57 event schedule RC Assist event set up third location extreme wend end long east/west runway 91 edition Nationals underway over 500 contestants participating various events Nationals would make end 30-year dynasty reliable Cox TD 049 /2A Gas Open event go down fourth place find Continued page 145 Left crew headed AMA Operations Director Bob Vojalavek right minded AMA souvenir shop field entrance through out week mobile trailer also housed handy computer spit out event results record time Right Wakefield fliers Mary Bashaw Marty Richardson keep vigil thermal detector bubble machine wait patiently good air also seem blessed goodly number expert advisors standing background 14 Model Aviation unique design Pee Wee 30 event high-thrustline model Dick Rikel Paducah Kentucky long landing gear great landing wheat stubble V Gus Eaves flew Fubar design AR rios Gas pesky corn wheat stubble direction ne new-era viii jobs larger Wal ston Retrieval System brought back Marvin Mace files Pilferca rear 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QD Weve previously reported 1991 Indoor RC/CL Nationals contests conclude 1991 reporting view AMA/NFFS Free Flight Nationals U Harry Murphy FREE FLIGHTs portion annual AMA/NFFS Nationals seemed pop up rather suddenly 91 calendars since just last October 1990 edition held Lawrenceville Illinois site mid-June dates year suggested NFFS last fall idea pre-empting summer farm crop problems hoped easing vacation situations some plus enabling participants use dormitories Vincennes University lovely VU campus lies nestled next Wabash River just north downtown Vincennes few miles east Illinois across Red Skelton Bridge new VU dorms quite elegant comfortable according contestants stayed during week addition luxury provided new dorms attended years Nationals blessed other niceties Gone chills blustery winds two previous attempts 88 90 capture ideal Midwestern autumn weather during October year participants Nationals enjoyed warm surmy days insignificant wind drifts entire week Thermals abounded max flights plentiful weatherman smiled obligingly session AMA/NFFs annual outdoor bash must Free Flight Nationals just meant summer happening area country some things remained much same previous Nationals Lawrenceville included hospitality townspeople area merchants renewal old friendships introductions new ones camaraderie among friendly competitors noise model engines motorized chase bikes mixed flutter rubber-powered propellers churning air dawn dark lets forget tasty porkburgers cold drinks Sylvias mobile concession stand always Nationals knowing wins awards has to understand true meaning event may convene once year fly compete models some point realize airplanes Iconvertshis Left Gregory Stewart auto hood makeshift workbench assemble eiectric Powered model Greg won CO2 event over experienced filers phenomenon often happens Free Flight Right Jim Noonan peddied plans vintage supplies mag [s collectors field week found time fly handsome Compressed Air entry 4th place December1991 11 Happy DaysProof annual AMA Nationals often ramiiy SiTairs Wilils Free Flight Team Larry Jamie Julie Steven Grandpa Lou entrance MidAmerican Air Center near Lawrenceviiie illInoissite June 18-22 FF Nationals Larrys model Happy Days 55 FAi design Zaic book Left Sal Taibi participates 52nd consecutive Nationals prepares event-winning Elfin 249-powered Brooklyn Dodger ficial flight Clarence Myerscough former SAM Champs high-point champ serves official timer Right Father-and-Son team Bill Tony Hutchins stretched Satelilte 788s pair teamed Jimmy Buxton win Team OHLG trophy Left Charles Groth estabilahed new national record Electric recharging modei array mysterious-looking electronic gadgets plastic bag Right Charles Caton bridesmaid Gas 90 Nationals became bridegroom last winter won Gas year Wife Gale beams approval behind gorgeous green Hummin Bird Junior-age contestant Jim Troutman pre pares FlH Al Towilne entry offi cial flight shortly after brief Friday morn ing rain squall Jim won P-30 Junior event Ralph scnlaro nouth Bend Indiana 75 years young summer won Open Hand-Held Catapult Glider being 41 entrants obtain three maxes will deteriorate become damaged beyond repair become lost friendships weve made gatherings will remain life nature thing Monday arrival day quickly Las Hallgarth Anderson Indiana chose Souper 30 design Lee Campbell P-30 entry Only two entrants maxed out hotly contested event Hank Sperzel Beileview Nebraska trim-looking originsi design P-30 entry placed 5th field 66 popu lar rubber-powered events established living quarters week drove few miles out field check out site shake few hands put some test flights gentle breeze taking models short field direction across airport runway longer-fused models dropping waist-high corn calf deep wheat stubble much week two alternatives DTing model left airport 12 Model Aviation runway areas before making its descent learned quickly accurately could establish line sight models would descend greenery less time took us pace up down corn rows locate However remedy multiple vaccinations underside wings stabs plane dropped wheat stubble would have incorporation long landing gear corn sometimes causing prolonged scavenger hunt often seemed better alternative pesky problem tolerable flights terminated runways grassy areas short hazards thanks light Left Bill Burns entered Wally Summers Jabuatwock Old-Timer Small Rubber Fuselage event popular u n9wn Deing kitted Midwest Products Right Local residents Bud Ellen Brown prepare Buds beautiful OT Rubber Scale Puss Moth official flight Bud collected returned over dozen lost models within week after contest December 1991 13 nan Mad Ball Timer Nystrom won Open Pee Wee 30 wIth Basic Yeller design byJoel Grasmeyer Senior-age conBill Ole Yeller Haletestant FlA Towline event bested Open-age fliers win event Joel builds fine-looking models Detroit-based brother team Paul Bill Shalior pauses between rounds Fl AIA2 Towline competition Paul chased Bill flew take 6th event Jeff iedor Dallas Texas won 2nd 1/aA Gas Junior Jeff did well other events cluding first Catapult Glider Junior inc Robert uunnams II Bob Iis new Shuniken-powered VzA gas design won second place Open 1/zA Gas year Cox engines no winners above 4th place Ed Keck prepares launch D Gas entry its max flights new Cat egory lii National record Gib Robbins per forms timing duties new-era Gas jobs larger TO 1Evitate powerful new racing engines Open winner Ed Kecks model Gal breathlCS 049 up front Ed Mate flew pretty red white blue Megow Ranger Old-Timer A/B Pylon event SAM 57s VIntage events drew large following during competition variable winds week Thermal boomers swallowed up number models regardless DT causing disappear fluffy clouds patches bluebut happens Free Flight Competition began Tuesday activity commenced earnest Contest Directors Abram Van Dover Ed Sullivan would direct five-day agenda AMA NFFS events Don Sachtjen pitched canopy about 500 ft down runway begin three-day SAM 57 event schedule RC Assist event set up third location extreme wend end long east/west runway 91 edition Nationals underway over 500 contestants participating various events Nationals would make end 30-year dynasty reliable Cox TD 049 /2A Gas Open event go down fourth place find Continued page 145 Left crew headed AMA Operations Director Bob Vojalavek right minded AMA souvenir shop field entrance through out week mobile trailer also housed handy computer spit out event results record time Right Wakefield fliers Mary Bashaw Marty Richardson keep vigil thermal detector bubble machine wait patiently good air also seem blessed goodly number expert advisors standing background 14 Model Aviation unique design Pee Wee 30 event high-thrustline model Dick Rikel Paducah Kentucky long landing gear great landing wheat stubble V Gus Eaves flew Fubar design AR rios Gas pesky corn wheat stubble direction ne new-era viii jobs larger Wal ston Retrieval System brought back Marvin Mace files Pilferca rear 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