This annual big bash free flight meet Eastern Midwestern Southern modelers Oscar Smith flew fine replica Piper J-3 Cub third place Jumbo Rubber Scale U Harry Murphy Ob Joflanness Nelson-powered Buck 800 placed first Class D goodly margin Pole mounts thermal detector DATELINE Muncie Thursday September 3 1992 advance guard 300 contestants would participate 1992 edition NFFS-sponsored Editors note NFFS onal Free Flight Society special interest group United States Outdoor Championships USOC began arriving museum building new AMA flying site early date made quick pause office pick up contestant information packets off survey battleground ensuing four days Labor Day weekend Everyone finally search unfamiliar surroundings locate lodgings reservations made previously Newcomers would find rolling terrain facility much liking blacktop entrance road taking center field three ample gravel parking lots paved L-shaped 600 x 400-ft RC launch pad permanent pavilion tucked within angle latter vantage point pretty impressive view huge map lobby museum building shown AMA property approximately 11/2 miles long north south about mile wide east west However corn south soybeans north cut usable polar length about mile cornfield west side cut girth field something less Still Midwest standards field would ample since winds predicted light over long weekend noon vehicles scattered along paved access road some fliers ventured out onto grassy field various places set up practice flights intensified afternoon progressed area experienced record-breaking rainfall during summer ground soft places grasses quite greenin contrast hardened arid terrain expected during early September Any heavenly moisture would make field parking pretty risky unless four-wheel-drive vehicle used kickoff bean feed held behind museum building eve before formal competition began brought old friends together once again food delicious plentiful bean feed title being gross understatement huge white cake sporting appropriate blue NEFS logo topped dessert list Apparently thing free fighters really enjoy eating Short welcome messages Contest Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe completed affair 34 Model Aviation CK M8K0S winas up nis Iwin II1U Terrible Coupe five-flight max out win FiG event Keck flew 121%-size Johnson 35powered Crescendo first place Class C Nostalgia Gas Texass goodwill ambassador Marvin Mace launches Class C entry chugged third place accented unpredicted sudden thunderstorm complete lots rain thunder lightning grass flying field would wet morning Friday Day Prevailing winds usually come southwest parts early morning arrivers found registration tables set up near center field small grassy ridge east side eastemmost parking lot Winds out east still quite light somewhat variable early going settled down light ENE breeze remainder day Soft grounds kept vehicles along paved road parking lot itself Well much prevailing winds usable area contest measured crow flieswas down around downwind sea corn March 1993 35 Old-Timer Event Directors Don Sue sachtjen pose witn OT High Point Award winners Don Reid Rubber left Bob Edlestein Power right 36 Model Aviation Mateer placed fifth B GasanGene Bowers won 1/2A NosGas event took extra flyoff flights toHolland Hornet-powered T-Bird Russ place top dozenHansens design popular entry Young Chris Sydor participated number non-gas events Al Towline entry nicely constructed Dick Covalt processes pair P-30 models Vic Nippert top-of-the-hill launch site SE corner field near cemetery Ed Keck awaits electronic indication thermal-sensing thermistor lifting air may passing through NosGas event processor Bob Larsh about put stamp approval Les HallgarthsContrasting designs pipe-smoking Hal Lorimer packs turns 41 Ray 1/2A T-BirdSmith Mulvihill Bud Brown approaches modern Mulvihill entry real stuff 12 feet high places abundant ears located stalks height over ones head say least AMAs corn crop should pay ample dividends year first day events would center around FF Contest Director Dick Covalt s crew managed AMA FAI NFFS events Under adjacent tent canopy Don Sue Sachtjen orchestrated Old-Timer Free flight activitieswith Dick Brace stationed substantial quarters across paved road under permanent pavilion adjacent RC pad Old-Timer RC Assist events began fourday event card today well Dick Hall first strive official flight attempting ROG Super Cyclone-powered Ray Heit designed Scram off rough ground surface After couple aborted attempts someone arrived folded-up banquet table served takeoff runway Launched wind direction still making up its mind model drifted south March 1993 37 Mitch Posts K&B Tarp 29-powered Comet Zipper placed fourth OT Class C Pylon Model-finder xmtr sits atop wing RC Assist Texaco winner Jim Reynolds red-and-yellow OS 61 ignitionpowered Lanzo Bombera design having great inherent airborne stability Prop assembly droops Chris Sydors P-30 model awaits some preflight attention before official flight Jimmy Buxton L gives Tony Hutchins hand starting Tonys big Class D Satellite entry Old-Timer RC Assist flight line enjoyed use permanent L-shaped blacktop launch site midfield Charlie Stiless Nelson 15-powered FiC plane has balsa-sheeted flying surfaces carbon-fiber reinforcement atop wing Hardy urodersens INI-I-s Exec uireciorj CDs Moe Betty Whittemore read elaborate Fl C Koko design features scales Phil Bayly weighs McCoy tiplets its straight-dihedral wing 60-powered enlarged T-Bird eventually DTed over cemetery southeast corner field Dick later stated heretofore DTed models safely between trees houses occasions never between two tombstones knowledge model invade sanctity cemetery remainder week run string flyoff maxes make award list B Gas top 14 contestants logged basic three maxes good-natured Texan Marvin Mace tallied 14 maxes before dropping 15th attempt Marvins Pilfered Pearl derivative bested Gil Morriss ageless Toothpicks about six maxes rest pack grouped much closer behind 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order today ship UPS daily fczizz 914 eruim wdaCs 3177 East Fan Lowell Road Tucson Alzona 85716 1992 NFFSIMurphy Continued paqe 38 total five entries Second place finisher Don Jenkins missed max-out 20 seconds Gene Bowers won initial NFFS Nostalgia Gas event pair Holland Hornet-powered T-Birds downwind cornfield ate first finished remaining flights backup model couple weeks later farmers cow deciding corn tastier grass escaped confines its pasture hopped fence cornfield process rounding up cow shooing back pasture farmer found model makes wonder cow got ears corn situated stalks six feet off ground dont else Bill Ole Yeller Hale win Pee Wee 30 event perfect three-flight total 2400 points Bills Cox 020-powered Basic Yeller design continues make its mark Pee Wee 30 lore Bob Bienenstein first make off beautiful reincarnated Moffett trophy trophy sports new plating job beauty beholdplus Rubber model fliers now have another event compete Sure looks like fun too Meanwhile over Don Sachtjens 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Mankowski NFFS Digest Editor Chris Weinreich NFFS President Tony Italiano off bed flying come morrow Saturday Day Two An overnight rain did nothing improve already soft field conditions SSE breeze found free flight launch site being relocated SE corner property adjacent cemetery southernmost extension north-south ridge utilized previous day Parking somewhat problem single-lane east-west perimeter paved road often referred hog barn road kept clear vehicles forced venture out onto grassy ridge Most drivers sought high ground bit low mist hanging about 830 nm starting time went dissipated rapidly competition commenced within very few minutes Along RC Assist group still pavilion FAC Flying Aces Club flying scale gang would starting first day two-day competition schedule took up residence east parking lot site bad used previous day FAC location now about half-mile downwind current free flight event site 900 am flying activity apparent over entire facility Charles Catons familiar 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Nostalgia Gas would see Bill Hale becoming double-winner 05 19powered Fortastrop outdistanced Keith Fulmers OS 15-powered Ram Rodthen Bill would also win NFFS PAA Load event Holland Hornet-powered Joe Bilgri-designed PAA Hopper Don Sue Sachtjen again dutifully managing SAM 57 Old-Timer free flight events beneath canopy ward off rain sun before activities concluded day Mitch Posts Torpedo 29-powered Brooklyn Dodger would fall 20 seconds short max-out retain first place Class B Fuselage event Harry Murphy logged five maxes win C Pylon event O&R 33-powered Comet Zipper father-and-son team Ralph Bill Schlarb delivering one-two punch OT Hand Held Catapult Glider event once again Ralph now 76 years young still manages keep son Bill relegated second place event contests may sound like Saturday afternoon special downtown movie house pair Double Features Don Reid Mike Burns topped 37 entries Small Rubber Fuselage event D-F George Reich design out June 1940 issue Air Trails magazine Don Reids 41 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Generally footing quite solid comparison location used two previous days soil contained considerable rock Most competitors set up small knoll some 500 feet south buildings rows vehicles settled quickly competition activities would home remaining two days probably unfair keep referring newly painted blue-and-white buildings hog farm area has thoroughly cleaned AMA now uses store various items some guess buildings will always hog farm Oh well Moe Betty Whittemore showed up bright early aid tired table crew seen son get married sent off honeymoon previous day Weatherwise would comfortable sunshiny day Bob Johannes Buck 800 would outdistance Guy Scotts Satellite 1000 D Gas kudos Bob Hanfords Shuriken powered 1/2A model besting 1/2A Gas roster boasted 72 entries Ryan Bane would nip Zack Dock Junior 1/2A Gas event add up entries both age groups HLG Hand Launch Glider event get sum 37only greater previously staged Hand Held Catapult Glider event drawn Although new event per se no free flight 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send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax FAC group completed final day competition six events card SAM 58 monitored four events comfort pavilion Yeah Im jealous Dick Jim Reynolds flew Lanzo Bombers meet first place Texaco event using OS 61 Ignition power Fred Mulholland man chase again Playboy Sr McCoy 29 up front bested Class B Ignition event participants Twas Bomber again Class Glow Tom Botkin closely pursued Jim Reynoldss Playboy Sr Man glowpowered Old-Timers scary shoot off tarmac towards clouds like jet catapulted off aircraft carrier scares meand Im fearless Art Whites win RC Ohlsson 23 event completed events listed day Monday Day Four final day opened southerly breeze still blowing thick overcast threatened thunder showers time timebut ever materialized FAC group now disbanded midfield reasons unknown number contestants seemed have diminished somewhat free flight site rate competition still earnest Charles Caton stringing out 14 maxes quest AMA Category III Class D Gas record fall short four seconds reality model probably made mark seconds spare disappeared behind pesky man-made hill center fielda hill supposedly intended launch site RC Soaring contingent Actually about two-thirds height hill probably unnecessary purpose has find something wrong facility right FlJ Power competition thats new FAI class 1cc engines06 cu cant metric conversions actually begot another tie between pair Shuriken-powered models hands Gil Morris Keith Fulmer minutes waning towards closing time Keith decided hang up rather fly fine-performing Maverick another time Gil Morris simply hand-glided model declared winner Gils model appeared epitome model design its vertical climb quick-bunt transition After four hectic days competition officials well contestants beginning show wear Chuck Markos FlG Coupe dHiver entrant rack up five perfect flights win event Chuck would also become overall High Point winner AMA events NFFS Secretary Treasurer Duane Renken captured CO2 event max-out 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This annual big bash free flight meet Eastern Midwestern Southern modelers Oscar Smith flew fine replica Piper J-3 Cub third place Jumbo Rubber Scale U Harry Murphy Ob Joflanness Nelson-powered Buck 800 placed first Class D goodly margin Pole mounts thermal detector DATELINE Muncie Thursday September 3 1992 advance guard 300 contestants would participate 1992 edition NFFS-sponsored Editors note NFFS onal Free Flight Society special interest group United States Outdoor Championships USOC began arriving museum building new AMA flying site early date made quick pause office pick up contestant information packets off survey battleground ensuing four days Labor Day weekend Everyone finally search unfamiliar surroundings locate lodgings reservations made previously Newcomers would find rolling terrain facility much liking blacktop entrance road taking center field three ample gravel parking lots paved L-shaped 600 x 400-ft RC launch pad permanent pavilion tucked within angle latter vantage point pretty impressive view huge map lobby museum building shown AMA property approximately 11/2 miles long north south about mile wide east west However corn south soybeans north cut usable polar length about mile cornfield west side cut girth field something less Still Midwest standards field would ample since winds predicted light over long weekend noon vehicles scattered along paved access road some fliers ventured out onto grassy field various places set up practice flights intensified afternoon progressed area experienced record-breaking rainfall during summer ground soft places grasses quite greenin contrast hardened arid terrain expected during early September Any heavenly moisture would make field parking pretty risky unless four-wheel-drive vehicle used kickoff bean feed held behind museum building eve before formal competition began brought old friends together once again food delicious plentiful bean feed title being gross understatement huge white cake sporting appropriate blue NEFS logo topped dessert list Apparently thing free fighters really enjoy eating Short welcome messages Contest Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe completed affair 34 Model Aviation CK M8K0S winas up nis Iwin II1U Terrible Coupe five-flight max out win FiG event Keck flew 121%-size Johnson 35powered Crescendo first place Class C Nostalgia Gas Texass goodwill ambassador Marvin Mace launches Class C entry chugged third place accented unpredicted sudden thunderstorm complete lots rain thunder lightning grass flying field would wet morning Friday Day Prevailing winds usually come southwest parts early morning arrivers found registration tables set up near center field small grassy ridge east side eastemmost parking lot Winds out east still quite light somewhat variable early going settled down light ENE breeze remainder day Soft grounds kept vehicles along paved road parking lot itself Well much prevailing winds usable area contest measured crow flieswas down around downwind sea corn March 1993 35 Old-Timer Event Directors Don Sue sachtjen pose witn OT High Point Award winners Don Reid Rubber left Bob Edlestein Power right 36 Model Aviation Mateer placed fifth B GasanGene Bowers won 1/2A NosGas event took extra flyoff flights toHolland Hornet-powered T-Bird Russ place top dozenHansens design popular entry Young Chris Sydor participated number non-gas events Al Towline entry nicely constructed Dick Covalt processes pair P-30 models Vic Nippert top-of-the-hill launch site SE corner field near cemetery Ed Keck awaits electronic indication thermal-sensing thermistor lifting air may passing through NosGas event processor Bob Larsh about put stamp approval Les HallgarthsContrasting designs pipe-smoking Hal Lorimer packs turns 41 Ray 1/2A T-BirdSmith Mulvihill Bud Brown approaches modern Mulvihill entry real stuff 12 feet high places abundant ears located stalks height over ones head say least AMAs corn crop should pay ample dividends year first day events would center around FF Contest Director Dick Covalt s crew managed AMA FAI NFFS events Under adjacent tent canopy Don Sue Sachtjen orchestrated Old-Timer Free flight activitieswith Dick Brace stationed substantial quarters across paved road under permanent pavilion adjacent RC pad Old-Timer RC Assist events began fourday event card today well Dick Hall first strive official flight attempting ROG Super Cyclone-powered Ray Heit designed Scram off rough ground surface After couple aborted attempts someone arrived folded-up banquet table served takeoff runway Launched wind direction still making up its mind model drifted south March 1993 37 Mitch Posts K&B Tarp 29-powered Comet Zipper placed fourth OT Class C Pylon Model-finder xmtr sits atop wing RC Assist Texaco winner Jim Reynolds red-and-yellow OS 61 ignitionpowered Lanzo Bombera design having great inherent airborne stability Prop assembly droops Chris Sydors P-30 model awaits some preflight attention before official flight Jimmy Buxton L gives Tony Hutchins hand starting Tonys big Class D Satellite entry Old-Timer RC Assist flight line enjoyed use permanent L-shaped blacktop launch site midfield Charlie Stiless Nelson 15-powered FiC plane has balsa-sheeted flying surfaces carbon-fiber reinforcement atop wing Hardy urodersens INI-I-s Exec uireciorj CDs Moe Betty Whittemore read elaborate Fl C Koko design features scales Phil Bayly weighs McCoy tiplets its straight-dihedral wing 60-powered enlarged T-Bird eventually DTed over cemetery southeast corner field Dick later stated heretofore DTed models safely between trees houses occasions never between two tombstones knowledge model invade sanctity cemetery remainder week run string flyoff maxes make award list B Gas top 14 contestants logged basic three maxes good-natured Texan Marvin Mace tallied 14 maxes before dropping 15th attempt Marvins Pilfered Pearl derivative bested Gil Morriss ageless Toothpicks about six maxes rest pack grouped much closer behind 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order today ship UPS daily fczizz 914 eruim wdaCs 3177 East Fan Lowell Road Tucson Alzona 85716 1992 NFFSIMurphy Continued paqe 38 total five entries Second place finisher Don Jenkins missed max-out 20 seconds Gene Bowers won initial NFFS Nostalgia Gas event pair Holland Hornet-powered T-Birds downwind cornfield ate first finished remaining flights backup model couple weeks later farmers cow deciding corn tastier grass escaped confines its pasture hopped fence cornfield process rounding up cow shooing back pasture farmer found model makes wonder cow got ears corn situated stalks six feet off ground dont else Bill Ole Yeller Hale win Pee Wee 30 event perfect three-flight total 2400 points Bills Cox 020-powered Basic Yeller design continues make its mark Pee Wee 30 lore Bob Bienenstein first make off beautiful reincarnated Moffett trophy trophy sports new plating job beauty beholdplus Rubber model fliers now have another event compete Sure looks like fun too Meanwhile over Don Sachtjens 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Mankowski NFFS Digest Editor Chris Weinreich NFFS President Tony Italiano off bed flying come morrow Saturday Day Two An overnight rain did nothing improve already soft field conditions SSE breeze found free flight launch site being relocated SE corner property adjacent cemetery southernmost extension north-south ridge utilized previous day Parking somewhat problem single-lane east-west perimeter paved road often referred hog barn road kept clear vehicles forced venture out onto grassy ridge Most drivers sought high ground bit low mist hanging about 830 nm starting time went dissipated rapidly competition commenced within very few minutes Along RC Assist group still pavilion FAC Flying Aces Club flying scale gang would starting first day two-day competition schedule took up residence east parking lot site bad used previous day FAC location now about half-mile downwind current free flight event site 900 am flying activity apparent over entire facility Charles Catons familiar 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Nostalgia Gas would see Bill Hale becoming double-winner 05 19powered Fortastrop outdistanced Keith Fulmers OS 15-powered Ram Rodthen Bill would also win NFFS PAA Load event Holland Hornet-powered Joe Bilgri-designed PAA Hopper Don Sue Sachtjen again dutifully managing SAM 57 Old-Timer free flight events beneath canopy ward off rain sun before activities concluded day Mitch Posts Torpedo 29-powered Brooklyn Dodger would fall 20 seconds short max-out retain first place Class B Fuselage event Harry Murphy logged five maxes win C Pylon event O&R 33-powered Comet Zipper father-and-son team Ralph Bill Schlarb delivering one-two punch OT Hand Held Catapult Glider event once again Ralph now 76 years young still manages keep son Bill relegated second place event contests may sound like Saturday afternoon special downtown movie house pair Double Features Don Reid Mike Burns topped 37 entries Small Rubber Fuselage event D-F George Reich design out June 1940 issue Air Trails magazine Don Reids 41 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Generally footing quite solid comparison location used two previous days soil contained considerable rock Most competitors set up small knoll some 500 feet south buildings rows vehicles settled quickly competition activities would home remaining two days probably unfair keep referring newly painted blue-and-white buildings hog farm area has thoroughly cleaned AMA now uses store various items some guess buildings will always hog farm Oh well Moe Betty Whittemore showed up bright early aid tired table crew seen son get married sent off honeymoon previous day Weatherwise would comfortable sunshiny day Bob Johannes Buck 800 would outdistance Guy Scotts Satellite 1000 D Gas kudos Bob Hanfords Shuriken powered 1/2A model besting 1/2A Gas roster boasted 72 entries Ryan Bane would nip Zack Dock Junior 1/2A Gas event add up entries both age groups HLG Hand Launch Glider event get sum 37only greater previously staged Hand Held Catapult Glider event drawn Although new event per se no free flight 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send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax FAC group completed final day competition six events card SAM 58 monitored four events comfort pavilion Yeah Im jealous Dick Jim Reynolds flew Lanzo Bombers meet first place Texaco event using OS 61 Ignition power Fred Mulholland man chase again Playboy Sr McCoy 29 up front bested Class B Ignition event participants Twas Bomber again Class Glow Tom Botkin closely pursued Jim Reynoldss Playboy Sr Man glowpowered Old-Timers scary shoot off tarmac towards clouds like jet catapulted off aircraft carrier scares meand Im fearless Art Whites win RC Ohlsson 23 event completed events listed day Monday Day Four final day opened southerly breeze still blowing thick overcast threatened thunder showers time timebut ever materialized FAC group now disbanded midfield reasons unknown number contestants seemed have diminished somewhat free flight site rate competition still earnest Charles Caton stringing out 14 maxes quest AMA Category III Class D Gas record fall short four seconds reality model probably made mark seconds spare disappeared behind pesky man-made hill center fielda hill supposedly intended launch site RC Soaring contingent Actually about two-thirds height hill probably unnecessary purpose has find something wrong facility right FlJ Power competition thats new FAI class 1cc engines06 cu cant metric conversions actually begot another tie between pair Shuriken-powered models hands Gil Morris Keith Fulmer minutes waning towards closing time Keith decided hang up rather fly fine-performing Maverick another time Gil Morris simply hand-glided model declared winner Gils model appeared epitome model design its vertical climb quick-bunt transition After four hectic days competition officials well contestants beginning show wear Chuck Markos FlG Coupe dHiver entrant rack up five perfect flights win event Chuck would also become overall High Point winner AMA events NFFS Secretary Treasurer Duane Renken captured CO2 event max-out George Perryman took Korda event laurels After spending day attempting get Cox Tee Dee 020126 Model Aviation IN SUPERIOR 1 OUALITY PRODUCTS STOCK 1W UNDO YOUR PIODUCIION WORK 816 OR SM DIL MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY 1/5 scale Stinson SR-8 10017 lbs Las -tetartcns MoDel powered Zeek flight-trimmed Warren Kurth logged four maxes after 300 pm win NosGas event thereby becoming double winner winning AMA Payload Gas well Few people squeeze power out 020 Warren Ed Keck s 121%-enlarged Crescendo Johnson 35 power plant nearly doubled score Faust Parkers secondplace Texan winning C NosGas Event Ed never seems have model seek direction under power other what intended grinds up rails saying goes Meredith Champerlain won 01 Ohlsson Sideport Engine event Antique Class Twin Cyclone design Harry Murphy won duel Gene Bowers new OT 1/2A Antique event ROG thats rise-off-ground folks memories dont go back modeling 40 years ago events certainly crowd pleasers couple sheets plywood laid end-to-end served improvised 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This annual big bash free flight meet Eastern Midwestern Southern modelers Oscar Smith flew fine replica Piper J-3 Cub third place Jumbo Rubber Scale U Harry Murphy Ob Joflanness Nelson-powered Buck 800 placed first Class D goodly margin Pole mounts thermal detector DATELINE Muncie Thursday September 3 1992 advance guard 300 contestants would participate 1992 edition NFFS-sponsored Editors note NFFS onal Free Flight Society special interest group United States Outdoor Championships USOC began arriving museum building new AMA flying site early date made quick pause office pick up contestant information packets off survey battleground ensuing four days Labor Day weekend Everyone finally search unfamiliar surroundings locate lodgings reservations made previously Newcomers would find rolling terrain facility much liking blacktop entrance road taking center field three ample gravel parking lots paved L-shaped 600 x 400-ft RC launch pad permanent pavilion tucked within angle latter vantage point pretty impressive view huge map lobby museum building shown AMA property approximately 11/2 miles long north south about mile wide east west However corn south soybeans north cut usable polar length about mile cornfield west side cut girth field something less Still Midwest standards field would ample since winds predicted light over long weekend noon vehicles scattered along paved access road some fliers ventured out onto grassy field various places set up practice flights intensified afternoon progressed area experienced record-breaking rainfall during summer ground soft places grasses quite greenin contrast hardened arid terrain expected during early September Any heavenly moisture would make field parking pretty risky unless four-wheel-drive vehicle used kickoff bean feed held behind museum building eve before formal competition began brought old friends together once again food delicious plentiful bean feed title being gross understatement huge white cake sporting appropriate blue NEFS logo topped dessert list Apparently thing free fighters really enjoy eating Short welcome messages Contest Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe completed affair 34 Model Aviation CK M8K0S winas up nis Iwin II1U Terrible Coupe five-flight max out win FiG event Keck flew 121%-size Johnson 35powered Crescendo first place Class C Nostalgia Gas Texass goodwill ambassador Marvin Mace launches Class C entry chugged third place accented unpredicted sudden thunderstorm complete lots rain thunder lightning grass flying field would wet morning Friday Day Prevailing winds usually come southwest parts early morning arrivers found registration tables set up near center field small grassy ridge east side eastemmost parking lot Winds out east still quite light somewhat variable early going settled down light ENE breeze remainder day Soft grounds kept vehicles along paved road parking lot itself Well much prevailing winds usable area contest measured crow flieswas down around downwind sea corn March 1993 35 Old-Timer Event Directors Don Sue sachtjen pose witn OT High Point Award winners Don Reid Rubber left Bob Edlestein Power right 36 Model Aviation Mateer placed fifth B GasanGene Bowers won 1/2A NosGas event took extra flyoff flights toHolland Hornet-powered T-Bird Russ place top dozenHansens design popular entry Young Chris Sydor participated number non-gas events Al Towline entry nicely constructed Dick Covalt processes pair P-30 models Vic Nippert top-of-the-hill launch site SE corner field near cemetery Ed Keck awaits electronic indication thermal-sensing thermistor lifting air may passing through NosGas event processor Bob Larsh about put stamp approval Les HallgarthsContrasting designs pipe-smoking Hal Lorimer packs turns 41 Ray 1/2A T-BirdSmith Mulvihill Bud Brown approaches modern Mulvihill entry real stuff 12 feet high places abundant ears located stalks height over ones head say least AMAs corn crop should pay ample dividends year first day events would center around FF Contest Director Dick Covalt s crew managed AMA FAI NFFS events Under adjacent tent canopy Don Sue Sachtjen orchestrated Old-Timer Free flight activitieswith Dick Brace stationed substantial quarters across paved road under permanent pavilion adjacent RC pad Old-Timer RC Assist events began fourday event card today well Dick Hall first strive official flight attempting ROG Super Cyclone-powered Ray Heit designed Scram off rough ground surface After couple aborted attempts someone arrived folded-up banquet table served takeoff runway Launched wind direction still making up its mind model drifted south March 1993 37 Mitch Posts K&B Tarp 29-powered Comet Zipper placed fourth OT Class C Pylon Model-finder xmtr sits atop wing RC Assist Texaco winner Jim Reynolds red-and-yellow OS 61 ignitionpowered Lanzo Bombera design having great inherent airborne stability Prop assembly droops Chris Sydors P-30 model awaits some preflight attention before official flight Jimmy Buxton L gives Tony Hutchins hand starting Tonys big Class D Satellite entry Old-Timer RC Assist flight line enjoyed use permanent L-shaped blacktop launch site midfield Charlie Stiless Nelson 15-powered FiC plane has balsa-sheeted flying surfaces carbon-fiber reinforcement atop wing Hardy urodersens INI-I-s Exec uireciorj CDs Moe Betty Whittemore read elaborate Fl C Koko design features scales Phil Bayly weighs McCoy tiplets its straight-dihedral wing 60-powered enlarged T-Bird eventually DTed over cemetery southeast corner field Dick later stated heretofore DTed models safely between trees houses occasions never between two tombstones knowledge model invade sanctity cemetery remainder week run string flyoff maxes make award list B Gas top 14 contestants logged basic three maxes good-natured Texan Marvin Mace tallied 14 maxes before dropping 15th attempt Marvins Pilfered Pearl derivative bested Gil Morriss ageless Toothpicks about six maxes rest pack grouped much closer behind Gil Fred Blom edged George Perryman mere 10 seconds capture coveted Mulvihill laurels Charles Groths familiar white model egg-crate-patterned wing construc tion topped combined Electric B event impressive max-out plus though event drew unimpressive Bill Hutchinss F1J FAI Small Power entry has triple fins Tee Dee 049 power Continued page 122 F1J engine limit 061 38 Model Aviation Scotts D Gas Satellite took second place lives 12 miles Muncie site test-flies often Bill Tibbss Class Glow LER entry scaled-down Playboy Sr powered K&B 15 RR Hes checking out its RC Pat Bredehofts spouse helps readies Comte AC 12E entry FAC Golden Age Scale event Bob Perkinss Miller Hawk design placed third D Gas Bob flew similar model Class C well Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell fame buzzed troops occasion C02powered Old-Timer Fuselage model Paul Boyanowskis colorfully detailed Curtiss Sparrowhawk F9C-2 took fourth place FAC Peanut Scale event New products take maintenance building new heights Custom Cradles 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order today ship UPS daily fczizz 914 eruim wdaCs 3177 East Fan Lowell Road Tucson Alzona 85716 1992 NFFSIMurphy Continued paqe 38 total five entries Second place finisher Don Jenkins missed max-out 20 seconds Gene Bowers won initial NFFS Nostalgia Gas event pair Holland Hornet-powered T-Birds downwind cornfield ate first finished remaining flights backup model couple weeks later farmers cow deciding corn tastier grass escaped confines its pasture hopped fence cornfield process rounding up cow shooing back pasture farmer found model makes wonder cow got ears corn situated stalks six feet off ground dont else Bill Ole Yeller Hale win Pee Wee 30 event perfect three-flight total 2400 points Bills Cox 020-powered Basic Yeller design continues make its mark Pee Wee 30 lore Bob Bienenstein first make off beautiful reincarnated Moffett trophy trophy sports new plating job beauty beholdplus Rubber model fliers now have another event compete Sure looks like fun too Meanwhile over Don Sachtjens 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Mankowski NFFS Digest Editor Chris Weinreich NFFS President Tony Italiano off bed flying come morrow Saturday Day Two An overnight rain did nothing improve already soft field conditions SSE breeze found free flight launch site being relocated SE corner property adjacent cemetery southernmost extension north-south ridge utilized previous day Parking somewhat problem single-lane east-west perimeter paved road often referred hog barn road kept clear vehicles forced venture out onto grassy ridge Most drivers sought high ground bit low mist hanging about 830 nm starting time went dissipated rapidly competition commenced within very few minutes Along RC Assist group still pavilion FAC Flying Aces Club flying scale gang would starting first day two-day competition schedule took up residence east parking lot site bad used previous day FAC location now about half-mile downwind current free flight event site 900 am flying activity apparent over entire facility Charles Catons familiar 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Nostalgia Gas would see Bill Hale becoming double-winner 05 19powered Fortastrop outdistanced Keith Fulmers OS 15-powered Ram Rodthen Bill would also win NFFS PAA Load event Holland Hornet-powered Joe Bilgri-designed PAA Hopper Don Sue Sachtjen again dutifully managing SAM 57 Old-Timer free flight events beneath canopy ward off rain sun before activities concluded day Mitch Posts Torpedo 29-powered Brooklyn Dodger would fall 20 seconds short max-out retain first place Class B Fuselage event Harry Murphy logged five maxes win C Pylon event O&R 33-powered Comet Zipper father-and-son team Ralph Bill Schlarb delivering one-two punch OT Hand Held Catapult Glider event once again Ralph now 76 years young still manages keep son Bill relegated second place event contests may sound like Saturday afternoon special downtown movie house pair Double Features Don Reid Mike Burns topped 37 entries Small Rubber Fuselage event D-F George Reich design out June 1940 issue Air Trails magazine Don Reids 41 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Generally footing quite solid comparison location used two previous days soil contained considerable rock Most competitors set up small knoll some 500 feet south buildings rows vehicles settled quickly competition activities would home remaining two days probably unfair keep referring newly painted blue-and-white buildings hog farm area has thoroughly cleaned AMA now uses store various items some guess buildings will always hog farm Oh well Moe Betty Whittemore showed up bright early aid tired table crew seen son get married sent off honeymoon previous day Weatherwise would comfortable sunshiny day Bob Johannes Buck 800 would outdistance Guy Scotts Satellite 1000 D Gas kudos Bob Hanfords Shuriken powered 1/2A model besting 1/2A Gas roster boasted 72 entries Ryan Bane would nip Zack Dock Junior 1/2A Gas event add up entries both age groups HLG Hand Launch Glider event get sum 37only greater previously staged Hand Held Catapult Glider event drawn Although new event per se no free flight 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send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax FAC group completed final day competition six events card SAM 58 monitored four events comfort pavilion Yeah Im jealous Dick Jim Reynolds flew Lanzo Bombers meet first place Texaco event using OS 61 Ignition power Fred Mulholland man chase again Playboy Sr McCoy 29 up front bested Class B Ignition event participants Twas Bomber again Class Glow Tom Botkin closely pursued Jim Reynoldss Playboy Sr Man glowpowered Old-Timers scary shoot off tarmac towards clouds like jet catapulted off aircraft carrier scares meand Im fearless Art Whites win RC Ohlsson 23 event completed events listed day Monday Day Four final day opened southerly breeze still blowing thick overcast threatened thunder showers time timebut ever materialized FAC group now disbanded midfield reasons unknown number contestants seemed have diminished somewhat free flight site rate competition still earnest Charles Caton stringing out 14 maxes quest AMA Category III Class D Gas record fall short four seconds reality model probably made mark seconds spare disappeared behind pesky man-made hill center fielda hill supposedly intended launch site RC Soaring contingent Actually about two-thirds height hill probably unnecessary purpose has find something wrong facility right FlJ Power competition thats new FAI class 1cc engines06 cu cant metric conversions actually begot another tie between pair Shuriken-powered models hands Gil Morris Keith Fulmer minutes waning towards closing time Keith decided hang up rather fly fine-performing Maverick another time Gil Morris simply hand-glided model declared winner Gils model appeared epitome model design its vertical climb quick-bunt transition After four hectic days competition officials well contestants beginning show wear Chuck Markos FlG Coupe dHiver entrant rack up five perfect flights win event Chuck would also become overall High Point winner AMA events NFFS Secretary Treasurer Duane Renken captured CO2 event max-out George Perryman took Korda event laurels After spending day attempting get Cox Tee Dee 020126 Model Aviation IN SUPERIOR 1 OUALITY PRODUCTS STOCK 1W UNDO YOUR PIODUCIION WORK 816 OR SM DIL MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY 1/5 scale Stinson SR-8 10017 lbs Las -tetartcns MoDel powered Zeek flight-trimmed Warren Kurth logged four maxes after 300 pm win NosGas event thereby becoming double winner winning AMA Payload Gas well Few people squeeze power out 020 Warren Ed Keck s 121%-enlarged Crescendo Johnson 35 power plant nearly doubled score Faust Parkers secondplace Texan winning C NosGas Event Ed never seems have model seek direction under power other what intended grinds up rails saying goes Meredith Champerlain won 01 Ohlsson Sideport Engine event Antique Class Twin Cyclone design Harry Murphy won duel Gene Bowers new OT 1/2A Antique event ROG thats rise-off-ground folks memories dont go back modeling 40 years ago events certainly crowd pleasers couple sheets plywood laid end-to-end served improvised 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/03
Page Numbers: 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127
This annual big bash free flight meet Eastern Midwestern Southern modelers Oscar Smith flew fine replica Piper J-3 Cub third place Jumbo Rubber Scale U Harry Murphy Ob Joflanness Nelson-powered Buck 800 placed first Class D goodly margin Pole mounts thermal detector DATELINE Muncie Thursday September 3 1992 advance guard 300 contestants would participate 1992 edition NFFS-sponsored Editors note NFFS onal Free Flight Society special interest group United States Outdoor Championships USOC began arriving museum building new AMA flying site early date made quick pause office pick up contestant information packets off survey battleground ensuing four days Labor Day weekend Everyone finally search unfamiliar surroundings locate lodgings reservations made previously Newcomers would find rolling terrain facility much liking blacktop entrance road taking center field three ample gravel parking lots paved L-shaped 600 x 400-ft RC launch pad permanent pavilion tucked within angle latter vantage point pretty impressive view huge map lobby museum building shown AMA property approximately 11/2 miles long north south about mile wide east west However corn south soybeans north cut usable polar length about mile cornfield west side cut girth field something less Still Midwest standards field would ample since winds predicted light over long weekend noon vehicles scattered along paved access road some fliers ventured out onto grassy field various places set up practice flights intensified afternoon progressed area experienced record-breaking rainfall during summer ground soft places grasses quite greenin contrast hardened arid terrain expected during early September Any heavenly moisture would make field parking pretty risky unless four-wheel-drive vehicle used kickoff bean feed held behind museum building eve before formal competition began brought old friends together once again food delicious plentiful bean feed title being gross understatement huge white cake sporting appropriate blue NEFS logo topped dessert list Apparently thing free fighters really enjoy eating Short welcome messages Contest Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe completed affair 34 Model Aviation CK M8K0S winas up nis Iwin II1U Terrible Coupe five-flight max out win FiG event Keck flew 121%-size Johnson 35powered Crescendo first place Class C Nostalgia Gas Texass goodwill ambassador Marvin Mace launches Class C entry chugged third place accented unpredicted sudden thunderstorm complete lots rain thunder lightning grass flying field would wet morning Friday Day Prevailing winds usually come southwest parts early morning arrivers found registration tables set up near center field small grassy ridge east side eastemmost parking lot Winds out east still quite light somewhat variable early going settled down light ENE breeze remainder day Soft grounds kept vehicles along paved road parking lot itself Well much prevailing winds usable area contest measured crow flieswas down around downwind sea corn March 1993 35 Old-Timer Event Directors Don Sue sachtjen pose witn OT High Point Award winners Don Reid Rubber left Bob Edlestein Power right 36 Model Aviation Mateer placed fifth B GasanGene Bowers won 1/2A NosGas event took extra flyoff flights toHolland Hornet-powered T-Bird Russ place top dozenHansens design popular entry Young Chris Sydor participated number non-gas events Al Towline entry nicely constructed Dick Covalt processes pair P-30 models Vic Nippert top-of-the-hill launch site SE corner field near cemetery Ed Keck awaits electronic indication thermal-sensing thermistor lifting air may passing through NosGas event processor Bob Larsh about put stamp approval Les HallgarthsContrasting designs pipe-smoking Hal Lorimer packs turns 41 Ray 1/2A T-BirdSmith Mulvihill Bud Brown approaches modern Mulvihill entry real stuff 12 feet high places abundant ears located stalks height over ones head say least AMAs corn crop should pay ample dividends year first day events would center around FF Contest Director Dick Covalt s crew managed AMA FAI NFFS events Under adjacent tent canopy Don Sue Sachtjen orchestrated Old-Timer Free flight activitieswith Dick Brace stationed substantial quarters across paved road under permanent pavilion adjacent RC pad Old-Timer RC Assist events began fourday event card today well Dick Hall first strive official flight attempting ROG Super Cyclone-powered Ray Heit designed Scram off rough ground surface After couple aborted attempts someone arrived folded-up banquet table served takeoff runway Launched wind direction still making up its mind model drifted south March 1993 37 Mitch Posts K&B Tarp 29-powered Comet Zipper placed fourth OT Class C Pylon Model-finder xmtr sits atop wing RC Assist Texaco winner Jim Reynolds red-and-yellow OS 61 ignitionpowered Lanzo Bombera design having great inherent airborne stability Prop assembly droops Chris Sydors P-30 model awaits some preflight attention before official flight Jimmy Buxton L gives Tony Hutchins hand starting Tonys big Class D Satellite entry Old-Timer RC Assist flight line enjoyed use permanent L-shaped blacktop launch site midfield Charlie Stiless Nelson 15-powered FiC plane has balsa-sheeted flying surfaces carbon-fiber reinforcement atop wing Hardy urodersens INI-I-s Exec uireciorj CDs Moe Betty Whittemore read elaborate Fl C Koko design features scales Phil Bayly weighs McCoy tiplets its straight-dihedral wing 60-powered enlarged T-Bird eventually DTed over cemetery southeast corner field Dick later stated heretofore DTed models safely between trees houses occasions never between two tombstones knowledge model invade sanctity cemetery remainder week run string flyoff maxes make award list B Gas top 14 contestants logged basic three maxes good-natured Texan Marvin Mace tallied 14 maxes before dropping 15th attempt Marvins Pilfered Pearl derivative bested Gil Morriss ageless Toothpicks about six maxes rest pack grouped much closer behind Gil Fred Blom edged George Perryman mere 10 seconds capture coveted Mulvihill laurels Charles Groths familiar white model egg-crate-patterned wing construc tion topped combined Electric B event impressive max-out plus though event drew unimpressive Bill Hutchinss F1J FAI Small Power entry has triple fins Tee Dee 049 power Continued page 122 F1J engine limit 061 38 Model Aviation Scotts D Gas Satellite took second place lives 12 miles Muncie site test-flies often Bill Tibbss Class Glow LER entry scaled-down Playboy Sr powered K&B 15 RR Hes checking out its RC Pat Bredehofts spouse helps readies Comte AC 12E entry FAC Golden Age Scale event Bob Perkinss Miller Hawk design placed third D Gas Bob flew similar model Class C well Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell fame buzzed troops occasion C02powered Old-Timer Fuselage model Paul Boyanowskis colorfully detailed Curtiss Sparrowhawk F9C-2 took fourth place FAC Peanut Scale event New products take maintenance building new heights Custom Cradles 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order today ship UPS daily fczizz 914 eruim wdaCs 3177 East Fan Lowell Road Tucson Alzona 85716 1992 NFFSIMurphy Continued paqe 38 total five entries Second place finisher Don Jenkins missed max-out 20 seconds Gene Bowers won initial NFFS Nostalgia Gas event pair Holland Hornet-powered T-Birds downwind cornfield ate first finished remaining flights backup model couple weeks later farmers cow deciding corn tastier grass escaped confines its pasture hopped fence cornfield process rounding up cow shooing back pasture farmer found model makes wonder cow got ears corn situated stalks six feet off ground dont else Bill Ole Yeller Hale win Pee Wee 30 event perfect three-flight total 2400 points Bills Cox 020-powered Basic Yeller design continues make its mark Pee Wee 30 lore Bob Bienenstein first make off beautiful reincarnated Moffett trophy trophy sports new plating job beauty beholdplus Rubber model fliers now have another event compete Sure looks like fun too Meanwhile over Don Sachtjens 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Mankowski NFFS Digest Editor Chris Weinreich NFFS President Tony Italiano off bed flying come morrow Saturday Day Two An overnight rain did nothing improve already soft field conditions SSE breeze found free flight launch site being relocated SE corner property adjacent cemetery southernmost extension north-south ridge utilized previous day Parking somewhat problem single-lane east-west perimeter paved road often referred hog barn road kept clear vehicles forced venture out onto grassy ridge Most drivers sought high ground bit low mist hanging about 830 nm starting time went dissipated rapidly competition commenced within very few minutes Along RC Assist group still pavilion FAC Flying Aces Club flying scale gang would starting first day two-day competition schedule took up residence east parking lot site bad used previous day FAC location now about half-mile downwind current free flight event site 900 am flying activity apparent over entire facility Charles Catons familiar 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Nostalgia Gas would see Bill Hale becoming double-winner 05 19powered Fortastrop outdistanced Keith Fulmers OS 15-powered Ram Rodthen Bill would also win NFFS PAA Load event Holland Hornet-powered Joe Bilgri-designed PAA Hopper Don Sue Sachtjen again dutifully managing SAM 57 Old-Timer free flight events beneath canopy ward off rain sun before activities concluded day Mitch Posts Torpedo 29-powered Brooklyn Dodger would fall 20 seconds short max-out retain first place Class B Fuselage event Harry Murphy logged five maxes win C Pylon event O&R 33-powered Comet Zipper father-and-son team Ralph Bill Schlarb delivering one-two punch OT Hand Held Catapult Glider event once again Ralph now 76 years young still manages keep son Bill relegated second place event contests may sound like Saturday afternoon special downtown movie house pair Double Features Don Reid Mike Burns topped 37 entries Small Rubber Fuselage event D-F George Reich design out June 1940 issue Air Trails magazine Don Reids 41 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Generally footing quite solid comparison location used two previous days soil contained considerable rock Most competitors set up small knoll some 500 feet south buildings rows vehicles settled quickly competition activities would home remaining two days probably unfair keep referring newly painted blue-and-white buildings hog farm area has thoroughly cleaned AMA now uses store various items some guess buildings will always hog farm Oh well Moe Betty Whittemore showed up bright early aid tired table crew seen son get married sent off honeymoon previous day Weatherwise would comfortable sunshiny day Bob Johannes Buck 800 would outdistance Guy Scotts Satellite 1000 D Gas kudos Bob Hanfords Shuriken powered 1/2A model besting 1/2A Gas roster boasted 72 entries Ryan Bane would nip Zack Dock Junior 1/2A Gas event add up entries both age groups HLG Hand Launch Glider event get sum 37only greater previously staged Hand Held Catapult Glider event drawn Although new event per se no free flight 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send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax FAC group completed final day competition six events card SAM 58 monitored four events comfort pavilion Yeah Im jealous Dick Jim Reynolds flew Lanzo Bombers meet first place Texaco event using OS 61 Ignition power Fred Mulholland man chase again Playboy Sr McCoy 29 up front bested Class B Ignition event participants Twas Bomber again Class Glow Tom Botkin closely pursued Jim Reynoldss Playboy Sr Man glowpowered Old-Timers scary shoot off tarmac towards clouds like jet catapulted off aircraft carrier scares meand Im fearless Art Whites win RC Ohlsson 23 event completed events listed day Monday Day Four final day opened southerly breeze still blowing thick overcast threatened thunder showers time timebut ever materialized FAC group now disbanded midfield reasons unknown number contestants seemed have diminished somewhat free flight site rate competition still earnest Charles Caton stringing out 14 maxes quest AMA Category III Class D Gas record fall short four seconds reality model probably made mark seconds spare disappeared behind pesky man-made hill center fielda hill supposedly intended launch site RC Soaring contingent Actually about two-thirds height hill probably unnecessary purpose has find something wrong facility right FlJ Power competition thats new FAI class 1cc engines06 cu cant metric conversions actually begot another tie between pair Shuriken-powered models hands Gil Morris Keith Fulmer minutes waning towards closing time Keith decided hang up rather fly fine-performing Maverick another time Gil Morris simply hand-glided model declared winner Gils model appeared epitome model design its vertical climb quick-bunt transition After four hectic days competition officials well contestants beginning show wear Chuck Markos FlG Coupe dHiver entrant rack up five perfect flights win event Chuck would also become overall High Point winner AMA events NFFS Secretary Treasurer Duane Renken captured CO2 event max-out George Perryman took Korda event laurels After spending day attempting get Cox Tee Dee 020126 Model Aviation IN SUPERIOR 1 OUALITY PRODUCTS STOCK 1W UNDO YOUR PIODUCIION WORK 816 OR SM DIL MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY 1/5 scale Stinson SR-8 10017 lbs Las -tetartcns MoDel powered Zeek flight-trimmed Warren Kurth logged four maxes after 300 pm win NosGas event thereby becoming double winner winning AMA Payload Gas well Few people squeeze power out 020 Warren Ed Keck s 121%-enlarged Crescendo Johnson 35 power plant nearly doubled score Faust Parkers secondplace Texan winning C NosGas Event Ed never seems have model seek direction under power other what intended grinds up rails saying goes Meredith Champerlain won 01 Ohlsson Sideport Engine event Antique Class Twin Cyclone design Harry Murphy won duel Gene Bowers new OT 1/2A Antique event ROG thats rise-off-ground folks memories dont go back modeling 40 years ago events certainly crowd pleasers couple sheets plywood laid end-to-end served improvised 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This annual big bash free flight meet Eastern Midwestern Southern modelers Oscar Smith flew fine replica Piper J-3 Cub third place Jumbo Rubber Scale U Harry Murphy Ob Joflanness Nelson-powered Buck 800 placed first Class D goodly margin Pole mounts thermal detector DATELINE Muncie Thursday September 3 1992 advance guard 300 contestants would participate 1992 edition NFFS-sponsored Editors note NFFS onal Free Flight Society special interest group United States Outdoor Championships USOC began arriving museum building new AMA flying site early date made quick pause office pick up contestant information packets off survey battleground ensuing four days Labor Day weekend Everyone finally search unfamiliar surroundings locate lodgings reservations made previously Newcomers would find rolling terrain facility much liking blacktop entrance road taking center field three ample gravel parking lots paved L-shaped 600 x 400-ft RC launch pad permanent pavilion tucked within angle latter vantage point pretty impressive view huge map lobby museum building shown AMA property approximately 11/2 miles long north south about mile wide east west However corn south soybeans north cut usable polar length about mile cornfield west side cut girth field something less Still Midwest standards field would ample since winds predicted light over long weekend noon vehicles scattered along paved access road some fliers ventured out onto grassy field various places set up practice flights intensified afternoon progressed area experienced record-breaking rainfall during summer ground soft places grasses quite greenin contrast hardened arid terrain expected during early September Any heavenly moisture would make field parking pretty risky unless four-wheel-drive vehicle used kickoff bean feed held behind museum building eve before formal competition began brought old friends together once again food delicious plentiful bean feed title being gross understatement huge white cake sporting appropriate blue NEFS logo topped dessert list Apparently thing free fighters really enjoy eating Short welcome messages Contest Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe completed affair 34 Model Aviation CK M8K0S winas up nis Iwin II1U Terrible Coupe five-flight max out win FiG event Keck flew 121%-size Johnson 35powered Crescendo first place Class C Nostalgia Gas Texass goodwill ambassador Marvin Mace launches Class C entry chugged third place accented unpredicted sudden thunderstorm complete lots rain thunder lightning grass flying field would wet morning Friday Day Prevailing winds usually come southwest parts early morning arrivers found registration tables set up near center field small grassy ridge east side eastemmost parking lot Winds out east still quite light somewhat variable early going settled down light ENE breeze remainder day Soft grounds kept vehicles along paved road parking lot itself Well much prevailing winds usable area contest measured crow flieswas down around downwind sea corn March 1993 35 Old-Timer Event Directors Don Sue sachtjen pose witn OT High Point Award winners Don Reid Rubber left Bob Edlestein Power right 36 Model Aviation Mateer placed fifth B GasanGene Bowers won 1/2A NosGas event took extra flyoff flights toHolland Hornet-powered T-Bird Russ place top dozenHansens design popular entry Young Chris Sydor participated number non-gas events Al Towline entry nicely constructed Dick Covalt processes pair P-30 models Vic Nippert top-of-the-hill launch site SE corner field near cemetery Ed Keck awaits electronic indication thermal-sensing thermistor lifting air may passing through NosGas event processor Bob Larsh about put stamp approval Les HallgarthsContrasting designs pipe-smoking Hal Lorimer packs turns 41 Ray 1/2A T-BirdSmith Mulvihill Bud Brown approaches modern Mulvihill entry real stuff 12 feet high places abundant ears located stalks height over ones head say least AMAs corn crop should pay ample dividends year first day events would center around FF Contest Director Dick Covalt s crew managed AMA FAI NFFS events Under adjacent tent canopy Don Sue Sachtjen orchestrated Old-Timer Free flight activitieswith Dick Brace stationed substantial quarters across paved road under permanent pavilion adjacent RC pad Old-Timer RC Assist events began fourday event card today well Dick Hall first strive official flight attempting ROG Super Cyclone-powered Ray Heit designed Scram off rough ground surface After couple aborted attempts someone arrived folded-up banquet table served takeoff runway Launched wind direction still making up its mind model drifted south March 1993 37 Mitch Posts K&B Tarp 29-powered Comet Zipper placed fourth OT Class C Pylon Model-finder xmtr sits atop wing RC Assist Texaco winner Jim Reynolds red-and-yellow OS 61 ignitionpowered Lanzo Bombera design having great inherent airborne stability Prop assembly droops Chris Sydors P-30 model awaits some preflight attention before official flight Jimmy Buxton L gives Tony Hutchins hand starting Tonys big Class D Satellite entry Old-Timer RC Assist flight line enjoyed use permanent L-shaped blacktop launch site midfield Charlie Stiless Nelson 15-powered FiC plane has balsa-sheeted flying surfaces carbon-fiber reinforcement atop wing Hardy urodersens INI-I-s Exec uireciorj CDs Moe Betty Whittemore read elaborate Fl C Koko design features scales Phil Bayly weighs McCoy tiplets its straight-dihedral wing 60-powered enlarged T-Bird eventually DTed over cemetery southeast corner field Dick later stated heretofore DTed models safely between trees houses occasions never between two tombstones knowledge model invade sanctity cemetery remainder week run string flyoff maxes make award list B Gas top 14 contestants logged basic three maxes good-natured Texan Marvin Mace tallied 14 maxes before dropping 15th attempt Marvins Pilfered Pearl derivative bested Gil Morriss ageless Toothpicks about six maxes rest pack grouped much closer behind Gil Fred Blom edged George Perryman mere 10 seconds capture coveted Mulvihill laurels Charles Groths familiar white model egg-crate-patterned wing construc tion topped combined Electric B event impressive max-out plus though event drew unimpressive Bill Hutchinss F1J FAI Small Power entry has triple fins Tee Dee 049 power Continued page 122 F1J engine limit 061 38 Model Aviation Scotts D Gas Satellite took second place lives 12 miles Muncie site test-flies often Bill Tibbss Class Glow LER entry scaled-down Playboy Sr powered K&B 15 RR Hes checking out its RC Pat Bredehofts spouse helps readies Comte AC 12E entry FAC Golden Age Scale event Bob Perkinss Miller Hawk design placed third D Gas Bob flew similar model Class C well Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell fame buzzed troops occasion C02powered Old-Timer Fuselage model Paul Boyanowskis colorfully detailed Curtiss Sparrowhawk F9C-2 took fourth place FAC Peanut Scale event New products take maintenance building new heights Custom Cradles 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order today ship UPS daily fczizz 914 eruim wdaCs 3177 East Fan Lowell Road Tucson Alzona 85716 1992 NFFSIMurphy Continued paqe 38 total five entries Second place finisher Don Jenkins missed max-out 20 seconds Gene Bowers won initial NFFS Nostalgia Gas event pair Holland Hornet-powered T-Birds downwind cornfield ate first finished remaining flights backup model couple weeks later farmers cow deciding corn tastier grass escaped confines its pasture hopped fence cornfield process rounding up cow shooing back pasture farmer found model makes wonder cow got ears corn situated stalks six feet off ground dont else Bill Ole Yeller Hale win Pee Wee 30 event perfect three-flight total 2400 points Bills Cox 020-powered Basic Yeller design continues make its mark Pee Wee 30 lore Bob Bienenstein first make off beautiful reincarnated Moffett trophy trophy sports new plating job beauty beholdplus Rubber model fliers now have another event compete Sure looks like fun too Meanwhile over Don Sachtjens 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free fighters RC Assist models often floated high over general free flight launch area during day too high hottest free flight gas-powered jobs reach limited engine runs Coexistence FF RC no problem relatively close proximity two flight lines Canadian Jack McGillivray topped 31 entries t/2A Texaco event superb-flying Kerswap designed 50 years ago Gil Morris latter fact interesting consider Gil himself just across road putting string maxes gamer second place free flight AMA B Gas event guess some guys just keep forging ahead neCtorS $2495 plus Con NrLServoLists dIActory price 5PlUS2 $500 set Optional ad EaSY ServO InstallationMasterCard & Visa Accept positive P5hipping $4500 48 pointH/C System L neck UP includes -All AnnualConnedors & NeUtj~g & Alignment Conflectors SerVOS POtS Gear5 Controls Antenna onnectors Nicads CapaCity FreQujutsof Complete SyStem& Return ghipping Sidebands Modulatl I-arg Rx tuning & AlignmentsAntennaer TX & Rx Rates Indicators C d list prices ctors Vibration & 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Mankowski NFFS Digest Editor Chris Weinreich NFFS President Tony Italiano off bed flying come morrow Saturday Day Two An overnight rain did nothing improve already soft field conditions SSE breeze found free flight launch site being relocated SE corner property adjacent cemetery southernmost extension north-south ridge utilized previous day Parking somewhat problem single-lane east-west perimeter paved road often referred hog barn road kept clear vehicles forced venture out onto grassy ridge Most drivers sought high ground bit low mist hanging about 830 nm starting time went dissipated rapidly competition commenced within very few minutes Along RC Assist group still pavilion FAC Flying Aces Club flying scale gang would starting first day two-day competition schedule took up residence east parking lot site bad used previous day FAC location now about half-mile downwind current free flight event site 900 am flying activity apparent over entire facility Charles Catons familiar 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Nostalgia Gas would see Bill Hale becoming double-winner 05 19powered Fortastrop outdistanced Keith Fulmers OS 15-powered Ram Rodthen Bill would also win NFFS PAA Load event Holland Hornet-powered Joe Bilgri-designed PAA Hopper Don Sue Sachtjen again dutifully managing SAM 57 Old-Timer free flight events beneath canopy ward off rain sun before activities concluded day Mitch Posts Torpedo 29-powered Brooklyn Dodger would fall 20 seconds short max-out retain first place Class B Fuselage event Harry Murphy logged five maxes win C Pylon event O&R 33-powered Comet Zipper father-and-son team Ralph Bill Schlarb delivering one-two punch OT Hand Held Catapult Glider event once again Ralph now 76 years young still manages keep son Bill relegated second place event contests may sound like Saturday afternoon special downtown movie house pair Double Features Don Reid Mike Burns topped 37 entries Small Rubber Fuselage event D-F George Reich design out June 1940 issue Air Trails magazine Don Reids 41 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Generally footing quite solid comparison location used two previous days soil contained considerable rock Most competitors set up small knoll some 500 feet south buildings rows vehicles settled quickly competition activities would home remaining two days probably unfair keep referring newly painted blue-and-white buildings hog farm area has thoroughly cleaned AMA now uses store various items some guess buildings will always hog farm Oh well Moe Betty Whittemore showed up bright early aid tired table crew seen son get married sent off honeymoon previous day Weatherwise would comfortable sunshiny day Bob Johannes Buck 800 would outdistance Guy Scotts Satellite 1000 D Gas kudos Bob Hanfords Shuriken powered 1/2A model besting 1/2A Gas roster boasted 72 entries Ryan Bane would nip Zack Dock Junior 1/2A Gas event add up entries both age groups HLG Hand Launch Glider event get sum 37only greater previously staged Hand Held Catapult Glider event drawn Although new event per se no free flight 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send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax FAC group completed final day competition six events card SAM 58 monitored four events comfort pavilion Yeah Im jealous Dick Jim Reynolds flew Lanzo Bombers meet first place Texaco event using OS 61 Ignition power Fred Mulholland man chase again Playboy Sr McCoy 29 up front bested Class B Ignition event participants Twas Bomber again Class Glow Tom Botkin closely pursued Jim Reynoldss Playboy Sr Man glowpowered Old-Timers scary shoot off tarmac towards clouds like jet catapulted off aircraft carrier scares meand Im fearless Art Whites win RC Ohlsson 23 event completed events listed day Monday Day Four final day opened southerly breeze still blowing thick overcast threatened thunder showers time timebut ever materialized FAC group now disbanded midfield reasons unknown number contestants seemed have diminished somewhat free flight site rate competition still earnest Charles Caton stringing out 14 maxes quest AMA Category III Class D Gas record fall short four seconds reality model probably made mark seconds spare disappeared behind pesky man-made hill center fielda hill supposedly intended launch site RC Soaring contingent Actually about two-thirds height hill probably unnecessary purpose has find something wrong facility right FlJ Power competition thats new FAI class 1cc engines06 cu cant metric conversions actually begot another tie between pair Shuriken-powered models hands Gil Morris Keith Fulmer minutes waning towards closing time Keith decided hang up rather fly fine-performing Maverick another time Gil Morris simply hand-glided model declared winner Gils model appeared epitome model design its vertical climb quick-bunt transition After four hectic days competition officials well contestants beginning show wear Chuck Markos FlG Coupe dHiver entrant rack up five perfect flights win event Chuck would also become overall High Point winner AMA events NFFS Secretary Treasurer Duane Renken captured CO2 event max-out George Perryman took Korda event laurels After spending day attempting get Cox Tee Dee 020126 Model Aviation IN SUPERIOR 1 OUALITY PRODUCTS STOCK 1W UNDO YOUR PIODUCIION WORK 816 OR SM DIL MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY 1/5 scale Stinson SR-8 10017 lbs Las -tetartcns MoDel powered Zeek flight-trimmed Warren Kurth logged four maxes after 300 pm win NosGas event thereby becoming double winner winning AMA Payload Gas well Few people squeeze power out 020 Warren Ed Keck s 121%-enlarged Crescendo Johnson 35 power plant nearly doubled score Faust Parkers secondplace Texan winning C NosGas Event Ed never seems have model seek direction under power other what intended grinds up rails saying goes Meredith Champerlain won 01 Ohlsson Sideport Engine event Antique Class Twin Cyclone design Harry Murphy won duel Gene Bowers new OT 1/2A Antique event ROG thats rise-off-ground folks memories dont go back modeling 40 years ago events certainly crowd pleasers couple sheets plywood laid end-to-end served improvised 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This annual big bash free flight meet Eastern Midwestern Southern modelers Oscar Smith flew fine replica Piper J-3 Cub third place Jumbo Rubber Scale U Harry Murphy Ob Joflanness Nelson-powered Buck 800 placed first Class D goodly margin Pole mounts thermal detector DATELINE Muncie Thursday September 3 1992 advance guard 300 contestants would participate 1992 edition NFFS-sponsored Editors note NFFS onal Free Flight Society special interest group United States Outdoor Championships USOC began arriving museum building new AMA flying site early date made quick pause office pick up contestant information packets off survey battleground ensuing four days Labor Day weekend Everyone finally search unfamiliar surroundings locate lodgings reservations made previously Newcomers would find rolling terrain facility much liking blacktop entrance road taking center field three ample gravel parking lots paved L-shaped 600 x 400-ft RC launch pad permanent pavilion tucked within angle latter vantage point pretty impressive view huge map lobby museum building shown AMA property approximately 11/2 miles long north south about mile wide east west However corn south soybeans north cut usable polar length about mile cornfield west side cut girth field something less Still Midwest standards field would ample since winds predicted light over long weekend noon vehicles scattered along paved access road some fliers ventured out onto grassy field various places set up practice flights intensified afternoon progressed area experienced record-breaking rainfall during summer ground soft places grasses quite greenin contrast hardened arid terrain expected during early September Any heavenly moisture would make field parking pretty risky unless four-wheel-drive vehicle used kickoff bean feed held behind museum building eve before formal competition began brought old friends together once again food delicious plentiful bean feed title being gross understatement huge white cake sporting appropriate blue NEFS logo topped dessert list Apparently thing free fighters really enjoy eating Short welcome messages Contest Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe completed affair 34 Model Aviation CK M8K0S winas up nis Iwin II1U Terrible Coupe five-flight max out win FiG event Keck flew 121%-size Johnson 35powered Crescendo first place Class C Nostalgia Gas Texass goodwill ambassador Marvin Mace launches Class C entry chugged third place accented unpredicted sudden thunderstorm complete lots rain thunder lightning grass flying field would wet morning Friday Day Prevailing winds usually come southwest parts early morning arrivers found registration tables set up near center field small grassy ridge east side eastemmost parking lot Winds out east still quite light somewhat variable early going settled down light ENE breeze remainder day Soft grounds kept vehicles along paved road parking lot itself Well much prevailing winds usable area contest measured crow flieswas down around downwind sea corn March 1993 35 Old-Timer Event Directors Don Sue sachtjen pose witn OT High Point Award winners Don Reid Rubber left Bob Edlestein Power right 36 Model Aviation Mateer placed fifth B GasanGene Bowers won 1/2A NosGas event took extra flyoff flights toHolland Hornet-powered T-Bird Russ place top dozenHansens design popular entry Young Chris Sydor participated number non-gas events Al Towline entry nicely constructed Dick Covalt processes pair P-30 models Vic Nippert top-of-the-hill launch site SE corner field near cemetery Ed Keck awaits electronic indication thermal-sensing thermistor lifting air may passing through NosGas event processor Bob Larsh about put stamp approval Les HallgarthsContrasting designs pipe-smoking Hal Lorimer packs turns 41 Ray 1/2A T-BirdSmith Mulvihill Bud Brown approaches modern Mulvihill entry real stuff 12 feet high places abundant ears located stalks height over ones head say least AMAs corn crop should pay ample dividends year first day events would center around FF Contest Director Dick Covalt s crew managed AMA FAI NFFS events Under adjacent tent canopy Don Sue Sachtjen orchestrated Old-Timer Free flight activitieswith Dick Brace stationed substantial quarters across paved road under permanent pavilion adjacent RC pad Old-Timer RC Assist events began fourday event card today well Dick Hall first strive official flight attempting ROG Super Cyclone-powered Ray Heit designed Scram off rough ground surface After couple aborted attempts someone arrived folded-up banquet table served takeoff runway Launched wind direction still making up its mind model drifted south March 1993 37 Mitch Posts K&B Tarp 29-powered Comet Zipper placed fourth OT Class C Pylon Model-finder xmtr sits atop wing RC Assist Texaco winner Jim Reynolds red-and-yellow OS 61 ignitionpowered Lanzo Bombera design having great inherent airborne stability Prop assembly droops Chris Sydors P-30 model awaits some preflight attention before official flight Jimmy Buxton L gives Tony Hutchins hand starting Tonys big Class D Satellite entry Old-Timer RC Assist flight line enjoyed use permanent L-shaped blacktop launch site midfield Charlie Stiless Nelson 15-powered FiC plane has balsa-sheeted flying surfaces carbon-fiber reinforcement atop wing Hardy urodersens INI-I-s Exec uireciorj CDs Moe Betty Whittemore read elaborate Fl C Koko design features scales Phil Bayly weighs McCoy tiplets its straight-dihedral wing 60-powered enlarged T-Bird eventually DTed over cemetery southeast corner field Dick later stated heretofore DTed models safely between trees houses occasions never between two tombstones knowledge model invade sanctity cemetery remainder week run string flyoff maxes make award list B Gas top 14 contestants logged basic three maxes good-natured Texan Marvin Mace tallied 14 maxes before dropping 15th attempt Marvins Pilfered Pearl derivative bested Gil Morriss ageless Toothpicks about six maxes rest pack grouped much closer behind Gil Fred Blom edged George Perryman mere 10 seconds capture coveted Mulvihill laurels Charles Groths familiar white model egg-crate-patterned wing construc tion topped combined Electric B event impressive max-out plus though event drew unimpressive Bill Hutchinss F1J FAI Small Power entry has triple fins Tee Dee 049 power Continued page 122 F1J engine limit 061 38 Model Aviation Scotts D Gas Satellite took second place lives 12 miles Muncie site test-flies often Bill Tibbss Class Glow LER entry scaled-down Playboy Sr powered K&B 15 RR Hes checking out its RC Pat Bredehofts spouse helps readies Comte AC 12E entry FAC Golden Age Scale event Bob Perkinss Miller Hawk design placed third D Gas Bob flew similar model Class C well Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell fame buzzed troops occasion C02powered Old-Timer Fuselage model Paul Boyanowskis colorfully detailed Curtiss Sparrowhawk F9C-2 took fourth place FAC Peanut Scale event New products take maintenance building new heights Custom Cradles 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order today ship UPS daily fczizz 914 eruim wdaCs 3177 East Fan Lowell Road Tucson Alzona 85716 1992 NFFSIMurphy Continued paqe 38 total five entries Second place finisher Don Jenkins missed max-out 20 seconds Gene Bowers won initial NFFS Nostalgia Gas event pair Holland Hornet-powered T-Birds downwind cornfield ate first finished remaining flights backup model couple weeks later farmers cow deciding corn tastier grass escaped confines its pasture hopped fence cornfield process rounding up cow shooing back pasture farmer found model makes wonder cow got ears corn situated stalks six feet off ground dont else Bill Ole Yeller Hale win Pee Wee 30 event perfect three-flight total 2400 points Bills Cox 020-powered Basic Yeller design continues make its mark Pee Wee 30 lore Bob Bienenstein first make off beautiful reincarnated Moffett trophy trophy sports new plating job beauty beholdplus Rubber model fliers now have another event compete Sure looks like fun too Meanwhile over Don Sachtjens digs Dick Halls Scram posting five maxes after its initial eerie flight over cemetery capture OT C Fuselage eventand Dan Harshmans green-andwhite Zipper just nipping Don Boyers like-design OT B Pylon honors downwind cornfield also ate Roger Lanes Cox Tee Dee 020-powered Comet Interceptor its initial official flight Roger managed additional three maxes like-powered scaled-down Brooklyn Dodger handily win 020 Replica event Joe Williams far outdistanced pack battle Gollywocks sometimes known Small Rubber Stick event 35 entries event along some other OT rubber-powered events shamed some prestigious AMA Rubber events came number event entries message first-place trophy Large Rubber Fuselage sawed halt Roy Stewarts Gypsy tied Ed Konefess Classic would unusual number ties before week competition completed Dick Brace SAM 58 associates directing remote control activities opulent surroundings beneath pavilion across paved road OldTimer RC Assist site wet grounds muddying chase bikes flying garb free fighters RC Assist models often floated high over general free flight launch area during day too high hottest free flight gas-powered jobs reach limited engine runs Coexistence FF RC no problem relatively close proximity two flight lines Canadian Jack McGillivray topped 31 entries t/2A Texaco event superb-flying Kerswap designed 50 years ago Gil Morris latter fact interesting consider Gil himself just across road putting string maxes gamer second place free flight AMA B Gas event guess some guys just keep forging ahead neCtorS $2495 plus Con NrLServoLists dIActory price 5PlUS2 $500 set Optional ad EaSY ServO InstallationMasterCard & Visa Accept positive P5hipping $4500 48 pointH/C System L neck UP includes -All AnnualConnedors & NeUtj~g & Alignment Conflectors SerVOS POtS Gear5 Controls Antenna onnectors Nicads CapaCity FreQujutsof Complete SyStem& Return ghipping Sidebands Modulatl I-arg Rx tuning & AlignmentsAntennaer TX & Rx Rates Indicators C d list prices ctors Vibration & Range 31St j993 KMI 115 E Main Northvi8167 Harnesses SwitCh es Conne ing Results AnY 13OOd Until March Sheet Data 122 Model Aviation t Down Shodd1j TFrankfni Product Test Repor S1 Subscr[be Now R/C REPORT o $2800 24 Months1st Class US [11111] El Renewal Canada Mexico o Diners Club $3300 Year il Product Testing El $1500 12 Months El New Subscription ElVisaDMC Credit Card Orders Call Toll Free 1-800-648-3931 8-5 Mon-Thur Card No & Exp 1r City State & 7n never seem look back two scheduled LER limited engine run events RC Class Ignition RC Class C Glow both scooped up Fred Mulbolland first Elfin 249 diesel-powered Playboy latter Lanzo Bomber sporting K&B 35 its nose final carded event day saw Art Whites scaled-down Bomber making off RC Ohlsson 23 event award evening brought another scheduled feast NFFS staged formal affair across Muncie Carolina Room fine buffet followed messages number speakers including USOC Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe AMA Executive Director Vince Mankowski NFFS Digest Editor Chris Weinreich NFFS President Tony Italiano off bed flying come morrow Saturday Day Two An overnight rain did nothing improve already soft field conditions SSE breeze found free flight launch site being relocated SE corner property adjacent cemetery southernmost extension north-south ridge utilized previous day Parking somewhat problem single-lane east-west perimeter paved road often referred hog barn road kept clear vehicles forced venture out onto grassy ridge Most drivers sought high ground bit low mist hanging about 830 nm starting time went dissipated rapidly competition commenced within very few minutes Along RC Assist group still pavilion FAC Flying Aces Club flying scale gang would starting first day two-day competition schedule took up residence east parking lot site bad used previous day FAC location now about half-mile downwind current free flight event site 900 am flying activity apparent over entire facility Charles Catons familiar green-and-white Hummin Bird seemed make ho-hum effort top field 63 entrants Gas Dale Mateer Ed Keck tied FlC Power Extended flyoff flights latter event going off premises north moratorium agreed upon flyoff continued Lost Hills California FAI Team Selection Finals October Since have always believer adjusting flight rules meet site condition thought decision bit melodramaticbut whatever Bill Schlarb won Al Towline Glider event goodly margin over Vic Nippert Bob Hatschek grumbled around day about missing max-out P-30 mere two secondsonly have time hold up win event seven seconds over Tom Hepler Chris Sydor won Junior age class P-30 event what appeared Souper P-30 Campbells Only two Cargo entries got airborne west end RC pad utilized takeoff site Abram Van Dover Mr Brainbuster last years USOC Contest Manager declared winner after lugging aloft three-flight total 1221 grams 43 oz South Bend Indiana duo Bernard Boehm Bill Schlarb would capitalize NFFS Hand Held Catapult Glider event 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Nostalgia Gas would see Bill Hale becoming double-winner 05 19powered Fortastrop outdistanced Keith Fulmers OS 15-powered Ram Rodthen Bill would also win NFFS PAA Load event Holland Hornet-powered Joe Bilgri-designed PAA Hopper Don Sue Sachtjen again dutifully managing SAM 57 Old-Timer free flight events beneath canopy ward off rain sun before activities concluded day Mitch Posts Torpedo 29-powered Brooklyn Dodger would fall 20 seconds short max-out retain first place Class B Fuselage event Harry Murphy logged five maxes win C Pylon event O&R 33-powered Comet Zipper father-and-son team Ralph Bill Schlarb delivering one-two punch OT Hand Held Catapult Glider event once again Ralph now 76 years young still manages keep son Bill relegated second place event contests may sound like Saturday afternoon special downtown movie house pair Double Features Don Reid Mike Burns topped 37 entries Small Rubber Fuselage event D-F George Reich design out June 1940 issue Air Trails magazine Don Reids 41 Smith Mulvihill design slipped second place behind Paul Crowleys Lambs Climber Large Rubber Stick event Both vintage designs presently available kit form adds popularity Downwind seven separate FAC events being methodically staged under watchful leadership CD Lin Reichel occasion T-Bird belonging Les Hallgarth scattered troops under registration canopy glided front out back hitting anyone anything Duck Vic come again little further downwind across east parking lot paved access road SAM 58 RC Assist events preceding scheduled Antique Day Fred Mulholland again winning another eventthis time Pure Antique event Anderson Spitfire-powered Thor Tom Botkin won Antique Glow event Jack Beatleys neat Focke-Wulf 47 won 1/2A Scale Duration event sums up competitive results day real fun came after two short late afternoon thundershowers dumped buckets unneeded water onto cemetery ridge rain-soaked officials contestants alike pushed pulled about three dozen vehicles send slipping sliding back onto 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Generally footing quite solid comparison location used two previous days soil contained considerable rock Most competitors set up small knoll some 500 feet south buildings rows vehicles settled quickly competition activities would home remaining two days probably unfair keep referring newly painted blue-and-white buildings hog farm area has thoroughly cleaned AMA now uses store various items some guess buildings will always hog farm Oh well Moe Betty Whittemore showed up bright early aid tired table crew seen son get married sent off honeymoon previous day Weatherwise would comfortable sunshiny day Bob Johannes Buck 800 would outdistance Guy Scotts Satellite 1000 D Gas kudos Bob Hanfords Shuriken powered 1/2A model besting 1/2A Gas roster boasted 72 entries Ryan Bane would nip Zack Dock Junior 1/2A Gas event add up entries both age groups HLG Hand Launch Glider event get sum 37only greater previously staged Hand Held Catapult Glider event drawn Although new event per se no free flight event has ever come develop much interest rapidly Hand Held variation think have John Voorhees Central Indiana Aeromodellers thank backing developing event its present status rate Bernard Boehm would become solid-wood glider champ added event win list pair up HH Catapult win previous day However Jimmy Buxton pushed Bill Schlarb third place prevent another sweep South Bend strong-arm lads Joe Williams nipped Vic Nippert take Wakefield laurels back Pennsylvania him Bill Barr handily won sporadically staged rather popular Embryo Rubber event Did win card table too Bill power pattern Ed Keck s Dream Weaver study perfection handily won B NosGas over pair Spacers Dick Hall Bill Hale respectively Harry Murphy would outdistance Bill Hale NosGas Ignition event 47 Phoenix powered O&R 29 Under SAM 57 canopy tallies OT events resulted Dick Halls fine-flying Scram winning another event time 30 Second Antique Don Reid flew Elfin 249 diesel-powered Megow Ranger first place Pylon six seconds short 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send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax FAC group completed final day competition six events card SAM 58 monitored four events comfort pavilion Yeah Im jealous Dick Jim Reynolds flew Lanzo Bombers meet first place Texaco event using OS 61 Ignition power Fred Mulholland man chase again Playboy Sr McCoy 29 up front bested Class B Ignition event participants Twas Bomber again Class Glow Tom Botkin closely pursued Jim Reynoldss Playboy Sr Man glowpowered Old-Timers scary shoot off tarmac towards clouds like jet catapulted off aircraft carrier scares meand Im fearless Art Whites win RC Ohlsson 23 event completed events listed day Monday Day Four final day opened southerly breeze still blowing thick overcast threatened thunder showers time timebut ever materialized FAC group now disbanded midfield reasons unknown number contestants seemed have diminished somewhat free flight site rate competition still earnest Charles Caton stringing out 14 maxes quest AMA Category III Class D Gas record fall short four seconds reality model probably made mark seconds spare disappeared behind pesky man-made hill center fielda hill supposedly intended launch site RC Soaring contingent Actually about two-thirds height hill probably unnecessary purpose has find something wrong facility right FlJ Power competition thats new FAI class 1cc engines06 cu cant metric conversions actually begot another tie between pair Shuriken-powered models hands Gil Morris Keith Fulmer minutes waning towards closing time Keith decided hang up rather fly fine-performing Maverick another time Gil Morris simply hand-glided model declared winner Gils model appeared epitome model design its vertical climb quick-bunt transition After four hectic days competition officials well contestants beginning show wear Chuck Markos FlG Coupe dHiver entrant rack up five perfect flights win event Chuck would also become overall High Point winner AMA events NFFS Secretary Treasurer Duane Renken captured CO2 event max-out George Perryman took Korda event laurels After spending day attempting get Cox Tee Dee 020126 Model Aviation IN SUPERIOR 1 OUALITY PRODUCTS STOCK 1W UNDO YOUR PIODUCIION WORK 816 OR SM DIL MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY 1/5 scale Stinson SR-8 10017 lbs Las -tetartcns MoDel powered Zeek flight-trimmed Warren Kurth logged four maxes after 300 pm win NosGas event thereby becoming double winner winning AMA Payload Gas well Few people squeeze power out 020 Warren Ed Keck s 121%-enlarged Crescendo Johnson 35 power plant nearly doubled score Faust Parkers secondplace Texan winning C NosGas Event Ed never seems have model seek direction under power other what intended grinds up rails saying goes Meredith Champerlain won 01 Ohlsson Sideport Engine event Antique Class Twin Cyclone design Harry Murphy won duel Gene Bowers new OT 1/2A Antique event ROG thats rise-off-ground folks memories dont go back modeling 40 years ago events certainly crowd pleasers couple sheets plywood laid end-to-end served improvised 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This annual big bash free flight meet Eastern Midwestern Southern modelers Oscar Smith flew fine replica Piper J-3 Cub third place Jumbo Rubber Scale U Harry Murphy Ob Joflanness Nelson-powered Buck 800 placed first Class D goodly margin Pole mounts thermal detector DATELINE Muncie Thursday September 3 1992 advance guard 300 contestants would participate 1992 edition NFFS-sponsored Editors note NFFS onal Free Flight Society special interest group United States Outdoor Championships USOC began arriving museum building new AMA flying site early date made quick pause office pick up contestant information packets off survey battleground ensuing four days Labor Day weekend Everyone finally search unfamiliar surroundings locate lodgings reservations made previously Newcomers would find rolling terrain facility much liking blacktop entrance road taking center field three ample gravel parking lots paved L-shaped 600 x 400-ft RC launch pad permanent pavilion tucked within angle latter vantage point pretty impressive view huge map lobby museum building shown AMA property approximately 11/2 miles long north south about mile wide east west However corn south soybeans north cut usable polar length about mile cornfield west side cut girth field something less Still Midwest standards field would ample since winds predicted light over long weekend noon vehicles scattered along paved access road some fliers ventured out onto grassy field various places set up practice flights intensified afternoon progressed area experienced record-breaking rainfall during summer ground soft places grasses quite greenin contrast hardened arid terrain expected during early September Any heavenly moisture would make field parking pretty risky unless four-wheel-drive vehicle used kickoff bean feed held behind museum building eve before formal competition began brought old friends together once again food delicious plentiful bean feed title being gross understatement huge white cake sporting appropriate blue NEFS logo topped dessert list Apparently thing free fighters really enjoy eating Short welcome messages Contest Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe completed affair 34 Model Aviation CK M8K0S winas up nis Iwin II1U Terrible Coupe five-flight max out win FiG event Keck flew 121%-size Johnson 35powered Crescendo first place Class C Nostalgia Gas Texass goodwill ambassador Marvin Mace launches Class C entry chugged third place accented unpredicted sudden thunderstorm complete lots rain thunder lightning grass flying field would wet morning Friday Day Prevailing winds usually come southwest parts early morning arrivers found registration tables set up near center field small grassy ridge east side eastemmost parking lot Winds out east still quite light somewhat variable early going settled down light ENE breeze remainder day Soft grounds kept vehicles along paved road parking lot itself Well much prevailing winds usable area contest measured crow flieswas down around downwind sea corn March 1993 35 Old-Timer Event Directors Don Sue sachtjen pose witn OT High Point Award winners Don Reid Rubber left Bob Edlestein Power right 36 Model Aviation Mateer placed fifth B GasanGene Bowers won 1/2A NosGas event took extra flyoff flights toHolland Hornet-powered T-Bird Russ place top dozenHansens design popular entry Young Chris Sydor participated number non-gas events Al Towline entry nicely constructed Dick Covalt processes pair P-30 models Vic Nippert top-of-the-hill launch site SE corner field near cemetery Ed Keck awaits electronic indication thermal-sensing thermistor lifting air may passing through NosGas event processor Bob Larsh about put stamp approval Les HallgarthsContrasting designs pipe-smoking Hal Lorimer packs turns 41 Ray 1/2A T-BirdSmith Mulvihill Bud Brown approaches modern Mulvihill entry real stuff 12 feet high places abundant ears located stalks height over ones head say least AMAs corn crop should pay ample dividends year first day events would center around FF Contest Director Dick Covalt s crew managed AMA FAI NFFS events Under adjacent tent canopy Don Sue Sachtjen orchestrated Old-Timer Free flight activitieswith Dick Brace stationed substantial quarters across paved road under permanent pavilion adjacent RC pad Old-Timer RC Assist events began fourday event card today well Dick Hall first strive official flight attempting ROG Super Cyclone-powered Ray Heit designed Scram off rough ground surface After couple aborted attempts someone arrived folded-up banquet table served takeoff runway Launched wind direction still making up its mind model drifted south March 1993 37 Mitch Posts K&B Tarp 29-powered Comet Zipper placed fourth OT Class C Pylon Model-finder xmtr sits atop wing RC Assist Texaco winner Jim Reynolds red-and-yellow OS 61 ignitionpowered Lanzo Bombera design having great inherent airborne stability Prop assembly droops Chris Sydors P-30 model awaits some preflight attention before official flight Jimmy Buxton L gives Tony Hutchins hand starting Tonys big Class D Satellite entry Old-Timer RC Assist flight line enjoyed use permanent L-shaped blacktop launch site midfield Charlie Stiless Nelson 15-powered FiC plane has balsa-sheeted flying surfaces carbon-fiber reinforcement atop wing Hardy urodersens INI-I-s Exec uireciorj CDs Moe Betty Whittemore read elaborate Fl C Koko design features scales Phil Bayly weighs McCoy tiplets its straight-dihedral wing 60-powered enlarged T-Bird eventually DTed over cemetery southeast corner field Dick later stated heretofore DTed models safely between trees houses occasions never between two tombstones knowledge model invade sanctity cemetery remainder week run string flyoff maxes make award list B Gas top 14 contestants logged basic three maxes good-natured Texan Marvin Mace tallied 14 maxes before dropping 15th attempt Marvins Pilfered Pearl derivative bested Gil Morriss ageless Toothpicks about six maxes rest pack grouped much closer behind 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order today ship UPS daily fczizz 914 eruim wdaCs 3177 East Fan Lowell Road Tucson Alzona 85716 1992 NFFSIMurphy Continued paqe 38 total five entries Second place finisher Don Jenkins missed max-out 20 seconds Gene Bowers won initial NFFS Nostalgia Gas event pair Holland Hornet-powered T-Birds downwind cornfield ate first finished remaining flights backup model couple weeks later farmers cow deciding corn tastier grass escaped confines its pasture hopped fence cornfield process rounding up cow shooing back pasture farmer found model makes wonder cow got ears corn situated stalks six feet off ground dont else Bill Ole Yeller Hale win Pee Wee 30 event perfect three-flight total 2400 points Bills Cox 020-powered Basic Yeller design continues make its mark Pee Wee 30 lore Bob Bienenstein first make off beautiful reincarnated Moffett trophy trophy sports new plating job beauty beholdplus Rubber model fliers now have another event compete Sure looks like fun too Meanwhile over Don Sachtjens 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free fighters RC Assist models often floated high over general free flight launch area during day too high hottest free flight gas-powered jobs reach limited engine runs Coexistence FF RC no problem relatively close proximity two flight lines Canadian Jack McGillivray topped 31 entries t/2A Texaco event superb-flying Kerswap designed 50 years ago Gil Morris latter fact interesting consider Gil himself just across road putting string maxes gamer second place free flight AMA B Gas event guess some guys just keep forging ahead neCtorS $2495 plus Con NrLServoLists dIActory price 5PlUS2 $500 set Optional ad EaSY ServO InstallationMasterCard & Visa Accept positive P5hipping $4500 48 pointH/C System L neck UP includes -All AnnualConnedors & NeUtj~g & Alignment Conflectors SerVOS POtS Gear5 Controls Antenna onnectors Nicads CapaCity FreQujutsof Complete SyStem& Return ghipping Sidebands Modulatl I-arg Rx tuning & AlignmentsAntennaer TX & Rx Rates Indicators C d list prices ctors Vibration & Range 31St j993 KMI 115 E Main Northvi8167 Harnesses SwitCh es Conne ing Results AnY 13OOd Until March Sheet Data 122 Model Aviation t Down Shodd1j TFrankfni Product Test Repor S1 Subscr[be Now R/C REPORT o $2800 24 Months1st Class US [11111] El Renewal Canada Mexico o Diners Club $3300 Year il Product Testing El $1500 12 Months El New Subscription ElVisaDMC Credit Card Orders Call Toll Free 1-800-648-3931 8-5 Mon-Thur Card No & Exp 1r City State & 7n never seem look back two scheduled LER limited engine run events RC Class Ignition RC Class C Glow both scooped up Fred Mulbolland first Elfin 249 diesel-powered Playboy latter Lanzo Bomber sporting K&B 35 its nose final carded event day saw Art Whites scaled-down Bomber making off RC Ohlsson 23 event award evening brought another scheduled feast NFFS staged formal affair across Muncie Carolina Room fine buffet followed messages number speakers including USOC Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe AMA Executive Director Vince Mankowski NFFS Digest Editor Chris Weinreich NFFS President Tony Italiano off bed flying come morrow Saturday Day Two An overnight rain did nothing improve already soft field conditions SSE breeze found free flight launch site being relocated SE corner property adjacent cemetery southernmost extension north-south ridge utilized previous day Parking somewhat problem single-lane east-west perimeter paved road often referred hog barn road kept clear vehicles forced venture out onto grassy ridge Most drivers sought high ground bit low mist hanging about 830 nm starting time went dissipated rapidly competition commenced within very few minutes Along RC Assist group still pavilion FAC Flying Aces Club flying scale gang would starting first day two-day competition schedule took up residence east parking lot site bad used previous day FAC location now about half-mile downwind current free flight event site 900 am flying activity apparent over entire facility Charles Catons familiar green-and-white Hummin Bird seemed make ho-hum effort top field 63 entrants Gas Dale Mateer Ed Keck tied FlC Power Extended flyoff flights latter event going off premises north moratorium agreed upon flyoff continued Lost Hills California FAI Team Selection Finals October Since have always believer adjusting flight rules meet site condition thought decision bit melodramaticbut whatever Bill Schlarb won Al Towline Glider event goodly margin over Vic Nippert Bob Hatschek grumbled around day about missing max-out P-30 mere two secondsonly have time hold up win event seven seconds over Tom Hepler Chris Sydor won Junior age class P-30 event what appeared Souper P-30 Campbells Only two Cargo entries got airborne west end RC pad utilized takeoff site Abram Van Dover Mr Brainbuster last years USOC Contest Manager declared winner after lugging aloft three-flight total 1221 grams 43 oz South Bend Indiana duo Bernard Boehm Bill Schlarb would capitalize NFFS Hand Held Catapult Glider event 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Nostalgia Gas would see Bill Hale becoming double-winner 05 19powered Fortastrop outdistanced Keith Fulmers OS 15-powered Ram Rodthen Bill would also win NFFS PAA Load event Holland Hornet-powered Joe Bilgri-designed PAA Hopper Don Sue Sachtjen again dutifully managing SAM 57 Old-Timer free flight events beneath canopy ward off rain sun before activities concluded day Mitch Posts Torpedo 29-powered Brooklyn Dodger would fall 20 seconds short max-out retain first place Class B Fuselage event Harry Murphy logged five maxes win C Pylon event O&R 33-powered Comet Zipper father-and-son team Ralph Bill Schlarb delivering one-two punch OT Hand Held Catapult Glider event once again Ralph now 76 years young still manages keep son Bill relegated second place event contests may sound like Saturday afternoon special downtown movie house pair Double Features Don Reid Mike Burns topped 37 entries Small Rubber Fuselage event D-F George Reich design out June 1940 issue Air Trails magazine Don Reids 41 Smith Mulvihill design slipped second place behind Paul Crowleys Lambs Climber Large Rubber Stick event Both vintage designs presently available kit form adds popularity Downwind seven separate FAC events being methodically staged under watchful leadership CD Lin Reichel occasion T-Bird belonging Les Hallgarth scattered troops under registration canopy glided front out back hitting anyone anything Duck Vic come again little further downwind across east parking lot paved access road SAM 58 RC Assist events preceding scheduled Antique Day Fred Mulholland again winning another eventthis time Pure Antique event Anderson Spitfire-powered Thor Tom Botkin won Antique Glow event Jack Beatleys neat Focke-Wulf 47 won 1/2A Scale Duration event sums up competitive results day real fun came after two short late afternoon thundershowers dumped buckets unneeded water onto cemetery ridge rain-soaked officials contestants alike pushed pulled about three dozen vehicles send slipping sliding back onto 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Generally footing quite solid comparison location used two previous days soil contained considerable rock Most competitors set up small knoll some 500 feet south buildings rows vehicles settled quickly competition activities would home remaining two days probably unfair keep referring newly painted blue-and-white buildings hog farm area has thoroughly cleaned AMA now uses store various items some guess buildings will always hog farm Oh well Moe Betty Whittemore showed up bright early aid tired table crew seen son get married sent off honeymoon previous day Weatherwise would comfortable sunshiny day Bob Johannes Buck 800 would outdistance Guy Scotts Satellite 1000 D Gas kudos Bob Hanfords Shuriken powered 1/2A model besting 1/2A Gas roster boasted 72 entries Ryan Bane would nip Zack Dock Junior 1/2A Gas event add up entries both age groups HLG Hand Launch Glider event get sum 37only greater previously staged Hand Held Catapult Glider event drawn Although new event per se no free flight event has ever come develop much interest rapidly Hand Held variation think have John Voorhees Central Indiana Aeromodellers thank backing developing event its present status rate Bernard Boehm would become solid-wood glider champ added event win list pair up HH Catapult win previous day However Jimmy Buxton pushed Bill Schlarb third place prevent another sweep South Bend strong-arm lads Joe Williams nipped Vic Nippert take Wakefield laurels back Pennsylvania him Bill Barr handily won sporadically staged rather popular Embryo Rubber event Did win card table too Bill power pattern Ed Keck s Dream Weaver study perfection handily won B NosGas over pair Spacers Dick Hall Bill Hale respectively Harry Murphy would outdistance Bill Hale NosGas Ignition event 47 Phoenix powered O&R 29 Under SAM 57 canopy tallies OT events resulted Dick Halls fine-flying Scram winning another event time 30 Second Antique Don Reid flew Elfin 249 diesel-powered Megow Ranger first place Pylon six seconds short 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send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax FAC group completed final day competition six events card SAM 58 monitored four events comfort pavilion Yeah Im jealous Dick Jim Reynolds flew Lanzo Bombers meet first place Texaco event using OS 61 Ignition power Fred Mulholland man chase again Playboy Sr McCoy 29 up front bested Class B Ignition event participants Twas Bomber again Class Glow Tom Botkin closely pursued Jim Reynoldss Playboy Sr Man glowpowered Old-Timers scary shoot off tarmac towards clouds like jet catapulted off aircraft carrier scares meand Im fearless Art Whites win RC Ohlsson 23 event completed events listed day Monday Day Four final day opened southerly breeze still blowing thick overcast threatened thunder showers time timebut ever materialized FAC group now disbanded midfield reasons unknown number contestants seemed have diminished somewhat free flight site rate competition still earnest Charles Caton stringing out 14 maxes quest AMA Category III Class D Gas record fall short four seconds reality model probably made mark seconds spare disappeared behind pesky man-made hill center fielda hill supposedly intended launch site RC Soaring contingent Actually about two-thirds height hill probably unnecessary purpose has find something wrong facility right FlJ Power competition thats new FAI class 1cc engines06 cu cant metric conversions actually begot another tie between pair Shuriken-powered models hands Gil Morris Keith Fulmer minutes waning towards closing time Keith decided hang up rather fly fine-performing Maverick another time Gil Morris simply hand-glided model declared winner Gils model appeared epitome model design its vertical climb quick-bunt transition After four hectic days competition officials well contestants beginning show wear Chuck Markos FlG Coupe dHiver entrant rack up five perfect flights win event Chuck would also become overall High Point winner AMA events NFFS Secretary Treasurer Duane Renken captured CO2 event max-out George Perryman took Korda event laurels After spending day attempting get Cox Tee Dee 020126 Model Aviation IN SUPERIOR 1 OUALITY PRODUCTS STOCK 1W UNDO YOUR PIODUCIION WORK 816 OR SM DIL MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY 1/5 scale Stinson SR-8 10017 lbs Las -tetartcns MoDel powered Zeek flight-trimmed Warren Kurth logged four maxes after 300 pm win NosGas event thereby becoming double winner winning AMA Payload Gas well Few people squeeze power out 020 Warren Ed Keck s 121%-enlarged Crescendo Johnson 35 power plant nearly doubled score Faust Parkers secondplace Texan winning C NosGas Event Ed never seems have model seek direction under power other what intended grinds up rails saying goes Meredith Champerlain won 01 Ohlsson Sideport Engine event Antique Class Twin Cyclone design Harry Murphy won duel Gene Bowers new OT 1/2A Antique event ROG thats rise-off-ground folks memories dont go back modeling 40 years ago events certainly crowd pleasers couple sheets plywood laid end-to-end served improvised 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This annual big bash free flight meet Eastern Midwestern Southern modelers Oscar Smith flew fine replica Piper J-3 Cub third place Jumbo Rubber Scale U Harry Murphy Ob Joflanness Nelson-powered Buck 800 placed first Class D goodly margin Pole mounts thermal detector DATELINE Muncie Thursday September 3 1992 advance guard 300 contestants would participate 1992 edition NFFS-sponsored Editors note NFFS onal Free Flight Society special interest group United States Outdoor Championships USOC began arriving museum building new AMA flying site early date made quick pause office pick up contestant information packets off survey battleground ensuing four days Labor Day weekend Everyone finally search unfamiliar surroundings locate lodgings reservations made previously Newcomers would find rolling terrain facility much liking blacktop entrance road taking center field three ample gravel parking lots paved L-shaped 600 x 400-ft RC launch pad permanent pavilion tucked within angle latter vantage point pretty impressive view huge map lobby museum building shown AMA property approximately 11/2 miles long north south about mile wide east west However corn south soybeans north cut usable polar length about mile cornfield west side cut girth field something less Still Midwest standards field would ample since winds predicted light over long weekend noon vehicles scattered along paved access road some fliers ventured out onto grassy field various places set up practice flights intensified afternoon progressed area experienced record-breaking rainfall during summer ground soft places grasses quite greenin contrast hardened arid terrain expected during early September Any heavenly moisture would make field parking pretty risky unless four-wheel-drive vehicle used kickoff bean feed held behind museum building eve before formal competition began brought old friends together once again food delicious plentiful bean feed title being gross understatement huge white cake sporting appropriate blue NEFS logo topped dessert list Apparently thing free fighters really enjoy eating Short welcome messages Contest Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe completed affair 34 Model Aviation CK M8K0S winas up nis Iwin II1U Terrible Coupe five-flight max out win FiG event Keck flew 121%-size Johnson 35powered Crescendo first place Class C Nostalgia Gas Texass goodwill ambassador Marvin Mace launches Class C entry chugged third place accented unpredicted sudden thunderstorm complete lots rain thunder lightning grass flying field would wet morning Friday Day Prevailing winds usually come southwest parts early morning arrivers found registration tables set up near center field small grassy ridge east side eastemmost parking lot Winds out east still quite light somewhat variable early going settled down light ENE breeze remainder day Soft grounds kept vehicles along paved road parking lot itself Well much prevailing winds usable area contest measured crow flieswas down around downwind sea corn March 1993 35 Old-Timer Event Directors Don Sue sachtjen pose witn OT High Point Award winners Don Reid Rubber left Bob Edlestein Power right 36 Model Aviation Mateer placed fifth B GasanGene Bowers won 1/2A NosGas event took extra flyoff flights toHolland Hornet-powered T-Bird Russ place top dozenHansens design popular entry Young Chris Sydor participated number non-gas events Al Towline entry nicely constructed Dick Covalt processes pair P-30 models Vic Nippert top-of-the-hill launch site SE corner field near cemetery Ed Keck awaits electronic indication thermal-sensing thermistor lifting air may passing through NosGas event processor Bob Larsh about put stamp approval Les HallgarthsContrasting designs pipe-smoking Hal Lorimer packs turns 41 Ray 1/2A T-BirdSmith Mulvihill Bud Brown approaches modern Mulvihill entry real stuff 12 feet high places abundant ears located stalks height over ones head say least AMAs corn crop should pay ample dividends year first day events would center around FF Contest Director Dick Covalt s crew managed AMA FAI NFFS events Under adjacent tent canopy Don Sue Sachtjen orchestrated Old-Timer Free flight activitieswith Dick Brace stationed substantial quarters across paved road under permanent pavilion adjacent RC pad Old-Timer RC Assist events began fourday event card today well Dick Hall first strive official flight attempting ROG Super Cyclone-powered Ray Heit designed Scram off rough ground surface After couple aborted attempts someone arrived folded-up banquet table served takeoff runway Launched wind direction still making up its mind model drifted south March 1993 37 Mitch Posts K&B Tarp 29-powered Comet Zipper placed fourth OT Class C Pylon Model-finder xmtr sits atop wing RC Assist Texaco winner Jim Reynolds red-and-yellow OS 61 ignitionpowered Lanzo Bombera design having great inherent airborne stability Prop assembly droops Chris Sydors P-30 model awaits some preflight attention before official flight Jimmy Buxton L gives Tony Hutchins hand starting Tonys big Class D Satellite entry Old-Timer RC Assist flight line enjoyed use permanent L-shaped blacktop launch site midfield Charlie Stiless Nelson 15-powered FiC plane has balsa-sheeted flying surfaces carbon-fiber reinforcement atop wing Hardy urodersens INI-I-s Exec uireciorj CDs Moe Betty Whittemore read elaborate Fl C Koko design features scales Phil Bayly weighs McCoy tiplets its straight-dihedral wing 60-powered enlarged T-Bird eventually DTed over cemetery southeast corner field Dick later stated heretofore DTed models safely between trees houses occasions never between two tombstones knowledge model invade sanctity cemetery remainder week run string flyoff maxes make award list B Gas top 14 contestants logged basic three maxes good-natured Texan Marvin Mace tallied 14 maxes before dropping 15th attempt Marvins Pilfered Pearl derivative bested Gil Morriss ageless Toothpicks about six maxes rest pack grouped much closer behind 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order today ship UPS daily fczizz 914 eruim wdaCs 3177 East Fan Lowell Road Tucson Alzona 85716 1992 NFFSIMurphy Continued paqe 38 total five entries Second place finisher Don Jenkins missed max-out 20 seconds Gene Bowers won initial NFFS Nostalgia Gas event pair Holland Hornet-powered T-Birds downwind cornfield ate first finished remaining flights backup model couple weeks later farmers cow deciding corn tastier grass escaped confines its pasture hopped fence cornfield process rounding up cow shooing back pasture farmer found model makes wonder cow got ears corn situated stalks six feet off ground dont else Bill Ole Yeller Hale win Pee Wee 30 event perfect three-flight total 2400 points Bills Cox 020-powered Basic Yeller design continues make its mark Pee Wee 30 lore Bob Bienenstein first make off beautiful reincarnated Moffett trophy trophy sports new plating job beauty beholdplus Rubber model fliers now have another event compete Sure looks like fun too Meanwhile over Don Sachtjens 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free fighters RC Assist models often floated high over general free flight launch area during day too high hottest free flight gas-powered jobs reach limited engine runs Coexistence FF RC no problem relatively close proximity two flight lines Canadian Jack McGillivray topped 31 entries t/2A Texaco event superb-flying Kerswap designed 50 years ago Gil Morris latter fact interesting consider Gil himself just across road putting string maxes gamer second place free flight AMA B Gas event guess some guys just keep forging ahead neCtorS $2495 plus Con NrLServoLists dIActory price 5PlUS2 $500 set Optional ad EaSY ServO InstallationMasterCard & Visa Accept positive P5hipping $4500 48 pointH/C System L neck UP includes -All AnnualConnedors & NeUtj~g & Alignment Conflectors SerVOS POtS Gear5 Controls Antenna onnectors Nicads CapaCity FreQujutsof Complete SyStem& Return ghipping Sidebands Modulatl I-arg Rx tuning & AlignmentsAntennaer TX & Rx Rates Indicators C d list prices ctors Vibration & 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Mankowski NFFS Digest Editor Chris Weinreich NFFS President Tony Italiano off bed flying come morrow Saturday Day Two An overnight rain did nothing improve already soft field conditions SSE breeze found free flight launch site being relocated SE corner property adjacent cemetery southernmost extension north-south ridge utilized previous day Parking somewhat problem single-lane east-west perimeter paved road often referred hog barn road kept clear vehicles forced venture out onto grassy ridge Most drivers sought high ground bit low mist hanging about 830 nm starting time went dissipated rapidly competition commenced within very few minutes Along RC Assist group still pavilion FAC Flying Aces Club flying scale gang would starting first day two-day competition schedule took up residence east parking lot site bad used previous day FAC location now about half-mile downwind current free flight event site 900 am flying activity apparent over entire facility Charles Catons familiar green-and-white Hummin Bird seemed make ho-hum effort top field 63 entrants Gas Dale Mateer Ed Keck tied FlC Power Extended flyoff flights latter event going off premises north moratorium agreed upon flyoff continued Lost Hills California FAI Team Selection Finals October Since have always believer adjusting flight rules meet site condition thought decision bit melodramaticbut whatever Bill Schlarb won Al Towline Glider event goodly margin over Vic Nippert Bob Hatschek grumbled around day about missing max-out P-30 mere two secondsonly have time hold up win event seven seconds over Tom Hepler Chris Sydor won Junior age class P-30 event what appeared Souper P-30 Campbells Only two Cargo entries got airborne west end RC pad utilized takeoff site Abram Van Dover Mr Brainbuster last years USOC Contest Manager declared winner after lugging aloft three-flight total 1221 grams 43 oz South Bend Indiana duo Bernard Boehm Bill Schlarb would capitalize NFFS Hand Held Catapult Glider event 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Nostalgia Gas would see Bill Hale becoming double-winner 05 19powered Fortastrop outdistanced Keith Fulmers OS 15-powered Ram Rodthen Bill would also win NFFS PAA Load event Holland Hornet-powered Joe Bilgri-designed PAA Hopper Don Sue Sachtjen again dutifully managing SAM 57 Old-Timer free flight events beneath canopy ward off rain sun before activities concluded day Mitch Posts Torpedo 29-powered Brooklyn Dodger would fall 20 seconds short max-out retain first place Class B Fuselage event Harry Murphy logged five maxes win C Pylon event O&R 33-powered Comet Zipper father-and-son team Ralph Bill Schlarb delivering one-two punch OT Hand Held Catapult Glider event once again Ralph now 76 years young still manages keep son Bill relegated second place event contests may sound like Saturday afternoon special downtown movie house pair Double Features Don Reid Mike Burns topped 37 entries Small Rubber Fuselage event D-F George Reich design out June 1940 issue Air Trails magazine Don Reids 41 Smith Mulvihill design slipped second place behind Paul Crowleys Lambs Climber Large Rubber Stick event Both vintage designs presently available kit form adds popularity Downwind seven separate FAC events being methodically staged under watchful leadership CD Lin Reichel occasion T-Bird belonging Les Hallgarth scattered troops under registration canopy glided front out back hitting anyone anything Duck Vic come again little further downwind across east parking lot paved access road SAM 58 RC Assist events preceding scheduled Antique Day Fred Mulholland again winning another eventthis time Pure Antique event Anderson Spitfire-powered Thor Tom Botkin won Antique Glow event Jack Beatleys neat Focke-Wulf 47 won 1/2A Scale Duration event sums up competitive results day real fun came after two short late afternoon thundershowers dumped buckets unneeded water onto cemetery ridge rain-soaked officials contestants alike pushed pulled about three dozen vehicles send slipping sliding back onto hog farm road escape rapidly entrapping sea mud farm tractor ultimately sum moned extract final few immovable under human power resultant chaos mud water stranded vehicles single word discontent heard As hardy rain-saturated mud-splattered free fighter stated heaven-sent dew dripped bill cap Hell fun Sunday Day Three southerly breeze muddy grounds would relocate free flight launch site yet another place now positioned just north old hog sheds located further east previous days site down hog barn road PRO-DRIVER RADIO SOUTH INC 5524 N Palafox Pensacola FL 32503 H AR GE R I1Contains 4 1500 mah battery El cells senses plug El fouled & boosts power LED bar graph meter display plug condition Supports Futaba J chargersRetail $59 95 Retail $74 95 Irepair information904434-0909 Toll Free Order Line Orders Only Please 800962-7802 jf available local hobby shop order direct DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED 4uH Fast charge ANY 4-8 cell pack 1 2V car battery Delta Peak Detection will cut back trickle LED 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Generally footing quite solid comparison location used two previous days soil contained considerable rock Most competitors set up small knoll some 500 feet south buildings rows vehicles settled quickly competition activities would home remaining two days probably unfair keep referring newly painted blue-and-white buildings hog farm area has thoroughly cleaned AMA now uses store various items some guess buildings will always hog farm Oh well Moe Betty Whittemore showed up bright early aid tired table crew seen son get married sent off honeymoon previous day Weatherwise would comfortable sunshiny day Bob Johannes Buck 800 would outdistance Guy Scotts Satellite 1000 D Gas kudos Bob Hanfords Shuriken powered 1/2A model besting 1/2A Gas roster boasted 72 entries Ryan Bane would nip Zack Dock Junior 1/2A Gas event add up entries both age groups HLG Hand Launch Glider event get sum 37only greater previously staged Hand Held Catapult Glider event drawn Although new event per se no free flight event has ever come develop much interest rapidly Hand Held variation think have John Voorhees Central Indiana Aeromodellers thank backing developing event its present status rate Bernard Boehm would become solid-wood glider champ added event win list pair up HH Catapult win previous day However Jimmy Buxton pushed Bill Schlarb third place prevent another sweep South Bend strong-arm lads Joe Williams nipped Vic Nippert take Wakefield laurels back Pennsylvania him Bill Barr handily won sporadically staged rather popular Embryo Rubber event Did win card table too Bill power pattern Ed Keck s Dream Weaver study perfection handily won B NosGas over pair Spacers Dick Hall Bill Hale respectively Harry Murphy would outdistance Bill Hale NosGas Ignition event 47 Phoenix powered O&R 29 Under SAM 57 canopy tallies OT events resulted Dick Halls fine-flying Scram winning another event time 30 Second Antique Don Reid flew Elfin 249 diesel-powered Megow Ranger first place Pylon six seconds short 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send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax FAC group completed final day competition six events card SAM 58 monitored four events comfort pavilion Yeah Im jealous Dick Jim Reynolds flew Lanzo Bombers meet first place Texaco event using OS 61 Ignition power Fred Mulholland man chase again Playboy Sr McCoy 29 up front bested Class B Ignition event participants Twas Bomber again Class Glow Tom Botkin closely pursued Jim Reynoldss Playboy Sr Man glowpowered Old-Timers scary shoot off tarmac towards clouds like jet catapulted off aircraft carrier scares meand Im fearless Art Whites win RC Ohlsson 23 event completed events listed day Monday Day Four final day opened southerly breeze still blowing thick overcast threatened thunder showers time timebut ever materialized FAC group now disbanded midfield reasons unknown number contestants seemed have diminished somewhat free flight site rate competition still earnest Charles Caton stringing out 14 maxes quest AMA Category III Class D Gas record fall short four seconds reality model probably made mark seconds spare disappeared behind pesky man-made hill center fielda hill supposedly intended launch site RC Soaring contingent Actually about two-thirds height hill probably unnecessary purpose has find something wrong facility right FlJ Power competition thats new FAI class 1cc engines06 cu cant metric conversions actually begot another tie between pair Shuriken-powered models hands Gil Morris Keith Fulmer minutes waning towards closing time Keith decided hang up rather fly fine-performing Maverick another time Gil Morris simply hand-glided model declared winner Gils model appeared epitome model design its vertical climb quick-bunt transition After four hectic days competition officials well contestants beginning show wear Chuck Markos FlG Coupe dHiver entrant rack up five perfect flights win event Chuck would also become overall High Point winner AMA events NFFS Secretary Treasurer Duane Renken captured CO2 event max-out George Perryman took Korda event laurels After spending day attempting get Cox Tee Dee 020126 Model Aviation IN SUPERIOR 1 OUALITY PRODUCTS STOCK 1W UNDO YOUR PIODUCIION WORK 816 OR SM DIL MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY 1/5 scale Stinson SR-8 10017 lbs Las -tetartcns MoDel powered Zeek flight-trimmed Warren Kurth logged four maxes after 300 pm win NosGas event thereby becoming double winner winning AMA Payload Gas well Few people squeeze power out 020 Warren Ed Keck s 121%-enlarged Crescendo Johnson 35 power plant nearly doubled score Faust Parkers secondplace Texan winning C NosGas Event Ed never seems have model seek direction under power other what intended grinds up rails saying goes Meredith Champerlain won 01 Ohlsson Sideport Engine event Antique Class Twin Cyclone design Harry Murphy won duel Gene Bowers new OT 1/2A Antique event ROG thats rise-off-ground folks memories dont go back modeling 40 years ago events certainly crowd pleasers couple sheets plywood laid end-to-end served improvised runway midst mowed-down oats crop Ed Konefes took top award Commercial Rubber event Dietrich Convertible showed its beauty both construction flight Dan Smith Puss Moth would win 01 Rubber Scale trophy SAM 58 would also wind up its events Fred Mulholland becoming double winner once again victories RC Class C Ignition RC Old-Timer Electric Jim Reynolds would win RC Class B Glow LER K&B 35 Playboy Sr As sun broke out all-day cloud cover dispersed did contestants officials after mad scramble distribute awards competitions day Nearly everyone chipped help pack up AMA trailer tables chairs scorecard tally board other equipment last exit Interstates exhausted Charles Caton gone up full-scale aircraft rented adjoining Reese Airport two occasions day locate Class C Gas model after twice dropping crop fields outside AMA field perimeter hapless quest AMA Category III record Charles stated after found model second time thought occurred him new AMA flying site fine place compete really enjoyed week 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/03
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This annual big bash free flight meet Eastern Midwestern Southern modelers Oscar Smith flew fine replica Piper J-3 Cub third place Jumbo Rubber Scale U Harry Murphy Ob Joflanness Nelson-powered Buck 800 placed first Class D goodly margin Pole mounts thermal detector DATELINE Muncie Thursday September 3 1992 advance guard 300 contestants would participate 1992 edition NFFS-sponsored Editors note NFFS onal Free Flight Society special interest group United States Outdoor Championships USOC began arriving museum building new AMA flying site early date made quick pause office pick up contestant information packets off survey battleground ensuing four days Labor Day weekend Everyone finally search unfamiliar surroundings locate lodgings reservations made previously Newcomers would find rolling terrain facility much liking blacktop entrance road taking center field three ample gravel parking lots paved L-shaped 600 x 400-ft RC launch pad permanent pavilion tucked within angle latter vantage point pretty impressive view huge map lobby museum building shown AMA property approximately 11/2 miles long north south about mile wide east west However corn south soybeans north cut usable polar length about mile cornfield west side cut girth field something less Still Midwest standards field would ample since winds predicted light over long weekend noon vehicles scattered along paved access road some fliers ventured out onto grassy field various places set up practice flights intensified afternoon progressed area experienced record-breaking rainfall during summer ground soft places grasses quite greenin contrast hardened arid terrain expected during early September Any heavenly moisture would make field parking pretty risky unless four-wheel-drive vehicle used kickoff bean feed held behind museum building eve before formal competition began brought old friends together once again food delicious plentiful bean feed title being gross understatement huge white cake sporting appropriate blue NEFS logo topped dessert list Apparently thing free fighters really enjoy eating Short welcome messages Contest Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe completed affair 34 Model Aviation CK M8K0S winas up nis Iwin II1U Terrible Coupe five-flight max out win FiG event Keck flew 121%-size Johnson 35powered Crescendo first place Class C Nostalgia Gas Texass goodwill ambassador Marvin Mace launches Class C entry chugged third place accented unpredicted sudden thunderstorm complete lots rain thunder lightning grass flying field would wet morning Friday Day Prevailing winds usually come southwest parts early morning arrivers found registration tables set up near center field small grassy ridge east side eastemmost parking lot Winds out east still quite light somewhat variable early going settled down light ENE breeze remainder day Soft grounds kept vehicles along paved road parking lot itself Well much prevailing winds usable area contest measured crow flieswas down around downwind sea corn March 1993 35 Old-Timer Event Directors Don Sue sachtjen pose witn OT High Point Award winners Don Reid Rubber left Bob Edlestein Power right 36 Model Aviation Mateer placed fifth B GasanGene Bowers won 1/2A NosGas event took extra flyoff flights toHolland Hornet-powered T-Bird Russ place top dozenHansens design popular entry Young Chris Sydor participated number non-gas events Al Towline entry nicely constructed Dick Covalt processes pair P-30 models Vic Nippert top-of-the-hill launch site SE corner field near cemetery Ed Keck awaits electronic indication thermal-sensing thermistor lifting air may passing through NosGas event processor Bob Larsh about put stamp approval Les HallgarthsContrasting designs pipe-smoking Hal Lorimer packs turns 41 Ray 1/2A T-BirdSmith Mulvihill Bud Brown approaches modern Mulvihill entry real stuff 12 feet high places abundant ears located stalks height over ones head say least AMAs corn crop should pay ample dividends year first day events would center around FF Contest Director Dick Covalt s crew managed AMA FAI NFFS events Under adjacent tent canopy Don Sue Sachtjen orchestrated Old-Timer Free flight activitieswith Dick Brace stationed substantial quarters across paved road under permanent pavilion adjacent RC pad Old-Timer RC Assist events began fourday event card today well Dick Hall first strive official flight attempting ROG Super Cyclone-powered Ray Heit designed Scram off rough ground surface After couple aborted attempts someone arrived folded-up banquet table served takeoff runway Launched wind direction still making up its mind model drifted south March 1993 37 Mitch Posts K&B Tarp 29-powered Comet Zipper placed fourth OT Class C Pylon Model-finder xmtr sits atop wing RC Assist Texaco winner Jim Reynolds red-and-yellow OS 61 ignitionpowered Lanzo Bombera design having great inherent airborne stability Prop assembly droops Chris Sydors P-30 model awaits some preflight attention before official flight Jimmy Buxton L gives Tony Hutchins hand starting Tonys big Class D Satellite entry Old-Timer RC Assist flight line enjoyed use permanent L-shaped blacktop launch site midfield Charlie Stiless Nelson 15-powered FiC plane has balsa-sheeted flying surfaces carbon-fiber reinforcement atop wing Hardy urodersens INI-I-s Exec uireciorj CDs Moe Betty Whittemore read elaborate Fl C Koko design features scales Phil Bayly weighs McCoy tiplets its straight-dihedral wing 60-powered enlarged T-Bird eventually DTed over cemetery southeast corner field Dick later stated heretofore DTed models safely between trees houses occasions never between two tombstones knowledge model invade sanctity cemetery remainder week run string flyoff maxes make award list B Gas top 14 contestants logged basic three maxes good-natured Texan Marvin Mace tallied 14 maxes before dropping 15th attempt Marvins Pilfered Pearl derivative bested Gil Morriss ageless Toothpicks about six maxes rest pack grouped much closer behind Gil Fred Blom edged George Perryman mere 10 seconds capture coveted Mulvihill laurels Charles Groths familiar white model egg-crate-patterned wing construc tion topped combined Electric B event impressive max-out plus though event drew unimpressive Bill Hutchinss F1J FAI Small Power entry has triple fins Tee Dee 049 power Continued page 122 F1J engine limit 061 38 Model Aviation Scotts D Gas Satellite took second place lives 12 miles Muncie site test-flies often Bill Tibbss Class Glow LER entry scaled-down Playboy Sr powered K&B 15 RR Hes checking out its RC Pat Bredehofts spouse helps readies Comte AC 12E entry FAC Golden Age Scale event Bob Perkinss Miller Hawk design placed third D Gas Bob flew similar model Class C well Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell fame buzzed troops occasion C02powered Old-Timer Fuselage model Paul Boyanowskis colorfully detailed Curtiss Sparrowhawk F9C-2 took fourth place FAC Peanut Scale event New products take maintenance building new heights Custom Cradles 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order today ship UPS daily fczizz 914 eruim wdaCs 3177 East Fan Lowell Road Tucson Alzona 85716 1992 NFFSIMurphy Continued paqe 38 total five entries Second place finisher Don Jenkins missed max-out 20 seconds Gene Bowers won initial NFFS Nostalgia Gas event pair Holland Hornet-powered T-Birds downwind cornfield ate first finished remaining flights backup model couple weeks later farmers cow deciding corn tastier grass escaped confines its pasture hopped fence cornfield process rounding up cow shooing back pasture farmer found model makes wonder cow got ears corn situated stalks six feet off ground dont else Bill Ole Yeller Hale win Pee Wee 30 event perfect three-flight total 2400 points Bills Cox 020-powered Basic Yeller design continues make its mark Pee Wee 30 lore Bob Bienenstein first make off beautiful reincarnated Moffett trophy trophy sports new plating job beauty beholdplus Rubber model fliers now have another event compete Sure looks like fun too Meanwhile over Don Sachtjens 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free fighters RC Assist models often floated high over general free flight launch area during day too high hottest free flight gas-powered jobs reach limited engine runs Coexistence FF RC no problem relatively close proximity two flight lines Canadian Jack McGillivray topped 31 entries t/2A Texaco event superb-flying Kerswap designed 50 years ago Gil Morris latter fact interesting consider Gil himself just across road putting string maxes gamer second place free flight AMA B Gas event guess some guys just keep forging ahead neCtorS $2495 plus Con NrLServoLists dIActory price 5PlUS2 $500 set Optional ad EaSY ServO InstallationMasterCard & Visa Accept positive P5hipping $4500 48 pointH/C System L neck UP includes -All AnnualConnedors & NeUtj~g & Alignment Conflectors SerVOS POtS Gear5 Controls Antenna onnectors Nicads CapaCity FreQujutsof Complete SyStem& Return ghipping Sidebands Modulatl I-arg Rx tuning & AlignmentsAntennaer TX & Rx Rates Indicators C d list prices ctors Vibration & 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Mankowski NFFS Digest Editor Chris Weinreich NFFS President Tony Italiano off bed flying come morrow Saturday Day Two An overnight rain did nothing improve already soft field conditions SSE breeze found free flight launch site being relocated SE corner property adjacent cemetery southernmost extension north-south ridge utilized previous day Parking somewhat problem single-lane east-west perimeter paved road often referred hog barn road kept clear vehicles forced venture out onto grassy ridge Most drivers sought high ground bit low mist hanging about 830 nm starting time went dissipated rapidly competition commenced within very few minutes Along RC Assist group still pavilion FAC Flying Aces Club flying scale gang would starting first day two-day competition schedule took up residence east parking lot site bad used previous day FAC location now about half-mile downwind current free flight event site 900 am flying activity apparent over entire facility Charles Catons familiar 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Nostalgia Gas would see Bill Hale becoming double-winner 05 19powered Fortastrop outdistanced Keith Fulmers OS 15-powered Ram Rodthen Bill would also win NFFS PAA Load event Holland Hornet-powered Joe Bilgri-designed PAA Hopper Don Sue Sachtjen again dutifully managing SAM 57 Old-Timer free flight events beneath canopy ward off rain sun before activities concluded day Mitch Posts Torpedo 29-powered Brooklyn Dodger would fall 20 seconds short max-out retain first place Class B Fuselage event Harry Murphy logged five maxes win C Pylon event O&R 33-powered Comet Zipper father-and-son team Ralph Bill Schlarb delivering one-two punch OT Hand Held Catapult Glider event once again Ralph now 76 years young still manages keep son Bill relegated second place event contests may sound like Saturday afternoon special downtown movie house pair Double Features Don Reid Mike Burns topped 37 entries Small Rubber Fuselage event D-F George Reich design out June 1940 issue Air Trails magazine Don Reids 41 Smith Mulvihill design slipped second place behind Paul Crowleys Lambs Climber Large Rubber Stick event Both vintage designs presently available kit form adds popularity Downwind seven separate FAC events being methodically staged under watchful leadership CD Lin Reichel occasion T-Bird belonging Les Hallgarth scattered troops under registration canopy glided front out back hitting anyone anything Duck Vic come again little further downwind across east parking lot paved access road SAM 58 RC Assist events preceding scheduled Antique Day Fred Mulholland again winning another eventthis time Pure Antique event Anderson Spitfire-powered Thor Tom Botkin won Antique Glow event Jack Beatleys neat Focke-Wulf 47 won 1/2A Scale Duration event sums up competitive results day real fun came after two short late afternoon thundershowers dumped buckets unneeded water onto cemetery ridge rain-soaked officials contestants alike pushed pulled about three dozen vehicles send slipping sliding back onto hog farm road escape rapidly entrapping sea mud farm tractor ultimately sum moned extract final few immovable under human power resultant chaos mud water stranded vehicles single word discontent heard As hardy rain-saturated mud-splattered free fighter stated heaven-sent dew dripped bill cap Hell fun Sunday Day Three southerly breeze muddy grounds would relocate free flight launch site yet another place now positioned just north old hog sheds located further east previous days site down hog barn road PRO-DRIVER RADIO SOUTH INC 5524 N Palafox Pensacola FL 32503 H AR GE R I1Contains 4 1500 mah battery El cells senses plug El fouled & boosts power LED bar graph meter display plug condition Supports Futaba J chargersRetail $59 95 Retail $74 95 Irepair information904434-0909 Toll Free Order Line Orders Only Please 800962-7802 jf available local hobby shop order direct DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED 4uH Fast charge ANY 4-8 cell pack 1 2V car battery Delta Peak Detection will cut back trickle LED 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Generally footing quite solid comparison location used two previous days soil contained considerable rock Most competitors set up small knoll some 500 feet south buildings rows vehicles settled quickly competition activities would home remaining two days probably unfair keep referring newly painted blue-and-white buildings hog farm area has thoroughly cleaned AMA now uses store various items some guess buildings will always hog farm Oh well Moe Betty Whittemore showed up bright early aid tired table crew seen son get married sent off honeymoon previous day Weatherwise would comfortable sunshiny day Bob Johannes Buck 800 would outdistance Guy Scotts Satellite 1000 D Gas kudos Bob Hanfords Shuriken powered 1/2A model besting 1/2A Gas roster boasted 72 entries Ryan Bane would nip Zack Dock Junior 1/2A Gas event add up entries both age groups HLG Hand Launch Glider event get sum 37only greater previously staged Hand Held Catapult Glider event drawn Although new event per se no free flight event has ever come develop much interest rapidly Hand Held variation think have John Voorhees Central Indiana Aeromodellers thank backing developing event its present status rate Bernard Boehm would become solid-wood glider champ added event win list pair up HH Catapult win previous day However Jimmy Buxton pushed Bill Schlarb third place prevent another sweep South Bend strong-arm lads Joe Williams nipped Vic Nippert take Wakefield laurels back Pennsylvania him Bill Barr handily won sporadically staged rather popular Embryo Rubber event Did win card table too Bill power pattern Ed Keck s Dream Weaver study perfection handily won B NosGas over pair Spacers Dick Hall Bill Hale respectively Harry Murphy would outdistance Bill Hale NosGas Ignition event 47 Phoenix powered O&R 29 Under SAM 57 canopy tallies OT events resulted Dick Halls fine-flying Scram winning another event time 30 Second Antique Don Reid flew Elfin 249 diesel-powered Megow Ranger first place Pylon six seconds short 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send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax FAC group completed final day competition six events card SAM 58 monitored four events comfort pavilion Yeah Im jealous Dick Jim Reynolds flew Lanzo Bombers meet first place Texaco event using OS 61 Ignition power Fred Mulholland man chase again Playboy Sr McCoy 29 up front bested Class B Ignition event participants Twas Bomber again Class Glow Tom Botkin closely pursued Jim Reynoldss Playboy Sr Man glowpowered Old-Timers scary shoot off tarmac towards clouds like jet catapulted off aircraft carrier scares meand Im fearless Art Whites win RC Ohlsson 23 event completed events listed day Monday Day Four final day opened southerly breeze still blowing thick overcast threatened thunder showers time timebut ever materialized FAC group now disbanded midfield reasons unknown number contestants seemed have diminished somewhat free flight site rate competition still earnest Charles Caton stringing out 14 maxes quest AMA Category III Class D Gas record fall short four seconds reality model probably made mark seconds spare disappeared behind pesky man-made hill center fielda hill supposedly intended launch site RC Soaring contingent Actually about two-thirds height hill probably unnecessary purpose has find something wrong facility right FlJ Power competition thats new FAI class 1cc engines06 cu cant metric conversions actually begot another tie between pair Shuriken-powered models hands Gil Morris Keith Fulmer minutes waning towards closing time Keith decided hang up rather fly fine-performing Maverick another time Gil Morris simply hand-glided model declared winner Gils model appeared epitome model design its vertical climb quick-bunt transition After four hectic days competition officials well contestants beginning show wear Chuck Markos FlG Coupe dHiver entrant rack up five perfect flights win event Chuck would also become overall High Point winner AMA events NFFS Secretary Treasurer Duane Renken captured CO2 event max-out George Perryman took Korda event laurels After spending day attempting get Cox Tee Dee 020126 Model Aviation IN SUPERIOR 1 OUALITY PRODUCTS STOCK 1W UNDO YOUR PIODUCIION WORK 816 OR SM DIL MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY 1/5 scale Stinson SR-8 10017 lbs Las -tetartcns MoDel powered Zeek flight-trimmed Warren Kurth logged four maxes after 300 pm win NosGas event thereby becoming double winner winning AMA Payload Gas well Few people squeeze power out 020 Warren Ed Keck s 121%-enlarged Crescendo Johnson 35 power plant nearly doubled score Faust Parkers secondplace Texan winning C NosGas Event Ed never seems have model seek direction under power other what intended grinds up rails saying goes Meredith Champerlain won 01 Ohlsson Sideport Engine event Antique Class Twin Cyclone design Harry Murphy won duel Gene Bowers new OT 1/2A Antique event ROG thats rise-off-ground folks memories dont go back modeling 40 years ago events certainly crowd pleasers couple sheets plywood laid end-to-end served improvised 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This annual big bash free flight meet Eastern Midwestern Southern modelers Oscar Smith flew fine replica Piper J-3 Cub third place Jumbo Rubber Scale U Harry Murphy Ob Joflanness Nelson-powered Buck 800 placed first Class D goodly margin Pole mounts thermal detector DATELINE Muncie Thursday September 3 1992 advance guard 300 contestants would participate 1992 edition NFFS-sponsored Editors note NFFS onal Free Flight Society special interest group United States Outdoor Championships USOC began arriving museum building new AMA flying site early date made quick pause office pick up contestant information packets off survey battleground ensuing four days Labor Day weekend Everyone finally search unfamiliar surroundings locate lodgings reservations made previously Newcomers would find rolling terrain facility much liking blacktop entrance road taking center field three ample gravel parking lots paved L-shaped 600 x 400-ft RC launch pad permanent pavilion tucked within angle latter vantage point pretty impressive view huge map lobby museum building shown AMA property approximately 11/2 miles long north south about mile wide east west However corn south soybeans north cut usable polar length about mile cornfield west side cut girth field something less Still Midwest standards field would ample since winds predicted light over long weekend noon vehicles scattered along paved access road some fliers ventured out onto grassy field various places set up practice flights intensified afternoon progressed area experienced record-breaking rainfall during summer ground soft places grasses quite greenin contrast hardened arid terrain expected during early September Any heavenly moisture would make field parking pretty risky unless four-wheel-drive vehicle used kickoff bean feed held behind museum building eve before formal competition began brought old friends together once again food delicious plentiful bean feed title being gross understatement huge white cake sporting appropriate blue NEFS logo topped dessert list Apparently thing free fighters really enjoy eating Short welcome messages Contest Manager Phil Sullivan AMA President Don Lowe completed affair 34 Model Aviation CK M8K0S winas up nis Iwin II1U Terrible Coupe five-flight max out win FiG event Keck flew 121%-size Johnson 35powered Crescendo first place Class C Nostalgia Gas Texass goodwill ambassador Marvin Mace launches Class C entry chugged third place accented unpredicted sudden thunderstorm complete lots rain thunder lightning grass flying field would wet morning Friday Day Prevailing winds usually come southwest parts early morning arrivers found registration tables set up near center field small grassy ridge east side eastemmost parking lot Winds out east still quite light somewhat variable early going settled down light ENE breeze remainder day Soft grounds kept vehicles along paved road parking lot itself Well much prevailing winds usable area contest measured crow flieswas down around downwind sea corn March 1993 35 Old-Timer Event Directors Don Sue sachtjen pose witn OT High Point Award winners Don Reid Rubber left Bob Edlestein Power right 36 Model Aviation Mateer placed fifth B GasanGene Bowers won 1/2A NosGas event took extra flyoff flights toHolland Hornet-powered T-Bird Russ place top dozenHansens design popular entry Young Chris Sydor participated number non-gas events Al Towline entry nicely constructed Dick Covalt processes pair P-30 models Vic Nippert top-of-the-hill launch site SE corner field near cemetery Ed Keck awaits electronic indication thermal-sensing thermistor lifting air may passing through NosGas event processor Bob Larsh about put stamp approval Les HallgarthsContrasting designs pipe-smoking Hal Lorimer packs turns 41 Ray 1/2A T-BirdSmith Mulvihill Bud Brown approaches modern Mulvihill entry real stuff 12 feet high places abundant ears located stalks height over ones head say least AMAs corn crop should pay ample dividends year first day events would center around FF Contest Director Dick Covalt s crew managed AMA FAI NFFS events Under adjacent tent canopy Don Sue Sachtjen orchestrated Old-Timer Free flight activitieswith Dick Brace stationed substantial quarters across paved road under permanent pavilion adjacent RC pad Old-Timer RC Assist events began fourday event card today well Dick Hall first strive official flight attempting ROG Super Cyclone-powered Ray Heit designed Scram off rough ground surface After couple aborted attempts someone arrived folded-up banquet table served takeoff runway Launched wind direction still making up its mind model drifted south March 1993 37 Mitch Posts K&B Tarp 29-powered Comet Zipper placed fourth OT Class C Pylon Model-finder xmtr sits atop wing RC Assist Texaco winner Jim Reynolds red-and-yellow OS 61 ignitionpowered Lanzo Bombera design having great inherent airborne stability Prop assembly droops Chris Sydors P-30 model awaits some preflight attention before official flight Jimmy Buxton L gives Tony Hutchins hand starting Tonys big Class D Satellite entry Old-Timer RC Assist flight line enjoyed use permanent L-shaped blacktop launch site midfield Charlie Stiless Nelson 15-powered FiC plane has balsa-sheeted flying surfaces carbon-fiber reinforcement atop wing Hardy urodersens INI-I-s Exec uireciorj CDs Moe Betty Whittemore read elaborate Fl C Koko design features scales Phil Bayly weighs McCoy tiplets its straight-dihedral wing 60-powered enlarged T-Bird eventually DTed over cemetery southeast corner field Dick later stated heretofore DTed models safely between trees houses occasions never between two tombstones knowledge model invade sanctity cemetery remainder week run string flyoff maxes make award list B Gas top 14 contestants logged basic three maxes good-natured Texan Marvin Mace tallied 14 maxes before dropping 15th attempt Marvins Pilfered Pearl derivative bested Gil Morriss ageless Toothpicks about six maxes rest pack grouped much closer behind Gil Fred Blom edged George Perryman mere 10 seconds capture coveted Mulvihill laurels Charles Groths familiar white model egg-crate-patterned wing construc tion topped combined Electric B event impressive max-out plus though event drew unimpressive Bill Hutchinss F1J FAI Small Power entry has triple fins Tee Dee 049 power Continued page 122 F1J engine limit 061 38 Model Aviation Scotts D Gas Satellite took second place lives 12 miles Muncie site test-flies often Bill Tibbss Class Glow LER entry scaled-down Playboy Sr powered K&B 15 RR Hes checking out its RC Pat Bredehofts spouse helps readies Comte AC 12E entry FAC Golden Age Scale event Bob Perkinss Miller Hawk design placed third D Gas Bob flew similar model Class C well Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell fame buzzed troops occasion C02powered Old-Timer Fuselage model Paul Boyanowskis colorfully detailed Curtiss Sparrowhawk F9C-2 took fourth place FAC Peanut Scale event New products take maintenance building new heights Custom Cradles 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order today ship UPS daily fczizz 914 eruim wdaCs 3177 East Fan Lowell Road Tucson Alzona 85716 1992 NFFSIMurphy Continued paqe 38 total five entries Second place finisher Don Jenkins missed max-out 20 seconds Gene Bowers won initial NFFS Nostalgia Gas event pair Holland Hornet-powered T-Birds downwind cornfield ate first finished remaining flights backup model couple weeks later farmers cow deciding corn tastier grass escaped confines its pasture hopped fence cornfield process rounding up cow shooing back pasture farmer found model makes wonder cow got ears corn situated stalks six feet off ground dont else Bill Ole Yeller Hale win Pee Wee 30 event perfect three-flight total 2400 points Bills Cox 020-powered Basic Yeller design continues make its mark Pee Wee 30 lore Bob Bienenstein first make off beautiful reincarnated Moffett trophy trophy sports new plating job beauty beholdplus Rubber model fliers now have another event compete Sure looks like fun too Meanwhile over Don Sachtjens 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free fighters RC Assist models often floated high over general free flight launch area during day too high hottest free flight gas-powered jobs reach limited engine runs Coexistence FF RC no problem relatively close proximity two flight lines Canadian Jack McGillivray topped 31 entries t/2A Texaco event superb-flying Kerswap designed 50 years ago Gil Morris latter fact interesting consider Gil himself just across road putting string maxes gamer second place free flight AMA B Gas event guess some guys just keep forging ahead neCtorS $2495 plus Con NrLServoLists dIActory price 5PlUS2 $500 set Optional ad EaSY ServO InstallationMasterCard & Visa Accept positive P5hipping $4500 48 pointH/C System L neck UP includes -All AnnualConnedors & NeUtj~g & Alignment Conflectors SerVOS POtS Gear5 Controls Antenna onnectors Nicads CapaCity FreQujutsof Complete SyStem& Return ghipping Sidebands Modulatl I-arg Rx tuning & AlignmentsAntennaer TX & Rx Rates Indicators C d list prices ctors Vibration & 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Mankowski NFFS Digest Editor Chris Weinreich NFFS President Tony Italiano off bed flying come morrow Saturday Day Two An overnight rain did nothing improve already soft field conditions SSE breeze found free flight launch site being relocated SE corner property adjacent cemetery southernmost extension north-south ridge utilized previous day Parking somewhat problem single-lane east-west perimeter paved road often referred hog barn road kept clear vehicles forced venture out onto grassy ridge Most drivers sought high ground bit low mist hanging about 830 nm starting time went dissipated rapidly competition commenced within very few minutes Along RC Assist group still pavilion FAC Flying Aces Club flying scale gang would starting first day two-day competition schedule took up residence east parking lot site bad used previous day FAC location now about half-mile downwind current free flight event site 900 am flying activity apparent over entire facility Charles Catons familiar green-and-white Hummin Bird seemed make ho-hum effort top field 63 entrants Gas Dale Mateer Ed Keck tied FlC Power Extended flyoff flights latter event going off premises north moratorium agreed upon flyoff continued Lost Hills California FAI Team Selection Finals October Since have always believer adjusting flight rules meet site condition thought decision bit melodramaticbut whatever Bill Schlarb won Al Towline Glider event goodly margin over Vic Nippert Bob Hatschek grumbled around day about missing max-out P-30 mere two secondsonly have time hold up win event seven seconds over Tom Hepler Chris Sydor won Junior age class P-30 event what appeared Souper P-30 Campbells Only two Cargo entries got airborne west end RC pad utilized takeoff site Abram Van Dover Mr Brainbuster last years USOC Contest Manager declared winner after lugging aloft three-flight total 1221 grams 43 oz South Bend Indiana duo Bernard Boehm Bill Schlarb would capitalize NFFS Hand Held Catapult Glider event 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Nostalgia Gas would see Bill Hale becoming double-winner 05 19powered Fortastrop outdistanced Keith Fulmers OS 15-powered Ram Rodthen Bill would also win NFFS PAA Load event Holland Hornet-powered Joe Bilgri-designed PAA Hopper Don Sue Sachtjen again dutifully managing SAM 57 Old-Timer free flight events beneath canopy ward off rain sun before activities concluded day Mitch Posts Torpedo 29-powered Brooklyn Dodger would fall 20 seconds short max-out retain first place Class B Fuselage event Harry Murphy logged five maxes win C Pylon event O&R 33-powered Comet Zipper father-and-son team Ralph Bill Schlarb delivering one-two punch OT Hand Held Catapult Glider event once again Ralph now 76 years young still manages keep son Bill relegated second place event contests may sound like Saturday afternoon special downtown movie house pair Double Features Don Reid Mike Burns topped 37 entries Small Rubber Fuselage event D-F George Reich design out June 1940 issue Air Trails magazine Don Reids 41 Smith Mulvihill design slipped second place behind Paul Crowleys Lambs Climber Large Rubber Stick event Both vintage designs presently available kit form adds popularity Downwind seven separate FAC events being methodically staged under watchful leadership CD Lin Reichel occasion T-Bird belonging Les Hallgarth scattered troops under registration canopy glided front out back hitting anyone anything Duck Vic come again little further downwind across east parking lot paved access road SAM 58 RC Assist events preceding scheduled Antique Day Fred Mulholland again winning another eventthis time Pure Antique event Anderson Spitfire-powered Thor Tom Botkin won Antique Glow event Jack Beatleys neat Focke-Wulf 47 won 1/2A Scale Duration event sums up competitive results day real fun came after two short late afternoon thundershowers dumped buckets unneeded water onto cemetery ridge rain-soaked officials contestants alike pushed pulled about three dozen vehicles send slipping sliding back onto hog farm road escape rapidly entrapping sea mud farm tractor ultimately sum moned extract final few immovable under human power resultant chaos mud water stranded vehicles single word discontent heard As hardy rain-saturated mud-splattered free fighter stated heaven-sent dew dripped bill cap Hell fun Sunday Day Three southerly breeze muddy grounds would relocate free flight launch site yet another place now positioned just north old hog sheds located further east previous days site down hog barn road PRO-DRIVER RADIO SOUTH INC 5524 N Palafox Pensacola FL 32503 H AR GE R I1Contains 4 1500 mah battery El cells senses plug El fouled & boosts power LED bar graph meter display plug condition Supports Futaba J chargersRetail $59 95 Retail $74 95 Irepair information904434-0909 Toll Free Order Line Orders Only Please 800962-7802 jf available local hobby shop order direct DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED 4uH Fast charge ANY 4-8 cell pack 1 2V car battery Delta Peak Detection will cut back trickle LED 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Generally footing quite solid comparison location used two previous days soil contained considerable rock Most competitors set up small knoll some 500 feet south buildings rows vehicles settled quickly competition activities would home remaining two days probably unfair keep referring newly painted blue-and-white buildings hog farm area has thoroughly cleaned AMA now uses store various items some guess buildings will always hog farm Oh well Moe Betty Whittemore showed up bright early aid tired table crew seen son get married sent off honeymoon previous day Weatherwise would comfortable sunshiny day Bob Johannes Buck 800 would outdistance Guy Scotts Satellite 1000 D Gas kudos Bob Hanfords Shuriken powered 1/2A model besting 1/2A Gas roster boasted 72 entries Ryan Bane would nip Zack Dock Junior 1/2A Gas event add up entries both age groups HLG Hand Launch Glider event get sum 37only greater previously staged Hand Held Catapult Glider event drawn Although new event per se no free flight event has ever come develop much interest rapidly Hand Held variation think have John Voorhees Central Indiana Aeromodellers thank backing developing event its present status rate Bernard Boehm would become solid-wood glider champ added event win list pair up HH Catapult win previous day However Jimmy Buxton pushed Bill Schlarb third place prevent another sweep South Bend strong-arm lads Joe Williams nipped Vic Nippert take Wakefield laurels back Pennsylvania him Bill Barr handily won sporadically staged rather popular Embryo Rubber event Did win card table too Bill power pattern Ed Keck s Dream Weaver study perfection handily won B NosGas over pair Spacers Dick Hall Bill Hale respectively Harry Murphy would outdistance Bill Hale NosGas Ignition event 47 Phoenix powered O&R 29 Under SAM 57 canopy tallies OT events resulted Dick Halls fine-flying Scram winning another event time 30 Second Antique Don Reid flew Elfin 249 diesel-powered Megow Ranger first place Pylon six seconds short 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send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax FAC group completed final day competition six events card SAM 58 monitored four events comfort pavilion Yeah Im jealous Dick Jim Reynolds flew Lanzo Bombers meet first place Texaco event using OS 61 Ignition power Fred Mulholland man chase again Playboy Sr McCoy 29 up front bested Class B Ignition event participants Twas Bomber again Class Glow Tom Botkin closely pursued Jim Reynoldss Playboy Sr Man glowpowered Old-Timers scary shoot off tarmac towards clouds like jet catapulted off aircraft carrier scares meand Im fearless Art Whites win RC Ohlsson 23 event completed events listed day Monday Day Four final day opened southerly breeze still blowing thick overcast threatened thunder showers time timebut ever materialized FAC group now disbanded midfield reasons unknown number contestants seemed have diminished somewhat free flight site rate competition still earnest Charles Caton stringing out 14 maxes quest AMA Category III Class D Gas record fall short four seconds reality model probably made mark seconds spare disappeared behind pesky man-made hill center fielda hill supposedly intended launch site RC Soaring contingent Actually about two-thirds height hill probably unnecessary purpose has find something wrong facility right FlJ Power competition thats new FAI class 1cc engines06 cu cant metric conversions actually begot another tie between pair Shuriken-powered models hands Gil Morris Keith Fulmer minutes waning towards closing time Keith decided hang up rather fly fine-performing Maverick another time Gil Morris simply hand-glided model declared winner Gils model appeared epitome model design its vertical climb quick-bunt transition After four hectic days competition officials well contestants beginning show wear Chuck Markos FlG Coupe dHiver entrant rack up five perfect flights win event Chuck would also become overall High Point winner AMA events NFFS Secretary Treasurer Duane Renken captured CO2 event max-out George Perryman took Korda event laurels After spending day attempting get Cox Tee Dee 020126 Model Aviation IN SUPERIOR 1 OUALITY PRODUCTS STOCK 1W UNDO YOUR PIODUCIION WORK 816 OR SM DIL MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY 1/5 scale Stinson SR-8 10017 lbs Las -tetartcns MoDel powered Zeek flight-trimmed Warren Kurth logged four maxes after 300 pm win NosGas event thereby becoming double winner winning AMA Payload Gas well Few people squeeze power out 020 Warren Ed Keck s 121%-enlarged Crescendo Johnson 35 power plant nearly doubled score Faust Parkers secondplace Texan winning C NosGas Event Ed never seems have model seek direction under power other what intended grinds up rails saying goes Meredith Champerlain won 01 Ohlsson Sideport Engine event Antique Class Twin Cyclone design Harry Murphy won duel Gene Bowers new OT 1/2A Antique event ROG thats rise-off-ground folks memories dont go back modeling 40 years ago events certainly crowd pleasers couple sheets plywood laid end-to-end served improvised 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