F o c u s o n C o m p e t i t i o n
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Technical Director Steve Kaluf
[email protected]
I’M PUTTING ASIDE my regular column
this month (I know you are heartbroken!) to
bring you Barron Guss’s report as team
manager for the F3C Helicopter World
Championships that took place this past
summer in Japan.
We had hoped to place this article as a
feature in MA; however, current editorial
policies, in an effort to keep the coverage
even, only provides for coverage of World
Championships taking place in the United
States to run as features. So look for more
coverage of this nature in “Focus on
Competition.” As I receive well-written
reports, I’ll have them placed here. That way
you will still be able see the reports of these
championships.
That said, I think you will find Barron’s
report interesting. The organizers in Japan
always go out of their way to make any
World Championships they host a first-class
operation; this one was no exception. Our
Helicopter team, once again, did very well.
We’ve included a few pictures to give you the
flavor of the World Championships.
Till next time ...
In life, certain opportunities present
themselves on a most infrequent basis. One
such opportunity is to represent one’s country
to the world. The 2003 US F3C team had
such an honor at the 2003 FAI-F3C World
Championships in Ishikawa, Japan.
Contrary to popular belief, winning a slot
on the US team does not happen at the Team
Trials as much as it is a process of study,
dedication, and determination that starts years
and in some cases decades prior, as with some
of our US team members.
What is FAI-F3C? FAI stands for
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. This
international organization governs all
competition and record keeping for all things
aviation, whether it is an altitude record for a
hot-air balloon or a speed record for a radiocontrolled
airplane. They even have a hand in
space flight.
F3C is the class designation set forth by
the FAI for Radio Control model-helicopter
competition. The World Championships
competition is held every two years on a
different continent, and this year it was held
in Asia. F3C is a compilation of all the skills
and maneuvers acquired in AMA classes I, II,
and III, with the major difference that one
competes against the world’s best.
There are two schedules of maneuvers
used in this class. Schedule A is used during
the preliminary rounds and the more difficult
Schedule B is used during the flyoff. Each
schedule contains three hovering maneuvers
and the remainder of the maneuvers can
consist of a combination of loops, rolls,
pirouettes, stall turns, inverted hovering,
tailslides, and more.
The pilots are judged on precision,
smoothness, heading, altitude control,
positioning of the model, and overall
presentation. Every maneuver starts out with
a score of 10 and then points are deducted in
half-point increments for defects observed by
the judges. A score of 0 is given for
incomplete maneuvers. Each competitor
participates in four preliminary rounds, of
which the best three flight scores determine
his/her placing.
The F3C World Championships is a team
as well as an individual competition. FAI
member countries may enter a maximum of
three competitors as a national team for world
and continental championships. Team results
The land of the rising sun becomes the
land of the setting sun for Dwight Shilling
on the first day of practice.
US contingent, first row (L-R): Wayne Mann, Barron Guss, Dwight Shilling, Len Sabato.
Second row: Denise Mann, Cliff Hiatt, Daniel Hiatt, Paul Giles, Sue Giles, Sandy Sabato,
Nob Muraki, Curtis Youngblood.
are based on the sum of each country’s team
members’ preliminary round scores. The top
10 pilots or 20% of all competitors
(whichever is greater) then participate in three
flyoff rounds to determine the individual
winner. (The scores of the current World
Champion do not count toward the team title.)
Our Team: The final round of the Team
Trials was held the weekend of September 28-
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C O M P E T I T I O N D I R E C T O R Y
I: Robert Wilkie, 19 Everett St., Rockland MA 02370
II: CL & FF: Dave King, 410 Ritter Ave., South Plainfield NJ 07080-3534
RC: Robert Kircher, 9 Sheffeld Way, Clark NJ 07066
III: CL, FF, & RC: Nelson Gould, 1340 Oak Dr., Macungie PA 18062 (East)
CL , FF & RC: Sheila Nitsch, 5650 Boyd Rd., Grove City OH 43123
IV: CL & FF: Jim Coffin, 4604 Hillbrook Dr., Annandale VA 22003
RC: Alice Munday, 18 W. Lewis Rd., Hampton VA 23666 E-mail: [email protected]
V: RC (FL Only): Judi Dunlap, 14711 SE 1st Avenue Rd., Summerfield FL 34491
RC (TN, MS, AL, SC, GA, PR): Dick Tonan, 639 Knollwood Dr., Lavergne TN 37086
FF: Bob Junk, 984 Williams Ditch Rd., Cantonment FL 32533
CL: Gene Martine, 1422 Ingleside Ave., Jacksonville FL 32205-7713
VI: RC (except Soaring): Randy Cameron, 2134 S. Hillcrest Ave., Springfield MO 65807
RC Soaring: Dale Folkening, 1544 Darien Lake Dr., Darien IL 60561
FF: Charles Markos, 655 Carlisle Ave., Deerfield IL 60015
CL: Arthur Johnson, 1818 Oslo Drive, Rockford IL 61108-6612
VII: FF AMA Headquarters, Competition Department
CL: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N. Shore Dr.,Whitmore Lake MI 48189-9124
RC (Except for Michigan): Michael Haller, N6237 Shraven Circle, Fond du Lac WI 54937
RC (Michigan only): Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
VIII:CL & FF: Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
RC: Douglas Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310.
IX: Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange, Wichita KS 67217
RC: Judy Gerken, 2069 South Raleigh St., Denver CO 80219
X: Ellis Hall, 4811 Amber Ln., Sacramento CA 95841 (North.)
Tim Attaway, 252 Sea Vale St., Chula Vista CA 91910
Wayne Hamada, 625 Iolani Ave. Apt.. 604, Honolulu HI 96813-1812 (Hawaii)
Utah and Arizona only:
David Litt, 1111 N. 64th St. 53, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Dick Salter, 3140 184 Ave. SE, Penino WA 98589
RC: W.T. (Bill) Smith, 10825 44th Ave. S.W., Seattle WA 98146
INDOOR CONTEST BOARD
I: Ray Harlan, 15 Happy Hollow Rd., Wayland MA 01778
II: Doug Barber, 23 Rabbit Run, Easthampton Twp. NJ 08060-5313
III: Walt VanGorder, 5669 Victory View Ln., Cincinnati OH 45233
IV: Don Srull, 941 Kimberwicke Rd., McLean VA 22102
V: Richard MacEntee, 2409 B 14th St. Dr. NW, Palmetto FL 34221
VI: Larry Coslick, 4202 Valley Crest Hill, St. Louis MO 63128
VII: Gordon Wienewski, 4790 Stratford Dr., Greendale WI 53129
VIII: Ralph (Bud) Tenny, PO Box 830545, Richardson TX 75080
IX: H. Stan Chilton, 3010 Grail, Wichita KS 67211
X: Clarence Mather, 2358 Tam O’Shanter Ave., Bishop CA 93514-1944
XI: Andy Tagliafico, 10039 SW Quail Post Rd., Portland OR 97219
CONTROL LINE SPEED
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Glen Van Sant, 414 Valley Rd., Langhorne PA 19047
IV: Albert Jones, 17670 Glass Ridge Pl., Gainesville VA 20155
V: Santo Rizzotto, 1575 N Banana River Dr., Merritt Island FL 32952
VI: William Hughes, 113 N. Chase Ave., Bartlett IL 60103
VII: Barry Tippett, 31052 Mason, Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Dimmitt Perkins, 291 Grant 581, Sheridan AR 72150
IX: Jim Ricketts, 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110-5573
X: Bob Fogg, 11272 Carroza Ct., San Diego CA 92124
XI: Mike Hazel, 1073 Windemere Dr NW, Salem OR 97304
CONTROL LINE CARRIER
I: Glenn Simpson, 19 Hilda St., Worcester MA 01606
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III:
IV:
V: Michael Shull, 3051 Cedar Trce, Tarpon Springs FL 34688
VI: William Calkins, 317 Snow St., Sugar Grove IL 60554
VII: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N Shore Rd., Whitmore Lake MI 48189
VIII: Dick Perry, 427 Live Oak Lane NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122
IX: Melvin Schuette, Box 240, Auburn KS 66402
X: Ted Kraver, 225 W. Orchid Ln., Phoenix AZ 85021
XI: Mike Potter, 29725 45th Avenue S, Auburn WA 98001
CONTROL LINE RACING
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Laird Jackson, MCP HU 245 N. 15th St., Philadelphia PA 19102
IV: Charles Williams, 423 Hunting Creek Dr., Matthews NC 28104
V: Dick Lambert, 754 Renegade Ln., Port Orange FL 32127
VI: Dave McDonald, Box 384, Daleville IN 47334
VII: Larry Dziak, 1474 Capitol Dr., Green Bay WI 54303
VIII: John McCollum, 300 Van Zandt, Co. Rd.4717, Ben Wheeler TX 75754
IX: Jim Ricketts Sr., 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110
X: Doug Mayer, 1727 Penmar Ave., Apt. #2, Venice CA 90291
XI: John Thompson, 2456 Quince St., Eugene OR 97404
CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS
I: Dave Cook, 46 Maple St., Norfolk MA 02056
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Bill Werwage, 111 Jacqueline Dr., Berea OH 44017
IV: Warren Tiahrt, 4020 Martins Point Rd., Kitty Hawk NC 27949
V: Bob Dixon, 1351 Tristram Circle, Macon GA 31220
VI: Allen Brickhaus, Box 206, Golconda IL 62938
VII: Bob McDonald, 28746 Westfield St., Livonia MI 48150
VIII: Gary McClellan, 7812 Bayshore Ct., Ft. Worth TX 76179
IX:
X: Royal (Lucky) Pyatt, 4013 W. Valley Mine Dr., Tucson AZ 85745
XI: Paul Walker, 25900 127th Ave. SE, Kent WA 98031
CONTROL LINE COMBAT
I: Neil Simpson, 129 Podunk Rd., East Brookfield MA 01515
II: Dave Edwards, 9 Ardsley Rd., Hillsborough NJ 08844
III: Mike Evans, 436 McGregor Ave., Cincinnati OH 45206
IV: Louis Lopez, 44 Wyndom Circle, Hockessin DE 19707
V: Francisco Rodriquez, 8 SW 96 Ct., Miami FL 33174
VI: Rich Tupper, 3105 Audrea Ct., Woodridge IL 60517
VII: Ron Columbo, 14907 Garden St., Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Pat Willcox, 1927 Running Springs Dr., Kingwood TX 77339
IX:
X: Steve Stewart, 87 W. Windsor Ave., Phoenix AZ 85003
XI: Mark Hansen, 3585 SE Franklin St., Portland OR 97202
FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD
I: Art Ellis, 84 Denison Dr., Guilford CT 06437
II: Bradley Bane, 60 Lake Ave., Lyndonville NY 14098
III: Rudy Kluiber, 2021 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood OH 44107
IV: Jim Bocckinfuso, 112 Pinecrest Cir., Moneta VA 24121
V: Ron Sharpton, 1290 County Rd., Daytona Beach FL 32119-2469
VI: Chris Matsuno, 8576 Ginger Dr., St. John MO 63114
VII: Bill Shailor, 2317 Clawson Avenue, Royal Oak MI 48073
VIII: Mike Fedor, 2500 San Diego, Arlington TX 76015
IX: Jerald Murphy, 9 Via Escondido, Manitou Springs Valley CO 80829
X: Doug Galbreath, 3408 Topsail Pl, Davis CA 95616
XI: John Crosetto, 14809 S.E. 54th, Bellevue WA 98006
SCALE CONTEST BOARD
I: Irv Searl, 52 Langholm Dr., Nashua NH 03062
II: Don Typond, 275 Cascade Rd., Warwick NY 10990
III: Bill Carper, 264 Oak St., Jackson OH 45640
IV: Bob Karlsson, 708 Bullen Dr., Middletown DE 19709
V: David Platt, 1306 Havre, N.W., Palm Bay FL 32907
VI: John Guenther, 21609 Borden-Greenville Rd., Borden IN 47106
VII: Claude McCullough, 102 Constance St., Montezuma IA 50171
VIII: Ernest Harwood, 2711 English Chase, Arlington TX 76016
IX Glen Lau, 3701 S. 44th St., Lincoln NE 68506
X: Kent Walters, 6407 N. 83rd St., Scottsdale AZ 85250
XI: Jerry Holcomb, 1010 NE 122 Ave, Vancouver WA 98684
ELECTRIC
I: Edmund Bassick, 75 Romanock Pl, Fairfield CT 06432
II: Tom Hunt, 1 Dianne Ave., Centereach, NY 11720-3601
III: Richard Simpson, 332 39th Street, Pittsburgh PA 15201
IV: David Robelen, R.R. 4, Box 369, Farmdale VA 23901
V: Robert Nelson, 5955 Chickadee Dr., Lakeland FL 33809
VI: Steve Moskal, 7516 Country Ln., Apt. 1E, Darien IL 60561
VII: Keith Shaw, 2756 Elmwood, Ann Arbor MI 48104
VIII: George Parks, 2102 Oxford Ave., Austin TX 78704
IX: Ed Sweeney, 15815 Wildwind Terrace, Colorado Springs CO 80908
X: Robert Sliff, 8044 Legion Pl. #6, Midway City CA 92655
XI: Bernard Cawley, 29838 48th Ave. S., Auburn WA 98001
AEROBATICS
I: Scott Melville, 100 Chatham Terr., Bridgeport CT 06606
II: Ron Lockhart, 413 Dennis Dr., Galloway NJ 08205
III: Geoff Combs, 7658 Silver Springs St., Canal Winchester OH 43110
IV: Tom Miller, 19130 Brookgreen Garden Pl., Cornelius NC 28031
V: John Fuqua, 175 W.T. Hulion Rd., Crestview FL 32539
VI: Charles W. Reed, 5408 Woodson Rd., Raytown MO 64133
VII: David von Linsowe, 7093 E. Dodge Rd., Mt. Morris MI 48458
VIII:William Thomas, 5442 Bow Dr., Bartlesville OK 74006
IX: Jim Mowrey, 310 Capitol Ave., Kinsley KS 67547
X: Derek Koopowitz, 881 Oxford Way, Benicia CA 94510
XI: Rick Allison, 26405 SE 160th St., Issaquah WA 98027
HELICOPTER
I: Randy King, 59 Wallingford Ave., Athol MA 01331
II: Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
III: Paul Soha, 2642 Lacolline Dr., Stow OH 44224
IV: Marshall McClung, 2722 Fawn Rd. SW, Roanoke VA 24015
V: Cliff Hiatt, 14218 Lake Tilden Blvd., Winter Garden FL 34787
VI: Luther Akemon, 1080 Laveview Dr., Scottsburg IN 47170
VII: Craig Bradley, 12400 Burlington Dr., Dewitt MI 48820
VIII:Dave Youngblood, 2104 Farley, College Station TX 77845
IX: Don Vineyard, 1016 Burr Oak Ln., Salina KS 67401-3209
X: Julius Frank, 1970 Tahoe Circle, Tracy CA 95376
XI: Rich Josephson, 2842 Tonia Cir., Medford OR 97504
RACING
I: Pete Reed, 416 Gilmore Pond Rd., Jaffrey NH 03452
II: Ernest Nikodem, 407 Willow St., Lockport NY 14094
III: Tom Scott, 10073 Spring beauty Ln., Cincinnati OH 45231
IV: Richard Moreland, 726 Hillmeade Rd., Edgewater MD 21037
V: Gail Jacobson, 6205 Rivercliffe Dr. NW, Atlanta GA 30328
VI: Dan Kane Jr., 1703 W. Grove St., Arlington Heights IL 60005
VII: Mike Condon, 9335 Eastwind Dr., Livonia MI 48150-4521
VIII:Mike Helsel, 7 Stillmeadow, Round Rock TX 78664
IX: Lyle Larson, HC 80 Box 475, Piedmont SD 57769
X: James Allen, 4235 E. Ellis Circle, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Tom Strom, 1420 SW 160th, Seattle WA 98116
SOARING
I: Fritz Bien, 41 Sawmill Rd., Concord MA 01742
II: Roman Paryz, 59 Steinfeldt Rd.,Lancaster NY 14086
III: Jack Strother, 1731 Lindenhall Dr., Loveland OH 45140
IV: Douglas Barry, 6518 Tuskan Dr., Charlotte NC 28270
V: Charles Anderson, P.O. Box 305, Tullahoma TN 37388
VI: Rick Burnoski, 158 Canyon Dr., Bolingbrook IL 60440
VII: Al Scidmore, 5013 Dorsett Dr., Madison WI 53711
VIII:Barry Kennedy, 1935 Highvalley Tr., Grand Prairie TX 75052
IX: Byron Blakeslee, 1448 W. Briarwood Dr., Littleton CO 80120
X:
XI: Dave Johnson, 16500 SE 1st St. #114, Vancouver WA 98684
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
I: Bob Wallace, 91 Sylvan St., Avon CT 06001
II: George Hartman, 14811 Crystal Cove Ct., Ft. Myers FL 33919
III: Rick Fraley, 4412 Eaton Gettysburg Rd., Eaton OH 45320
IV: Pete Rundel, 1031 Riva Ridge Dr., Great Falls VA 22066
V: Lou Melancon, 105 Morton Walk Dr., Alpharetta GA 30022
VI: Philip Rossman II, 19130 Madden Rd., Churubusco IN 46723
VII: Mike Fredericks, 1129 Madison St., Beaver Dam WI 53916
VIII:Doug Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310
IX:
X: Terry Harner, 2113 Ramada Dr., Oceanside CA 92056
XI: Ron Horton, 1129 Eldora Ln., Billings MT 59105
Chairpersons from each of the other Contest Boards and the Contest Board Coordinator. See individual listings above for addresses.
Ralph (Bud) Tenny William Hughes Richard Perry Richard Lambert Gary McClellan
Pat Willcox Dave Robelen Pete Reed Doug Powell John Fuqua
Douglas Berry Jerald Murphy Cliff Hiatt Cliff Telford David Platt
SCALE
Mike Gretz, Box 162, Montezuma IA 50171
INDOOR
Steve Brown, 297 Hartman Ct., San Dimas CA 91773
FREE FLIGHT
Henry Spence, 1111 Country Club Ct., Mansfield TX 76063
SPEED & TEAM RACE
Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
CL COMBAT
Gary Frost, 13 Castlewood Ct., St. Peters MO 63376
CL AEROBATICS
Wynn Paul, 3332 Carriage Ln., Lexington KY 40517
RC SOARING
Buzz Averill, 186 Sedillo Hill Rd., Tijeras NM 87059
RC AEROBATICS
Earl Haury, 22818 Whitewater Creek Circle Katy TX 77450
RC PYLON
Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
RC ELECTRIC
Charles D. Grim, 1319 Reed Ave., San Diego CA 92109
RC HELICOPTER
Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
SPACEMODELING
Dr. Bob Kreutz, 506 Hunters Road, Brick NJ 08724
FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
CONTEST COORDINATORS
SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR: Cliff Telford, 1512 S. Greenleaf Ct., Winter Springs FL 32708
Boldface Below Indicates Chairman of Contest Board
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Dwight hovers Caliber 90 at eye level in deep concentration. Curtis spots the autorotation in world-champion style.
Wayne hovers through the round as
Mechanic Cliff Hiatt and judges look on.
178 MODEL AVIATION
29 in Orlando, Florida. It was a very
competitive event with seven of the country’s
top pilots competing for the three open
positions on the team. When all of the rotors
stopped spinning, we were left with the three
individuals to represent the United States in
Japan; they were Wayne Mann, Len Sabato,
and Dwight Schilling, and I would be the
team manager.
Our journey to Japan started on May 25
with our team converging on Osaka, Japan,
where we loaded our models and luggage into
our minivans and caravanned our way to the
town of Noto in the Ishikawa prefecture,
about 400 kilometers northwest of Osaka.
We arrived to the sight of a well-organized
event produced by the Masuda family of
Japan’s Radio Control Technique magazine.
Mr. Masuda has spent the past two years
securing sponsorship for this event, not only
from the modeling community but the local
state governments as well. This was
evidenced by the warm welcome all the
competitors received from the local people as
well as our participation in the grand opening
ceremonies of the Noto airport.
SARS was an important issue for
everyone at the event as five teams decided to
withdraw from the competition in
consideration for their fellow competitors;
they were China, Taipei, Hong Kong,
Singapore, and the Philippines. In addition, all
in attendance had to have their temperature
checked twice a day to make sure that we
didn’t have symptoms of this dreadful
disease.
The competition was held on the grounds
of the Noto International Airport. As you
could imagine the facility lent itself to an
event of this type with its wide, open space
and the wind coming right down the runway.
We unfortunately did not fly off the
asphalt as anticipated, but the grass area
adjacent to it. This presented a little bit of a
challenge for flying and judging because the
grass had a slope of about 5°. This meant that
as the pilots navigated their models around
the course, the altitude above the ground
changed as the model maintained flight in a
constant plane; this was visually interesting as
well as challenging
Because of the number of entries, there
were two flightlines running simultaneously.
This would later account for what some may
view as disparity in judging. It was evident
that certain flightlines favored pilots from
different parts of the world, It is also
important to note that the United States was
Len’s Vigor generated much interest with Eclipse fuselage,
prototype retracts. Go to www.lensabato.com for info.
Manabu Hashimoto debuted prototype solid-axle DDF head. It
allows each blade to “flap” independently, yet be dampened as
one complete unit by use of seesaw hub with center damper.
not represented in the judges’ lineup because
of a last-minute withdrawal with no chance to
find a suitable replacement.
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The Competition: Round One went off
without a hitch as the United States was
assigned to flightline A. Curtis Youngblood
was up first, putting in a flight which would
later prove to be the highest scoring for the
day. Wayne Mann was up next, putting in an
equally well-executed first-round flight. I
think the best comment came from Len
Sabato after his first round when he stated,
“When I fly the Nats I will view it like a small
regional contest.” Welcome to the worlds,
Len!
The wind came up in the afternoon just to
let everyone know that nature is still the boss.
Dwight Shilling enjoyed doing his windsurfer
imitation, but in traditional Dwight style he
was just pleased to be there. The real sneak
attack on this flightline was mounted by
Rudiger Feil of Germany; his smooth style
and well-set-up Hirobo Black Shark was
pleasing to watch.
As always, our biggest concern other than
our flying was to watch what the Japanese
team was doing. As suspected they were well
practiced and ready to go for the gold.
Manabu Hashimoto wanted the World
Champion title back and the team did not
want to have the 2001 title taken away from
them on their own soil. They had little to
worry about with a clear advantage of having
Hashimoto’s score counting toward the team
standings.
Throughout the first four rounds, the top
six positions were traded back and forth with
pilots from the United States, Japan, and Scott
Gray of Canada. Neither Curtis nor
Hashimoto could keep his hands on the firstplace
position long enough to declare any sort
of trend, mostly because of the disparity in
judging between flightlines.
The team title had been decided, though,
with Japan first, Germany second, and the
United States coming in third. It was a close
contest for second; we lost with humility and
clearly the best team uniforms and jackets!
When it was time for the final three
rounds, it was clear that it was anyone’s
championship with Curtis’s carryover score of
1,000 and Hashimoto’s 998.47 from the first
round. The panel of judges increased to 10
with the combining of the pilots from both
flightlines. This is where the flying must
impress each judge’s individual tastes at once!
The wind had played a factor in
everyone’s flying; some benefited and some
did not. But it was flight order that everyone
was concerned with now because the wind
tended to be lighter in the morning and late
afternoon, but no one really wants to be first
up, and of course I pulled the number-two slot
for our World Champion in the first round and
number one in the third!
The wind was blowing 5-10 mph during
Curtis’s first-round flight; we were all hoping
that he could repeat his “taming of the winds”
routine from the fourth round. He put in a
good flight, but it just wasn’t up to Curtis’s
own standards; he came away with a
combined score of 588. This was for the best
of round A and the first round of B placing
him in second behind Rudiger Feil who had a
breakout round with a combined score of 600.
Rudiger had the calmest conditions of the
morning, which ultimately helped him win the
first round.
Len was next up and flew a good round
with a score of 519.5. He has attracted a lot of
attention this year with his Eclipse fuselage
and retractable skids, but this was no beauty
contest. Wayne put in a solid round, earning
him a combined score of 544.5. To watch
Wayne fly through the maneuvers was truly
enjoyable as he definitely has a lot of grace
‘upstairs.’
The second round went better for Curtis
and Wayne, but Len just didn’t find his
‘groove.’ Curtis flew a 600.5 and Wayne
earned a 577. Manabu Hashimoto of Japan
had the last flight of the day and found
himself in first place by presenting the crowd
Sue Giles, Barron Guss, and Sandy Sabato enjoy an afternoon of
sightseeing at a 700-year-old temple.
“No sir, I did not steal the car.” Dwight tries to explain his way
through a security checkpoint.
L-R: Curtis Youngblood (second), Manabu Hashimoto (first),
Minoru Kobayashi (third) show rewards of their hard work.
Getting into the culture (L-R), Barron, Nob, and Dwight donned
ceremonial “happy coats” at the awards banquet.
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INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 16:48 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 13:15 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 39:19 Robert Randolph 01-26-96
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 11:49 Don Slusarczyk 08-12-86
Sr. 22:08 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 30:40 Stan Chilton 08-05-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:18 Doug Schaefer 11-18-01
Sr. 12:20 Doug Schaefer 01-04-02
Op. 22:37 John Kagan 08-19-01
ROG Cabin
Jr. 10:01 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 16:15 Robert Randolph 04-05-91
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:12 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 08:31 Walter VanGorder 12-09-90
Easy B
Jr. 08:26 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 13:04 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 21:44 Larry Coslick 02-11-96
Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 13:45 Jim Clem 08-06-95
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 16:14 Warren J. Williams 05-10-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:24 Jon Harlan 06-29-85
Sr. 04:32 Ronnie Stransky 03-31-73
Op. 11:07 James Richmond 12-11-88
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:22 Scott T. Robbins 03-23-91
Sr. 05:16 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 09:01 Roy White 10-01-95
Autogiro
Jr. 02:43 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-86
Sr. 06:52 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 10:10 Don Slusarczyk 12-22-96
HLG
Jr. 01:01.4 Jon Chancey 03-31-84
Sr. 01:03.3 Don DeLoach 05-11-91
Op. 01:34.8 Stan Buddenbohm 03-13-91
ROG Stick
Jr. 08:09.00 Mike Clem 12-14-80
Sr. 05:51.05 James Buxton 04-14-91
Op. 17:17.00 Larry Coslick 10-20-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:44.2 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 47.1 Matthew Chalker 05-24-01
Op. 01:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:43.5 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 0:46.9 Jeff Daulton 05-24-01
Op. 1:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Mini Stick
Jr. 06:55 David Rigotti 11-18-01
Sr. 06:04 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11:13 Stan Chilton 10-05-02
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 11:14 Bob Wilder 03-06-02
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04-01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 45:32 Robert Randolph 10-17-93
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 10:45 Parker Parrish 11-25-00
Sr. 21:04 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 31:37 Larry Coslick 09-12-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04B01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 20:46 Jake Palmer 04-21-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 08:26 Paul Loucka 04-05-81
Sr. 17:37 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 21:57 William Shailor 07-13-87
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:19 Don Slusarczyk 04-27-86
Sr. 07:23 Don DeLoach 03-20-88
Op. 09:32 Walt VanGorder 07-12-87
Easy B
Jr. 11:45 Doug Schaefer 03-25-01
Sr. 16:37 Doug Schaefer 04-06-03
Op. 21:14 Larry Coslick 05-08-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 16:41 Raymond B Harlan 10-11-97
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 12:28 William Pavek 11-17-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:39 Jonathan Harlan 04-15-84
Sr. 02:28 Thomas Norell 04-14-85
Op. 11:00 Larry Coslick 04-27-95
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:13 Scott Robbins 04-11-91
Sr. 04:27 Jonathon Sayre 04-24-99
Op. 10:01 Roy White 12-30-95
Autogiro
Jr. 04:40 Chris Lu 11-03-01
Sr. No record established
Op. 08:38 Ronald Ganser 02-13-93
HLG
Jr. 01:16.0 Aaron Markos 09-30-84
Sr. 01:21.8 Bryan Fulmer 03-20-83
Op. 01:39.8 Daniel Domina 06-13-82
ROG Stick
Jr. 07:04 Don Slusarczyk 11-30-86
Sr. 12:14 Mark Drela 06-12-77
Op. 17:06 Larry Coslick 10-24-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:01.7 Kenny Krempetz 11-16-97
Sr. 0:20.5 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:07.0 Kenny Krempetz 11-22-98
Sr. 1:10.6 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Mini Stick
Jr. 05:53 Chris Lu 08-05-01
Sr. 07:45 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11.00 Stan Chilton 03-26-00
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:28 Raymond Harlan 04-19-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 23:46 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 47:19 James Richmond 08-04-02
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 24:44 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 39:54 Lawrence Coslick 08-16-03
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:26 David Rigotti 05-06-01
Sr. 30:25 Doug Schaefer 08-04-02
Op. 33:47 James Richmond 08-04-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 15:07 Paul Loucka 06-25-81
Sr. 15:42 Tom Sova 08-06-73
Op. 27:45 Larry Loucka 08-04-02
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:15 Don Slusarczyk 04-13-86
Sr. 08:32 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 11:43 Larry Loucka 08-16-03
Easy B
Jr. 24:13 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 24:00 Doug Schaefer 05-04-03
Op. 27:03 Alan Cohen 08-15-03
Pennyplane
Jr. 12:36 Jeni Jaecks 06-14-83
Sr. 14:36 Dave Lindley 06-17-82
Op. 17:45 Gordon Wisniewski 08-17-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 12:24 Aaron Markos 06-15-83
Sr. 13:30 Brian Johnson 08-03-02
Op. 15:13 James Richmond 08-16-03
Helicopter
Jr. 06:18 Jonathan Harlan 06-18-84
Sr. 08:03 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 10:18 James Richmond 08-15-03
Ornithopter
Jr. 05:21 Scott T. Robbins 12-09-90
Sr. 09:11 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 15:20 Ray Harlan 08-16-03
Autogiro
Jr. 04:08 Dave Lindley 06-26-80
Sr. 08:36 Don Slusarczyk 10-30-90
Op. 10:58 Ronald Ganser 05-01-94
HLG
Jr. 02:10.4 Darryl Stevens 08-07-77
Sr. 02:32.6 Gary Stevens 08-07-77
Op. 02:35.1 James C. Buxton 10-03-93
ROG Stick
Jr. 10:02 Dave Lindley 06-28-80
Sr. 11:09 Richard Whitten 06-02-77
Op. 20:03 Lawrence Coslick 05/03/98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:27.5 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 01:59.1 Kenny Krempetz 08-18-03
Op. 02:48.2 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:31.3 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 02:15.4 Kenny Krempetz 08-19-03
Op. 03:08.0 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 11:30 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 11:34 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 13:23 Walter VanGorder 08-15-03
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:00 Ray Harlan 08-15-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 34:44 Jonathan Harlan 09-01-85
Sr. 41:25 Don Slusarczyk 09-02-90
Op. 60:01 Stephen Brown 06-01-97
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 15:54 Mike VanGorder 07-15-79
Sr. 36:31 Doug Schaefer 05-25-03
Op. 41:48 Larry Coslick 09-03-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 29:42 Doug Schaefer 09-01-01
Sr. 36:12 Doug Schaefer 10-11-02
Op. 37:59 John Kagan 08-31-03
ROG Cabin
Jr. 14:35 Jonathan Harlan 08-14-83
Sr. 27:10 Don Slusarczyk 06-08-90
Op. 33:20 Robert Randolph 06-05-82
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:31 Jim Buxton 06-07-87
Sr. 10:28 Don Slusarczyk 06-03-89
Op. 15:17 James Grant 07-03-95
Easy B
Jr. 18:07 Andrew Tagliafico 08-05-88
Sr. 26:29 Doug Schaefer 05-30-03
Op. 34:13 Larry Coslick 05-18-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 13:56 Christopher Lu 09-02-01
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 20:52 Anthony D’Alessandro 09-13-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 15:19 Vito Iacobellis 07-05-02
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 18:34 Lawrence Cailliau 08-17-97
Helicopter
Jr. 05:47 Nick Leonard, Jr. 08-01-96
Sr. 08:15 Benjamin Saks 06-02-01
Op. 12:00 Larry Coslick 08-02-96
Ornithopter
Jr. 04:28 Scott Robbins 07-23-89
Sr. 09:02 Don Slusarczyk 07-03-88
Op. 21:44 Roy White 09-02-95
Autogiro
Jr. 05:22 Christopher Lu 09-01-01
Sr. 12:11 Don Slusarczyk 09-01-90
Op. 19:53 Anthony DíAlessandro 07-19-03
HLG
Jr. 02:07.20 Steve Wittman 01-27-74
Sr. 02:39.44 Charles Gagliano 09-05-88
Op 02:58.60 Ron Wittman 02-18-73
ROG Stick
Jr. 12:47 Robert Skrjanc 05-16-82
Sr. 15:51 Mark Drela 09-18-77
Op. 24:51 Larry Coslick 07-05-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:29.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:50.0 Christopher Sydor 09-03-94
Op. 03:25.4 Robert De Shields 02-02-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:26.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:55.5 Christopher Sydor 09-04-94
Op. 04:11.9 Stan Buddenbohm 10-04-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 9:49 David Rigotti 06-01-01
Sr. 13:32 Max Zaluska 08-31-03
Op. 15:06 Robert Romash 09-01-01
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 30:30 Ray Harlan 06-01-02
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Age Min/Sec. Held By Date Set
Cargo
Jr. 55.97 Darryl Stevens 07-10-77
Sr. 25.00 Melanie Sanford 07-02-88
Op. 100.21 Roman Ramirez 09-19-82
Coupe d’Hiver
Jr. 11:54 Gregg Ferrer 01-26-75
Sr. 24:49 Jason Kendy 03-28-81
Op. 53:03 Robert P. White 03-28-81
P-30
Jr. 11:01 David Ellis 01-01-95
Sr. 23:00 Don DeLoach 06-23-90
Op. 42:58 Stanley Buddenbohm 11-10-01
HL Glider
Jr. 10:56 Darryl Stevens 02-20-77
Sr. 12:06 John Dowey 09-27-75
Op. 25:50 Bill Moody 10-04-97
A-2 Glider
Jr. 38:31 Benjamin Coussens 10-06-01
Sr. 35:58 Brian Bauer 03-08-03
Op. 69:35 Tom Coussens 03-13-94
Wakefield
Jr. 23:45 Taylor Gunder 06-22-02
Sr. 28:01 David Ellis 12-29-99
Op. 33:39 Walter Ghio 11-16-02
F1C Power (FAI)
Jr. 15:37 J. E. Troutman 10-13-91
Sr. 25:11 James Troutman 01-14-95
Op 49:50 Ed Keck 03-14-98
F1H A-1 Towline
Jr. 17:00 Dallas Parker 10-28-01
Sr. 30:19 Ben Coussens 02-09-03
Op. 58:42 Martyn Cowley 03-15-98
F1G Coupe (FAI)
Jr. 16:56 Taylor Burrows 03-23-03
Sr. 12:09 Ben Thomson 07-31-03
Op. 38:24 John Sessums 03-10-02
F1J 1/2A Power (FAI)
Jr. 20:20 Austin Gunder 08-02-00
Sr. 41:10 Austin Gunder 08-02-01
Op. 38:07 Douglas Galbreath 08-19-95
CO2 Unlimited
Jr. 05:30 Jeff Wittman 05-30-88
Sr. 26:05 Jeff Wittman 05-29-89
Op. 20:25 H. Graham Selick Jr 07-31-03
USA F1K CO2
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 18:00 H Graham Selick 10-06-02
Catapult Glider
Jr. 05:56 Taylor Boe 09-14-03
Sr. 05:07 Daniel Miller 04-30-95
Op. 25:12 Stan Buddenbohm 03-09-03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 40:49 Jon-Mark Carman 05-26-90
Sr. 51:28 Paul Munana 05-25-80
Op. 73:01 Terry Thorkildsen 05-27-89
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 10:20 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 12:49 Dana White 07-13-75
Op. 11:14 John Drobschoff 07-10-77
A Gas
Jr. 25:00 Joey Foster 05-28-77
Sr. 47:02 Randy Weiler 05-29-76
Op. 129:25 Terry Thorkildsen 02-26-95
A Gas ROW
Jr. 07:53 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 11:50 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 13:44 Richard Myers 08-27-72
B Gas
Jr. 25:57 Travis Hunter 05-30-83
Sr. 26:52 Bob Scully 03-07-76
Op. 105:00 Terry Kerger 02-25-95
B Gas /ROW
Jr. 20:00 Steve Calhoun 11-16-75
Sr. 08:08 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 12:03 H. Doering, Jr. 11-27-77
C Gas
Jr. 33:46 Travis Hunter 05-28-83
Sr. 26:32 Keith Morgan 05-26-79
Op. 100:00 Douglas Galbreath 09-06-92
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:43 Lyman Armstrong 07-27-80
D Gas
Jr. 12:17 Mike Kelley 11-08-86
Sr. 29:50 Travis Hunter 01-15-84
Op. 69:04 Hulan Matthies 03-11-79
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:51 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 23:28 J. Cunnyngham 05-28-77
Sr. 28:10 Jason Kendy 04-19-80
Op. 88:24 Robert P. White 03-11-79
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 04:46 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 01:22 John Banck 09-19-76
Op. 12:42 Joe Bilgri 08-15-82
Ornithopter
Jr. 01:01 Chris Scott 04-22-79
Sr. No record established
Op. 09:21 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 02:36 Nancy Andrews 08-03-75
Sr. 01:35 Mike Johnson 01-17-76
Op. 09:46 Jean Andrews 05-29-89
Helicopter
Jr. 13:24 Darryl Stevens 10-29-77
Sr. 07:16 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 14:57 Thomas Finch 05-08-60
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 13:01 Jason Villnave 04-27-86
Sr. 07:20 Allen Porter 09-04-94
Op. 40:04 B. Baron-Rawdon 05-27-85
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. 08:51 Jason Villnave 10-26-86
Sr. 05:31 Allen Porter 09-05-94
Op. 41:31 John Oian 05-26-86
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:44 John Finn 12-14-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 16:01 Keith Morgan 01-30-77
Sr. 19:30 Kenneth Keegan 04-29-84
Op. 40:42 Michael Ryan 04-08-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:53 Dana White 09-15-74
Sr. 7:52 Randy Archer 09-19-76
Op. 9:59 Joe W. Dodson 08-11-74
A Gas
Jr. 21:45 Joey Foster 04-03-77
Sr. 26:46 Parker McQuown 05-24-80
Op. 83:40 Kenneth E. Oliver 09-28-91
A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:35 Tom Regan 11-04-73
Sr. 6:54 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:03 Jerald Murphy 10-23-83
B Gas
Jr. 11:37 Travis Hunter 09-25-83
Sr. 19:11 Mark Woodrey 09-03-78
Op. 54:00 William Morgan 11-29-81
B Gas ROW
Jr. 1:29 Timothy Young 07-13-75
Sr. 7:27 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:24 Micheal Thompson 05-27-01
C Gas
Jr. 23:13 Mike Keller 12-07-86
Sr. 20:52 Keith Morgan 11-11-79
Op. 59:45 Daryl Perkins 01-19-03
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:08 John Drobshoff 07-05-81
D Gas
Jr. 22:22 Mike Keller 04-06-86
Sr. 14.28 Travis Hunter 04-29-84
Op. 81:00 Lynn Pulley 01-20-02
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:59 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 6:39 Steve Wittman 05-30-77
Sr. 7:11 Steve Wittman 05-29-78
Op. 39:00 Edward Eliot 08-29-76
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 62:13 Randy Secor 11-05-72
Sr. 30:52 Joseph Kubina 08-05-78
Op. 16:19 Don DeLoach 10-20-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 3:21 Tim Young 09-21-75
Sr. 3:49 Gary Stevens 02-26-78
Op. 16:15 Henry Smith 01-15-00
Ornithopter
Jr. 8:15 Jolyn Andrews 06-27-82
Sr. No record established
Op. 6:38 Roy White 10-21-84
Autogiro
Jr. 2:38 Jeanine Andrews 06-08-75
Sr. 0:23 Mike Reagan 07-21-74
Op. 5:59 Jean F. Andrews 11-04-90
Helicopter
Jr. 6:14 Jillian Anderson 08-02-00
Sr. 6:57 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 16:56 Stanley Buddenbohm 05-23-98
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 7:12 Allen J. Porter 09-30-91
Sr. No record established
Op. 38:15 Donald L. Hughes 02-03-91
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:32 William Rietdorf 05-16-93
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 06:59 William Lovins 07-28-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 11:00 Jason Poti 08-03-00
Sr. 07:52 Jason Greer 08-01-97
Op. 54:21 Charles Caton 10-22-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 20:01 Jerry Rocha 05-04-96
A Gas
Jr. 09:33 James Troutman 07-08-90
Sr. 12:20 Mike Keller 05-27-90
Op 105:00 Ronnie Thompson 07-30-98
A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:09 Norman Peterson 04-23-94
B Gas
Jr. 10:08 Mike Keller 10-18-86
Sr. 11:45 Justin Aronholt 05-18-97
Op. 90:00 Robert P. Johannes 07-22-96
B Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 7:16 William Vanderbeek 05-06-00
C Gas
Jr. 7:55 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 12:15 James P. Lebda 01-27-91
Op. 70:00 Edward Keck 07-29-98
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:39 John Drobshoff 08-15-82
D Gas
Jr. 11:00 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 7:19 James E. Troutman 05-29-94
Op. 60:00 Robert Johannes 08-30-98
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:20 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 5:03 Tony Hutchins 08-09-86
Sr. 3:09 David Crofoot 07-28-97
Op. 10:58 Warren Kurth 07-30-00
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 30:55 John Shailor 07-28-03
Sr. 27:56 Roderick T. Ioerger 07-06-94
Op. 43:00 Joseph Williams 06-28-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 2:12 Jason Thorton 11-24-85
Sr No record established
Op. 17:15 Henry Smith 05-01-99
Ornithopter
Jr. 1:11 Jolyn Andrews 08-23-81
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:17 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 1:43 Jolyn Andrews 07-23-78
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:50 Jean Andrews 09-14-97
Helicopter
Jr. 5:31.9 Stephen Burhenn 07-14-99
Sr. 1:57.0 Don DeLoach 05-18-91
Op. 11:38.0 Stan Buddenbohm 06-19-94
Electric Power A
Jr. 4:17 David Crofoot 06-30-96
Sr. 5:32 Melanie Sanford 09-03-88
Op. 30:00 Charles Groth 08-24-03
Electric Power B
Jr. No record established
Sr. 7:14 David Crofoot 07-30-98
Op. 24:00 William Rietdorf 09-01-93
Moffett
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 43:00 Robert Bienenstein 07-22-96
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:26.6 Jack Marsh 09-28-02
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:50 Ronnie Thompson 06-29-02
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Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:52 Marvin Mace 06-01-02
CONTROL LINE
Age MPH Held By Date Set
1/2A Speed
Jr. 146.72 Bobby Fogg III 10-09-94
Sr. 143.61 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 156.42 R. Fogg/C Aloise/
Brown/Shahan 12-11-94
A Speed
Jr. 160.51 Bobby Fogg 09-04-94
Sr. 162.39 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 194.31 Jerry Rocha 12-02-00
B Speed
Jr. 166.75 Bobby Fogg 12-11-94
Sr. 163.42 Bobby Fogg III 10-12-96
Op. 186.84 Team Fogg/Brown/
Mancini 10-19-02
D Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 199.92 Team Fogg/Brown 12-04-99
1/2A Profile Proto
Jr. 103.76 Bobby Fogg 12-13-92
Sr. 104.73 Bobby Fogg III 07-14-97
Op. 116.08 Jerry Rocha 10-13-01
.21 Sport Speed
Jr. 143.83 Peter Brown 10-04-93
Sr. 145.93 Peter Brown 07-16-97
Op. 158.39 R. Fogg/G. Brown 12-06-98
Formula. 40 Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. 146.16 Mike Wisniewski 07-11-96
Op. 161.87 James Rhoades 12-06-98
Jet
Jr. No record established
Sr. 123.41 Howell Pugh 09-02-95
Op. 204.93 L. Waltemath/
J. Mathison 12-07-02
F2A (FAI)
Jr. 162.62 Krystal King 06-17-00
Sr. 173.21 Krystal King 10-06-01
Op. 183.52 William Naemura 09-18-99
Rat Racing
Jr. No record established
Sr No record established
Op. 2:19.67 Team Fogg/Shahan
(70 Lap) 07-21-94
4:50.87 Mike Shahan
(140 Lap) 07-13-95
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Slow Rat Racing
Jr. 5:16.20 Scott Matson
(70 lap) 07-10-00
6:47.37 Scott Matson
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Sr. 4:29.63 Howell Pugh
(70 lap) 07-20-94
10:58.47 Douglas Short
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Op. 2:36.31 R. Ogez
(70 lap) 07-18-91
5:24.945 Mike Greb
(140 lap) 07-19-90
1/2A Mouse Race I
Jr. 2:37.57 Scott Matson
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:17.68 Scott Matson
(100 lap) 07-15-99
Sr. 2:44.68 David Rolley Jr
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:20.11 D.J. Parr
(100 lap) 07-16-98
Op. 2:14:35 Todd Ryan/Michael MacCarthy
(50 lap) 07-13-01
Op. 4:22.00 Paul Gibeault/Todd Ryan
(100 Lap) 07-15-99
Scale Racing
Jr. 2:50.65 Bobby Fogg III
(70 lap) 07-16-91
6:08.55 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 06-23-92
Sr. 3:15.12 Douglas Short
(70 lap) 07-11-00
5:40.05 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 07-11-95
Op. 2:39.38 Team Willoughby/Oge
(70 lap) 07-15-97
5:33.04 Robert Fogg
(140 lap) 07-16-91
F2C Team Race (FAI)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:16.70 Team Ascher 07-19-02
6:57.36 Lambert/Ballard
(200 lap) 07-15-98
Endurance
Jr. 0::44:12 Mark E. Williams 10-06-90
Sr. 0::25:41 Mark Williams 11-27-94
Op. 2::28:02 Edwin Gifford 09-15-02
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Carrier Class I
Jr. 386.0 Andy Westerheim 10-19-97
Sr. 435.8 Andy Westerheim 07-13-01
Op. 510.0 Kelvin Hite 02-18-01
Carrier Class II
Jr. 366.77 D. Silversmith 10-13-85
Sr. 416.5 Andy Westerheim 10-28-01
Op. 517.9 Peter Mazur 11-05-00
Profile Carrier
Jr. 279.5 Andy Westerheim 08-31-97
Sr. 342.1 Andy Westerheim 06-17-01
Op. 391.5 Peter Mazur 07-12-01
Electric Speed Class A
Jr. No record established
Sr. 64.35 Howell A. Pugh 06-20-92
Op. 90.42 H.Doering Jr. 10-10-93
Electric Speed Class B
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 119.63 William G. Stewart 06-05-99
PYLON RACING
Age Time Held By Date Set
Q-40
Jr. 1:03.15 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-11-00
Sr. 1:00.73 Gino DelPonte
(Long Course) 04-12-03
Op. 0:59.38 Thomas Scott
(Long Course) 05-27-00
1:03.13 Santiago Panzardi
(Short Course) 10-22-94
F3D
Jr. 1:08.69 Matthew Van Baren 11-15-98
Sr. 1:02.06 Matthew Van Baren 11-02-02
Op. 0:58.38 Richard Verano/
Robert Holik 08-30-03
Q-500
Jr. 1:10.43 Bucky Miller
(Short Course) 06-13-92
1:13.19 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 05-24-98
Sr. 1:01.36 David Wright
(Short Course) 07-10-94
1:05.83 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-16-01
Op. 0:56.49 Gordon Hyde
(Short Course) 05-29-94
1:03.54 Travis Flynn
(Long Course) 02-03-02
Formula I
Jr. 1:10.81 Matthew Van Baren 08-18-96
Sr. 1:07.94 Henson Bartle 10-09-98
Op. 1:03.16 Richard Verano 03-28-92
RC SOARING
SLOPE DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-87
Sr. 2::58:09 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 12::28:20 Alvin Battad 05-23-98
Class B
Jr. 8::12:08 Patrick McIntire 04-21-01
Sr. 6::01.13 Christopher Ritter 05-31-93
Op. 12::08:04 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 11::31:18 Caleb Lesher 04-21-01
Sr. 5::01:43 Ken Merenda 05-31-93
Op. 12::33.57 Jess Walls 05-05-92
Class D
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-88
Sr. 5::08:30 Joel Magnuson 04-21-01
Op. 13::32:11 Rex Coffman 04-21-01
THERMAL DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 0::30:27 Matthew Andren 06-12-93
Sr. 0::50:34 Andy Schuler 08-27-94
Op. 2::43:43 Bill Hoelcher 09-12-02
Class B
Jr. 0::41:40 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::27:04 Charles Vergo 05-31-92
Op. 5::00:55 Jerry Krainock 08-23-81
Class C
Jr. 0::43:49 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::54:09 Charles Vergo 06-14-92
Op. 8::03:00 Jay Siren 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 1::18:05 Christopher Ritter 05-11-91
Sr. 1::23:14 Rodney Cooper 05-09-92
Op. 9::47:00 Keith Kindrick 05-30-82
DECLARED DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 3.18 Christopher Ritter 05-04-91
Sr. 2.86 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 5.58 David Hall 05-27-03
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 14.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-81
Class C
Jr. 4.78 Christopher Ritter 05-24-91
Sr. 4.82 Kenneth Merenda 05-16-92
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
OPEN DISTANCES
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4.32 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 3.69 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 6.60 Paul J. Wilson 07-07-88
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 17.475 Jack R. Hiner 05-27-89
Class C
Jr. 12.30 Brian Isenhart 05-27-84
Sr. 9.90 Alex Bower 05-30-81
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
CLOSED COURSE DISTANCE
Age Km. Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 32.4 George Rodriguez 10-17-86
Sr. 69.8 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 129.4 Arlie Stoner 06-25-89
Class B
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class D
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
ALTITUDE
Age Feet Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. No record established
Op. 2,220.0 Gary Fogel 10-13-02
Class B
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. 1,993.0 Alex Bower 10-04-81
Op. 3,100.0 Jack R. Hiner 09-14-85
Class C
Jr. 309.7 Christopher Ritter 01-18-87
Sr. 3,045.0 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 3,600.0 Jack Hiner 07-27-85
Class D
Jr. 4,010 Scott Christian 07-29-84
Sr. 3,045 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 6,025 Jack Hiner 06-11-82
SPEED
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 53.014 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 45.747 Karl Cranford 05-31-92
Class B
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 47.006 Christopher Ritter 05-31-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class C
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 51.057 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class D
Jr. 49.22 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 57.23 Alex Bower 04-10-83
Op. 86.37 John H. Sasson Jr. 09-15-91
RC ELECTRIC
DURATION
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:16:58 Joachim Nave 06-22-02
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:18:50 Art Chmielewski 07-08-01
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:33:33 Joachim Nave 08-05-01
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 1:47:30 Joachim Nave 05-27-00
Indoor Electric R/C Duration
Jr. No Record Established
Sr. No Record Established
Op. 0:28:13 Raymond Harlan 08-31-03
DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.53 Christopher Silva 09-13-03
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.53 Christopher Silva 05-25-03
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.54 Gary Fogel 09-13-03
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.54 Gary Fogel 03-29-03
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
with a 630. He was right on, which left the
flightline with the unsettled feeling that it was
going to be an interesting morning the
following day.
The Final Day: The flight order of the final
day of competition called for Curtis to fly first
with Manabu to perform immediately after. It
was clear that the judges had a tremendous
responsibility; they had to know clearly what
they were looking for when Curtis flew and to
remain consistent with their judging and
expectations for Manubu’s performance.
Curtis flew a 639.5 and Manabu put down
a 637.5; with the combined scores from the
other high rounds, he edged out Curtis by
15.36 points with a 2991.46 to become the
World Champion. Minoru Kobayashi was
right in there on the last round presenting the
flightline with a 642, winning the third round.
At this level of competition it’s clear that it’s
not over until it’s over, and the 2003 World
Championships was no exception.
That evening all the competitors, officials,
and supporters gathered for a party that will
go down in history as being the best. The
Japanese are known for their hospitality, and
this time was no exception. We gathered for
an outdoor banquet with great food, large
bottles of sake, and a beautiful award
presentation, topped off by a late evening of
karaoke.
Our experience at the World Championships
would not have been possible if it were not for
the generous support of our corporate and
individual sponsors. Because of space
limitations we cannot thank everyone here,
but there are a few who need special
recognition of their relentless support: Ron
Lund of Rick’s R/C Helicopters, Ron
Kummer of IRCHA, Run Ryder, and, of
course, AMA.
A complete list of our sponsors as well as
the latest information on the US team can be
found at www.usaf3c.com.
Modeling is one of the true great hobbies;
it catalyzes the bringing together of people
from all walks of life regardless of country,
culture, and political beliefs. Attending an
event like the World Championships reminds
us how small the world really is and how alike
we all are. If the opportunity presents itself,
experience a World Championships! MA Nob (L), Dwight get ready in the “box.”
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K e y D a t e s
(Events attended by AMA HQ staff and/or officers)
January 9 - 11
AMA Convention 2004
Ontario CA
N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Helicopter
Sr. Doug Schaefer 08:03 08/16/03
Op. James Richmond 10:18 08/15/03
Pennyplane
Op. Gordon Wisniewski 17:45 08/17/03
Limited Pennyplane
Op. James Richmond 15:13 08/16/03
Easy B
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:13 08/17/03
Op. Alan Cohen 27:03 08/16/03
Intermediate Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:44 08/17/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Op. Lawrence Coslick 39:54 08/16/03
HL Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 23:46 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Mini Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 11:30 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 11:34 06/16/03
Op. Walter VanGorder 13:23 08/15/03
Manhatten
Op. Larry Loucka 11:43 08/16/03
Ornithopter
Op. Raymond Harlan 15:20 08/16/03
Standard Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 01:59.1 08/18/03
Unlimited Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 02:15.4 08/19/03
FF Electric Power
Op. Raymond Harlan 31:00 08/15/03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Mini Stick
Sr. Max Zaluska 13:32 08/31/03
F1D
Op. John Kagan 37:59 08/31/03
Pennyplane
Op. Anthony D’Alessandro 20:52 09/13/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Catapult Glider
Jr. Taylor Boe 05:56 09/14/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CATEGORY III
Electric A
Op. Charles Groth 30:00 08/24/03
RC SAILPLANE
Class A Declared Distance
Op. David Hall 5.58 miles 05/25/03
RC ELECTRIC
Indoor Electric Duration
Op. Raymond Harlan 28:13 08/31/03
Class A Sailplane (LMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 5.53 miles 05/25/03
Class B Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Gary Fogel 9.54 miles 09/13/03
Class A Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 9.53 miles 09/13/03
RC PYLON
F3D
Op. Richard Verano/
Robert Holick 58.38 seconds 08/30/03
W o r l d R e c o r d s
U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
No. 141 Duration
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
38::52:19 08/11/03
No. 142 Distance in a Straight Line
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
1882.8 miles 08/11/03
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F1 OPEN (G) (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.101: Duration 4hr 58mn 10s Momcilo Milutinovic Yugoslavia 05/15/60
No.102: Distance in a straight line 310.33km Zdenek Taus Czechoslovakia 03/31/62
No.103: Height 2364m Geroges Benedek Germany 05/23/48
F1 OPEN (AEX) (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.104: Duration 1hr 41mn 32s Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.105: Distance in a straight line 371.19km Guennadi Tchiglinsev USSR 07/01/62
No.106: Height 1732m Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.107: Speed 187.68km Andrew Belanov USSR 09/06/87
F1 OPEN (API) (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.108: Duration 6hr 01mn Igor Koulakovsky USSR 08/06/52
No.109: Distance in a straight line 378.76km Evgueny Boricevitch USSR 08/14/52
No.110: Height 6468m Yin Chenbai People’s Republic
of China 08/08/82
No.111: Speed 189.30 Artur Shaginian Russia 07/03/99
F1A (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.112: Duration in competition
F1B (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.113: Duration in competition
F1C (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.114: Duration in competition
F1 OPEN (AIM) (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.115a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39mn 19s Robert Randolph USA 01/21/96
No.115b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15 m) 45mn 32s Robert Randolph USA 10/17/93
No.115c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 47mn 19s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.115d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 1hr 0mn 01s Stephen Brown USA 06/01/97
F1D (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.125a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 26mn 45s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 05/20/02
No.125b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 29min 08s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 08/24/02
No.125c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 33mn 47s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.125d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 35mn 32s Peter Kuttler Germany 10/13/01
No.119: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.120: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.121: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1L (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.116a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 19mn 39s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.116b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 20 mn 36s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.116c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 21mn 23s Akihiro Danjo Japan 10/20/01
No.116d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 23mn 47s Jonas Romblad Sweden 03/03/01
No122: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.123: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.124: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1M (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.117a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 16mn 44s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.117b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 18mn 14s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.117c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 18mn 20s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/27/01
No.117d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 19mn 40s Akihiro Danjo Japan 08/11/02
F1N (INDOOR GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.118a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39.6 sec Leonard George Surtees Austrailia 11/24/01
No.118b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 54.8 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 03/06/00
No.118c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m)
No.118d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 73.9 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 05/31/00
F2A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.130: Speed (0.00 - 1.00cm3) 251.66kmh Zhao Jihe People’s Republic 08/22/84
of China
No.131: Speed (1.01 - 2.50cm3) 335kmh Paul Eisner United Kingdom 10/13/01
No.132: Speed (2.51 - 5.00cm3) 312.23kmh P. A. Halman United Kingdom 10/12/86
No.133: Speed (5.01 - 10.00cm3) 326.28kmh Shen Xilin People’s Republic 10/19/84
of China
No.134: Speed in Competition 302.5kmh Luis Parramon Spain 07/19/02
F2A (AEROPLANE, REACTION MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.135: Speed 395.64kmh Leonid Lipinski USSR 12/06/71
F2C (AEROPLANE(TEAM RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.57: Speed (100 laps) 3mn 12.2 sec Jean Maret France 07/16/00
No.58: Speed (200 laps) 6mn 28.9 sec Jean Maret France 07/18/00
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.141: Duration 38h 52mn 19s Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.142: Distance in a straight line 3030.07km Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.143: Height 8205m Maynard Hill USA 09/06/70
No.144: Distance goal and return
No.145: Speed 343.92kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/21/71
No.146: Distance in a closed circuit 1301.00km Maynard Hill USA 08/02/98
No.147: Speed in a closed circuit 241.80kmh Maynard Hill USA 11/26/84
F3A (SEAPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.148: Duration 16hr 14mn 11s Toomas Mardna Estonia 08/14/99
No.149: Distance in a straight line 308.84km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 03/26/94
No.150: Height 5651m Maynard Hill USA 09/03/67
No.151: Distance goal and return 60.2km George Finch USA 06/20/02
No.152: Speed 294.98kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/25/71
No.153: Distance in a closed circuit 601.00km Daniel Coince France 09/15/91
No.154: Speed in a closed circuit 192.90kmh Michael Ischenko Ukraine 06/20/93
F3B (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.155: Duration 36h 03mn 19s Nicholas Shaw United Kingdom 09/08/01
No.156: Distance in a straight line 226.44km Joseph Wurts USA 05/28/88
No.157: Height 1950m Jack Hiner USA 06/11/82
No.158: Distance goal and return
No.159: Speed 239.70kmh Klaus Kowalski Germany 07/20/91
No.160: Distance in a closed circuit 716.10km Eduard Svoboda Czechoslovakia 07/23/79
No.161: Speed in a closed circuit 129.70kmh Zufar Vakkasov Russia 06/23/97
F3C (HELICOPTER, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.162: Duration 5hr 59mn 51s Vladimir Bulatnikov/Yuri Bazanov/
Alexander Orlov Russia 07/02/01
No.163: Distance in a straight line 134.10km Michael Farnan Australia 06/02/96
No.164: Height 2940m Jean-Philippe Allogne France 04/12/92
No.165: Distance goal and return
No.166: Speed 144.67kmh Vladimir Bulantnikov Russia 07/02/98
No.167: Distance in a closed circuit 101.00km Jean-Philippe Allogne France 06/18/88
No.168: Speed in a closed circuit 112.72kmh David W. Whitney United Kingdom 11/02/86
F3D (AEROPLANE (PYLON RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.83: Speed in a closed circuit 58.59sec Christopher Callow Australia 08/02/01
F5-S (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.171: Duration 10hr 38mn 30s Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.172: Distance in a straight line 102.40km Anatoly Dubinetsky Russia 08/25/90
No.173: Height 2 200 Wolfgang Schaeper Germany 11/19/00
No.174: Distance goal and return
No.175: Speed 282.60kmh Werner Vauth Germany 08/08/92
No.176: Distance in a closed circuit 315.50km Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.177: Speed in a closed circuit 163.68kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5-P (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (NON-RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.178: Duration 15hr 12mn 30s Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.179: Distance in a straight line 135.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.180: Height 2200m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 09/19/88
No.181: Distance goal and return
No.182: Speed 168.51kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
No.183: Distance in a closed circuit 424.50km Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.184: Speed in a closed circuit 97.20kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
F5-SOL (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (SOLAR CELLS))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.185: Duration 11hr 34mn 18s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.186: Distance in a straight line 48.21km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.187: Height 2065m Wolfgang Schaper Germany 05/30/99
No.188: Distance goal and return
No.189: Speed 80.63kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/21/98
No.190: Distance in a closed circuit 190.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
No.191: Speed in a closed circuit 62.15kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
F5-COMB (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR(ALL SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.192: Duration 15hr 36mn 55s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.193: Distance in a straight line 109.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.194: Height 4539m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 02/20/95
No.195: Distance goal and return
No.196: Speed 274.28kmh Wolfgang Kuppers Germany 08/09/98
No.197: Distance in a closed circuit 490.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.198: Speed in a closed circuit. 160.45kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5C (HELICOPTER, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.199: Duration 1hr 10mn 50sec Mark Hopkins United Kingdom 03/16/03
No.200: Distance in a straight line
No.201: Height
No.202: Distance goal and return
No.203: Speed
No.204: Distance in a closed circuit
No.205: Speed in a closed circuit
F5D (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.90: Speed in a closed circuit
F A I W o r l d R e c o r d s
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176 MODEL AVIATION
Technical Director Steve Kaluf
[email protected]
I’M PUTTING ASIDE my regular column
this month (I know you are heartbroken!) to
bring you Barron Guss’s report as team
manager for the F3C Helicopter World
Championships that took place this past
summer in Japan.
We had hoped to place this article as a
feature in MA; however, current editorial
policies, in an effort to keep the coverage
even, only provides for coverage of World
Championships taking place in the United
States to run as features. So look for more
coverage of this nature in “Focus on
Competition.” As I receive well-written
reports, I’ll have them placed here. That way
you will still be able see the reports of these
championships.
That said, I think you will find Barron’s
report interesting. The organizers in Japan
always go out of their way to make any
World Championships they host a first-class
operation; this one was no exception. Our
Helicopter team, once again, did very well.
We’ve included a few pictures to give you the
flavor of the World Championships.
Till next time ...
In life, certain opportunities present
themselves on a most infrequent basis. One
such opportunity is to represent one’s country
to the world. The 2003 US F3C team had
such an honor at the 2003 FAI-F3C World
Championships in Ishikawa, Japan.
Contrary to popular belief, winning a slot
on the US team does not happen at the Team
Trials as much as it is a process of study,
dedication, and determination that starts years
and in some cases decades prior, as with some
of our US team members.
What is FAI-F3C? FAI stands for
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. This
international organization governs all
competition and record keeping for all things
aviation, whether it is an altitude record for a
hot-air balloon or a speed record for a radiocontrolled
airplane. They even have a hand in
space flight.
F3C is the class designation set forth by
the FAI for Radio Control model-helicopter
competition. The World Championships
competition is held every two years on a
different continent, and this year it was held
in Asia. F3C is a compilation of all the skills
and maneuvers acquired in AMA classes I, II,
and III, with the major difference that one
competes against the world’s best.
There are two schedules of maneuvers
used in this class. Schedule A is used during
the preliminary rounds and the more difficult
Schedule B is used during the flyoff. Each
schedule contains three hovering maneuvers
and the remainder of the maneuvers can
consist of a combination of loops, rolls,
pirouettes, stall turns, inverted hovering,
tailslides, and more.
The pilots are judged on precision,
smoothness, heading, altitude control,
positioning of the model, and overall
presentation. Every maneuver starts out with
a score of 10 and then points are deducted in
half-point increments for defects observed by
the judges. A score of 0 is given for
incomplete maneuvers. Each competitor
participates in four preliminary rounds, of
which the best three flight scores determine
his/her placing.
The F3C World Championships is a team
as well as an individual competition. FAI
member countries may enter a maximum of
three competitors as a national team for world
and continental championships. Team results
The land of the rising sun becomes the
land of the setting sun for Dwight Shilling
on the first day of practice.
US contingent, first row (L-R): Wayne Mann, Barron Guss, Dwight Shilling, Len Sabato.
Second row: Denise Mann, Cliff Hiatt, Daniel Hiatt, Paul Giles, Sue Giles, Sandy Sabato,
Nob Muraki, Curtis Youngblood.
are based on the sum of each country’s team
members’ preliminary round scores. The top
10 pilots or 20% of all competitors
(whichever is greater) then participate in three
flyoff rounds to determine the individual
winner. (The scores of the current World
Champion do not count toward the team title.)
Our Team: The final round of the Team
Trials was held the weekend of September 28-
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C O M P E T I T I O N D I R E C T O R Y
I: Robert Wilkie, 19 Everett St., Rockland MA 02370
II: CL & FF: Dave King, 410 Ritter Ave., South Plainfield NJ 07080-3534
RC: Robert Kircher, 9 Sheffeld Way, Clark NJ 07066
III: CL, FF, & RC: Nelson Gould, 1340 Oak Dr., Macungie PA 18062 (East)
CL , FF & RC: Sheila Nitsch, 5650 Boyd Rd., Grove City OH 43123
IV: CL & FF: Jim Coffin, 4604 Hillbrook Dr., Annandale VA 22003
RC: Alice Munday, 18 W. Lewis Rd., Hampton VA 23666 E-mail: [email protected]
V: RC (FL Only): Judi Dunlap, 14711 SE 1st Avenue Rd., Summerfield FL 34491
RC (TN, MS, AL, SC, GA, PR): Dick Tonan, 639 Knollwood Dr., Lavergne TN 37086
FF: Bob Junk, 984 Williams Ditch Rd., Cantonment FL 32533
CL: Gene Martine, 1422 Ingleside Ave., Jacksonville FL 32205-7713
VI: RC (except Soaring): Randy Cameron, 2134 S. Hillcrest Ave., Springfield MO 65807
RC Soaring: Dale Folkening, 1544 Darien Lake Dr., Darien IL 60561
FF: Charles Markos, 655 Carlisle Ave., Deerfield IL 60015
CL: Arthur Johnson, 1818 Oslo Drive, Rockford IL 61108-6612
VII: FF AMA Headquarters, Competition Department
CL: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N. Shore Dr.,Whitmore Lake MI 48189-9124
RC (Except for Michigan): Michael Haller, N6237 Shraven Circle, Fond du Lac WI 54937
RC (Michigan only): Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
VIII:CL & FF: Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
RC: Douglas Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310.
IX: Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange, Wichita KS 67217
RC: Judy Gerken, 2069 South Raleigh St., Denver CO 80219
X: Ellis Hall, 4811 Amber Ln., Sacramento CA 95841 (North.)
Tim Attaway, 252 Sea Vale St., Chula Vista CA 91910
Wayne Hamada, 625 Iolani Ave. Apt.. 604, Honolulu HI 96813-1812 (Hawaii)
Utah and Arizona only:
David Litt, 1111 N. 64th St. 53, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Dick Salter, 3140 184 Ave. SE, Penino WA 98589
RC: W.T. (Bill) Smith, 10825 44th Ave. S.W., Seattle WA 98146
INDOOR CONTEST BOARD
I: Ray Harlan, 15 Happy Hollow Rd., Wayland MA 01778
II: Doug Barber, 23 Rabbit Run, Easthampton Twp. NJ 08060-5313
III: Walt VanGorder, 5669 Victory View Ln., Cincinnati OH 45233
IV: Don Srull, 941 Kimberwicke Rd., McLean VA 22102
V: Richard MacEntee, 2409 B 14th St. Dr. NW, Palmetto FL 34221
VI: Larry Coslick, 4202 Valley Crest Hill, St. Louis MO 63128
VII: Gordon Wienewski, 4790 Stratford Dr., Greendale WI 53129
VIII: Ralph (Bud) Tenny, PO Box 830545, Richardson TX 75080
IX: H. Stan Chilton, 3010 Grail, Wichita KS 67211
X: Clarence Mather, 2358 Tam O’Shanter Ave., Bishop CA 93514-1944
XI: Andy Tagliafico, 10039 SW Quail Post Rd., Portland OR 97219
CONTROL LINE SPEED
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Glen Van Sant, 414 Valley Rd., Langhorne PA 19047
IV: Albert Jones, 17670 Glass Ridge Pl., Gainesville VA 20155
V: Santo Rizzotto, 1575 N Banana River Dr., Merritt Island FL 32952
VI: William Hughes, 113 N. Chase Ave., Bartlett IL 60103
VII: Barry Tippett, 31052 Mason, Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Dimmitt Perkins, 291 Grant 581, Sheridan AR 72150
IX: Jim Ricketts, 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110-5573
X: Bob Fogg, 11272 Carroza Ct., San Diego CA 92124
XI: Mike Hazel, 1073 Windemere Dr NW, Salem OR 97304
CONTROL LINE CARRIER
I: Glenn Simpson, 19 Hilda St., Worcester MA 01606
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III:
IV:
V: Michael Shull, 3051 Cedar Trce, Tarpon Springs FL 34688
VI: William Calkins, 317 Snow St., Sugar Grove IL 60554
VII: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N Shore Rd., Whitmore Lake MI 48189
VIII: Dick Perry, 427 Live Oak Lane NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122
IX: Melvin Schuette, Box 240, Auburn KS 66402
X: Ted Kraver, 225 W. Orchid Ln., Phoenix AZ 85021
XI: Mike Potter, 29725 45th Avenue S, Auburn WA 98001
CONTROL LINE RACING
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Laird Jackson, MCP HU 245 N. 15th St., Philadelphia PA 19102
IV: Charles Williams, 423 Hunting Creek Dr., Matthews NC 28104
V: Dick Lambert, 754 Renegade Ln., Port Orange FL 32127
VI: Dave McDonald, Box 384, Daleville IN 47334
VII: Larry Dziak, 1474 Capitol Dr., Green Bay WI 54303
VIII: John McCollum, 300 Van Zandt, Co. Rd.4717, Ben Wheeler TX 75754
IX: Jim Ricketts Sr., 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110
X: Doug Mayer, 1727 Penmar Ave., Apt. #2, Venice CA 90291
XI: John Thompson, 2456 Quince St., Eugene OR 97404
CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS
I: Dave Cook, 46 Maple St., Norfolk MA 02056
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Bill Werwage, 111 Jacqueline Dr., Berea OH 44017
IV: Warren Tiahrt, 4020 Martins Point Rd., Kitty Hawk NC 27949
V: Bob Dixon, 1351 Tristram Circle, Macon GA 31220
VI: Allen Brickhaus, Box 206, Golconda IL 62938
VII: Bob McDonald, 28746 Westfield St., Livonia MI 48150
VIII: Gary McClellan, 7812 Bayshore Ct., Ft. Worth TX 76179
IX:
X: Royal (Lucky) Pyatt, 4013 W. Valley Mine Dr., Tucson AZ 85745
XI: Paul Walker, 25900 127th Ave. SE, Kent WA 98031
CONTROL LINE COMBAT
I: Neil Simpson, 129 Podunk Rd., East Brookfield MA 01515
II: Dave Edwards, 9 Ardsley Rd., Hillsborough NJ 08844
III: Mike Evans, 436 McGregor Ave., Cincinnati OH 45206
IV: Louis Lopez, 44 Wyndom Circle, Hockessin DE 19707
V: Francisco Rodriquez, 8 SW 96 Ct., Miami FL 33174
VI: Rich Tupper, 3105 Audrea Ct., Woodridge IL 60517
VII: Ron Columbo, 14907 Garden St., Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Pat Willcox, 1927 Running Springs Dr., Kingwood TX 77339
IX:
X: Steve Stewart, 87 W. Windsor Ave., Phoenix AZ 85003
XI: Mark Hansen, 3585 SE Franklin St., Portland OR 97202
FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD
I: Art Ellis, 84 Denison Dr., Guilford CT 06437
II: Bradley Bane, 60 Lake Ave., Lyndonville NY 14098
III: Rudy Kluiber, 2021 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood OH 44107
IV: Jim Bocckinfuso, 112 Pinecrest Cir., Moneta VA 24121
V: Ron Sharpton, 1290 County Rd., Daytona Beach FL 32119-2469
VI: Chris Matsuno, 8576 Ginger Dr., St. John MO 63114
VII: Bill Shailor, 2317 Clawson Avenue, Royal Oak MI 48073
VIII: Mike Fedor, 2500 San Diego, Arlington TX 76015
IX: Jerald Murphy, 9 Via Escondido, Manitou Springs Valley CO 80829
X: Doug Galbreath, 3408 Topsail Pl, Davis CA 95616
XI: John Crosetto, 14809 S.E. 54th, Bellevue WA 98006
SCALE CONTEST BOARD
I: Irv Searl, 52 Langholm Dr., Nashua NH 03062
II: Don Typond, 275 Cascade Rd., Warwick NY 10990
III: Bill Carper, 264 Oak St., Jackson OH 45640
IV: Bob Karlsson, 708 Bullen Dr., Middletown DE 19709
V: David Platt, 1306 Havre, N.W., Palm Bay FL 32907
VI: John Guenther, 21609 Borden-Greenville Rd., Borden IN 47106
VII: Claude McCullough, 102 Constance St., Montezuma IA 50171
VIII: Ernest Harwood, 2711 English Chase, Arlington TX 76016
IX Glen Lau, 3701 S. 44th St., Lincoln NE 68506
X: Kent Walters, 6407 N. 83rd St., Scottsdale AZ 85250
XI: Jerry Holcomb, 1010 NE 122 Ave, Vancouver WA 98684
ELECTRIC
I: Edmund Bassick, 75 Romanock Pl, Fairfield CT 06432
II: Tom Hunt, 1 Dianne Ave., Centereach, NY 11720-3601
III: Richard Simpson, 332 39th Street, Pittsburgh PA 15201
IV: David Robelen, R.R. 4, Box 369, Farmdale VA 23901
V: Robert Nelson, 5955 Chickadee Dr., Lakeland FL 33809
VI: Steve Moskal, 7516 Country Ln., Apt. 1E, Darien IL 60561
VII: Keith Shaw, 2756 Elmwood, Ann Arbor MI 48104
VIII: George Parks, 2102 Oxford Ave., Austin TX 78704
IX: Ed Sweeney, 15815 Wildwind Terrace, Colorado Springs CO 80908
X: Robert Sliff, 8044 Legion Pl. #6, Midway City CA 92655
XI: Bernard Cawley, 29838 48th Ave. S., Auburn WA 98001
AEROBATICS
I: Scott Melville, 100 Chatham Terr., Bridgeport CT 06606
II: Ron Lockhart, 413 Dennis Dr., Galloway NJ 08205
III: Geoff Combs, 7658 Silver Springs St., Canal Winchester OH 43110
IV: Tom Miller, 19130 Brookgreen Garden Pl., Cornelius NC 28031
V: John Fuqua, 175 W.T. Hulion Rd., Crestview FL 32539
VI: Charles W. Reed, 5408 Woodson Rd., Raytown MO 64133
VII: David von Linsowe, 7093 E. Dodge Rd., Mt. Morris MI 48458
VIII:William Thomas, 5442 Bow Dr., Bartlesville OK 74006
IX: Jim Mowrey, 310 Capitol Ave., Kinsley KS 67547
X: Derek Koopowitz, 881 Oxford Way, Benicia CA 94510
XI: Rick Allison, 26405 SE 160th St., Issaquah WA 98027
HELICOPTER
I: Randy King, 59 Wallingford Ave., Athol MA 01331
II: Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
III: Paul Soha, 2642 Lacolline Dr., Stow OH 44224
IV: Marshall McClung, 2722 Fawn Rd. SW, Roanoke VA 24015
V: Cliff Hiatt, 14218 Lake Tilden Blvd., Winter Garden FL 34787
VI: Luther Akemon, 1080 Laveview Dr., Scottsburg IN 47170
VII: Craig Bradley, 12400 Burlington Dr., Dewitt MI 48820
VIII:Dave Youngblood, 2104 Farley, College Station TX 77845
IX: Don Vineyard, 1016 Burr Oak Ln., Salina KS 67401-3209
X: Julius Frank, 1970 Tahoe Circle, Tracy CA 95376
XI: Rich Josephson, 2842 Tonia Cir., Medford OR 97504
RACING
I: Pete Reed, 416 Gilmore Pond Rd., Jaffrey NH 03452
II: Ernest Nikodem, 407 Willow St., Lockport NY 14094
III: Tom Scott, 10073 Spring beauty Ln., Cincinnati OH 45231
IV: Richard Moreland, 726 Hillmeade Rd., Edgewater MD 21037
V: Gail Jacobson, 6205 Rivercliffe Dr. NW, Atlanta GA 30328
VI: Dan Kane Jr., 1703 W. Grove St., Arlington Heights IL 60005
VII: Mike Condon, 9335 Eastwind Dr., Livonia MI 48150-4521
VIII:Mike Helsel, 7 Stillmeadow, Round Rock TX 78664
IX: Lyle Larson, HC 80 Box 475, Piedmont SD 57769
X: James Allen, 4235 E. Ellis Circle, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Tom Strom, 1420 SW 160th, Seattle WA 98116
SOARING
I: Fritz Bien, 41 Sawmill Rd., Concord MA 01742
II: Roman Paryz, 59 Steinfeldt Rd.,Lancaster NY 14086
III: Jack Strother, 1731 Lindenhall Dr., Loveland OH 45140
IV: Douglas Barry, 6518 Tuskan Dr., Charlotte NC 28270
V: Charles Anderson, P.O. Box 305, Tullahoma TN 37388
VI: Rick Burnoski, 158 Canyon Dr., Bolingbrook IL 60440
VII: Al Scidmore, 5013 Dorsett Dr., Madison WI 53711
VIII:Barry Kennedy, 1935 Highvalley Tr., Grand Prairie TX 75052
IX: Byron Blakeslee, 1448 W. Briarwood Dr., Littleton CO 80120
X:
XI: Dave Johnson, 16500 SE 1st St. #114, Vancouver WA 98684
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
I: Bob Wallace, 91 Sylvan St., Avon CT 06001
II: George Hartman, 14811 Crystal Cove Ct., Ft. Myers FL 33919
III: Rick Fraley, 4412 Eaton Gettysburg Rd., Eaton OH 45320
IV: Pete Rundel, 1031 Riva Ridge Dr., Great Falls VA 22066
V: Lou Melancon, 105 Morton Walk Dr., Alpharetta GA 30022
VI: Philip Rossman II, 19130 Madden Rd., Churubusco IN 46723
VII: Mike Fredericks, 1129 Madison St., Beaver Dam WI 53916
VIII:Doug Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310
IX:
X: Terry Harner, 2113 Ramada Dr., Oceanside CA 92056
XI: Ron Horton, 1129 Eldora Ln., Billings MT 59105
Chairpersons from each of the other Contest Boards and the Contest Board Coordinator. See individual listings above for addresses.
Ralph (Bud) Tenny William Hughes Richard Perry Richard Lambert Gary McClellan
Pat Willcox Dave Robelen Pete Reed Doug Powell John Fuqua
Douglas Berry Jerald Murphy Cliff Hiatt Cliff Telford David Platt
SCALE
Mike Gretz, Box 162, Montezuma IA 50171
INDOOR
Steve Brown, 297 Hartman Ct., San Dimas CA 91773
FREE FLIGHT
Henry Spence, 1111 Country Club Ct., Mansfield TX 76063
SPEED & TEAM RACE
Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
CL COMBAT
Gary Frost, 13 Castlewood Ct., St. Peters MO 63376
CL AEROBATICS
Wynn Paul, 3332 Carriage Ln., Lexington KY 40517
RC SOARING
Buzz Averill, 186 Sedillo Hill Rd., Tijeras NM 87059
RC AEROBATICS
Earl Haury, 22818 Whitewater Creek Circle Katy TX 77450
RC PYLON
Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
RC ELECTRIC
Charles D. Grim, 1319 Reed Ave., San Diego CA 92109
RC HELICOPTER
Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
SPACEMODELING
Dr. Bob Kreutz, 506 Hunters Road, Brick NJ 08724
FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
CONTEST COORDINATORS
SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR: Cliff Telford, 1512 S. Greenleaf Ct., Winter Springs FL 32708
Boldface Below Indicates Chairman of Contest Board
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Dwight hovers Caliber 90 at eye level in deep concentration. Curtis spots the autorotation in world-champion style.
Wayne hovers through the round as
Mechanic Cliff Hiatt and judges look on.
178 MODEL AVIATION
29 in Orlando, Florida. It was a very
competitive event with seven of the country’s
top pilots competing for the three open
positions on the team. When all of the rotors
stopped spinning, we were left with the three
individuals to represent the United States in
Japan; they were Wayne Mann, Len Sabato,
and Dwight Schilling, and I would be the
team manager.
Our journey to Japan started on May 25
with our team converging on Osaka, Japan,
where we loaded our models and luggage into
our minivans and caravanned our way to the
town of Noto in the Ishikawa prefecture,
about 400 kilometers northwest of Osaka.
We arrived to the sight of a well-organized
event produced by the Masuda family of
Japan’s Radio Control Technique magazine.
Mr. Masuda has spent the past two years
securing sponsorship for this event, not only
from the modeling community but the local
state governments as well. This was
evidenced by the warm welcome all the
competitors received from the local people as
well as our participation in the grand opening
ceremonies of the Noto airport.
SARS was an important issue for
everyone at the event as five teams decided to
withdraw from the competition in
consideration for their fellow competitors;
they were China, Taipei, Hong Kong,
Singapore, and the Philippines. In addition, all
in attendance had to have their temperature
checked twice a day to make sure that we
didn’t have symptoms of this dreadful
disease.
The competition was held on the grounds
of the Noto International Airport. As you
could imagine the facility lent itself to an
event of this type with its wide, open space
and the wind coming right down the runway.
We unfortunately did not fly off the
asphalt as anticipated, but the grass area
adjacent to it. This presented a little bit of a
challenge for flying and judging because the
grass had a slope of about 5°. This meant that
as the pilots navigated their models around
the course, the altitude above the ground
changed as the model maintained flight in a
constant plane; this was visually interesting as
well as challenging
Because of the number of entries, there
were two flightlines running simultaneously.
This would later account for what some may
view as disparity in judging. It was evident
that certain flightlines favored pilots from
different parts of the world, It is also
important to note that the United States was
Len’s Vigor generated much interest with Eclipse fuselage,
prototype retracts. Go to www.lensabato.com for info.
Manabu Hashimoto debuted prototype solid-axle DDF head. It
allows each blade to “flap” independently, yet be dampened as
one complete unit by use of seesaw hub with center damper.
not represented in the judges’ lineup because
of a last-minute withdrawal with no chance to
find a suitable replacement.
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The Competition: Round One went off
without a hitch as the United States was
assigned to flightline A. Curtis Youngblood
was up first, putting in a flight which would
later prove to be the highest scoring for the
day. Wayne Mann was up next, putting in an
equally well-executed first-round flight. I
think the best comment came from Len
Sabato after his first round when he stated,
“When I fly the Nats I will view it like a small
regional contest.” Welcome to the worlds,
Len!
The wind came up in the afternoon just to
let everyone know that nature is still the boss.
Dwight Shilling enjoyed doing his windsurfer
imitation, but in traditional Dwight style he
was just pleased to be there. The real sneak
attack on this flightline was mounted by
Rudiger Feil of Germany; his smooth style
and well-set-up Hirobo Black Shark was
pleasing to watch.
As always, our biggest concern other than
our flying was to watch what the Japanese
team was doing. As suspected they were well
practiced and ready to go for the gold.
Manabu Hashimoto wanted the World
Champion title back and the team did not
want to have the 2001 title taken away from
them on their own soil. They had little to
worry about with a clear advantage of having
Hashimoto’s score counting toward the team
standings.
Throughout the first four rounds, the top
six positions were traded back and forth with
pilots from the United States, Japan, and Scott
Gray of Canada. Neither Curtis nor
Hashimoto could keep his hands on the firstplace
position long enough to declare any sort
of trend, mostly because of the disparity in
judging between flightlines.
The team title had been decided, though,
with Japan first, Germany second, and the
United States coming in third. It was a close
contest for second; we lost with humility and
clearly the best team uniforms and jackets!
When it was time for the final three
rounds, it was clear that it was anyone’s
championship with Curtis’s carryover score of
1,000 and Hashimoto’s 998.47 from the first
round. The panel of judges increased to 10
with the combining of the pilots from both
flightlines. This is where the flying must
impress each judge’s individual tastes at once!
The wind had played a factor in
everyone’s flying; some benefited and some
did not. But it was flight order that everyone
was concerned with now because the wind
tended to be lighter in the morning and late
afternoon, but no one really wants to be first
up, and of course I pulled the number-two slot
for our World Champion in the first round and
number one in the third!
The wind was blowing 5-10 mph during
Curtis’s first-round flight; we were all hoping
that he could repeat his “taming of the winds”
routine from the fourth round. He put in a
good flight, but it just wasn’t up to Curtis’s
own standards; he came away with a
combined score of 588. This was for the best
of round A and the first round of B placing
him in second behind Rudiger Feil who had a
breakout round with a combined score of 600.
Rudiger had the calmest conditions of the
morning, which ultimately helped him win the
first round.
Len was next up and flew a good round
with a score of 519.5. He has attracted a lot of
attention this year with his Eclipse fuselage
and retractable skids, but this was no beauty
contest. Wayne put in a solid round, earning
him a combined score of 544.5. To watch
Wayne fly through the maneuvers was truly
enjoyable as he definitely has a lot of grace
‘upstairs.’
The second round went better for Curtis
and Wayne, but Len just didn’t find his
‘groove.’ Curtis flew a 600.5 and Wayne
earned a 577. Manabu Hashimoto of Japan
had the last flight of the day and found
himself in first place by presenting the crowd
Sue Giles, Barron Guss, and Sandy Sabato enjoy an afternoon of
sightseeing at a 700-year-old temple.
“No sir, I did not steal the car.” Dwight tries to explain his way
through a security checkpoint.
L-R: Curtis Youngblood (second), Manabu Hashimoto (first),
Minoru Kobayashi (third) show rewards of their hard work.
Getting into the culture (L-R), Barron, Nob, and Dwight donned
ceremonial “happy coats” at the awards banquet.
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180 MODEL AVIATION
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 16:48 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 13:15 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 39:19 Robert Randolph 01-26-96
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 11:49 Don Slusarczyk 08-12-86
Sr. 22:08 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 30:40 Stan Chilton 08-05-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:18 Doug Schaefer 11-18-01
Sr. 12:20 Doug Schaefer 01-04-02
Op. 22:37 John Kagan 08-19-01
ROG Cabin
Jr. 10:01 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 16:15 Robert Randolph 04-05-91
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:12 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 08:31 Walter VanGorder 12-09-90
Easy B
Jr. 08:26 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 13:04 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 21:44 Larry Coslick 02-11-96
Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 13:45 Jim Clem 08-06-95
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 16:14 Warren J. Williams 05-10-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:24 Jon Harlan 06-29-85
Sr. 04:32 Ronnie Stransky 03-31-73
Op. 11:07 James Richmond 12-11-88
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:22 Scott T. Robbins 03-23-91
Sr. 05:16 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 09:01 Roy White 10-01-95
Autogiro
Jr. 02:43 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-86
Sr. 06:52 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 10:10 Don Slusarczyk 12-22-96
HLG
Jr. 01:01.4 Jon Chancey 03-31-84
Sr. 01:03.3 Don DeLoach 05-11-91
Op. 01:34.8 Stan Buddenbohm 03-13-91
ROG Stick
Jr. 08:09.00 Mike Clem 12-14-80
Sr. 05:51.05 James Buxton 04-14-91
Op. 17:17.00 Larry Coslick 10-20-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:44.2 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 47.1 Matthew Chalker 05-24-01
Op. 01:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:43.5 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 0:46.9 Jeff Daulton 05-24-01
Op. 1:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Mini Stick
Jr. 06:55 David Rigotti 11-18-01
Sr. 06:04 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11:13 Stan Chilton 10-05-02
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 11:14 Bob Wilder 03-06-02
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04-01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 45:32 Robert Randolph 10-17-93
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 10:45 Parker Parrish 11-25-00
Sr. 21:04 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 31:37 Larry Coslick 09-12-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04B01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 20:46 Jake Palmer 04-21-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 08:26 Paul Loucka 04-05-81
Sr. 17:37 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 21:57 William Shailor 07-13-87
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:19 Don Slusarczyk 04-27-86
Sr. 07:23 Don DeLoach 03-20-88
Op. 09:32 Walt VanGorder 07-12-87
Easy B
Jr. 11:45 Doug Schaefer 03-25-01
Sr. 16:37 Doug Schaefer 04-06-03
Op. 21:14 Larry Coslick 05-08-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 16:41 Raymond B Harlan 10-11-97
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 12:28 William Pavek 11-17-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:39 Jonathan Harlan 04-15-84
Sr. 02:28 Thomas Norell 04-14-85
Op. 11:00 Larry Coslick 04-27-95
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:13 Scott Robbins 04-11-91
Sr. 04:27 Jonathon Sayre 04-24-99
Op. 10:01 Roy White 12-30-95
Autogiro
Jr. 04:40 Chris Lu 11-03-01
Sr. No record established
Op. 08:38 Ronald Ganser 02-13-93
HLG
Jr. 01:16.0 Aaron Markos 09-30-84
Sr. 01:21.8 Bryan Fulmer 03-20-83
Op. 01:39.8 Daniel Domina 06-13-82
ROG Stick
Jr. 07:04 Don Slusarczyk 11-30-86
Sr. 12:14 Mark Drela 06-12-77
Op. 17:06 Larry Coslick 10-24-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:01.7 Kenny Krempetz 11-16-97
Sr. 0:20.5 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:07.0 Kenny Krempetz 11-22-98
Sr. 1:10.6 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Mini Stick
Jr. 05:53 Chris Lu 08-05-01
Sr. 07:45 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11.00 Stan Chilton 03-26-00
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:28 Raymond Harlan 04-19-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 23:46 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 47:19 James Richmond 08-04-02
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 24:44 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 39:54 Lawrence Coslick 08-16-03
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:26 David Rigotti 05-06-01
Sr. 30:25 Doug Schaefer 08-04-02
Op. 33:47 James Richmond 08-04-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 15:07 Paul Loucka 06-25-81
Sr. 15:42 Tom Sova 08-06-73
Op. 27:45 Larry Loucka 08-04-02
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:15 Don Slusarczyk 04-13-86
Sr. 08:32 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 11:43 Larry Loucka 08-16-03
Easy B
Jr. 24:13 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 24:00 Doug Schaefer 05-04-03
Op. 27:03 Alan Cohen 08-15-03
Pennyplane
Jr. 12:36 Jeni Jaecks 06-14-83
Sr. 14:36 Dave Lindley 06-17-82
Op. 17:45 Gordon Wisniewski 08-17-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 12:24 Aaron Markos 06-15-83
Sr. 13:30 Brian Johnson 08-03-02
Op. 15:13 James Richmond 08-16-03
Helicopter
Jr. 06:18 Jonathan Harlan 06-18-84
Sr. 08:03 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 10:18 James Richmond 08-15-03
Ornithopter
Jr. 05:21 Scott T. Robbins 12-09-90
Sr. 09:11 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 15:20 Ray Harlan 08-16-03
Autogiro
Jr. 04:08 Dave Lindley 06-26-80
Sr. 08:36 Don Slusarczyk 10-30-90
Op. 10:58 Ronald Ganser 05-01-94
HLG
Jr. 02:10.4 Darryl Stevens 08-07-77
Sr. 02:32.6 Gary Stevens 08-07-77
Op. 02:35.1 James C. Buxton 10-03-93
ROG Stick
Jr. 10:02 Dave Lindley 06-28-80
Sr. 11:09 Richard Whitten 06-02-77
Op. 20:03 Lawrence Coslick 05/03/98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:27.5 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 01:59.1 Kenny Krempetz 08-18-03
Op. 02:48.2 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:31.3 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 02:15.4 Kenny Krempetz 08-19-03
Op. 03:08.0 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 11:30 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 11:34 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 13:23 Walter VanGorder 08-15-03
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:00 Ray Harlan 08-15-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 34:44 Jonathan Harlan 09-01-85
Sr. 41:25 Don Slusarczyk 09-02-90
Op. 60:01 Stephen Brown 06-01-97
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 15:54 Mike VanGorder 07-15-79
Sr. 36:31 Doug Schaefer 05-25-03
Op. 41:48 Larry Coslick 09-03-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 29:42 Doug Schaefer 09-01-01
Sr. 36:12 Doug Schaefer 10-11-02
Op. 37:59 John Kagan 08-31-03
ROG Cabin
Jr. 14:35 Jonathan Harlan 08-14-83
Sr. 27:10 Don Slusarczyk 06-08-90
Op. 33:20 Robert Randolph 06-05-82
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:31 Jim Buxton 06-07-87
Sr. 10:28 Don Slusarczyk 06-03-89
Op. 15:17 James Grant 07-03-95
Easy B
Jr. 18:07 Andrew Tagliafico 08-05-88
Sr. 26:29 Doug Schaefer 05-30-03
Op. 34:13 Larry Coslick 05-18-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 13:56 Christopher Lu 09-02-01
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 20:52 Anthony D’Alessandro 09-13-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 15:19 Vito Iacobellis 07-05-02
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 18:34 Lawrence Cailliau 08-17-97
Helicopter
Jr. 05:47 Nick Leonard, Jr. 08-01-96
Sr. 08:15 Benjamin Saks 06-02-01
Op. 12:00 Larry Coslick 08-02-96
Ornithopter
Jr. 04:28 Scott Robbins 07-23-89
Sr. 09:02 Don Slusarczyk 07-03-88
Op. 21:44 Roy White 09-02-95
Autogiro
Jr. 05:22 Christopher Lu 09-01-01
Sr. 12:11 Don Slusarczyk 09-01-90
Op. 19:53 Anthony DíAlessandro 07-19-03
HLG
Jr. 02:07.20 Steve Wittman 01-27-74
Sr. 02:39.44 Charles Gagliano 09-05-88
Op 02:58.60 Ron Wittman 02-18-73
ROG Stick
Jr. 12:47 Robert Skrjanc 05-16-82
Sr. 15:51 Mark Drela 09-18-77
Op. 24:51 Larry Coslick 07-05-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:29.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:50.0 Christopher Sydor 09-03-94
Op. 03:25.4 Robert De Shields 02-02-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:26.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:55.5 Christopher Sydor 09-04-94
Op. 04:11.9 Stan Buddenbohm 10-04-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 9:49 David Rigotti 06-01-01
Sr. 13:32 Max Zaluska 08-31-03
Op. 15:06 Robert Romash 09-01-01
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 30:30 Ray Harlan 06-01-02
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Age Min/Sec. Held By Date Set
Cargo
Jr. 55.97 Darryl Stevens 07-10-77
Sr. 25.00 Melanie Sanford 07-02-88
Op. 100.21 Roman Ramirez 09-19-82
Coupe d’Hiver
Jr. 11:54 Gregg Ferrer 01-26-75
Sr. 24:49 Jason Kendy 03-28-81
Op. 53:03 Robert P. White 03-28-81
P-30
Jr. 11:01 David Ellis 01-01-95
Sr. 23:00 Don DeLoach 06-23-90
Op. 42:58 Stanley Buddenbohm 11-10-01
HL Glider
Jr. 10:56 Darryl Stevens 02-20-77
Sr. 12:06 John Dowey 09-27-75
Op. 25:50 Bill Moody 10-04-97
A-2 Glider
Jr. 38:31 Benjamin Coussens 10-06-01
Sr. 35:58 Brian Bauer 03-08-03
Op. 69:35 Tom Coussens 03-13-94
Wakefield
Jr. 23:45 Taylor Gunder 06-22-02
Sr. 28:01 David Ellis 12-29-99
Op. 33:39 Walter Ghio 11-16-02
F1C Power (FAI)
Jr. 15:37 J. E. Troutman 10-13-91
Sr. 25:11 James Troutman 01-14-95
Op 49:50 Ed Keck 03-14-98
F1H A-1 Towline
Jr. 17:00 Dallas Parker 10-28-01
Sr. 30:19 Ben Coussens 02-09-03
Op. 58:42 Martyn Cowley 03-15-98
F1G Coupe (FAI)
Jr. 16:56 Taylor Burrows 03-23-03
Sr. 12:09 Ben Thomson 07-31-03
Op. 38:24 John Sessums 03-10-02
F1J 1/2A Power (FAI)
Jr. 20:20 Austin Gunder 08-02-00
Sr. 41:10 Austin Gunder 08-02-01
Op. 38:07 Douglas Galbreath 08-19-95
CO2 Unlimited
Jr. 05:30 Jeff Wittman 05-30-88
Sr. 26:05 Jeff Wittman 05-29-89
Op. 20:25 H. Graham Selick Jr 07-31-03
USA F1K CO2
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 18:00 H Graham Selick 10-06-02
Catapult Glider
Jr. 05:56 Taylor Boe 09-14-03
Sr. 05:07 Daniel Miller 04-30-95
Op. 25:12 Stan Buddenbohm 03-09-03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 40:49 Jon-Mark Carman 05-26-90
Sr. 51:28 Paul Munana 05-25-80
Op. 73:01 Terry Thorkildsen 05-27-89
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 10:20 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 12:49 Dana White 07-13-75
Op. 11:14 John Drobschoff 07-10-77
A Gas
Jr. 25:00 Joey Foster 05-28-77
Sr. 47:02 Randy Weiler 05-29-76
Op. 129:25 Terry Thorkildsen 02-26-95
A Gas ROW
Jr. 07:53 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 11:50 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 13:44 Richard Myers 08-27-72
B Gas
Jr. 25:57 Travis Hunter 05-30-83
Sr. 26:52 Bob Scully 03-07-76
Op. 105:00 Terry Kerger 02-25-95
B Gas /ROW
Jr. 20:00 Steve Calhoun 11-16-75
Sr. 08:08 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 12:03 H. Doering, Jr. 11-27-77
C Gas
Jr. 33:46 Travis Hunter 05-28-83
Sr. 26:32 Keith Morgan 05-26-79
Op. 100:00 Douglas Galbreath 09-06-92
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:43 Lyman Armstrong 07-27-80
D Gas
Jr. 12:17 Mike Kelley 11-08-86
Sr. 29:50 Travis Hunter 01-15-84
Op. 69:04 Hulan Matthies 03-11-79
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:51 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 23:28 J. Cunnyngham 05-28-77
Sr. 28:10 Jason Kendy 04-19-80
Op. 88:24 Robert P. White 03-11-79
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 04:46 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 01:22 John Banck 09-19-76
Op. 12:42 Joe Bilgri 08-15-82
Ornithopter
Jr. 01:01 Chris Scott 04-22-79
Sr. No record established
Op. 09:21 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 02:36 Nancy Andrews 08-03-75
Sr. 01:35 Mike Johnson 01-17-76
Op. 09:46 Jean Andrews 05-29-89
Helicopter
Jr. 13:24 Darryl Stevens 10-29-77
Sr. 07:16 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 14:57 Thomas Finch 05-08-60
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 13:01 Jason Villnave 04-27-86
Sr. 07:20 Allen Porter 09-04-94
Op. 40:04 B. Baron-Rawdon 05-27-85
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. 08:51 Jason Villnave 10-26-86
Sr. 05:31 Allen Porter 09-05-94
Op. 41:31 John Oian 05-26-86
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:44 John Finn 12-14-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 16:01 Keith Morgan 01-30-77
Sr. 19:30 Kenneth Keegan 04-29-84
Op. 40:42 Michael Ryan 04-08-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:53 Dana White 09-15-74
Sr. 7:52 Randy Archer 09-19-76
Op. 9:59 Joe W. Dodson 08-11-74
A Gas
Jr. 21:45 Joey Foster 04-03-77
Sr. 26:46 Parker McQuown 05-24-80
Op. 83:40 Kenneth E. Oliver 09-28-91
A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:35 Tom Regan 11-04-73
Sr. 6:54 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:03 Jerald Murphy 10-23-83
B Gas
Jr. 11:37 Travis Hunter 09-25-83
Sr. 19:11 Mark Woodrey 09-03-78
Op. 54:00 William Morgan 11-29-81
B Gas ROW
Jr. 1:29 Timothy Young 07-13-75
Sr. 7:27 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:24 Micheal Thompson 05-27-01
C Gas
Jr. 23:13 Mike Keller 12-07-86
Sr. 20:52 Keith Morgan 11-11-79
Op. 59:45 Daryl Perkins 01-19-03
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:08 John Drobshoff 07-05-81
D Gas
Jr. 22:22 Mike Keller 04-06-86
Sr. 14.28 Travis Hunter 04-29-84
Op. 81:00 Lynn Pulley 01-20-02
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:59 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 6:39 Steve Wittman 05-30-77
Sr. 7:11 Steve Wittman 05-29-78
Op. 39:00 Edward Eliot 08-29-76
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 62:13 Randy Secor 11-05-72
Sr. 30:52 Joseph Kubina 08-05-78
Op. 16:19 Don DeLoach 10-20-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 3:21 Tim Young 09-21-75
Sr. 3:49 Gary Stevens 02-26-78
Op. 16:15 Henry Smith 01-15-00
Ornithopter
Jr. 8:15 Jolyn Andrews 06-27-82
Sr. No record established
Op. 6:38 Roy White 10-21-84
Autogiro
Jr. 2:38 Jeanine Andrews 06-08-75
Sr. 0:23 Mike Reagan 07-21-74
Op. 5:59 Jean F. Andrews 11-04-90
Helicopter
Jr. 6:14 Jillian Anderson 08-02-00
Sr. 6:57 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 16:56 Stanley Buddenbohm 05-23-98
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 7:12 Allen J. Porter 09-30-91
Sr. No record established
Op. 38:15 Donald L. Hughes 02-03-91
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:32 William Rietdorf 05-16-93
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 06:59 William Lovins 07-28-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 11:00 Jason Poti 08-03-00
Sr. 07:52 Jason Greer 08-01-97
Op. 54:21 Charles Caton 10-22-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 20:01 Jerry Rocha 05-04-96
A Gas
Jr. 09:33 James Troutman 07-08-90
Sr. 12:20 Mike Keller 05-27-90
Op 105:00 Ronnie Thompson 07-30-98
A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:09 Norman Peterson 04-23-94
B Gas
Jr. 10:08 Mike Keller 10-18-86
Sr. 11:45 Justin Aronholt 05-18-97
Op. 90:00 Robert P. Johannes 07-22-96
B Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 7:16 William Vanderbeek 05-06-00
C Gas
Jr. 7:55 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 12:15 James P. Lebda 01-27-91
Op. 70:00 Edward Keck 07-29-98
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:39 John Drobshoff 08-15-82
D Gas
Jr. 11:00 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 7:19 James E. Troutman 05-29-94
Op. 60:00 Robert Johannes 08-30-98
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:20 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 5:03 Tony Hutchins 08-09-86
Sr. 3:09 David Crofoot 07-28-97
Op. 10:58 Warren Kurth 07-30-00
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 30:55 John Shailor 07-28-03
Sr. 27:56 Roderick T. Ioerger 07-06-94
Op. 43:00 Joseph Williams 06-28-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 2:12 Jason Thorton 11-24-85
Sr No record established
Op. 17:15 Henry Smith 05-01-99
Ornithopter
Jr. 1:11 Jolyn Andrews 08-23-81
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:17 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 1:43 Jolyn Andrews 07-23-78
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:50 Jean Andrews 09-14-97
Helicopter
Jr. 5:31.9 Stephen Burhenn 07-14-99
Sr. 1:57.0 Don DeLoach 05-18-91
Op. 11:38.0 Stan Buddenbohm 06-19-94
Electric Power A
Jr. 4:17 David Crofoot 06-30-96
Sr. 5:32 Melanie Sanford 09-03-88
Op. 30:00 Charles Groth 08-24-03
Electric Power B
Jr. No record established
Sr. 7:14 David Crofoot 07-30-98
Op. 24:00 William Rietdorf 09-01-93
Moffett
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 43:00 Robert Bienenstein 07-22-96
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:26.6 Jack Marsh 09-28-02
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:50 Ronnie Thompson 06-29-02
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
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Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:52 Marvin Mace 06-01-02
CONTROL LINE
Age MPH Held By Date Set
1/2A Speed
Jr. 146.72 Bobby Fogg III 10-09-94
Sr. 143.61 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 156.42 R. Fogg/C Aloise/
Brown/Shahan 12-11-94
A Speed
Jr. 160.51 Bobby Fogg 09-04-94
Sr. 162.39 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 194.31 Jerry Rocha 12-02-00
B Speed
Jr. 166.75 Bobby Fogg 12-11-94
Sr. 163.42 Bobby Fogg III 10-12-96
Op. 186.84 Team Fogg/Brown/
Mancini 10-19-02
D Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 199.92 Team Fogg/Brown 12-04-99
1/2A Profile Proto
Jr. 103.76 Bobby Fogg 12-13-92
Sr. 104.73 Bobby Fogg III 07-14-97
Op. 116.08 Jerry Rocha 10-13-01
.21 Sport Speed
Jr. 143.83 Peter Brown 10-04-93
Sr. 145.93 Peter Brown 07-16-97
Op. 158.39 R. Fogg/G. Brown 12-06-98
Formula. 40 Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. 146.16 Mike Wisniewski 07-11-96
Op. 161.87 James Rhoades 12-06-98
Jet
Jr. No record established
Sr. 123.41 Howell Pugh 09-02-95
Op. 204.93 L. Waltemath/
J. Mathison 12-07-02
F2A (FAI)
Jr. 162.62 Krystal King 06-17-00
Sr. 173.21 Krystal King 10-06-01
Op. 183.52 William Naemura 09-18-99
Rat Racing
Jr. No record established
Sr No record established
Op. 2:19.67 Team Fogg/Shahan
(70 Lap) 07-21-94
4:50.87 Mike Shahan
(140 Lap) 07-13-95
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Slow Rat Racing
Jr. 5:16.20 Scott Matson
(70 lap) 07-10-00
6:47.37 Scott Matson
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Sr. 4:29.63 Howell Pugh
(70 lap) 07-20-94
10:58.47 Douglas Short
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Op. 2:36.31 R. Ogez
(70 lap) 07-18-91
5:24.945 Mike Greb
(140 lap) 07-19-90
1/2A Mouse Race I
Jr. 2:37.57 Scott Matson
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:17.68 Scott Matson
(100 lap) 07-15-99
Sr. 2:44.68 David Rolley Jr
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:20.11 D.J. Parr
(100 lap) 07-16-98
Op. 2:14:35 Todd Ryan/Michael MacCarthy
(50 lap) 07-13-01
Op. 4:22.00 Paul Gibeault/Todd Ryan
(100 Lap) 07-15-99
Scale Racing
Jr. 2:50.65 Bobby Fogg III
(70 lap) 07-16-91
6:08.55 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 06-23-92
Sr. 3:15.12 Douglas Short
(70 lap) 07-11-00
5:40.05 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 07-11-95
Op. 2:39.38 Team Willoughby/Oge
(70 lap) 07-15-97
5:33.04 Robert Fogg
(140 lap) 07-16-91
F2C Team Race (FAI)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:16.70 Team Ascher 07-19-02
6:57.36 Lambert/Ballard
(200 lap) 07-15-98
Endurance
Jr. 0::44:12 Mark E. Williams 10-06-90
Sr. 0::25:41 Mark Williams 11-27-94
Op. 2::28:02 Edwin Gifford 09-15-02
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Carrier Class I
Jr. 386.0 Andy Westerheim 10-19-97
Sr. 435.8 Andy Westerheim 07-13-01
Op. 510.0 Kelvin Hite 02-18-01
Carrier Class II
Jr. 366.77 D. Silversmith 10-13-85
Sr. 416.5 Andy Westerheim 10-28-01
Op. 517.9 Peter Mazur 11-05-00
Profile Carrier
Jr. 279.5 Andy Westerheim 08-31-97
Sr. 342.1 Andy Westerheim 06-17-01
Op. 391.5 Peter Mazur 07-12-01
Electric Speed Class A
Jr. No record established
Sr. 64.35 Howell A. Pugh 06-20-92
Op. 90.42 H.Doering Jr. 10-10-93
Electric Speed Class B
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 119.63 William G. Stewart 06-05-99
PYLON RACING
Age Time Held By Date Set
Q-40
Jr. 1:03.15 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-11-00
Sr. 1:00.73 Gino DelPonte
(Long Course) 04-12-03
Op. 0:59.38 Thomas Scott
(Long Course) 05-27-00
1:03.13 Santiago Panzardi
(Short Course) 10-22-94
F3D
Jr. 1:08.69 Matthew Van Baren 11-15-98
Sr. 1:02.06 Matthew Van Baren 11-02-02
Op. 0:58.38 Richard Verano/
Robert Holik 08-30-03
Q-500
Jr. 1:10.43 Bucky Miller
(Short Course) 06-13-92
1:13.19 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 05-24-98
Sr. 1:01.36 David Wright
(Short Course) 07-10-94
1:05.83 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-16-01
Op. 0:56.49 Gordon Hyde
(Short Course) 05-29-94
1:03.54 Travis Flynn
(Long Course) 02-03-02
Formula I
Jr. 1:10.81 Matthew Van Baren 08-18-96
Sr. 1:07.94 Henson Bartle 10-09-98
Op. 1:03.16 Richard Verano 03-28-92
RC SOARING
SLOPE DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-87
Sr. 2::58:09 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 12::28:20 Alvin Battad 05-23-98
Class B
Jr. 8::12:08 Patrick McIntire 04-21-01
Sr. 6::01.13 Christopher Ritter 05-31-93
Op. 12::08:04 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 11::31:18 Caleb Lesher 04-21-01
Sr. 5::01:43 Ken Merenda 05-31-93
Op. 12::33.57 Jess Walls 05-05-92
Class D
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-88
Sr. 5::08:30 Joel Magnuson 04-21-01
Op. 13::32:11 Rex Coffman 04-21-01
THERMAL DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 0::30:27 Matthew Andren 06-12-93
Sr. 0::50:34 Andy Schuler 08-27-94
Op. 2::43:43 Bill Hoelcher 09-12-02
Class B
Jr. 0::41:40 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::27:04 Charles Vergo 05-31-92
Op. 5::00:55 Jerry Krainock 08-23-81
Class C
Jr. 0::43:49 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::54:09 Charles Vergo 06-14-92
Op. 8::03:00 Jay Siren 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 1::18:05 Christopher Ritter 05-11-91
Sr. 1::23:14 Rodney Cooper 05-09-92
Op. 9::47:00 Keith Kindrick 05-30-82
DECLARED DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 3.18 Christopher Ritter 05-04-91
Sr. 2.86 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 5.58 David Hall 05-27-03
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 14.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-81
Class C
Jr. 4.78 Christopher Ritter 05-24-91
Sr. 4.82 Kenneth Merenda 05-16-92
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
OPEN DISTANCES
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4.32 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 3.69 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 6.60 Paul J. Wilson 07-07-88
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 17.475 Jack R. Hiner 05-27-89
Class C
Jr. 12.30 Brian Isenhart 05-27-84
Sr. 9.90 Alex Bower 05-30-81
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
CLOSED COURSE DISTANCE
Age Km. Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 32.4 George Rodriguez 10-17-86
Sr. 69.8 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 129.4 Arlie Stoner 06-25-89
Class B
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class D
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
ALTITUDE
Age Feet Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. No record established
Op. 2,220.0 Gary Fogel 10-13-02
Class B
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. 1,993.0 Alex Bower 10-04-81
Op. 3,100.0 Jack R. Hiner 09-14-85
Class C
Jr. 309.7 Christopher Ritter 01-18-87
Sr. 3,045.0 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 3,600.0 Jack Hiner 07-27-85
Class D
Jr. 4,010 Scott Christian 07-29-84
Sr. 3,045 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 6,025 Jack Hiner 06-11-82
SPEED
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 53.014 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 45.747 Karl Cranford 05-31-92
Class B
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 47.006 Christopher Ritter 05-31-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class C
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 51.057 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class D
Jr. 49.22 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 57.23 Alex Bower 04-10-83
Op. 86.37 John H. Sasson Jr. 09-15-91
RC ELECTRIC
DURATION
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:16:58 Joachim Nave 06-22-02
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:18:50 Art Chmielewski 07-08-01
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:33:33 Joachim Nave 08-05-01
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 1:47:30 Joachim Nave 05-27-00
Indoor Electric R/C Duration
Jr. No Record Established
Sr. No Record Established
Op. 0:28:13 Raymond Harlan 08-31-03
DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.53 Christopher Silva 09-13-03
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.53 Christopher Silva 05-25-03
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.54 Gary Fogel 09-13-03
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.54 Gary Fogel 03-29-03
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
with a 630. He was right on, which left the
flightline with the unsettled feeling that it was
going to be an interesting morning the
following day.
The Final Day: The flight order of the final
day of competition called for Curtis to fly first
with Manabu to perform immediately after. It
was clear that the judges had a tremendous
responsibility; they had to know clearly what
they were looking for when Curtis flew and to
remain consistent with their judging and
expectations for Manubu’s performance.
Curtis flew a 639.5 and Manabu put down
a 637.5; with the combined scores from the
other high rounds, he edged out Curtis by
15.36 points with a 2991.46 to become the
World Champion. Minoru Kobayashi was
right in there on the last round presenting the
flightline with a 642, winning the third round.
At this level of competition it’s clear that it’s
not over until it’s over, and the 2003 World
Championships was no exception.
That evening all the competitors, officials,
and supporters gathered for a party that will
go down in history as being the best. The
Japanese are known for their hospitality, and
this time was no exception. We gathered for
an outdoor banquet with great food, large
bottles of sake, and a beautiful award
presentation, topped off by a late evening of
karaoke.
Our experience at the World Championships
would not have been possible if it were not for
the generous support of our corporate and
individual sponsors. Because of space
limitations we cannot thank everyone here,
but there are a few who need special
recognition of their relentless support: Ron
Lund of Rick’s R/C Helicopters, Ron
Kummer of IRCHA, Run Ryder, and, of
course, AMA.
A complete list of our sponsors as well as
the latest information on the US team can be
found at www.usaf3c.com.
Modeling is one of the true great hobbies;
it catalyzes the bringing together of people
from all walks of life regardless of country,
culture, and political beliefs. Attending an
event like the World Championships reminds
us how small the world really is and how alike
we all are. If the opportunity presents itself,
experience a World Championships! MA Nob (L), Dwight get ready in the “box.”
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K e y D a t e s
(Events attended by AMA HQ staff and/or officers)
January 9 - 11
AMA Convention 2004
Ontario CA
N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Helicopter
Sr. Doug Schaefer 08:03 08/16/03
Op. James Richmond 10:18 08/15/03
Pennyplane
Op. Gordon Wisniewski 17:45 08/17/03
Limited Pennyplane
Op. James Richmond 15:13 08/16/03
Easy B
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:13 08/17/03
Op. Alan Cohen 27:03 08/16/03
Intermediate Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:44 08/17/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Op. Lawrence Coslick 39:54 08/16/03
HL Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 23:46 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Mini Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 11:30 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 11:34 06/16/03
Op. Walter VanGorder 13:23 08/15/03
Manhatten
Op. Larry Loucka 11:43 08/16/03
Ornithopter
Op. Raymond Harlan 15:20 08/16/03
Standard Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 01:59.1 08/18/03
Unlimited Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 02:15.4 08/19/03
FF Electric Power
Op. Raymond Harlan 31:00 08/15/03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Mini Stick
Sr. Max Zaluska 13:32 08/31/03
F1D
Op. John Kagan 37:59 08/31/03
Pennyplane
Op. Anthony D’Alessandro 20:52 09/13/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Catapult Glider
Jr. Taylor Boe 05:56 09/14/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CATEGORY III
Electric A
Op. Charles Groth 30:00 08/24/03
RC SAILPLANE
Class A Declared Distance
Op. David Hall 5.58 miles 05/25/03
RC ELECTRIC
Indoor Electric Duration
Op. Raymond Harlan 28:13 08/31/03
Class A Sailplane (LMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 5.53 miles 05/25/03
Class B Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Gary Fogel 9.54 miles 09/13/03
Class A Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 9.53 miles 09/13/03
RC PYLON
F3D
Op. Richard Verano/
Robert Holick 58.38 seconds 08/30/03
W o r l d R e c o r d s
U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
No. 141 Duration
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
38::52:19 08/11/03
No. 142 Distance in a Straight Line
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
1882.8 miles 08/11/03
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F1 OPEN (G) (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.101: Duration 4hr 58mn 10s Momcilo Milutinovic Yugoslavia 05/15/60
No.102: Distance in a straight line 310.33km Zdenek Taus Czechoslovakia 03/31/62
No.103: Height 2364m Geroges Benedek Germany 05/23/48
F1 OPEN (AEX) (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.104: Duration 1hr 41mn 32s Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.105: Distance in a straight line 371.19km Guennadi Tchiglinsev USSR 07/01/62
No.106: Height 1732m Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.107: Speed 187.68km Andrew Belanov USSR 09/06/87
F1 OPEN (API) (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.108: Duration 6hr 01mn Igor Koulakovsky USSR 08/06/52
No.109: Distance in a straight line 378.76km Evgueny Boricevitch USSR 08/14/52
No.110: Height 6468m Yin Chenbai People’s Republic
of China 08/08/82
No.111: Speed 189.30 Artur Shaginian Russia 07/03/99
F1A (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.112: Duration in competition
F1B (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.113: Duration in competition
F1C (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.114: Duration in competition
F1 OPEN (AIM) (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.115a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39mn 19s Robert Randolph USA 01/21/96
No.115b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15 m) 45mn 32s Robert Randolph USA 10/17/93
No.115c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 47mn 19s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.115d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 1hr 0mn 01s Stephen Brown USA 06/01/97
F1D (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.125a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 26mn 45s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 05/20/02
No.125b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 29min 08s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 08/24/02
No.125c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 33mn 47s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.125d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 35mn 32s Peter Kuttler Germany 10/13/01
No.119: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.120: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.121: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1L (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.116a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 19mn 39s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.116b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 20 mn 36s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.116c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 21mn 23s Akihiro Danjo Japan 10/20/01
No.116d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 23mn 47s Jonas Romblad Sweden 03/03/01
No122: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.123: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.124: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1M (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.117a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 16mn 44s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.117b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 18mn 14s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.117c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 18mn 20s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/27/01
No.117d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 19mn 40s Akihiro Danjo Japan 08/11/02
F1N (INDOOR GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.118a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39.6 sec Leonard George Surtees Austrailia 11/24/01
No.118b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 54.8 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 03/06/00
No.118c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m)
No.118d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 73.9 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 05/31/00
F2A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.130: Speed (0.00 - 1.00cm3) 251.66kmh Zhao Jihe People’s Republic 08/22/84
of China
No.131: Speed (1.01 - 2.50cm3) 335kmh Paul Eisner United Kingdom 10/13/01
No.132: Speed (2.51 - 5.00cm3) 312.23kmh P. A. Halman United Kingdom 10/12/86
No.133: Speed (5.01 - 10.00cm3) 326.28kmh Shen Xilin People’s Republic 10/19/84
of China
No.134: Speed in Competition 302.5kmh Luis Parramon Spain 07/19/02
F2A (AEROPLANE, REACTION MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.135: Speed 395.64kmh Leonid Lipinski USSR 12/06/71
F2C (AEROPLANE(TEAM RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.57: Speed (100 laps) 3mn 12.2 sec Jean Maret France 07/16/00
No.58: Speed (200 laps) 6mn 28.9 sec Jean Maret France 07/18/00
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.141: Duration 38h 52mn 19s Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.142: Distance in a straight line 3030.07km Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.143: Height 8205m Maynard Hill USA 09/06/70
No.144: Distance goal and return
No.145: Speed 343.92kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/21/71
No.146: Distance in a closed circuit 1301.00km Maynard Hill USA 08/02/98
No.147: Speed in a closed circuit 241.80kmh Maynard Hill USA 11/26/84
F3A (SEAPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.148: Duration 16hr 14mn 11s Toomas Mardna Estonia 08/14/99
No.149: Distance in a straight line 308.84km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 03/26/94
No.150: Height 5651m Maynard Hill USA 09/03/67
No.151: Distance goal and return 60.2km George Finch USA 06/20/02
No.152: Speed 294.98kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/25/71
No.153: Distance in a closed circuit 601.00km Daniel Coince France 09/15/91
No.154: Speed in a closed circuit 192.90kmh Michael Ischenko Ukraine 06/20/93
F3B (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.155: Duration 36h 03mn 19s Nicholas Shaw United Kingdom 09/08/01
No.156: Distance in a straight line 226.44km Joseph Wurts USA 05/28/88
No.157: Height 1950m Jack Hiner USA 06/11/82
No.158: Distance goal and return
No.159: Speed 239.70kmh Klaus Kowalski Germany 07/20/91
No.160: Distance in a closed circuit 716.10km Eduard Svoboda Czechoslovakia 07/23/79
No.161: Speed in a closed circuit 129.70kmh Zufar Vakkasov Russia 06/23/97
F3C (HELICOPTER, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.162: Duration 5hr 59mn 51s Vladimir Bulatnikov/Yuri Bazanov/
Alexander Orlov Russia 07/02/01
No.163: Distance in a straight line 134.10km Michael Farnan Australia 06/02/96
No.164: Height 2940m Jean-Philippe Allogne France 04/12/92
No.165: Distance goal and return
No.166: Speed 144.67kmh Vladimir Bulantnikov Russia 07/02/98
No.167: Distance in a closed circuit 101.00km Jean-Philippe Allogne France 06/18/88
No.168: Speed in a closed circuit 112.72kmh David W. Whitney United Kingdom 11/02/86
F3D (AEROPLANE (PYLON RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.83: Speed in a closed circuit 58.59sec Christopher Callow Australia 08/02/01
F5-S (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.171: Duration 10hr 38mn 30s Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.172: Distance in a straight line 102.40km Anatoly Dubinetsky Russia 08/25/90
No.173: Height 2 200 Wolfgang Schaeper Germany 11/19/00
No.174: Distance goal and return
No.175: Speed 282.60kmh Werner Vauth Germany 08/08/92
No.176: Distance in a closed circuit 315.50km Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.177: Speed in a closed circuit 163.68kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5-P (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (NON-RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.178: Duration 15hr 12mn 30s Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.179: Distance in a straight line 135.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.180: Height 2200m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 09/19/88
No.181: Distance goal and return
No.182: Speed 168.51kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
No.183: Distance in a closed circuit 424.50km Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.184: Speed in a closed circuit 97.20kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
F5-SOL (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (SOLAR CELLS))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.185: Duration 11hr 34mn 18s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.186: Distance in a straight line 48.21km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.187: Height 2065m Wolfgang Schaper Germany 05/30/99
No.188: Distance goal and return
No.189: Speed 80.63kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/21/98
No.190: Distance in a closed circuit 190.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
No.191: Speed in a closed circuit 62.15kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
F5-COMB (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR(ALL SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.192: Duration 15hr 36mn 55s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.193: Distance in a straight line 109.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.194: Height 4539m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 02/20/95
No.195: Distance goal and return
No.196: Speed 274.28kmh Wolfgang Kuppers Germany 08/09/98
No.197: Distance in a closed circuit 490.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.198: Speed in a closed circuit. 160.45kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5C (HELICOPTER, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.199: Duration 1hr 10mn 50sec Mark Hopkins United Kingdom 03/16/03
No.200: Distance in a straight line
No.201: Height
No.202: Distance goal and return
No.203: Speed
No.204: Distance in a closed circuit
No.205: Speed in a closed circuit
F5D (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.90: Speed in a closed circuit
F A I W o r l d R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
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F o c u s o n C o m p e t i t i o n
176 MODEL AVIATION
Technical Director Steve Kaluf
[email protected]
I’M PUTTING ASIDE my regular column
this month (I know you are heartbroken!) to
bring you Barron Guss’s report as team
manager for the F3C Helicopter World
Championships that took place this past
summer in Japan.
We had hoped to place this article as a
feature in MA; however, current editorial
policies, in an effort to keep the coverage
even, only provides for coverage of World
Championships taking place in the United
States to run as features. So look for more
coverage of this nature in “Focus on
Competition.” As I receive well-written
reports, I’ll have them placed here. That way
you will still be able see the reports of these
championships.
That said, I think you will find Barron’s
report interesting. The organizers in Japan
always go out of their way to make any
World Championships they host a first-class
operation; this one was no exception. Our
Helicopter team, once again, did very well.
We’ve included a few pictures to give you the
flavor of the World Championships.
Till next time ...
In life, certain opportunities present
themselves on a most infrequent basis. One
such opportunity is to represent one’s country
to the world. The 2003 US F3C team had
such an honor at the 2003 FAI-F3C World
Championships in Ishikawa, Japan.
Contrary to popular belief, winning a slot
on the US team does not happen at the Team
Trials as much as it is a process of study,
dedication, and determination that starts years
and in some cases decades prior, as with some
of our US team members.
What is FAI-F3C? FAI stands for
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. This
international organization governs all
competition and record keeping for all things
aviation, whether it is an altitude record for a
hot-air balloon or a speed record for a radiocontrolled
airplane. They even have a hand in
space flight.
F3C is the class designation set forth by
the FAI for Radio Control model-helicopter
competition. The World Championships
competition is held every two years on a
different continent, and this year it was held
in Asia. F3C is a compilation of all the skills
and maneuvers acquired in AMA classes I, II,
and III, with the major difference that one
competes against the world’s best.
There are two schedules of maneuvers
used in this class. Schedule A is used during
the preliminary rounds and the more difficult
Schedule B is used during the flyoff. Each
schedule contains three hovering maneuvers
and the remainder of the maneuvers can
consist of a combination of loops, rolls,
pirouettes, stall turns, inverted hovering,
tailslides, and more.
The pilots are judged on precision,
smoothness, heading, altitude control,
positioning of the model, and overall
presentation. Every maneuver starts out with
a score of 10 and then points are deducted in
half-point increments for defects observed by
the judges. A score of 0 is given for
incomplete maneuvers. Each competitor
participates in four preliminary rounds, of
which the best three flight scores determine
his/her placing.
The F3C World Championships is a team
as well as an individual competition. FAI
member countries may enter a maximum of
three competitors as a national team for world
and continental championships. Team results
The land of the rising sun becomes the
land of the setting sun for Dwight Shilling
on the first day of practice.
US contingent, first row (L-R): Wayne Mann, Barron Guss, Dwight Shilling, Len Sabato.
Second row: Denise Mann, Cliff Hiatt, Daniel Hiatt, Paul Giles, Sue Giles, Sandy Sabato,
Nob Muraki, Curtis Youngblood.
are based on the sum of each country’s team
members’ preliminary round scores. The top
10 pilots or 20% of all competitors
(whichever is greater) then participate in three
flyoff rounds to determine the individual
winner. (The scores of the current World
Champion do not count toward the team title.)
Our Team: The final round of the Team
Trials was held the weekend of September 28-
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C O M P E T I T I O N D I R E C T O R Y
I: Robert Wilkie, 19 Everett St., Rockland MA 02370
II: CL & FF: Dave King, 410 Ritter Ave., South Plainfield NJ 07080-3534
RC: Robert Kircher, 9 Sheffeld Way, Clark NJ 07066
III: CL, FF, & RC: Nelson Gould, 1340 Oak Dr., Macungie PA 18062 (East)
CL , FF & RC: Sheila Nitsch, 5650 Boyd Rd., Grove City OH 43123
IV: CL & FF: Jim Coffin, 4604 Hillbrook Dr., Annandale VA 22003
RC: Alice Munday, 18 W. Lewis Rd., Hampton VA 23666 E-mail: [email protected]
V: RC (FL Only): Judi Dunlap, 14711 SE 1st Avenue Rd., Summerfield FL 34491
RC (TN, MS, AL, SC, GA, PR): Dick Tonan, 639 Knollwood Dr., Lavergne TN 37086
FF: Bob Junk, 984 Williams Ditch Rd., Cantonment FL 32533
CL: Gene Martine, 1422 Ingleside Ave., Jacksonville FL 32205-7713
VI: RC (except Soaring): Randy Cameron, 2134 S. Hillcrest Ave., Springfield MO 65807
RC Soaring: Dale Folkening, 1544 Darien Lake Dr., Darien IL 60561
FF: Charles Markos, 655 Carlisle Ave., Deerfield IL 60015
CL: Arthur Johnson, 1818 Oslo Drive, Rockford IL 61108-6612
VII: FF AMA Headquarters, Competition Department
CL: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N. Shore Dr.,Whitmore Lake MI 48189-9124
RC (Except for Michigan): Michael Haller, N6237 Shraven Circle, Fond du Lac WI 54937
RC (Michigan only): Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
VIII:CL & FF: Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
RC: Douglas Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310.
IX: Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange, Wichita KS 67217
RC: Judy Gerken, 2069 South Raleigh St., Denver CO 80219
X: Ellis Hall, 4811 Amber Ln., Sacramento CA 95841 (North.)
Tim Attaway, 252 Sea Vale St., Chula Vista CA 91910
Wayne Hamada, 625 Iolani Ave. Apt.. 604, Honolulu HI 96813-1812 (Hawaii)
Utah and Arizona only:
David Litt, 1111 N. 64th St. 53, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Dick Salter, 3140 184 Ave. SE, Penino WA 98589
RC: W.T. (Bill) Smith, 10825 44th Ave. S.W., Seattle WA 98146
INDOOR CONTEST BOARD
I: Ray Harlan, 15 Happy Hollow Rd., Wayland MA 01778
II: Doug Barber, 23 Rabbit Run, Easthampton Twp. NJ 08060-5313
III: Walt VanGorder, 5669 Victory View Ln., Cincinnati OH 45233
IV: Don Srull, 941 Kimberwicke Rd., McLean VA 22102
V: Richard MacEntee, 2409 B 14th St. Dr. NW, Palmetto FL 34221
VI: Larry Coslick, 4202 Valley Crest Hill, St. Louis MO 63128
VII: Gordon Wienewski, 4790 Stratford Dr., Greendale WI 53129
VIII: Ralph (Bud) Tenny, PO Box 830545, Richardson TX 75080
IX: H. Stan Chilton, 3010 Grail, Wichita KS 67211
X: Clarence Mather, 2358 Tam O’Shanter Ave., Bishop CA 93514-1944
XI: Andy Tagliafico, 10039 SW Quail Post Rd., Portland OR 97219
CONTROL LINE SPEED
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Glen Van Sant, 414 Valley Rd., Langhorne PA 19047
IV: Albert Jones, 17670 Glass Ridge Pl., Gainesville VA 20155
V: Santo Rizzotto, 1575 N Banana River Dr., Merritt Island FL 32952
VI: William Hughes, 113 N. Chase Ave., Bartlett IL 60103
VII: Barry Tippett, 31052 Mason, Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Dimmitt Perkins, 291 Grant 581, Sheridan AR 72150
IX: Jim Ricketts, 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110-5573
X: Bob Fogg, 11272 Carroza Ct., San Diego CA 92124
XI: Mike Hazel, 1073 Windemere Dr NW, Salem OR 97304
CONTROL LINE CARRIER
I: Glenn Simpson, 19 Hilda St., Worcester MA 01606
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III:
IV:
V: Michael Shull, 3051 Cedar Trce, Tarpon Springs FL 34688
VI: William Calkins, 317 Snow St., Sugar Grove IL 60554
VII: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N Shore Rd., Whitmore Lake MI 48189
VIII: Dick Perry, 427 Live Oak Lane NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122
IX: Melvin Schuette, Box 240, Auburn KS 66402
X: Ted Kraver, 225 W. Orchid Ln., Phoenix AZ 85021
XI: Mike Potter, 29725 45th Avenue S, Auburn WA 98001
CONTROL LINE RACING
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Laird Jackson, MCP HU 245 N. 15th St., Philadelphia PA 19102
IV: Charles Williams, 423 Hunting Creek Dr., Matthews NC 28104
V: Dick Lambert, 754 Renegade Ln., Port Orange FL 32127
VI: Dave McDonald, Box 384, Daleville IN 47334
VII: Larry Dziak, 1474 Capitol Dr., Green Bay WI 54303
VIII: John McCollum, 300 Van Zandt, Co. Rd.4717, Ben Wheeler TX 75754
IX: Jim Ricketts Sr., 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110
X: Doug Mayer, 1727 Penmar Ave., Apt. #2, Venice CA 90291
XI: John Thompson, 2456 Quince St., Eugene OR 97404
CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS
I: Dave Cook, 46 Maple St., Norfolk MA 02056
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Bill Werwage, 111 Jacqueline Dr., Berea OH 44017
IV: Warren Tiahrt, 4020 Martins Point Rd., Kitty Hawk NC 27949
V: Bob Dixon, 1351 Tristram Circle, Macon GA 31220
VI: Allen Brickhaus, Box 206, Golconda IL 62938
VII: Bob McDonald, 28746 Westfield St., Livonia MI 48150
VIII: Gary McClellan, 7812 Bayshore Ct., Ft. Worth TX 76179
IX:
X: Royal (Lucky) Pyatt, 4013 W. Valley Mine Dr., Tucson AZ 85745
XI: Paul Walker, 25900 127th Ave. SE, Kent WA 98031
CONTROL LINE COMBAT
I: Neil Simpson, 129 Podunk Rd., East Brookfield MA 01515
II: Dave Edwards, 9 Ardsley Rd., Hillsborough NJ 08844
III: Mike Evans, 436 McGregor Ave., Cincinnati OH 45206
IV: Louis Lopez, 44 Wyndom Circle, Hockessin DE 19707
V: Francisco Rodriquez, 8 SW 96 Ct., Miami FL 33174
VI: Rich Tupper, 3105 Audrea Ct., Woodridge IL 60517
VII: Ron Columbo, 14907 Garden St., Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Pat Willcox, 1927 Running Springs Dr., Kingwood TX 77339
IX:
X: Steve Stewart, 87 W. Windsor Ave., Phoenix AZ 85003
XI: Mark Hansen, 3585 SE Franklin St., Portland OR 97202
FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD
I: Art Ellis, 84 Denison Dr., Guilford CT 06437
II: Bradley Bane, 60 Lake Ave., Lyndonville NY 14098
III: Rudy Kluiber, 2021 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood OH 44107
IV: Jim Bocckinfuso, 112 Pinecrest Cir., Moneta VA 24121
V: Ron Sharpton, 1290 County Rd., Daytona Beach FL 32119-2469
VI: Chris Matsuno, 8576 Ginger Dr., St. John MO 63114
VII: Bill Shailor, 2317 Clawson Avenue, Royal Oak MI 48073
VIII: Mike Fedor, 2500 San Diego, Arlington TX 76015
IX: Jerald Murphy, 9 Via Escondido, Manitou Springs Valley CO 80829
X: Doug Galbreath, 3408 Topsail Pl, Davis CA 95616
XI: John Crosetto, 14809 S.E. 54th, Bellevue WA 98006
SCALE CONTEST BOARD
I: Irv Searl, 52 Langholm Dr., Nashua NH 03062
II: Don Typond, 275 Cascade Rd., Warwick NY 10990
III: Bill Carper, 264 Oak St., Jackson OH 45640
IV: Bob Karlsson, 708 Bullen Dr., Middletown DE 19709
V: David Platt, 1306 Havre, N.W., Palm Bay FL 32907
VI: John Guenther, 21609 Borden-Greenville Rd., Borden IN 47106
VII: Claude McCullough, 102 Constance St., Montezuma IA 50171
VIII: Ernest Harwood, 2711 English Chase, Arlington TX 76016
IX Glen Lau, 3701 S. 44th St., Lincoln NE 68506
X: Kent Walters, 6407 N. 83rd St., Scottsdale AZ 85250
XI: Jerry Holcomb, 1010 NE 122 Ave, Vancouver WA 98684
ELECTRIC
I: Edmund Bassick, 75 Romanock Pl, Fairfield CT 06432
II: Tom Hunt, 1 Dianne Ave., Centereach, NY 11720-3601
III: Richard Simpson, 332 39th Street, Pittsburgh PA 15201
IV: David Robelen, R.R. 4, Box 369, Farmdale VA 23901
V: Robert Nelson, 5955 Chickadee Dr., Lakeland FL 33809
VI: Steve Moskal, 7516 Country Ln., Apt. 1E, Darien IL 60561
VII: Keith Shaw, 2756 Elmwood, Ann Arbor MI 48104
VIII: George Parks, 2102 Oxford Ave., Austin TX 78704
IX: Ed Sweeney, 15815 Wildwind Terrace, Colorado Springs CO 80908
X: Robert Sliff, 8044 Legion Pl. #6, Midway City CA 92655
XI: Bernard Cawley, 29838 48th Ave. S., Auburn WA 98001
AEROBATICS
I: Scott Melville, 100 Chatham Terr., Bridgeport CT 06606
II: Ron Lockhart, 413 Dennis Dr., Galloway NJ 08205
III: Geoff Combs, 7658 Silver Springs St., Canal Winchester OH 43110
IV: Tom Miller, 19130 Brookgreen Garden Pl., Cornelius NC 28031
V: John Fuqua, 175 W.T. Hulion Rd., Crestview FL 32539
VI: Charles W. Reed, 5408 Woodson Rd., Raytown MO 64133
VII: David von Linsowe, 7093 E. Dodge Rd., Mt. Morris MI 48458
VIII:William Thomas, 5442 Bow Dr., Bartlesville OK 74006
IX: Jim Mowrey, 310 Capitol Ave., Kinsley KS 67547
X: Derek Koopowitz, 881 Oxford Way, Benicia CA 94510
XI: Rick Allison, 26405 SE 160th St., Issaquah WA 98027
HELICOPTER
I: Randy King, 59 Wallingford Ave., Athol MA 01331
II: Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
III: Paul Soha, 2642 Lacolline Dr., Stow OH 44224
IV: Marshall McClung, 2722 Fawn Rd. SW, Roanoke VA 24015
V: Cliff Hiatt, 14218 Lake Tilden Blvd., Winter Garden FL 34787
VI: Luther Akemon, 1080 Laveview Dr., Scottsburg IN 47170
VII: Craig Bradley, 12400 Burlington Dr., Dewitt MI 48820
VIII:Dave Youngblood, 2104 Farley, College Station TX 77845
IX: Don Vineyard, 1016 Burr Oak Ln., Salina KS 67401-3209
X: Julius Frank, 1970 Tahoe Circle, Tracy CA 95376
XI: Rich Josephson, 2842 Tonia Cir., Medford OR 97504
RACING
I: Pete Reed, 416 Gilmore Pond Rd., Jaffrey NH 03452
II: Ernest Nikodem, 407 Willow St., Lockport NY 14094
III: Tom Scott, 10073 Spring beauty Ln., Cincinnati OH 45231
IV: Richard Moreland, 726 Hillmeade Rd., Edgewater MD 21037
V: Gail Jacobson, 6205 Rivercliffe Dr. NW, Atlanta GA 30328
VI: Dan Kane Jr., 1703 W. Grove St., Arlington Heights IL 60005
VII: Mike Condon, 9335 Eastwind Dr., Livonia MI 48150-4521
VIII:Mike Helsel, 7 Stillmeadow, Round Rock TX 78664
IX: Lyle Larson, HC 80 Box 475, Piedmont SD 57769
X: James Allen, 4235 E. Ellis Circle, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Tom Strom, 1420 SW 160th, Seattle WA 98116
SOARING
I: Fritz Bien, 41 Sawmill Rd., Concord MA 01742
II: Roman Paryz, 59 Steinfeldt Rd.,Lancaster NY 14086
III: Jack Strother, 1731 Lindenhall Dr., Loveland OH 45140
IV: Douglas Barry, 6518 Tuskan Dr., Charlotte NC 28270
V: Charles Anderson, P.O. Box 305, Tullahoma TN 37388
VI: Rick Burnoski, 158 Canyon Dr., Bolingbrook IL 60440
VII: Al Scidmore, 5013 Dorsett Dr., Madison WI 53711
VIII:Barry Kennedy, 1935 Highvalley Tr., Grand Prairie TX 75052
IX: Byron Blakeslee, 1448 W. Briarwood Dr., Littleton CO 80120
X:
XI: Dave Johnson, 16500 SE 1st St. #114, Vancouver WA 98684
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
I: Bob Wallace, 91 Sylvan St., Avon CT 06001
II: George Hartman, 14811 Crystal Cove Ct., Ft. Myers FL 33919
III: Rick Fraley, 4412 Eaton Gettysburg Rd., Eaton OH 45320
IV: Pete Rundel, 1031 Riva Ridge Dr., Great Falls VA 22066
V: Lou Melancon, 105 Morton Walk Dr., Alpharetta GA 30022
VI: Philip Rossman II, 19130 Madden Rd., Churubusco IN 46723
VII: Mike Fredericks, 1129 Madison St., Beaver Dam WI 53916
VIII:Doug Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310
IX:
X: Terry Harner, 2113 Ramada Dr., Oceanside CA 92056
XI: Ron Horton, 1129 Eldora Ln., Billings MT 59105
Chairpersons from each of the other Contest Boards and the Contest Board Coordinator. See individual listings above for addresses.
Ralph (Bud) Tenny William Hughes Richard Perry Richard Lambert Gary McClellan
Pat Willcox Dave Robelen Pete Reed Doug Powell John Fuqua
Douglas Berry Jerald Murphy Cliff Hiatt Cliff Telford David Platt
SCALE
Mike Gretz, Box 162, Montezuma IA 50171
INDOOR
Steve Brown, 297 Hartman Ct., San Dimas CA 91773
FREE FLIGHT
Henry Spence, 1111 Country Club Ct., Mansfield TX 76063
SPEED & TEAM RACE
Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
CL COMBAT
Gary Frost, 13 Castlewood Ct., St. Peters MO 63376
CL AEROBATICS
Wynn Paul, 3332 Carriage Ln., Lexington KY 40517
RC SOARING
Buzz Averill, 186 Sedillo Hill Rd., Tijeras NM 87059
RC AEROBATICS
Earl Haury, 22818 Whitewater Creek Circle Katy TX 77450
RC PYLON
Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
RC ELECTRIC
Charles D. Grim, 1319 Reed Ave., San Diego CA 92109
RC HELICOPTER
Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
SPACEMODELING
Dr. Bob Kreutz, 506 Hunters Road, Brick NJ 08724
FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
CONTEST COORDINATORS
SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR: Cliff Telford, 1512 S. Greenleaf Ct., Winter Springs FL 32708
Boldface Below Indicates Chairman of Contest Board
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Dwight hovers Caliber 90 at eye level in deep concentration. Curtis spots the autorotation in world-champion style.
Wayne hovers through the round as
Mechanic Cliff Hiatt and judges look on.
178 MODEL AVIATION
29 in Orlando, Florida. It was a very
competitive event with seven of the country’s
top pilots competing for the three open
positions on the team. When all of the rotors
stopped spinning, we were left with the three
individuals to represent the United States in
Japan; they were Wayne Mann, Len Sabato,
and Dwight Schilling, and I would be the
team manager.
Our journey to Japan started on May 25
with our team converging on Osaka, Japan,
where we loaded our models and luggage into
our minivans and caravanned our way to the
town of Noto in the Ishikawa prefecture,
about 400 kilometers northwest of Osaka.
We arrived to the sight of a well-organized
event produced by the Masuda family of
Japan’s Radio Control Technique magazine.
Mr. Masuda has spent the past two years
securing sponsorship for this event, not only
from the modeling community but the local
state governments as well. This was
evidenced by the warm welcome all the
competitors received from the local people as
well as our participation in the grand opening
ceremonies of the Noto airport.
SARS was an important issue for
everyone at the event as five teams decided to
withdraw from the competition in
consideration for their fellow competitors;
they were China, Taipei, Hong Kong,
Singapore, and the Philippines. In addition, all
in attendance had to have their temperature
checked twice a day to make sure that we
didn’t have symptoms of this dreadful
disease.
The competition was held on the grounds
of the Noto International Airport. As you
could imagine the facility lent itself to an
event of this type with its wide, open space
and the wind coming right down the runway.
We unfortunately did not fly off the
asphalt as anticipated, but the grass area
adjacent to it. This presented a little bit of a
challenge for flying and judging because the
grass had a slope of about 5°. This meant that
as the pilots navigated their models around
the course, the altitude above the ground
changed as the model maintained flight in a
constant plane; this was visually interesting as
well as challenging
Because of the number of entries, there
were two flightlines running simultaneously.
This would later account for what some may
view as disparity in judging. It was evident
that certain flightlines favored pilots from
different parts of the world, It is also
important to note that the United States was
Len’s Vigor generated much interest with Eclipse fuselage,
prototype retracts. Go to www.lensabato.com for info.
Manabu Hashimoto debuted prototype solid-axle DDF head. It
allows each blade to “flap” independently, yet be dampened as
one complete unit by use of seesaw hub with center damper.
not represented in the judges’ lineup because
of a last-minute withdrawal with no chance to
find a suitable replacement.
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The Competition: Round One went off
without a hitch as the United States was
assigned to flightline A. Curtis Youngblood
was up first, putting in a flight which would
later prove to be the highest scoring for the
day. Wayne Mann was up next, putting in an
equally well-executed first-round flight. I
think the best comment came from Len
Sabato after his first round when he stated,
“When I fly the Nats I will view it like a small
regional contest.” Welcome to the worlds,
Len!
The wind came up in the afternoon just to
let everyone know that nature is still the boss.
Dwight Shilling enjoyed doing his windsurfer
imitation, but in traditional Dwight style he
was just pleased to be there. The real sneak
attack on this flightline was mounted by
Rudiger Feil of Germany; his smooth style
and well-set-up Hirobo Black Shark was
pleasing to watch.
As always, our biggest concern other than
our flying was to watch what the Japanese
team was doing. As suspected they were well
practiced and ready to go for the gold.
Manabu Hashimoto wanted the World
Champion title back and the team did not
want to have the 2001 title taken away from
them on their own soil. They had little to
worry about with a clear advantage of having
Hashimoto’s score counting toward the team
standings.
Throughout the first four rounds, the top
six positions were traded back and forth with
pilots from the United States, Japan, and Scott
Gray of Canada. Neither Curtis nor
Hashimoto could keep his hands on the firstplace
position long enough to declare any sort
of trend, mostly because of the disparity in
judging between flightlines.
The team title had been decided, though,
with Japan first, Germany second, and the
United States coming in third. It was a close
contest for second; we lost with humility and
clearly the best team uniforms and jackets!
When it was time for the final three
rounds, it was clear that it was anyone’s
championship with Curtis’s carryover score of
1,000 and Hashimoto’s 998.47 from the first
round. The panel of judges increased to 10
with the combining of the pilots from both
flightlines. This is where the flying must
impress each judge’s individual tastes at once!
The wind had played a factor in
everyone’s flying; some benefited and some
did not. But it was flight order that everyone
was concerned with now because the wind
tended to be lighter in the morning and late
afternoon, but no one really wants to be first
up, and of course I pulled the number-two slot
for our World Champion in the first round and
number one in the third!
The wind was blowing 5-10 mph during
Curtis’s first-round flight; we were all hoping
that he could repeat his “taming of the winds”
routine from the fourth round. He put in a
good flight, but it just wasn’t up to Curtis’s
own standards; he came away with a
combined score of 588. This was for the best
of round A and the first round of B placing
him in second behind Rudiger Feil who had a
breakout round with a combined score of 600.
Rudiger had the calmest conditions of the
morning, which ultimately helped him win the
first round.
Len was next up and flew a good round
with a score of 519.5. He has attracted a lot of
attention this year with his Eclipse fuselage
and retractable skids, but this was no beauty
contest. Wayne put in a solid round, earning
him a combined score of 544.5. To watch
Wayne fly through the maneuvers was truly
enjoyable as he definitely has a lot of grace
‘upstairs.’
The second round went better for Curtis
and Wayne, but Len just didn’t find his
‘groove.’ Curtis flew a 600.5 and Wayne
earned a 577. Manabu Hashimoto of Japan
had the last flight of the day and found
himself in first place by presenting the crowd
Sue Giles, Barron Guss, and Sandy Sabato enjoy an afternoon of
sightseeing at a 700-year-old temple.
“No sir, I did not steal the car.” Dwight tries to explain his way
through a security checkpoint.
L-R: Curtis Youngblood (second), Manabu Hashimoto (first),
Minoru Kobayashi (third) show rewards of their hard work.
Getting into the culture (L-R), Barron, Nob, and Dwight donned
ceremonial “happy coats” at the awards banquet.
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180 MODEL AVIATION
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 16:48 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 13:15 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 39:19 Robert Randolph 01-26-96
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 11:49 Don Slusarczyk 08-12-86
Sr. 22:08 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 30:40 Stan Chilton 08-05-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:18 Doug Schaefer 11-18-01
Sr. 12:20 Doug Schaefer 01-04-02
Op. 22:37 John Kagan 08-19-01
ROG Cabin
Jr. 10:01 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 16:15 Robert Randolph 04-05-91
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:12 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 08:31 Walter VanGorder 12-09-90
Easy B
Jr. 08:26 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 13:04 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 21:44 Larry Coslick 02-11-96
Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 13:45 Jim Clem 08-06-95
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 16:14 Warren J. Williams 05-10-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:24 Jon Harlan 06-29-85
Sr. 04:32 Ronnie Stransky 03-31-73
Op. 11:07 James Richmond 12-11-88
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:22 Scott T. Robbins 03-23-91
Sr. 05:16 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 09:01 Roy White 10-01-95
Autogiro
Jr. 02:43 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-86
Sr. 06:52 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 10:10 Don Slusarczyk 12-22-96
HLG
Jr. 01:01.4 Jon Chancey 03-31-84
Sr. 01:03.3 Don DeLoach 05-11-91
Op. 01:34.8 Stan Buddenbohm 03-13-91
ROG Stick
Jr. 08:09.00 Mike Clem 12-14-80
Sr. 05:51.05 James Buxton 04-14-91
Op. 17:17.00 Larry Coslick 10-20-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:44.2 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 47.1 Matthew Chalker 05-24-01
Op. 01:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:43.5 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 0:46.9 Jeff Daulton 05-24-01
Op. 1:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Mini Stick
Jr. 06:55 David Rigotti 11-18-01
Sr. 06:04 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11:13 Stan Chilton 10-05-02
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 11:14 Bob Wilder 03-06-02
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04-01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 45:32 Robert Randolph 10-17-93
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 10:45 Parker Parrish 11-25-00
Sr. 21:04 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 31:37 Larry Coslick 09-12-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04B01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 20:46 Jake Palmer 04-21-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 08:26 Paul Loucka 04-05-81
Sr. 17:37 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 21:57 William Shailor 07-13-87
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:19 Don Slusarczyk 04-27-86
Sr. 07:23 Don DeLoach 03-20-88
Op. 09:32 Walt VanGorder 07-12-87
Easy B
Jr. 11:45 Doug Schaefer 03-25-01
Sr. 16:37 Doug Schaefer 04-06-03
Op. 21:14 Larry Coslick 05-08-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 16:41 Raymond B Harlan 10-11-97
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 12:28 William Pavek 11-17-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:39 Jonathan Harlan 04-15-84
Sr. 02:28 Thomas Norell 04-14-85
Op. 11:00 Larry Coslick 04-27-95
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:13 Scott Robbins 04-11-91
Sr. 04:27 Jonathon Sayre 04-24-99
Op. 10:01 Roy White 12-30-95
Autogiro
Jr. 04:40 Chris Lu 11-03-01
Sr. No record established
Op. 08:38 Ronald Ganser 02-13-93
HLG
Jr. 01:16.0 Aaron Markos 09-30-84
Sr. 01:21.8 Bryan Fulmer 03-20-83
Op. 01:39.8 Daniel Domina 06-13-82
ROG Stick
Jr. 07:04 Don Slusarczyk 11-30-86
Sr. 12:14 Mark Drela 06-12-77
Op. 17:06 Larry Coslick 10-24-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:01.7 Kenny Krempetz 11-16-97
Sr. 0:20.5 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:07.0 Kenny Krempetz 11-22-98
Sr. 1:10.6 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Mini Stick
Jr. 05:53 Chris Lu 08-05-01
Sr. 07:45 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11.00 Stan Chilton 03-26-00
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:28 Raymond Harlan 04-19-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 23:46 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 47:19 James Richmond 08-04-02
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 24:44 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 39:54 Lawrence Coslick 08-16-03
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:26 David Rigotti 05-06-01
Sr. 30:25 Doug Schaefer 08-04-02
Op. 33:47 James Richmond 08-04-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 15:07 Paul Loucka 06-25-81
Sr. 15:42 Tom Sova 08-06-73
Op. 27:45 Larry Loucka 08-04-02
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:15 Don Slusarczyk 04-13-86
Sr. 08:32 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 11:43 Larry Loucka 08-16-03
Easy B
Jr. 24:13 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 24:00 Doug Schaefer 05-04-03
Op. 27:03 Alan Cohen 08-15-03
Pennyplane
Jr. 12:36 Jeni Jaecks 06-14-83
Sr. 14:36 Dave Lindley 06-17-82
Op. 17:45 Gordon Wisniewski 08-17-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 12:24 Aaron Markos 06-15-83
Sr. 13:30 Brian Johnson 08-03-02
Op. 15:13 James Richmond 08-16-03
Helicopter
Jr. 06:18 Jonathan Harlan 06-18-84
Sr. 08:03 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 10:18 James Richmond 08-15-03
Ornithopter
Jr. 05:21 Scott T. Robbins 12-09-90
Sr. 09:11 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 15:20 Ray Harlan 08-16-03
Autogiro
Jr. 04:08 Dave Lindley 06-26-80
Sr. 08:36 Don Slusarczyk 10-30-90
Op. 10:58 Ronald Ganser 05-01-94
HLG
Jr. 02:10.4 Darryl Stevens 08-07-77
Sr. 02:32.6 Gary Stevens 08-07-77
Op. 02:35.1 James C. Buxton 10-03-93
ROG Stick
Jr. 10:02 Dave Lindley 06-28-80
Sr. 11:09 Richard Whitten 06-02-77
Op. 20:03 Lawrence Coslick 05/03/98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:27.5 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 01:59.1 Kenny Krempetz 08-18-03
Op. 02:48.2 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:31.3 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 02:15.4 Kenny Krempetz 08-19-03
Op. 03:08.0 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 11:30 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 11:34 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 13:23 Walter VanGorder 08-15-03
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:00 Ray Harlan 08-15-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 34:44 Jonathan Harlan 09-01-85
Sr. 41:25 Don Slusarczyk 09-02-90
Op. 60:01 Stephen Brown 06-01-97
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 15:54 Mike VanGorder 07-15-79
Sr. 36:31 Doug Schaefer 05-25-03
Op. 41:48 Larry Coslick 09-03-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 29:42 Doug Schaefer 09-01-01
Sr. 36:12 Doug Schaefer 10-11-02
Op. 37:59 John Kagan 08-31-03
ROG Cabin
Jr. 14:35 Jonathan Harlan 08-14-83
Sr. 27:10 Don Slusarczyk 06-08-90
Op. 33:20 Robert Randolph 06-05-82
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:31 Jim Buxton 06-07-87
Sr. 10:28 Don Slusarczyk 06-03-89
Op. 15:17 James Grant 07-03-95
Easy B
Jr. 18:07 Andrew Tagliafico 08-05-88
Sr. 26:29 Doug Schaefer 05-30-03
Op. 34:13 Larry Coslick 05-18-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 13:56 Christopher Lu 09-02-01
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 20:52 Anthony D’Alessandro 09-13-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 15:19 Vito Iacobellis 07-05-02
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 18:34 Lawrence Cailliau 08-17-97
Helicopter
Jr. 05:47 Nick Leonard, Jr. 08-01-96
Sr. 08:15 Benjamin Saks 06-02-01
Op. 12:00 Larry Coslick 08-02-96
Ornithopter
Jr. 04:28 Scott Robbins 07-23-89
Sr. 09:02 Don Slusarczyk 07-03-88
Op. 21:44 Roy White 09-02-95
Autogiro
Jr. 05:22 Christopher Lu 09-01-01
Sr. 12:11 Don Slusarczyk 09-01-90
Op. 19:53 Anthony DíAlessandro 07-19-03
HLG
Jr. 02:07.20 Steve Wittman 01-27-74
Sr. 02:39.44 Charles Gagliano 09-05-88
Op 02:58.60 Ron Wittman 02-18-73
ROG Stick
Jr. 12:47 Robert Skrjanc 05-16-82
Sr. 15:51 Mark Drela 09-18-77
Op. 24:51 Larry Coslick 07-05-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:29.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:50.0 Christopher Sydor 09-03-94
Op. 03:25.4 Robert De Shields 02-02-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:26.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:55.5 Christopher Sydor 09-04-94
Op. 04:11.9 Stan Buddenbohm 10-04-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 9:49 David Rigotti 06-01-01
Sr. 13:32 Max Zaluska 08-31-03
Op. 15:06 Robert Romash 09-01-01
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 30:30 Ray Harlan 06-01-02
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Age Min/Sec. Held By Date Set
Cargo
Jr. 55.97 Darryl Stevens 07-10-77
Sr. 25.00 Melanie Sanford 07-02-88
Op. 100.21 Roman Ramirez 09-19-82
Coupe d’Hiver
Jr. 11:54 Gregg Ferrer 01-26-75
Sr. 24:49 Jason Kendy 03-28-81
Op. 53:03 Robert P. White 03-28-81
P-30
Jr. 11:01 David Ellis 01-01-95
Sr. 23:00 Don DeLoach 06-23-90
Op. 42:58 Stanley Buddenbohm 11-10-01
HL Glider
Jr. 10:56 Darryl Stevens 02-20-77
Sr. 12:06 John Dowey 09-27-75
Op. 25:50 Bill Moody 10-04-97
A-2 Glider
Jr. 38:31 Benjamin Coussens 10-06-01
Sr. 35:58 Brian Bauer 03-08-03
Op. 69:35 Tom Coussens 03-13-94
Wakefield
Jr. 23:45 Taylor Gunder 06-22-02
Sr. 28:01 David Ellis 12-29-99
Op. 33:39 Walter Ghio 11-16-02
F1C Power (FAI)
Jr. 15:37 J. E. Troutman 10-13-91
Sr. 25:11 James Troutman 01-14-95
Op 49:50 Ed Keck 03-14-98
F1H A-1 Towline
Jr. 17:00 Dallas Parker 10-28-01
Sr. 30:19 Ben Coussens 02-09-03
Op. 58:42 Martyn Cowley 03-15-98
F1G Coupe (FAI)
Jr. 16:56 Taylor Burrows 03-23-03
Sr. 12:09 Ben Thomson 07-31-03
Op. 38:24 John Sessums 03-10-02
F1J 1/2A Power (FAI)
Jr. 20:20 Austin Gunder 08-02-00
Sr. 41:10 Austin Gunder 08-02-01
Op. 38:07 Douglas Galbreath 08-19-95
CO2 Unlimited
Jr. 05:30 Jeff Wittman 05-30-88
Sr. 26:05 Jeff Wittman 05-29-89
Op. 20:25 H. Graham Selick Jr 07-31-03
USA F1K CO2
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 18:00 H Graham Selick 10-06-02
Catapult Glider
Jr. 05:56 Taylor Boe 09-14-03
Sr. 05:07 Daniel Miller 04-30-95
Op. 25:12 Stan Buddenbohm 03-09-03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 40:49 Jon-Mark Carman 05-26-90
Sr. 51:28 Paul Munana 05-25-80
Op. 73:01 Terry Thorkildsen 05-27-89
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 10:20 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 12:49 Dana White 07-13-75
Op. 11:14 John Drobschoff 07-10-77
A Gas
Jr. 25:00 Joey Foster 05-28-77
Sr. 47:02 Randy Weiler 05-29-76
Op. 129:25 Terry Thorkildsen 02-26-95
A Gas ROW
Jr. 07:53 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 11:50 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 13:44 Richard Myers 08-27-72
B Gas
Jr. 25:57 Travis Hunter 05-30-83
Sr. 26:52 Bob Scully 03-07-76
Op. 105:00 Terry Kerger 02-25-95
B Gas /ROW
Jr. 20:00 Steve Calhoun 11-16-75
Sr. 08:08 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 12:03 H. Doering, Jr. 11-27-77
C Gas
Jr. 33:46 Travis Hunter 05-28-83
Sr. 26:32 Keith Morgan 05-26-79
Op. 100:00 Douglas Galbreath 09-06-92
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:43 Lyman Armstrong 07-27-80
D Gas
Jr. 12:17 Mike Kelley 11-08-86
Sr. 29:50 Travis Hunter 01-15-84
Op. 69:04 Hulan Matthies 03-11-79
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:51 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 23:28 J. Cunnyngham 05-28-77
Sr. 28:10 Jason Kendy 04-19-80
Op. 88:24 Robert P. White 03-11-79
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 04:46 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 01:22 John Banck 09-19-76
Op. 12:42 Joe Bilgri 08-15-82
Ornithopter
Jr. 01:01 Chris Scott 04-22-79
Sr. No record established
Op. 09:21 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 02:36 Nancy Andrews 08-03-75
Sr. 01:35 Mike Johnson 01-17-76
Op. 09:46 Jean Andrews 05-29-89
Helicopter
Jr. 13:24 Darryl Stevens 10-29-77
Sr. 07:16 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 14:57 Thomas Finch 05-08-60
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 13:01 Jason Villnave 04-27-86
Sr. 07:20 Allen Porter 09-04-94
Op. 40:04 B. Baron-Rawdon 05-27-85
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. 08:51 Jason Villnave 10-26-86
Sr. 05:31 Allen Porter 09-05-94
Op. 41:31 John Oian 05-26-86
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:44 John Finn 12-14-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 16:01 Keith Morgan 01-30-77
Sr. 19:30 Kenneth Keegan 04-29-84
Op. 40:42 Michael Ryan 04-08-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:53 Dana White 09-15-74
Sr. 7:52 Randy Archer 09-19-76
Op. 9:59 Joe W. Dodson 08-11-74
A Gas
Jr. 21:45 Joey Foster 04-03-77
Sr. 26:46 Parker McQuown 05-24-80
Op. 83:40 Kenneth E. Oliver 09-28-91
A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:35 Tom Regan 11-04-73
Sr. 6:54 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:03 Jerald Murphy 10-23-83
B Gas
Jr. 11:37 Travis Hunter 09-25-83
Sr. 19:11 Mark Woodrey 09-03-78
Op. 54:00 William Morgan 11-29-81
B Gas ROW
Jr. 1:29 Timothy Young 07-13-75
Sr. 7:27 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:24 Micheal Thompson 05-27-01
C Gas
Jr. 23:13 Mike Keller 12-07-86
Sr. 20:52 Keith Morgan 11-11-79
Op. 59:45 Daryl Perkins 01-19-03
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:08 John Drobshoff 07-05-81
D Gas
Jr. 22:22 Mike Keller 04-06-86
Sr. 14.28 Travis Hunter 04-29-84
Op. 81:00 Lynn Pulley 01-20-02
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:59 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 6:39 Steve Wittman 05-30-77
Sr. 7:11 Steve Wittman 05-29-78
Op. 39:00 Edward Eliot 08-29-76
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 62:13 Randy Secor 11-05-72
Sr. 30:52 Joseph Kubina 08-05-78
Op. 16:19 Don DeLoach 10-20-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 3:21 Tim Young 09-21-75
Sr. 3:49 Gary Stevens 02-26-78
Op. 16:15 Henry Smith 01-15-00
Ornithopter
Jr. 8:15 Jolyn Andrews 06-27-82
Sr. No record established
Op. 6:38 Roy White 10-21-84
Autogiro
Jr. 2:38 Jeanine Andrews 06-08-75
Sr. 0:23 Mike Reagan 07-21-74
Op. 5:59 Jean F. Andrews 11-04-90
Helicopter
Jr. 6:14 Jillian Anderson 08-02-00
Sr. 6:57 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 16:56 Stanley Buddenbohm 05-23-98
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 7:12 Allen J. Porter 09-30-91
Sr. No record established
Op. 38:15 Donald L. Hughes 02-03-91
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:32 William Rietdorf 05-16-93
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 06:59 William Lovins 07-28-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 11:00 Jason Poti 08-03-00
Sr. 07:52 Jason Greer 08-01-97
Op. 54:21 Charles Caton 10-22-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 20:01 Jerry Rocha 05-04-96
A Gas
Jr. 09:33 James Troutman 07-08-90
Sr. 12:20 Mike Keller 05-27-90
Op 105:00 Ronnie Thompson 07-30-98
A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:09 Norman Peterson 04-23-94
B Gas
Jr. 10:08 Mike Keller 10-18-86
Sr. 11:45 Justin Aronholt 05-18-97
Op. 90:00 Robert P. Johannes 07-22-96
B Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 7:16 William Vanderbeek 05-06-00
C Gas
Jr. 7:55 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 12:15 James P. Lebda 01-27-91
Op. 70:00 Edward Keck 07-29-98
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:39 John Drobshoff 08-15-82
D Gas
Jr. 11:00 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 7:19 James E. Troutman 05-29-94
Op. 60:00 Robert Johannes 08-30-98
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:20 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 5:03 Tony Hutchins 08-09-86
Sr. 3:09 David Crofoot 07-28-97
Op. 10:58 Warren Kurth 07-30-00
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 30:55 John Shailor 07-28-03
Sr. 27:56 Roderick T. Ioerger 07-06-94
Op. 43:00 Joseph Williams 06-28-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 2:12 Jason Thorton 11-24-85
Sr No record established
Op. 17:15 Henry Smith 05-01-99
Ornithopter
Jr. 1:11 Jolyn Andrews 08-23-81
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:17 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 1:43 Jolyn Andrews 07-23-78
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:50 Jean Andrews 09-14-97
Helicopter
Jr. 5:31.9 Stephen Burhenn 07-14-99
Sr. 1:57.0 Don DeLoach 05-18-91
Op. 11:38.0 Stan Buddenbohm 06-19-94
Electric Power A
Jr. 4:17 David Crofoot 06-30-96
Sr. 5:32 Melanie Sanford 09-03-88
Op. 30:00 Charles Groth 08-24-03
Electric Power B
Jr. No record established
Sr. 7:14 David Crofoot 07-30-98
Op. 24:00 William Rietdorf 09-01-93
Moffett
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 43:00 Robert Bienenstein 07-22-96
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:26.6 Jack Marsh 09-28-02
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:50 Ronnie Thompson 06-29-02
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
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Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:52 Marvin Mace 06-01-02
CONTROL LINE
Age MPH Held By Date Set
1/2A Speed
Jr. 146.72 Bobby Fogg III 10-09-94
Sr. 143.61 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 156.42 R. Fogg/C Aloise/
Brown/Shahan 12-11-94
A Speed
Jr. 160.51 Bobby Fogg 09-04-94
Sr. 162.39 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 194.31 Jerry Rocha 12-02-00
B Speed
Jr. 166.75 Bobby Fogg 12-11-94
Sr. 163.42 Bobby Fogg III 10-12-96
Op. 186.84 Team Fogg/Brown/
Mancini 10-19-02
D Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 199.92 Team Fogg/Brown 12-04-99
1/2A Profile Proto
Jr. 103.76 Bobby Fogg 12-13-92
Sr. 104.73 Bobby Fogg III 07-14-97
Op. 116.08 Jerry Rocha 10-13-01
.21 Sport Speed
Jr. 143.83 Peter Brown 10-04-93
Sr. 145.93 Peter Brown 07-16-97
Op. 158.39 R. Fogg/G. Brown 12-06-98
Formula. 40 Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. 146.16 Mike Wisniewski 07-11-96
Op. 161.87 James Rhoades 12-06-98
Jet
Jr. No record established
Sr. 123.41 Howell Pugh 09-02-95
Op. 204.93 L. Waltemath/
J. Mathison 12-07-02
F2A (FAI)
Jr. 162.62 Krystal King 06-17-00
Sr. 173.21 Krystal King 10-06-01
Op. 183.52 William Naemura 09-18-99
Rat Racing
Jr. No record established
Sr No record established
Op. 2:19.67 Team Fogg/Shahan
(70 Lap) 07-21-94
4:50.87 Mike Shahan
(140 Lap) 07-13-95
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Slow Rat Racing
Jr. 5:16.20 Scott Matson
(70 lap) 07-10-00
6:47.37 Scott Matson
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Sr. 4:29.63 Howell Pugh
(70 lap) 07-20-94
10:58.47 Douglas Short
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Op. 2:36.31 R. Ogez
(70 lap) 07-18-91
5:24.945 Mike Greb
(140 lap) 07-19-90
1/2A Mouse Race I
Jr. 2:37.57 Scott Matson
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:17.68 Scott Matson
(100 lap) 07-15-99
Sr. 2:44.68 David Rolley Jr
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:20.11 D.J. Parr
(100 lap) 07-16-98
Op. 2:14:35 Todd Ryan/Michael MacCarthy
(50 lap) 07-13-01
Op. 4:22.00 Paul Gibeault/Todd Ryan
(100 Lap) 07-15-99
Scale Racing
Jr. 2:50.65 Bobby Fogg III
(70 lap) 07-16-91
6:08.55 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 06-23-92
Sr. 3:15.12 Douglas Short
(70 lap) 07-11-00
5:40.05 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 07-11-95
Op. 2:39.38 Team Willoughby/Oge
(70 lap) 07-15-97
5:33.04 Robert Fogg
(140 lap) 07-16-91
F2C Team Race (FAI)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:16.70 Team Ascher 07-19-02
6:57.36 Lambert/Ballard
(200 lap) 07-15-98
Endurance
Jr. 0::44:12 Mark E. Williams 10-06-90
Sr. 0::25:41 Mark Williams 11-27-94
Op. 2::28:02 Edwin Gifford 09-15-02
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Carrier Class I
Jr. 386.0 Andy Westerheim 10-19-97
Sr. 435.8 Andy Westerheim 07-13-01
Op. 510.0 Kelvin Hite 02-18-01
Carrier Class II
Jr. 366.77 D. Silversmith 10-13-85
Sr. 416.5 Andy Westerheim 10-28-01
Op. 517.9 Peter Mazur 11-05-00
Profile Carrier
Jr. 279.5 Andy Westerheim 08-31-97
Sr. 342.1 Andy Westerheim 06-17-01
Op. 391.5 Peter Mazur 07-12-01
Electric Speed Class A
Jr. No record established
Sr. 64.35 Howell A. Pugh 06-20-92
Op. 90.42 H.Doering Jr. 10-10-93
Electric Speed Class B
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 119.63 William G. Stewart 06-05-99
PYLON RACING
Age Time Held By Date Set
Q-40
Jr. 1:03.15 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-11-00
Sr. 1:00.73 Gino DelPonte
(Long Course) 04-12-03
Op. 0:59.38 Thomas Scott
(Long Course) 05-27-00
1:03.13 Santiago Panzardi
(Short Course) 10-22-94
F3D
Jr. 1:08.69 Matthew Van Baren 11-15-98
Sr. 1:02.06 Matthew Van Baren 11-02-02
Op. 0:58.38 Richard Verano/
Robert Holik 08-30-03
Q-500
Jr. 1:10.43 Bucky Miller
(Short Course) 06-13-92
1:13.19 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 05-24-98
Sr. 1:01.36 David Wright
(Short Course) 07-10-94
1:05.83 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-16-01
Op. 0:56.49 Gordon Hyde
(Short Course) 05-29-94
1:03.54 Travis Flynn
(Long Course) 02-03-02
Formula I
Jr. 1:10.81 Matthew Van Baren 08-18-96
Sr. 1:07.94 Henson Bartle 10-09-98
Op. 1:03.16 Richard Verano 03-28-92
RC SOARING
SLOPE DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-87
Sr. 2::58:09 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 12::28:20 Alvin Battad 05-23-98
Class B
Jr. 8::12:08 Patrick McIntire 04-21-01
Sr. 6::01.13 Christopher Ritter 05-31-93
Op. 12::08:04 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 11::31:18 Caleb Lesher 04-21-01
Sr. 5::01:43 Ken Merenda 05-31-93
Op. 12::33.57 Jess Walls 05-05-92
Class D
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-88
Sr. 5::08:30 Joel Magnuson 04-21-01
Op. 13::32:11 Rex Coffman 04-21-01
THERMAL DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 0::30:27 Matthew Andren 06-12-93
Sr. 0::50:34 Andy Schuler 08-27-94
Op. 2::43:43 Bill Hoelcher 09-12-02
Class B
Jr. 0::41:40 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::27:04 Charles Vergo 05-31-92
Op. 5::00:55 Jerry Krainock 08-23-81
Class C
Jr. 0::43:49 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::54:09 Charles Vergo 06-14-92
Op. 8::03:00 Jay Siren 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 1::18:05 Christopher Ritter 05-11-91
Sr. 1::23:14 Rodney Cooper 05-09-92
Op. 9::47:00 Keith Kindrick 05-30-82
DECLARED DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 3.18 Christopher Ritter 05-04-91
Sr. 2.86 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 5.58 David Hall 05-27-03
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 14.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-81
Class C
Jr. 4.78 Christopher Ritter 05-24-91
Sr. 4.82 Kenneth Merenda 05-16-92
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
OPEN DISTANCES
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4.32 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 3.69 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 6.60 Paul J. Wilson 07-07-88
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 17.475 Jack R. Hiner 05-27-89
Class C
Jr. 12.30 Brian Isenhart 05-27-84
Sr. 9.90 Alex Bower 05-30-81
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
CLOSED COURSE DISTANCE
Age Km. Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 32.4 George Rodriguez 10-17-86
Sr. 69.8 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 129.4 Arlie Stoner 06-25-89
Class B
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class D
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
ALTITUDE
Age Feet Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. No record established
Op. 2,220.0 Gary Fogel 10-13-02
Class B
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. 1,993.0 Alex Bower 10-04-81
Op. 3,100.0 Jack R. Hiner 09-14-85
Class C
Jr. 309.7 Christopher Ritter 01-18-87
Sr. 3,045.0 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 3,600.0 Jack Hiner 07-27-85
Class D
Jr. 4,010 Scott Christian 07-29-84
Sr. 3,045 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 6,025 Jack Hiner 06-11-82
SPEED
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 53.014 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 45.747 Karl Cranford 05-31-92
Class B
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 47.006 Christopher Ritter 05-31-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class C
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 51.057 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class D
Jr. 49.22 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 57.23 Alex Bower 04-10-83
Op. 86.37 John H. Sasson Jr. 09-15-91
RC ELECTRIC
DURATION
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:16:58 Joachim Nave 06-22-02
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:18:50 Art Chmielewski 07-08-01
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:33:33 Joachim Nave 08-05-01
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 1:47:30 Joachim Nave 05-27-00
Indoor Electric R/C Duration
Jr. No Record Established
Sr. No Record Established
Op. 0:28:13 Raymond Harlan 08-31-03
DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.53 Christopher Silva 09-13-03
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.53 Christopher Silva 05-25-03
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.54 Gary Fogel 09-13-03
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.54 Gary Fogel 03-29-03
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
with a 630. He was right on, which left the
flightline with the unsettled feeling that it was
going to be an interesting morning the
following day.
The Final Day: The flight order of the final
day of competition called for Curtis to fly first
with Manabu to perform immediately after. It
was clear that the judges had a tremendous
responsibility; they had to know clearly what
they were looking for when Curtis flew and to
remain consistent with their judging and
expectations for Manubu’s performance.
Curtis flew a 639.5 and Manabu put down
a 637.5; with the combined scores from the
other high rounds, he edged out Curtis by
15.36 points with a 2991.46 to become the
World Champion. Minoru Kobayashi was
right in there on the last round presenting the
flightline with a 642, winning the third round.
At this level of competition it’s clear that it’s
not over until it’s over, and the 2003 World
Championships was no exception.
That evening all the competitors, officials,
and supporters gathered for a party that will
go down in history as being the best. The
Japanese are known for their hospitality, and
this time was no exception. We gathered for
an outdoor banquet with great food, large
bottles of sake, and a beautiful award
presentation, topped off by a late evening of
karaoke.
Our experience at the World Championships
would not have been possible if it were not for
the generous support of our corporate and
individual sponsors. Because of space
limitations we cannot thank everyone here,
but there are a few who need special
recognition of their relentless support: Ron
Lund of Rick’s R/C Helicopters, Ron
Kummer of IRCHA, Run Ryder, and, of
course, AMA.
A complete list of our sponsors as well as
the latest information on the US team can be
found at www.usaf3c.com.
Modeling is one of the true great hobbies;
it catalyzes the bringing together of people
from all walks of life regardless of country,
culture, and political beliefs. Attending an
event like the World Championships reminds
us how small the world really is and how alike
we all are. If the opportunity presents itself,
experience a World Championships! MA Nob (L), Dwight get ready in the “box.”
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K e y D a t e s
(Events attended by AMA HQ staff and/or officers)
January 9 - 11
AMA Convention 2004
Ontario CA
N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Helicopter
Sr. Doug Schaefer 08:03 08/16/03
Op. James Richmond 10:18 08/15/03
Pennyplane
Op. Gordon Wisniewski 17:45 08/17/03
Limited Pennyplane
Op. James Richmond 15:13 08/16/03
Easy B
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:13 08/17/03
Op. Alan Cohen 27:03 08/16/03
Intermediate Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:44 08/17/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Op. Lawrence Coslick 39:54 08/16/03
HL Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 23:46 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Mini Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 11:30 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 11:34 06/16/03
Op. Walter VanGorder 13:23 08/15/03
Manhatten
Op. Larry Loucka 11:43 08/16/03
Ornithopter
Op. Raymond Harlan 15:20 08/16/03
Standard Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 01:59.1 08/18/03
Unlimited Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 02:15.4 08/19/03
FF Electric Power
Op. Raymond Harlan 31:00 08/15/03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Mini Stick
Sr. Max Zaluska 13:32 08/31/03
F1D
Op. John Kagan 37:59 08/31/03
Pennyplane
Op. Anthony D’Alessandro 20:52 09/13/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Catapult Glider
Jr. Taylor Boe 05:56 09/14/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CATEGORY III
Electric A
Op. Charles Groth 30:00 08/24/03
RC SAILPLANE
Class A Declared Distance
Op. David Hall 5.58 miles 05/25/03
RC ELECTRIC
Indoor Electric Duration
Op. Raymond Harlan 28:13 08/31/03
Class A Sailplane (LMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 5.53 miles 05/25/03
Class B Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Gary Fogel 9.54 miles 09/13/03
Class A Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 9.53 miles 09/13/03
RC PYLON
F3D
Op. Richard Verano/
Robert Holick 58.38 seconds 08/30/03
W o r l d R e c o r d s
U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
No. 141 Duration
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
38::52:19 08/11/03
No. 142 Distance in a Straight Line
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
1882.8 miles 08/11/03
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F1 OPEN (G) (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.101: Duration 4hr 58mn 10s Momcilo Milutinovic Yugoslavia 05/15/60
No.102: Distance in a straight line 310.33km Zdenek Taus Czechoslovakia 03/31/62
No.103: Height 2364m Geroges Benedek Germany 05/23/48
F1 OPEN (AEX) (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.104: Duration 1hr 41mn 32s Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.105: Distance in a straight line 371.19km Guennadi Tchiglinsev USSR 07/01/62
No.106: Height 1732m Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.107: Speed 187.68km Andrew Belanov USSR 09/06/87
F1 OPEN (API) (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.108: Duration 6hr 01mn Igor Koulakovsky USSR 08/06/52
No.109: Distance in a straight line 378.76km Evgueny Boricevitch USSR 08/14/52
No.110: Height 6468m Yin Chenbai People’s Republic
of China 08/08/82
No.111: Speed 189.30 Artur Shaginian Russia 07/03/99
F1A (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.112: Duration in competition
F1B (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.113: Duration in competition
F1C (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.114: Duration in competition
F1 OPEN (AIM) (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.115a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39mn 19s Robert Randolph USA 01/21/96
No.115b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15 m) 45mn 32s Robert Randolph USA 10/17/93
No.115c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 47mn 19s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.115d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 1hr 0mn 01s Stephen Brown USA 06/01/97
F1D (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.125a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 26mn 45s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 05/20/02
No.125b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 29min 08s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 08/24/02
No.125c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 33mn 47s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.125d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 35mn 32s Peter Kuttler Germany 10/13/01
No.119: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.120: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.121: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1L (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.116a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 19mn 39s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.116b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 20 mn 36s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.116c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 21mn 23s Akihiro Danjo Japan 10/20/01
No.116d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 23mn 47s Jonas Romblad Sweden 03/03/01
No122: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.123: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.124: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1M (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.117a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 16mn 44s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.117b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 18mn 14s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.117c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 18mn 20s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/27/01
No.117d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 19mn 40s Akihiro Danjo Japan 08/11/02
F1N (INDOOR GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.118a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39.6 sec Leonard George Surtees Austrailia 11/24/01
No.118b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 54.8 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 03/06/00
No.118c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m)
No.118d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 73.9 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 05/31/00
F2A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.130: Speed (0.00 - 1.00cm3) 251.66kmh Zhao Jihe People’s Republic 08/22/84
of China
No.131: Speed (1.01 - 2.50cm3) 335kmh Paul Eisner United Kingdom 10/13/01
No.132: Speed (2.51 - 5.00cm3) 312.23kmh P. A. Halman United Kingdom 10/12/86
No.133: Speed (5.01 - 10.00cm3) 326.28kmh Shen Xilin People’s Republic 10/19/84
of China
No.134: Speed in Competition 302.5kmh Luis Parramon Spain 07/19/02
F2A (AEROPLANE, REACTION MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.135: Speed 395.64kmh Leonid Lipinski USSR 12/06/71
F2C (AEROPLANE(TEAM RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.57: Speed (100 laps) 3mn 12.2 sec Jean Maret France 07/16/00
No.58: Speed (200 laps) 6mn 28.9 sec Jean Maret France 07/18/00
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.141: Duration 38h 52mn 19s Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.142: Distance in a straight line 3030.07km Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.143: Height 8205m Maynard Hill USA 09/06/70
No.144: Distance goal and return
No.145: Speed 343.92kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/21/71
No.146: Distance in a closed circuit 1301.00km Maynard Hill USA 08/02/98
No.147: Speed in a closed circuit 241.80kmh Maynard Hill USA 11/26/84
F3A (SEAPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.148: Duration 16hr 14mn 11s Toomas Mardna Estonia 08/14/99
No.149: Distance in a straight line 308.84km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 03/26/94
No.150: Height 5651m Maynard Hill USA 09/03/67
No.151: Distance goal and return 60.2km George Finch USA 06/20/02
No.152: Speed 294.98kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/25/71
No.153: Distance in a closed circuit 601.00km Daniel Coince France 09/15/91
No.154: Speed in a closed circuit 192.90kmh Michael Ischenko Ukraine 06/20/93
F3B (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.155: Duration 36h 03mn 19s Nicholas Shaw United Kingdom 09/08/01
No.156: Distance in a straight line 226.44km Joseph Wurts USA 05/28/88
No.157: Height 1950m Jack Hiner USA 06/11/82
No.158: Distance goal and return
No.159: Speed 239.70kmh Klaus Kowalski Germany 07/20/91
No.160: Distance in a closed circuit 716.10km Eduard Svoboda Czechoslovakia 07/23/79
No.161: Speed in a closed circuit 129.70kmh Zufar Vakkasov Russia 06/23/97
F3C (HELICOPTER, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.162: Duration 5hr 59mn 51s Vladimir Bulatnikov/Yuri Bazanov/
Alexander Orlov Russia 07/02/01
No.163: Distance in a straight line 134.10km Michael Farnan Australia 06/02/96
No.164: Height 2940m Jean-Philippe Allogne France 04/12/92
No.165: Distance goal and return
No.166: Speed 144.67kmh Vladimir Bulantnikov Russia 07/02/98
No.167: Distance in a closed circuit 101.00km Jean-Philippe Allogne France 06/18/88
No.168: Speed in a closed circuit 112.72kmh David W. Whitney United Kingdom 11/02/86
F3D (AEROPLANE (PYLON RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.83: Speed in a closed circuit 58.59sec Christopher Callow Australia 08/02/01
F5-S (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.171: Duration 10hr 38mn 30s Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.172: Distance in a straight line 102.40km Anatoly Dubinetsky Russia 08/25/90
No.173: Height 2 200 Wolfgang Schaeper Germany 11/19/00
No.174: Distance goal and return
No.175: Speed 282.60kmh Werner Vauth Germany 08/08/92
No.176: Distance in a closed circuit 315.50km Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.177: Speed in a closed circuit 163.68kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5-P (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (NON-RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.178: Duration 15hr 12mn 30s Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.179: Distance in a straight line 135.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.180: Height 2200m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 09/19/88
No.181: Distance goal and return
No.182: Speed 168.51kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
No.183: Distance in a closed circuit 424.50km Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.184: Speed in a closed circuit 97.20kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
F5-SOL (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (SOLAR CELLS))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.185: Duration 11hr 34mn 18s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.186: Distance in a straight line 48.21km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.187: Height 2065m Wolfgang Schaper Germany 05/30/99
No.188: Distance goal and return
No.189: Speed 80.63kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/21/98
No.190: Distance in a closed circuit 190.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
No.191: Speed in a closed circuit 62.15kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
F5-COMB (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR(ALL SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.192: Duration 15hr 36mn 55s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.193: Distance in a straight line 109.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.194: Height 4539m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 02/20/95
No.195: Distance goal and return
No.196: Speed 274.28kmh Wolfgang Kuppers Germany 08/09/98
No.197: Distance in a closed circuit 490.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.198: Speed in a closed circuit. 160.45kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5C (HELICOPTER, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.199: Duration 1hr 10mn 50sec Mark Hopkins United Kingdom 03/16/03
No.200: Distance in a straight line
No.201: Height
No.202: Distance goal and return
No.203: Speed
No.204: Distance in a closed circuit
No.205: Speed in a closed circuit
F5D (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.90: Speed in a closed circuit
F A I W o r l d R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
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176 MODEL AVIATION
Technical Director Steve Kaluf
[email protected]
I’M PUTTING ASIDE my regular column
this month (I know you are heartbroken!) to
bring you Barron Guss’s report as team
manager for the F3C Helicopter World
Championships that took place this past
summer in Japan.
We had hoped to place this article as a
feature in MA; however, current editorial
policies, in an effort to keep the coverage
even, only provides for coverage of World
Championships taking place in the United
States to run as features. So look for more
coverage of this nature in “Focus on
Competition.” As I receive well-written
reports, I’ll have them placed here. That way
you will still be able see the reports of these
championships.
That said, I think you will find Barron’s
report interesting. The organizers in Japan
always go out of their way to make any
World Championships they host a first-class
operation; this one was no exception. Our
Helicopter team, once again, did very well.
We’ve included a few pictures to give you the
flavor of the World Championships.
Till next time ...
In life, certain opportunities present
themselves on a most infrequent basis. One
such opportunity is to represent one’s country
to the world. The 2003 US F3C team had
such an honor at the 2003 FAI-F3C World
Championships in Ishikawa, Japan.
Contrary to popular belief, winning a slot
on the US team does not happen at the Team
Trials as much as it is a process of study,
dedication, and determination that starts years
and in some cases decades prior, as with some
of our US team members.
What is FAI-F3C? FAI stands for
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. This
international organization governs all
competition and record keeping for all things
aviation, whether it is an altitude record for a
hot-air balloon or a speed record for a radiocontrolled
airplane. They even have a hand in
space flight.
F3C is the class designation set forth by
the FAI for Radio Control model-helicopter
competition. The World Championships
competition is held every two years on a
different continent, and this year it was held
in Asia. F3C is a compilation of all the skills
and maneuvers acquired in AMA classes I, II,
and III, with the major difference that one
competes against the world’s best.
There are two schedules of maneuvers
used in this class. Schedule A is used during
the preliminary rounds and the more difficult
Schedule B is used during the flyoff. Each
schedule contains three hovering maneuvers
and the remainder of the maneuvers can
consist of a combination of loops, rolls,
pirouettes, stall turns, inverted hovering,
tailslides, and more.
The pilots are judged on precision,
smoothness, heading, altitude control,
positioning of the model, and overall
presentation. Every maneuver starts out with
a score of 10 and then points are deducted in
half-point increments for defects observed by
the judges. A score of 0 is given for
incomplete maneuvers. Each competitor
participates in four preliminary rounds, of
which the best three flight scores determine
his/her placing.
The F3C World Championships is a team
as well as an individual competition. FAI
member countries may enter a maximum of
three competitors as a national team for world
and continental championships. Team results
The land of the rising sun becomes the
land of the setting sun for Dwight Shilling
on the first day of practice.
US contingent, first row (L-R): Wayne Mann, Barron Guss, Dwight Shilling, Len Sabato.
Second row: Denise Mann, Cliff Hiatt, Daniel Hiatt, Paul Giles, Sue Giles, Sandy Sabato,
Nob Muraki, Curtis Youngblood.
are based on the sum of each country’s team
members’ preliminary round scores. The top
10 pilots or 20% of all competitors
(whichever is greater) then participate in three
flyoff rounds to determine the individual
winner. (The scores of the current World
Champion do not count toward the team title.)
Our Team: The final round of the Team
Trials was held the weekend of September 28-
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C O M P E T I T I O N D I R E C T O R Y
I: Robert Wilkie, 19 Everett St., Rockland MA 02370
II: CL & FF: Dave King, 410 Ritter Ave., South Plainfield NJ 07080-3534
RC: Robert Kircher, 9 Sheffeld Way, Clark NJ 07066
III: CL, FF, & RC: Nelson Gould, 1340 Oak Dr., Macungie PA 18062 (East)
CL , FF & RC: Sheila Nitsch, 5650 Boyd Rd., Grove City OH 43123
IV: CL & FF: Jim Coffin, 4604 Hillbrook Dr., Annandale VA 22003
RC: Alice Munday, 18 W. Lewis Rd., Hampton VA 23666 E-mail: [email protected]
V: RC (FL Only): Judi Dunlap, 14711 SE 1st Avenue Rd., Summerfield FL 34491
RC (TN, MS, AL, SC, GA, PR): Dick Tonan, 639 Knollwood Dr., Lavergne TN 37086
FF: Bob Junk, 984 Williams Ditch Rd., Cantonment FL 32533
CL: Gene Martine, 1422 Ingleside Ave., Jacksonville FL 32205-7713
VI: RC (except Soaring): Randy Cameron, 2134 S. Hillcrest Ave., Springfield MO 65807
RC Soaring: Dale Folkening, 1544 Darien Lake Dr., Darien IL 60561
FF: Charles Markos, 655 Carlisle Ave., Deerfield IL 60015
CL: Arthur Johnson, 1818 Oslo Drive, Rockford IL 61108-6612
VII: FF AMA Headquarters, Competition Department
CL: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N. Shore Dr.,Whitmore Lake MI 48189-9124
RC (Except for Michigan): Michael Haller, N6237 Shraven Circle, Fond du Lac WI 54937
RC (Michigan only): Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
VIII:CL & FF: Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
RC: Douglas Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310.
IX: Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange, Wichita KS 67217
RC: Judy Gerken, 2069 South Raleigh St., Denver CO 80219
X: Ellis Hall, 4811 Amber Ln., Sacramento CA 95841 (North.)
Tim Attaway, 252 Sea Vale St., Chula Vista CA 91910
Wayne Hamada, 625 Iolani Ave. Apt.. 604, Honolulu HI 96813-1812 (Hawaii)
Utah and Arizona only:
David Litt, 1111 N. 64th St. 53, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Dick Salter, 3140 184 Ave. SE, Penino WA 98589
RC: W.T. (Bill) Smith, 10825 44th Ave. S.W., Seattle WA 98146
INDOOR CONTEST BOARD
I: Ray Harlan, 15 Happy Hollow Rd., Wayland MA 01778
II: Doug Barber, 23 Rabbit Run, Easthampton Twp. NJ 08060-5313
III: Walt VanGorder, 5669 Victory View Ln., Cincinnati OH 45233
IV: Don Srull, 941 Kimberwicke Rd., McLean VA 22102
V: Richard MacEntee, 2409 B 14th St. Dr. NW, Palmetto FL 34221
VI: Larry Coslick, 4202 Valley Crest Hill, St. Louis MO 63128
VII: Gordon Wienewski, 4790 Stratford Dr., Greendale WI 53129
VIII: Ralph (Bud) Tenny, PO Box 830545, Richardson TX 75080
IX: H. Stan Chilton, 3010 Grail, Wichita KS 67211
X: Clarence Mather, 2358 Tam O’Shanter Ave., Bishop CA 93514-1944
XI: Andy Tagliafico, 10039 SW Quail Post Rd., Portland OR 97219
CONTROL LINE SPEED
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Glen Van Sant, 414 Valley Rd., Langhorne PA 19047
IV: Albert Jones, 17670 Glass Ridge Pl., Gainesville VA 20155
V: Santo Rizzotto, 1575 N Banana River Dr., Merritt Island FL 32952
VI: William Hughes, 113 N. Chase Ave., Bartlett IL 60103
VII: Barry Tippett, 31052 Mason, Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Dimmitt Perkins, 291 Grant 581, Sheridan AR 72150
IX: Jim Ricketts, 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110-5573
X: Bob Fogg, 11272 Carroza Ct., San Diego CA 92124
XI: Mike Hazel, 1073 Windemere Dr NW, Salem OR 97304
CONTROL LINE CARRIER
I: Glenn Simpson, 19 Hilda St., Worcester MA 01606
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III:
IV:
V: Michael Shull, 3051 Cedar Trce, Tarpon Springs FL 34688
VI: William Calkins, 317 Snow St., Sugar Grove IL 60554
VII: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N Shore Rd., Whitmore Lake MI 48189
VIII: Dick Perry, 427 Live Oak Lane NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122
IX: Melvin Schuette, Box 240, Auburn KS 66402
X: Ted Kraver, 225 W. Orchid Ln., Phoenix AZ 85021
XI: Mike Potter, 29725 45th Avenue S, Auburn WA 98001
CONTROL LINE RACING
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Laird Jackson, MCP HU 245 N. 15th St., Philadelphia PA 19102
IV: Charles Williams, 423 Hunting Creek Dr., Matthews NC 28104
V: Dick Lambert, 754 Renegade Ln., Port Orange FL 32127
VI: Dave McDonald, Box 384, Daleville IN 47334
VII: Larry Dziak, 1474 Capitol Dr., Green Bay WI 54303
VIII: John McCollum, 300 Van Zandt, Co. Rd.4717, Ben Wheeler TX 75754
IX: Jim Ricketts Sr., 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110
X: Doug Mayer, 1727 Penmar Ave., Apt. #2, Venice CA 90291
XI: John Thompson, 2456 Quince St., Eugene OR 97404
CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS
I: Dave Cook, 46 Maple St., Norfolk MA 02056
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Bill Werwage, 111 Jacqueline Dr., Berea OH 44017
IV: Warren Tiahrt, 4020 Martins Point Rd., Kitty Hawk NC 27949
V: Bob Dixon, 1351 Tristram Circle, Macon GA 31220
VI: Allen Brickhaus, Box 206, Golconda IL 62938
VII: Bob McDonald, 28746 Westfield St., Livonia MI 48150
VIII: Gary McClellan, 7812 Bayshore Ct., Ft. Worth TX 76179
IX:
X: Royal (Lucky) Pyatt, 4013 W. Valley Mine Dr., Tucson AZ 85745
XI: Paul Walker, 25900 127th Ave. SE, Kent WA 98031
CONTROL LINE COMBAT
I: Neil Simpson, 129 Podunk Rd., East Brookfield MA 01515
II: Dave Edwards, 9 Ardsley Rd., Hillsborough NJ 08844
III: Mike Evans, 436 McGregor Ave., Cincinnati OH 45206
IV: Louis Lopez, 44 Wyndom Circle, Hockessin DE 19707
V: Francisco Rodriquez, 8 SW 96 Ct., Miami FL 33174
VI: Rich Tupper, 3105 Audrea Ct., Woodridge IL 60517
VII: Ron Columbo, 14907 Garden St., Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Pat Willcox, 1927 Running Springs Dr., Kingwood TX 77339
IX:
X: Steve Stewart, 87 W. Windsor Ave., Phoenix AZ 85003
XI: Mark Hansen, 3585 SE Franklin St., Portland OR 97202
FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD
I: Art Ellis, 84 Denison Dr., Guilford CT 06437
II: Bradley Bane, 60 Lake Ave., Lyndonville NY 14098
III: Rudy Kluiber, 2021 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood OH 44107
IV: Jim Bocckinfuso, 112 Pinecrest Cir., Moneta VA 24121
V: Ron Sharpton, 1290 County Rd., Daytona Beach FL 32119-2469
VI: Chris Matsuno, 8576 Ginger Dr., St. John MO 63114
VII: Bill Shailor, 2317 Clawson Avenue, Royal Oak MI 48073
VIII: Mike Fedor, 2500 San Diego, Arlington TX 76015
IX: Jerald Murphy, 9 Via Escondido, Manitou Springs Valley CO 80829
X: Doug Galbreath, 3408 Topsail Pl, Davis CA 95616
XI: John Crosetto, 14809 S.E. 54th, Bellevue WA 98006
SCALE CONTEST BOARD
I: Irv Searl, 52 Langholm Dr., Nashua NH 03062
II: Don Typond, 275 Cascade Rd., Warwick NY 10990
III: Bill Carper, 264 Oak St., Jackson OH 45640
IV: Bob Karlsson, 708 Bullen Dr., Middletown DE 19709
V: David Platt, 1306 Havre, N.W., Palm Bay FL 32907
VI: John Guenther, 21609 Borden-Greenville Rd., Borden IN 47106
VII: Claude McCullough, 102 Constance St., Montezuma IA 50171
VIII: Ernest Harwood, 2711 English Chase, Arlington TX 76016
IX Glen Lau, 3701 S. 44th St., Lincoln NE 68506
X: Kent Walters, 6407 N. 83rd St., Scottsdale AZ 85250
XI: Jerry Holcomb, 1010 NE 122 Ave, Vancouver WA 98684
ELECTRIC
I: Edmund Bassick, 75 Romanock Pl, Fairfield CT 06432
II: Tom Hunt, 1 Dianne Ave., Centereach, NY 11720-3601
III: Richard Simpson, 332 39th Street, Pittsburgh PA 15201
IV: David Robelen, R.R. 4, Box 369, Farmdale VA 23901
V: Robert Nelson, 5955 Chickadee Dr., Lakeland FL 33809
VI: Steve Moskal, 7516 Country Ln., Apt. 1E, Darien IL 60561
VII: Keith Shaw, 2756 Elmwood, Ann Arbor MI 48104
VIII: George Parks, 2102 Oxford Ave., Austin TX 78704
IX: Ed Sweeney, 15815 Wildwind Terrace, Colorado Springs CO 80908
X: Robert Sliff, 8044 Legion Pl. #6, Midway City CA 92655
XI: Bernard Cawley, 29838 48th Ave. S., Auburn WA 98001
AEROBATICS
I: Scott Melville, 100 Chatham Terr., Bridgeport CT 06606
II: Ron Lockhart, 413 Dennis Dr., Galloway NJ 08205
III: Geoff Combs, 7658 Silver Springs St., Canal Winchester OH 43110
IV: Tom Miller, 19130 Brookgreen Garden Pl., Cornelius NC 28031
V: John Fuqua, 175 W.T. Hulion Rd., Crestview FL 32539
VI: Charles W. Reed, 5408 Woodson Rd., Raytown MO 64133
VII: David von Linsowe, 7093 E. Dodge Rd., Mt. Morris MI 48458
VIII:William Thomas, 5442 Bow Dr., Bartlesville OK 74006
IX: Jim Mowrey, 310 Capitol Ave., Kinsley KS 67547
X: Derek Koopowitz, 881 Oxford Way, Benicia CA 94510
XI: Rick Allison, 26405 SE 160th St., Issaquah WA 98027
HELICOPTER
I: Randy King, 59 Wallingford Ave., Athol MA 01331
II: Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
III: Paul Soha, 2642 Lacolline Dr., Stow OH 44224
IV: Marshall McClung, 2722 Fawn Rd. SW, Roanoke VA 24015
V: Cliff Hiatt, 14218 Lake Tilden Blvd., Winter Garden FL 34787
VI: Luther Akemon, 1080 Laveview Dr., Scottsburg IN 47170
VII: Craig Bradley, 12400 Burlington Dr., Dewitt MI 48820
VIII:Dave Youngblood, 2104 Farley, College Station TX 77845
IX: Don Vineyard, 1016 Burr Oak Ln., Salina KS 67401-3209
X: Julius Frank, 1970 Tahoe Circle, Tracy CA 95376
XI: Rich Josephson, 2842 Tonia Cir., Medford OR 97504
RACING
I: Pete Reed, 416 Gilmore Pond Rd., Jaffrey NH 03452
II: Ernest Nikodem, 407 Willow St., Lockport NY 14094
III: Tom Scott, 10073 Spring beauty Ln., Cincinnati OH 45231
IV: Richard Moreland, 726 Hillmeade Rd., Edgewater MD 21037
V: Gail Jacobson, 6205 Rivercliffe Dr. NW, Atlanta GA 30328
VI: Dan Kane Jr., 1703 W. Grove St., Arlington Heights IL 60005
VII: Mike Condon, 9335 Eastwind Dr., Livonia MI 48150-4521
VIII:Mike Helsel, 7 Stillmeadow, Round Rock TX 78664
IX: Lyle Larson, HC 80 Box 475, Piedmont SD 57769
X: James Allen, 4235 E. Ellis Circle, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Tom Strom, 1420 SW 160th, Seattle WA 98116
SOARING
I: Fritz Bien, 41 Sawmill Rd., Concord MA 01742
II: Roman Paryz, 59 Steinfeldt Rd.,Lancaster NY 14086
III: Jack Strother, 1731 Lindenhall Dr., Loveland OH 45140
IV: Douglas Barry, 6518 Tuskan Dr., Charlotte NC 28270
V: Charles Anderson, P.O. Box 305, Tullahoma TN 37388
VI: Rick Burnoski, 158 Canyon Dr., Bolingbrook IL 60440
VII: Al Scidmore, 5013 Dorsett Dr., Madison WI 53711
VIII:Barry Kennedy, 1935 Highvalley Tr., Grand Prairie TX 75052
IX: Byron Blakeslee, 1448 W. Briarwood Dr., Littleton CO 80120
X:
XI: Dave Johnson, 16500 SE 1st St. #114, Vancouver WA 98684
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
I: Bob Wallace, 91 Sylvan St., Avon CT 06001
II: George Hartman, 14811 Crystal Cove Ct., Ft. Myers FL 33919
III: Rick Fraley, 4412 Eaton Gettysburg Rd., Eaton OH 45320
IV: Pete Rundel, 1031 Riva Ridge Dr., Great Falls VA 22066
V: Lou Melancon, 105 Morton Walk Dr., Alpharetta GA 30022
VI: Philip Rossman II, 19130 Madden Rd., Churubusco IN 46723
VII: Mike Fredericks, 1129 Madison St., Beaver Dam WI 53916
VIII:Doug Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310
IX:
X: Terry Harner, 2113 Ramada Dr., Oceanside CA 92056
XI: Ron Horton, 1129 Eldora Ln., Billings MT 59105
Chairpersons from each of the other Contest Boards and the Contest Board Coordinator. See individual listings above for addresses.
Ralph (Bud) Tenny William Hughes Richard Perry Richard Lambert Gary McClellan
Pat Willcox Dave Robelen Pete Reed Doug Powell John Fuqua
Douglas Berry Jerald Murphy Cliff Hiatt Cliff Telford David Platt
SCALE
Mike Gretz, Box 162, Montezuma IA 50171
INDOOR
Steve Brown, 297 Hartman Ct., San Dimas CA 91773
FREE FLIGHT
Henry Spence, 1111 Country Club Ct., Mansfield TX 76063
SPEED & TEAM RACE
Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
CL COMBAT
Gary Frost, 13 Castlewood Ct., St. Peters MO 63376
CL AEROBATICS
Wynn Paul, 3332 Carriage Ln., Lexington KY 40517
RC SOARING
Buzz Averill, 186 Sedillo Hill Rd., Tijeras NM 87059
RC AEROBATICS
Earl Haury, 22818 Whitewater Creek Circle Katy TX 77450
RC PYLON
Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
RC ELECTRIC
Charles D. Grim, 1319 Reed Ave., San Diego CA 92109
RC HELICOPTER
Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
SPACEMODELING
Dr. Bob Kreutz, 506 Hunters Road, Brick NJ 08724
FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
CONTEST COORDINATORS
SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR: Cliff Telford, 1512 S. Greenleaf Ct., Winter Springs FL 32708
Boldface Below Indicates Chairman of Contest Board
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Dwight hovers Caliber 90 at eye level in deep concentration. Curtis spots the autorotation in world-champion style.
Wayne hovers through the round as
Mechanic Cliff Hiatt and judges look on.
178 MODEL AVIATION
29 in Orlando, Florida. It was a very
competitive event with seven of the country’s
top pilots competing for the three open
positions on the team. When all of the rotors
stopped spinning, we were left with the three
individuals to represent the United States in
Japan; they were Wayne Mann, Len Sabato,
and Dwight Schilling, and I would be the
team manager.
Our journey to Japan started on May 25
with our team converging on Osaka, Japan,
where we loaded our models and luggage into
our minivans and caravanned our way to the
town of Noto in the Ishikawa prefecture,
about 400 kilometers northwest of Osaka.
We arrived to the sight of a well-organized
event produced by the Masuda family of
Japan’s Radio Control Technique magazine.
Mr. Masuda has spent the past two years
securing sponsorship for this event, not only
from the modeling community but the local
state governments as well. This was
evidenced by the warm welcome all the
competitors received from the local people as
well as our participation in the grand opening
ceremonies of the Noto airport.
SARS was an important issue for
everyone at the event as five teams decided to
withdraw from the competition in
consideration for their fellow competitors;
they were China, Taipei, Hong Kong,
Singapore, and the Philippines. In addition, all
in attendance had to have their temperature
checked twice a day to make sure that we
didn’t have symptoms of this dreadful
disease.
The competition was held on the grounds
of the Noto International Airport. As you
could imagine the facility lent itself to an
event of this type with its wide, open space
and the wind coming right down the runway.
We unfortunately did not fly off the
asphalt as anticipated, but the grass area
adjacent to it. This presented a little bit of a
challenge for flying and judging because the
grass had a slope of about 5°. This meant that
as the pilots navigated their models around
the course, the altitude above the ground
changed as the model maintained flight in a
constant plane; this was visually interesting as
well as challenging
Because of the number of entries, there
were two flightlines running simultaneously.
This would later account for what some may
view as disparity in judging. It was evident
that certain flightlines favored pilots from
different parts of the world, It is also
important to note that the United States was
Len’s Vigor generated much interest with Eclipse fuselage,
prototype retracts. Go to www.lensabato.com for info.
Manabu Hashimoto debuted prototype solid-axle DDF head. It
allows each blade to “flap” independently, yet be dampened as
one complete unit by use of seesaw hub with center damper.
not represented in the judges’ lineup because
of a last-minute withdrawal with no chance to
find a suitable replacement.
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January 2004 179
The Competition: Round One went off
without a hitch as the United States was
assigned to flightline A. Curtis Youngblood
was up first, putting in a flight which would
later prove to be the highest scoring for the
day. Wayne Mann was up next, putting in an
equally well-executed first-round flight. I
think the best comment came from Len
Sabato after his first round when he stated,
“When I fly the Nats I will view it like a small
regional contest.” Welcome to the worlds,
Len!
The wind came up in the afternoon just to
let everyone know that nature is still the boss.
Dwight Shilling enjoyed doing his windsurfer
imitation, but in traditional Dwight style he
was just pleased to be there. The real sneak
attack on this flightline was mounted by
Rudiger Feil of Germany; his smooth style
and well-set-up Hirobo Black Shark was
pleasing to watch.
As always, our biggest concern other than
our flying was to watch what the Japanese
team was doing. As suspected they were well
practiced and ready to go for the gold.
Manabu Hashimoto wanted the World
Champion title back and the team did not
want to have the 2001 title taken away from
them on their own soil. They had little to
worry about with a clear advantage of having
Hashimoto’s score counting toward the team
standings.
Throughout the first four rounds, the top
six positions were traded back and forth with
pilots from the United States, Japan, and Scott
Gray of Canada. Neither Curtis nor
Hashimoto could keep his hands on the firstplace
position long enough to declare any sort
of trend, mostly because of the disparity in
judging between flightlines.
The team title had been decided, though,
with Japan first, Germany second, and the
United States coming in third. It was a close
contest for second; we lost with humility and
clearly the best team uniforms and jackets!
When it was time for the final three
rounds, it was clear that it was anyone’s
championship with Curtis’s carryover score of
1,000 and Hashimoto’s 998.47 from the first
round. The panel of judges increased to 10
with the combining of the pilots from both
flightlines. This is where the flying must
impress each judge’s individual tastes at once!
The wind had played a factor in
everyone’s flying; some benefited and some
did not. But it was flight order that everyone
was concerned with now because the wind
tended to be lighter in the morning and late
afternoon, but no one really wants to be first
up, and of course I pulled the number-two slot
for our World Champion in the first round and
number one in the third!
The wind was blowing 5-10 mph during
Curtis’s first-round flight; we were all hoping
that he could repeat his “taming of the winds”
routine from the fourth round. He put in a
good flight, but it just wasn’t up to Curtis’s
own standards; he came away with a
combined score of 588. This was for the best
of round A and the first round of B placing
him in second behind Rudiger Feil who had a
breakout round with a combined score of 600.
Rudiger had the calmest conditions of the
morning, which ultimately helped him win the
first round.
Len was next up and flew a good round
with a score of 519.5. He has attracted a lot of
attention this year with his Eclipse fuselage
and retractable skids, but this was no beauty
contest. Wayne put in a solid round, earning
him a combined score of 544.5. To watch
Wayne fly through the maneuvers was truly
enjoyable as he definitely has a lot of grace
‘upstairs.’
The second round went better for Curtis
and Wayne, but Len just didn’t find his
‘groove.’ Curtis flew a 600.5 and Wayne
earned a 577. Manabu Hashimoto of Japan
had the last flight of the day and found
himself in first place by presenting the crowd
Sue Giles, Barron Guss, and Sandy Sabato enjoy an afternoon of
sightseeing at a 700-year-old temple.
“No sir, I did not steal the car.” Dwight tries to explain his way
through a security checkpoint.
L-R: Curtis Youngblood (second), Manabu Hashimoto (first),
Minoru Kobayashi (third) show rewards of their hard work.
Getting into the culture (L-R), Barron, Nob, and Dwight donned
ceremonial “happy coats” at the awards banquet.
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180 MODEL AVIATION
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 16:48 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 13:15 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 39:19 Robert Randolph 01-26-96
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 11:49 Don Slusarczyk 08-12-86
Sr. 22:08 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 30:40 Stan Chilton 08-05-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:18 Doug Schaefer 11-18-01
Sr. 12:20 Doug Schaefer 01-04-02
Op. 22:37 John Kagan 08-19-01
ROG Cabin
Jr. 10:01 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 16:15 Robert Randolph 04-05-91
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:12 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 08:31 Walter VanGorder 12-09-90
Easy B
Jr. 08:26 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 13:04 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 21:44 Larry Coslick 02-11-96
Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 13:45 Jim Clem 08-06-95
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 16:14 Warren J. Williams 05-10-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:24 Jon Harlan 06-29-85
Sr. 04:32 Ronnie Stransky 03-31-73
Op. 11:07 James Richmond 12-11-88
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:22 Scott T. Robbins 03-23-91
Sr. 05:16 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 09:01 Roy White 10-01-95
Autogiro
Jr. 02:43 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-86
Sr. 06:52 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 10:10 Don Slusarczyk 12-22-96
HLG
Jr. 01:01.4 Jon Chancey 03-31-84
Sr. 01:03.3 Don DeLoach 05-11-91
Op. 01:34.8 Stan Buddenbohm 03-13-91
ROG Stick
Jr. 08:09.00 Mike Clem 12-14-80
Sr. 05:51.05 James Buxton 04-14-91
Op. 17:17.00 Larry Coslick 10-20-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:44.2 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 47.1 Matthew Chalker 05-24-01
Op. 01:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:43.5 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 0:46.9 Jeff Daulton 05-24-01
Op. 1:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Mini Stick
Jr. 06:55 David Rigotti 11-18-01
Sr. 06:04 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11:13 Stan Chilton 10-05-02
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 11:14 Bob Wilder 03-06-02
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04-01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 45:32 Robert Randolph 10-17-93
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 10:45 Parker Parrish 11-25-00
Sr. 21:04 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 31:37 Larry Coslick 09-12-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04B01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 20:46 Jake Palmer 04-21-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 08:26 Paul Loucka 04-05-81
Sr. 17:37 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 21:57 William Shailor 07-13-87
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:19 Don Slusarczyk 04-27-86
Sr. 07:23 Don DeLoach 03-20-88
Op. 09:32 Walt VanGorder 07-12-87
Easy B
Jr. 11:45 Doug Schaefer 03-25-01
Sr. 16:37 Doug Schaefer 04-06-03
Op. 21:14 Larry Coslick 05-08-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 16:41 Raymond B Harlan 10-11-97
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 12:28 William Pavek 11-17-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:39 Jonathan Harlan 04-15-84
Sr. 02:28 Thomas Norell 04-14-85
Op. 11:00 Larry Coslick 04-27-95
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:13 Scott Robbins 04-11-91
Sr. 04:27 Jonathon Sayre 04-24-99
Op. 10:01 Roy White 12-30-95
Autogiro
Jr. 04:40 Chris Lu 11-03-01
Sr. No record established
Op. 08:38 Ronald Ganser 02-13-93
HLG
Jr. 01:16.0 Aaron Markos 09-30-84
Sr. 01:21.8 Bryan Fulmer 03-20-83
Op. 01:39.8 Daniel Domina 06-13-82
ROG Stick
Jr. 07:04 Don Slusarczyk 11-30-86
Sr. 12:14 Mark Drela 06-12-77
Op. 17:06 Larry Coslick 10-24-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:01.7 Kenny Krempetz 11-16-97
Sr. 0:20.5 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:07.0 Kenny Krempetz 11-22-98
Sr. 1:10.6 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Mini Stick
Jr. 05:53 Chris Lu 08-05-01
Sr. 07:45 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11.00 Stan Chilton 03-26-00
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:28 Raymond Harlan 04-19-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 23:46 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 47:19 James Richmond 08-04-02
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 24:44 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 39:54 Lawrence Coslick 08-16-03
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:26 David Rigotti 05-06-01
Sr. 30:25 Doug Schaefer 08-04-02
Op. 33:47 James Richmond 08-04-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 15:07 Paul Loucka 06-25-81
Sr. 15:42 Tom Sova 08-06-73
Op. 27:45 Larry Loucka 08-04-02
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:15 Don Slusarczyk 04-13-86
Sr. 08:32 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 11:43 Larry Loucka 08-16-03
Easy B
Jr. 24:13 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 24:00 Doug Schaefer 05-04-03
Op. 27:03 Alan Cohen 08-15-03
Pennyplane
Jr. 12:36 Jeni Jaecks 06-14-83
Sr. 14:36 Dave Lindley 06-17-82
Op. 17:45 Gordon Wisniewski 08-17-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 12:24 Aaron Markos 06-15-83
Sr. 13:30 Brian Johnson 08-03-02
Op. 15:13 James Richmond 08-16-03
Helicopter
Jr. 06:18 Jonathan Harlan 06-18-84
Sr. 08:03 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 10:18 James Richmond 08-15-03
Ornithopter
Jr. 05:21 Scott T. Robbins 12-09-90
Sr. 09:11 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 15:20 Ray Harlan 08-16-03
Autogiro
Jr. 04:08 Dave Lindley 06-26-80
Sr. 08:36 Don Slusarczyk 10-30-90
Op. 10:58 Ronald Ganser 05-01-94
HLG
Jr. 02:10.4 Darryl Stevens 08-07-77
Sr. 02:32.6 Gary Stevens 08-07-77
Op. 02:35.1 James C. Buxton 10-03-93
ROG Stick
Jr. 10:02 Dave Lindley 06-28-80
Sr. 11:09 Richard Whitten 06-02-77
Op. 20:03 Lawrence Coslick 05/03/98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:27.5 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 01:59.1 Kenny Krempetz 08-18-03
Op. 02:48.2 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:31.3 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 02:15.4 Kenny Krempetz 08-19-03
Op. 03:08.0 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 11:30 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 11:34 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 13:23 Walter VanGorder 08-15-03
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:00 Ray Harlan 08-15-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 34:44 Jonathan Harlan 09-01-85
Sr. 41:25 Don Slusarczyk 09-02-90
Op. 60:01 Stephen Brown 06-01-97
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 15:54 Mike VanGorder 07-15-79
Sr. 36:31 Doug Schaefer 05-25-03
Op. 41:48 Larry Coslick 09-03-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 29:42 Doug Schaefer 09-01-01
Sr. 36:12 Doug Schaefer 10-11-02
Op. 37:59 John Kagan 08-31-03
ROG Cabin
Jr. 14:35 Jonathan Harlan 08-14-83
Sr. 27:10 Don Slusarczyk 06-08-90
Op. 33:20 Robert Randolph 06-05-82
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:31 Jim Buxton 06-07-87
Sr. 10:28 Don Slusarczyk 06-03-89
Op. 15:17 James Grant 07-03-95
Easy B
Jr. 18:07 Andrew Tagliafico 08-05-88
Sr. 26:29 Doug Schaefer 05-30-03
Op. 34:13 Larry Coslick 05-18-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 13:56 Christopher Lu 09-02-01
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 20:52 Anthony D’Alessandro 09-13-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 15:19 Vito Iacobellis 07-05-02
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 18:34 Lawrence Cailliau 08-17-97
Helicopter
Jr. 05:47 Nick Leonard, Jr. 08-01-96
Sr. 08:15 Benjamin Saks 06-02-01
Op. 12:00 Larry Coslick 08-02-96
Ornithopter
Jr. 04:28 Scott Robbins 07-23-89
Sr. 09:02 Don Slusarczyk 07-03-88
Op. 21:44 Roy White 09-02-95
Autogiro
Jr. 05:22 Christopher Lu 09-01-01
Sr. 12:11 Don Slusarczyk 09-01-90
Op. 19:53 Anthony DíAlessandro 07-19-03
HLG
Jr. 02:07.20 Steve Wittman 01-27-74
Sr. 02:39.44 Charles Gagliano 09-05-88
Op 02:58.60 Ron Wittman 02-18-73
ROG Stick
Jr. 12:47 Robert Skrjanc 05-16-82
Sr. 15:51 Mark Drela 09-18-77
Op. 24:51 Larry Coslick 07-05-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:29.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:50.0 Christopher Sydor 09-03-94
Op. 03:25.4 Robert De Shields 02-02-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:26.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:55.5 Christopher Sydor 09-04-94
Op. 04:11.9 Stan Buddenbohm 10-04-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 9:49 David Rigotti 06-01-01
Sr. 13:32 Max Zaluska 08-31-03
Op. 15:06 Robert Romash 09-01-01
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 30:30 Ray Harlan 06-01-02
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Age Min/Sec. Held By Date Set
Cargo
Jr. 55.97 Darryl Stevens 07-10-77
Sr. 25.00 Melanie Sanford 07-02-88
Op. 100.21 Roman Ramirez 09-19-82
Coupe d’Hiver
Jr. 11:54 Gregg Ferrer 01-26-75
Sr. 24:49 Jason Kendy 03-28-81
Op. 53:03 Robert P. White 03-28-81
P-30
Jr. 11:01 David Ellis 01-01-95
Sr. 23:00 Don DeLoach 06-23-90
Op. 42:58 Stanley Buddenbohm 11-10-01
HL Glider
Jr. 10:56 Darryl Stevens 02-20-77
Sr. 12:06 John Dowey 09-27-75
Op. 25:50 Bill Moody 10-04-97
A-2 Glider
Jr. 38:31 Benjamin Coussens 10-06-01
Sr. 35:58 Brian Bauer 03-08-03
Op. 69:35 Tom Coussens 03-13-94
Wakefield
Jr. 23:45 Taylor Gunder 06-22-02
Sr. 28:01 David Ellis 12-29-99
Op. 33:39 Walter Ghio 11-16-02
F1C Power (FAI)
Jr. 15:37 J. E. Troutman 10-13-91
Sr. 25:11 James Troutman 01-14-95
Op 49:50 Ed Keck 03-14-98
F1H A-1 Towline
Jr. 17:00 Dallas Parker 10-28-01
Sr. 30:19 Ben Coussens 02-09-03
Op. 58:42 Martyn Cowley 03-15-98
F1G Coupe (FAI)
Jr. 16:56 Taylor Burrows 03-23-03
Sr. 12:09 Ben Thomson 07-31-03
Op. 38:24 John Sessums 03-10-02
F1J 1/2A Power (FAI)
Jr. 20:20 Austin Gunder 08-02-00
Sr. 41:10 Austin Gunder 08-02-01
Op. 38:07 Douglas Galbreath 08-19-95
CO2 Unlimited
Jr. 05:30 Jeff Wittman 05-30-88
Sr. 26:05 Jeff Wittman 05-29-89
Op. 20:25 H. Graham Selick Jr 07-31-03
USA F1K CO2
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 18:00 H Graham Selick 10-06-02
Catapult Glider
Jr. 05:56 Taylor Boe 09-14-03
Sr. 05:07 Daniel Miller 04-30-95
Op. 25:12 Stan Buddenbohm 03-09-03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 40:49 Jon-Mark Carman 05-26-90
Sr. 51:28 Paul Munana 05-25-80
Op. 73:01 Terry Thorkildsen 05-27-89
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 10:20 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 12:49 Dana White 07-13-75
Op. 11:14 John Drobschoff 07-10-77
A Gas
Jr. 25:00 Joey Foster 05-28-77
Sr. 47:02 Randy Weiler 05-29-76
Op. 129:25 Terry Thorkildsen 02-26-95
A Gas ROW
Jr. 07:53 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 11:50 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 13:44 Richard Myers 08-27-72
B Gas
Jr. 25:57 Travis Hunter 05-30-83
Sr. 26:52 Bob Scully 03-07-76
Op. 105:00 Terry Kerger 02-25-95
B Gas /ROW
Jr. 20:00 Steve Calhoun 11-16-75
Sr. 08:08 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 12:03 H. Doering, Jr. 11-27-77
C Gas
Jr. 33:46 Travis Hunter 05-28-83
Sr. 26:32 Keith Morgan 05-26-79
Op. 100:00 Douglas Galbreath 09-06-92
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:43 Lyman Armstrong 07-27-80
D Gas
Jr. 12:17 Mike Kelley 11-08-86
Sr. 29:50 Travis Hunter 01-15-84
Op. 69:04 Hulan Matthies 03-11-79
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:51 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 23:28 J. Cunnyngham 05-28-77
Sr. 28:10 Jason Kendy 04-19-80
Op. 88:24 Robert P. White 03-11-79
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 04:46 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 01:22 John Banck 09-19-76
Op. 12:42 Joe Bilgri 08-15-82
Ornithopter
Jr. 01:01 Chris Scott 04-22-79
Sr. No record established
Op. 09:21 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 02:36 Nancy Andrews 08-03-75
Sr. 01:35 Mike Johnson 01-17-76
Op. 09:46 Jean Andrews 05-29-89
Helicopter
Jr. 13:24 Darryl Stevens 10-29-77
Sr. 07:16 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 14:57 Thomas Finch 05-08-60
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 13:01 Jason Villnave 04-27-86
Sr. 07:20 Allen Porter 09-04-94
Op. 40:04 B. Baron-Rawdon 05-27-85
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. 08:51 Jason Villnave 10-26-86
Sr. 05:31 Allen Porter 09-05-94
Op. 41:31 John Oian 05-26-86
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:44 John Finn 12-14-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 16:01 Keith Morgan 01-30-77
Sr. 19:30 Kenneth Keegan 04-29-84
Op. 40:42 Michael Ryan 04-08-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:53 Dana White 09-15-74
Sr. 7:52 Randy Archer 09-19-76
Op. 9:59 Joe W. Dodson 08-11-74
A Gas
Jr. 21:45 Joey Foster 04-03-77
Sr. 26:46 Parker McQuown 05-24-80
Op. 83:40 Kenneth E. Oliver 09-28-91
A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:35 Tom Regan 11-04-73
Sr. 6:54 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:03 Jerald Murphy 10-23-83
B Gas
Jr. 11:37 Travis Hunter 09-25-83
Sr. 19:11 Mark Woodrey 09-03-78
Op. 54:00 William Morgan 11-29-81
B Gas ROW
Jr. 1:29 Timothy Young 07-13-75
Sr. 7:27 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:24 Micheal Thompson 05-27-01
C Gas
Jr. 23:13 Mike Keller 12-07-86
Sr. 20:52 Keith Morgan 11-11-79
Op. 59:45 Daryl Perkins 01-19-03
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:08 John Drobshoff 07-05-81
D Gas
Jr. 22:22 Mike Keller 04-06-86
Sr. 14.28 Travis Hunter 04-29-84
Op. 81:00 Lynn Pulley 01-20-02
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:59 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 6:39 Steve Wittman 05-30-77
Sr. 7:11 Steve Wittman 05-29-78
Op. 39:00 Edward Eliot 08-29-76
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 62:13 Randy Secor 11-05-72
Sr. 30:52 Joseph Kubina 08-05-78
Op. 16:19 Don DeLoach 10-20-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 3:21 Tim Young 09-21-75
Sr. 3:49 Gary Stevens 02-26-78
Op. 16:15 Henry Smith 01-15-00
Ornithopter
Jr. 8:15 Jolyn Andrews 06-27-82
Sr. No record established
Op. 6:38 Roy White 10-21-84
Autogiro
Jr. 2:38 Jeanine Andrews 06-08-75
Sr. 0:23 Mike Reagan 07-21-74
Op. 5:59 Jean F. Andrews 11-04-90
Helicopter
Jr. 6:14 Jillian Anderson 08-02-00
Sr. 6:57 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 16:56 Stanley Buddenbohm 05-23-98
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 7:12 Allen J. Porter 09-30-91
Sr. No record established
Op. 38:15 Donald L. Hughes 02-03-91
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:32 William Rietdorf 05-16-93
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 06:59 William Lovins 07-28-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 11:00 Jason Poti 08-03-00
Sr. 07:52 Jason Greer 08-01-97
Op. 54:21 Charles Caton 10-22-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 20:01 Jerry Rocha 05-04-96
A Gas
Jr. 09:33 James Troutman 07-08-90
Sr. 12:20 Mike Keller 05-27-90
Op 105:00 Ronnie Thompson 07-30-98
A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:09 Norman Peterson 04-23-94
B Gas
Jr. 10:08 Mike Keller 10-18-86
Sr. 11:45 Justin Aronholt 05-18-97
Op. 90:00 Robert P. Johannes 07-22-96
B Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 7:16 William Vanderbeek 05-06-00
C Gas
Jr. 7:55 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 12:15 James P. Lebda 01-27-91
Op. 70:00 Edward Keck 07-29-98
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:39 John Drobshoff 08-15-82
D Gas
Jr. 11:00 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 7:19 James E. Troutman 05-29-94
Op. 60:00 Robert Johannes 08-30-98
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:20 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 5:03 Tony Hutchins 08-09-86
Sr. 3:09 David Crofoot 07-28-97
Op. 10:58 Warren Kurth 07-30-00
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 30:55 John Shailor 07-28-03
Sr. 27:56 Roderick T. Ioerger 07-06-94
Op. 43:00 Joseph Williams 06-28-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 2:12 Jason Thorton 11-24-85
Sr No record established
Op. 17:15 Henry Smith 05-01-99
Ornithopter
Jr. 1:11 Jolyn Andrews 08-23-81
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:17 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 1:43 Jolyn Andrews 07-23-78
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:50 Jean Andrews 09-14-97
Helicopter
Jr. 5:31.9 Stephen Burhenn 07-14-99
Sr. 1:57.0 Don DeLoach 05-18-91
Op. 11:38.0 Stan Buddenbohm 06-19-94
Electric Power A
Jr. 4:17 David Crofoot 06-30-96
Sr. 5:32 Melanie Sanford 09-03-88
Op. 30:00 Charles Groth 08-24-03
Electric Power B
Jr. No record established
Sr. 7:14 David Crofoot 07-30-98
Op. 24:00 William Rietdorf 09-01-93
Moffett
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 43:00 Robert Bienenstein 07-22-96
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:26.6 Jack Marsh 09-28-02
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:50 Ronnie Thompson 06-29-02
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
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Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:52 Marvin Mace 06-01-02
CONTROL LINE
Age MPH Held By Date Set
1/2A Speed
Jr. 146.72 Bobby Fogg III 10-09-94
Sr. 143.61 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 156.42 R. Fogg/C Aloise/
Brown/Shahan 12-11-94
A Speed
Jr. 160.51 Bobby Fogg 09-04-94
Sr. 162.39 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 194.31 Jerry Rocha 12-02-00
B Speed
Jr. 166.75 Bobby Fogg 12-11-94
Sr. 163.42 Bobby Fogg III 10-12-96
Op. 186.84 Team Fogg/Brown/
Mancini 10-19-02
D Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 199.92 Team Fogg/Brown 12-04-99
1/2A Profile Proto
Jr. 103.76 Bobby Fogg 12-13-92
Sr. 104.73 Bobby Fogg III 07-14-97
Op. 116.08 Jerry Rocha 10-13-01
.21 Sport Speed
Jr. 143.83 Peter Brown 10-04-93
Sr. 145.93 Peter Brown 07-16-97
Op. 158.39 R. Fogg/G. Brown 12-06-98
Formula. 40 Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. 146.16 Mike Wisniewski 07-11-96
Op. 161.87 James Rhoades 12-06-98
Jet
Jr. No record established
Sr. 123.41 Howell Pugh 09-02-95
Op. 204.93 L. Waltemath/
J. Mathison 12-07-02
F2A (FAI)
Jr. 162.62 Krystal King 06-17-00
Sr. 173.21 Krystal King 10-06-01
Op. 183.52 William Naemura 09-18-99
Rat Racing
Jr. No record established
Sr No record established
Op. 2:19.67 Team Fogg/Shahan
(70 Lap) 07-21-94
4:50.87 Mike Shahan
(140 Lap) 07-13-95
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Slow Rat Racing
Jr. 5:16.20 Scott Matson
(70 lap) 07-10-00
6:47.37 Scott Matson
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Sr. 4:29.63 Howell Pugh
(70 lap) 07-20-94
10:58.47 Douglas Short
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Op. 2:36.31 R. Ogez
(70 lap) 07-18-91
5:24.945 Mike Greb
(140 lap) 07-19-90
1/2A Mouse Race I
Jr. 2:37.57 Scott Matson
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:17.68 Scott Matson
(100 lap) 07-15-99
Sr. 2:44.68 David Rolley Jr
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:20.11 D.J. Parr
(100 lap) 07-16-98
Op. 2:14:35 Todd Ryan/Michael MacCarthy
(50 lap) 07-13-01
Op. 4:22.00 Paul Gibeault/Todd Ryan
(100 Lap) 07-15-99
Scale Racing
Jr. 2:50.65 Bobby Fogg III
(70 lap) 07-16-91
6:08.55 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 06-23-92
Sr. 3:15.12 Douglas Short
(70 lap) 07-11-00
5:40.05 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 07-11-95
Op. 2:39.38 Team Willoughby/Oge
(70 lap) 07-15-97
5:33.04 Robert Fogg
(140 lap) 07-16-91
F2C Team Race (FAI)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:16.70 Team Ascher 07-19-02
6:57.36 Lambert/Ballard
(200 lap) 07-15-98
Endurance
Jr. 0::44:12 Mark E. Williams 10-06-90
Sr. 0::25:41 Mark Williams 11-27-94
Op. 2::28:02 Edwin Gifford 09-15-02
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Carrier Class I
Jr. 386.0 Andy Westerheim 10-19-97
Sr. 435.8 Andy Westerheim 07-13-01
Op. 510.0 Kelvin Hite 02-18-01
Carrier Class II
Jr. 366.77 D. Silversmith 10-13-85
Sr. 416.5 Andy Westerheim 10-28-01
Op. 517.9 Peter Mazur 11-05-00
Profile Carrier
Jr. 279.5 Andy Westerheim 08-31-97
Sr. 342.1 Andy Westerheim 06-17-01
Op. 391.5 Peter Mazur 07-12-01
Electric Speed Class A
Jr. No record established
Sr. 64.35 Howell A. Pugh 06-20-92
Op. 90.42 H.Doering Jr. 10-10-93
Electric Speed Class B
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 119.63 William G. Stewart 06-05-99
PYLON RACING
Age Time Held By Date Set
Q-40
Jr. 1:03.15 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-11-00
Sr. 1:00.73 Gino DelPonte
(Long Course) 04-12-03
Op. 0:59.38 Thomas Scott
(Long Course) 05-27-00
1:03.13 Santiago Panzardi
(Short Course) 10-22-94
F3D
Jr. 1:08.69 Matthew Van Baren 11-15-98
Sr. 1:02.06 Matthew Van Baren 11-02-02
Op. 0:58.38 Richard Verano/
Robert Holik 08-30-03
Q-500
Jr. 1:10.43 Bucky Miller
(Short Course) 06-13-92
1:13.19 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 05-24-98
Sr. 1:01.36 David Wright
(Short Course) 07-10-94
1:05.83 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-16-01
Op. 0:56.49 Gordon Hyde
(Short Course) 05-29-94
1:03.54 Travis Flynn
(Long Course) 02-03-02
Formula I
Jr. 1:10.81 Matthew Van Baren 08-18-96
Sr. 1:07.94 Henson Bartle 10-09-98
Op. 1:03.16 Richard Verano 03-28-92
RC SOARING
SLOPE DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-87
Sr. 2::58:09 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 12::28:20 Alvin Battad 05-23-98
Class B
Jr. 8::12:08 Patrick McIntire 04-21-01
Sr. 6::01.13 Christopher Ritter 05-31-93
Op. 12::08:04 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 11::31:18 Caleb Lesher 04-21-01
Sr. 5::01:43 Ken Merenda 05-31-93
Op. 12::33.57 Jess Walls 05-05-92
Class D
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-88
Sr. 5::08:30 Joel Magnuson 04-21-01
Op. 13::32:11 Rex Coffman 04-21-01
THERMAL DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 0::30:27 Matthew Andren 06-12-93
Sr. 0::50:34 Andy Schuler 08-27-94
Op. 2::43:43 Bill Hoelcher 09-12-02
Class B
Jr. 0::41:40 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::27:04 Charles Vergo 05-31-92
Op. 5::00:55 Jerry Krainock 08-23-81
Class C
Jr. 0::43:49 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::54:09 Charles Vergo 06-14-92
Op. 8::03:00 Jay Siren 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 1::18:05 Christopher Ritter 05-11-91
Sr. 1::23:14 Rodney Cooper 05-09-92
Op. 9::47:00 Keith Kindrick 05-30-82
DECLARED DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 3.18 Christopher Ritter 05-04-91
Sr. 2.86 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 5.58 David Hall 05-27-03
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 14.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-81
Class C
Jr. 4.78 Christopher Ritter 05-24-91
Sr. 4.82 Kenneth Merenda 05-16-92
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
OPEN DISTANCES
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4.32 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 3.69 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 6.60 Paul J. Wilson 07-07-88
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 17.475 Jack R. Hiner 05-27-89
Class C
Jr. 12.30 Brian Isenhart 05-27-84
Sr. 9.90 Alex Bower 05-30-81
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
CLOSED COURSE DISTANCE
Age Km. Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 32.4 George Rodriguez 10-17-86
Sr. 69.8 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 129.4 Arlie Stoner 06-25-89
Class B
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class D
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
ALTITUDE
Age Feet Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. No record established
Op. 2,220.0 Gary Fogel 10-13-02
Class B
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. 1,993.0 Alex Bower 10-04-81
Op. 3,100.0 Jack R. Hiner 09-14-85
Class C
Jr. 309.7 Christopher Ritter 01-18-87
Sr. 3,045.0 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 3,600.0 Jack Hiner 07-27-85
Class D
Jr. 4,010 Scott Christian 07-29-84
Sr. 3,045 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 6,025 Jack Hiner 06-11-82
SPEED
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 53.014 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 45.747 Karl Cranford 05-31-92
Class B
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 47.006 Christopher Ritter 05-31-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class C
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 51.057 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class D
Jr. 49.22 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 57.23 Alex Bower 04-10-83
Op. 86.37 John H. Sasson Jr. 09-15-91
RC ELECTRIC
DURATION
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:16:58 Joachim Nave 06-22-02
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:18:50 Art Chmielewski 07-08-01
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:33:33 Joachim Nave 08-05-01
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 1:47:30 Joachim Nave 05-27-00
Indoor Electric R/C Duration
Jr. No Record Established
Sr. No Record Established
Op. 0:28:13 Raymond Harlan 08-31-03
DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.53 Christopher Silva 09-13-03
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.53 Christopher Silva 05-25-03
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.54 Gary Fogel 09-13-03
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.54 Gary Fogel 03-29-03
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
with a 630. He was right on, which left the
flightline with the unsettled feeling that it was
going to be an interesting morning the
following day.
The Final Day: The flight order of the final
day of competition called for Curtis to fly first
with Manabu to perform immediately after. It
was clear that the judges had a tremendous
responsibility; they had to know clearly what
they were looking for when Curtis flew and to
remain consistent with their judging and
expectations for Manubu’s performance.
Curtis flew a 639.5 and Manabu put down
a 637.5; with the combined scores from the
other high rounds, he edged out Curtis by
15.36 points with a 2991.46 to become the
World Champion. Minoru Kobayashi was
right in there on the last round presenting the
flightline with a 642, winning the third round.
At this level of competition it’s clear that it’s
not over until it’s over, and the 2003 World
Championships was no exception.
That evening all the competitors, officials,
and supporters gathered for a party that will
go down in history as being the best. The
Japanese are known for their hospitality, and
this time was no exception. We gathered for
an outdoor banquet with great food, large
bottles of sake, and a beautiful award
presentation, topped off by a late evening of
karaoke.
Our experience at the World Championships
would not have been possible if it were not for
the generous support of our corporate and
individual sponsors. Because of space
limitations we cannot thank everyone here,
but there are a few who need special
recognition of their relentless support: Ron
Lund of Rick’s R/C Helicopters, Ron
Kummer of IRCHA, Run Ryder, and, of
course, AMA.
A complete list of our sponsors as well as
the latest information on the US team can be
found at www.usaf3c.com.
Modeling is one of the true great hobbies;
it catalyzes the bringing together of people
from all walks of life regardless of country,
culture, and political beliefs. Attending an
event like the World Championships reminds
us how small the world really is and how alike
we all are. If the opportunity presents itself,
experience a World Championships! MA Nob (L), Dwight get ready in the “box.”
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K e y D a t e s
(Events attended by AMA HQ staff and/or officers)
January 9 - 11
AMA Convention 2004
Ontario CA
N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Helicopter
Sr. Doug Schaefer 08:03 08/16/03
Op. James Richmond 10:18 08/15/03
Pennyplane
Op. Gordon Wisniewski 17:45 08/17/03
Limited Pennyplane
Op. James Richmond 15:13 08/16/03
Easy B
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:13 08/17/03
Op. Alan Cohen 27:03 08/16/03
Intermediate Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:44 08/17/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Op. Lawrence Coslick 39:54 08/16/03
HL Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 23:46 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Mini Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 11:30 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 11:34 06/16/03
Op. Walter VanGorder 13:23 08/15/03
Manhatten
Op. Larry Loucka 11:43 08/16/03
Ornithopter
Op. Raymond Harlan 15:20 08/16/03
Standard Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 01:59.1 08/18/03
Unlimited Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 02:15.4 08/19/03
FF Electric Power
Op. Raymond Harlan 31:00 08/15/03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Mini Stick
Sr. Max Zaluska 13:32 08/31/03
F1D
Op. John Kagan 37:59 08/31/03
Pennyplane
Op. Anthony D’Alessandro 20:52 09/13/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Catapult Glider
Jr. Taylor Boe 05:56 09/14/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CATEGORY III
Electric A
Op. Charles Groth 30:00 08/24/03
RC SAILPLANE
Class A Declared Distance
Op. David Hall 5.58 miles 05/25/03
RC ELECTRIC
Indoor Electric Duration
Op. Raymond Harlan 28:13 08/31/03
Class A Sailplane (LMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 5.53 miles 05/25/03
Class B Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Gary Fogel 9.54 miles 09/13/03
Class A Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 9.53 miles 09/13/03
RC PYLON
F3D
Op. Richard Verano/
Robert Holick 58.38 seconds 08/30/03
W o r l d R e c o r d s
U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
No. 141 Duration
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
38::52:19 08/11/03
No. 142 Distance in a Straight Line
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
1882.8 miles 08/11/03
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F1 OPEN (G) (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.101: Duration 4hr 58mn 10s Momcilo Milutinovic Yugoslavia 05/15/60
No.102: Distance in a straight line 310.33km Zdenek Taus Czechoslovakia 03/31/62
No.103: Height 2364m Geroges Benedek Germany 05/23/48
F1 OPEN (AEX) (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.104: Duration 1hr 41mn 32s Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.105: Distance in a straight line 371.19km Guennadi Tchiglinsev USSR 07/01/62
No.106: Height 1732m Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.107: Speed 187.68km Andrew Belanov USSR 09/06/87
F1 OPEN (API) (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.108: Duration 6hr 01mn Igor Koulakovsky USSR 08/06/52
No.109: Distance in a straight line 378.76km Evgueny Boricevitch USSR 08/14/52
No.110: Height 6468m Yin Chenbai People’s Republic
of China 08/08/82
No.111: Speed 189.30 Artur Shaginian Russia 07/03/99
F1A (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.112: Duration in competition
F1B (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.113: Duration in competition
F1C (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.114: Duration in competition
F1 OPEN (AIM) (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.115a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39mn 19s Robert Randolph USA 01/21/96
No.115b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15 m) 45mn 32s Robert Randolph USA 10/17/93
No.115c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 47mn 19s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.115d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 1hr 0mn 01s Stephen Brown USA 06/01/97
F1D (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.125a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 26mn 45s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 05/20/02
No.125b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 29min 08s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 08/24/02
No.125c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 33mn 47s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.125d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 35mn 32s Peter Kuttler Germany 10/13/01
No.119: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.120: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.121: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1L (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.116a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 19mn 39s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.116b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 20 mn 36s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.116c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 21mn 23s Akihiro Danjo Japan 10/20/01
No.116d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 23mn 47s Jonas Romblad Sweden 03/03/01
No122: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.123: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.124: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1M (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.117a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 16mn 44s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.117b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 18mn 14s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.117c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 18mn 20s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/27/01
No.117d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 19mn 40s Akihiro Danjo Japan 08/11/02
F1N (INDOOR GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.118a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39.6 sec Leonard George Surtees Austrailia 11/24/01
No.118b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 54.8 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 03/06/00
No.118c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m)
No.118d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 73.9 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 05/31/00
F2A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.130: Speed (0.00 - 1.00cm3) 251.66kmh Zhao Jihe People’s Republic 08/22/84
of China
No.131: Speed (1.01 - 2.50cm3) 335kmh Paul Eisner United Kingdom 10/13/01
No.132: Speed (2.51 - 5.00cm3) 312.23kmh P. A. Halman United Kingdom 10/12/86
No.133: Speed (5.01 - 10.00cm3) 326.28kmh Shen Xilin People’s Republic 10/19/84
of China
No.134: Speed in Competition 302.5kmh Luis Parramon Spain 07/19/02
F2A (AEROPLANE, REACTION MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.135: Speed 395.64kmh Leonid Lipinski USSR 12/06/71
F2C (AEROPLANE(TEAM RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.57: Speed (100 laps) 3mn 12.2 sec Jean Maret France 07/16/00
No.58: Speed (200 laps) 6mn 28.9 sec Jean Maret France 07/18/00
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.141: Duration 38h 52mn 19s Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.142: Distance in a straight line 3030.07km Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.143: Height 8205m Maynard Hill USA 09/06/70
No.144: Distance goal and return
No.145: Speed 343.92kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/21/71
No.146: Distance in a closed circuit 1301.00km Maynard Hill USA 08/02/98
No.147: Speed in a closed circuit 241.80kmh Maynard Hill USA 11/26/84
F3A (SEAPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.148: Duration 16hr 14mn 11s Toomas Mardna Estonia 08/14/99
No.149: Distance in a straight line 308.84km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 03/26/94
No.150: Height 5651m Maynard Hill USA 09/03/67
No.151: Distance goal and return 60.2km George Finch USA 06/20/02
No.152: Speed 294.98kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/25/71
No.153: Distance in a closed circuit 601.00km Daniel Coince France 09/15/91
No.154: Speed in a closed circuit 192.90kmh Michael Ischenko Ukraine 06/20/93
F3B (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.155: Duration 36h 03mn 19s Nicholas Shaw United Kingdom 09/08/01
No.156: Distance in a straight line 226.44km Joseph Wurts USA 05/28/88
No.157: Height 1950m Jack Hiner USA 06/11/82
No.158: Distance goal and return
No.159: Speed 239.70kmh Klaus Kowalski Germany 07/20/91
No.160: Distance in a closed circuit 716.10km Eduard Svoboda Czechoslovakia 07/23/79
No.161: Speed in a closed circuit 129.70kmh Zufar Vakkasov Russia 06/23/97
F3C (HELICOPTER, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.162: Duration 5hr 59mn 51s Vladimir Bulatnikov/Yuri Bazanov/
Alexander Orlov Russia 07/02/01
No.163: Distance in a straight line 134.10km Michael Farnan Australia 06/02/96
No.164: Height 2940m Jean-Philippe Allogne France 04/12/92
No.165: Distance goal and return
No.166: Speed 144.67kmh Vladimir Bulantnikov Russia 07/02/98
No.167: Distance in a closed circuit 101.00km Jean-Philippe Allogne France 06/18/88
No.168: Speed in a closed circuit 112.72kmh David W. Whitney United Kingdom 11/02/86
F3D (AEROPLANE (PYLON RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.83: Speed in a closed circuit 58.59sec Christopher Callow Australia 08/02/01
F5-S (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.171: Duration 10hr 38mn 30s Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.172: Distance in a straight line 102.40km Anatoly Dubinetsky Russia 08/25/90
No.173: Height 2 200 Wolfgang Schaeper Germany 11/19/00
No.174: Distance goal and return
No.175: Speed 282.60kmh Werner Vauth Germany 08/08/92
No.176: Distance in a closed circuit 315.50km Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.177: Speed in a closed circuit 163.68kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5-P (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (NON-RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.178: Duration 15hr 12mn 30s Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.179: Distance in a straight line 135.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.180: Height 2200m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 09/19/88
No.181: Distance goal and return
No.182: Speed 168.51kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
No.183: Distance in a closed circuit 424.50km Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.184: Speed in a closed circuit 97.20kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
F5-SOL (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (SOLAR CELLS))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.185: Duration 11hr 34mn 18s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.186: Distance in a straight line 48.21km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.187: Height 2065m Wolfgang Schaper Germany 05/30/99
No.188: Distance goal and return
No.189: Speed 80.63kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/21/98
No.190: Distance in a closed circuit 190.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
No.191: Speed in a closed circuit 62.15kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
F5-COMB (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR(ALL SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.192: Duration 15hr 36mn 55s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.193: Distance in a straight line 109.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.194: Height 4539m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 02/20/95
No.195: Distance goal and return
No.196: Speed 274.28kmh Wolfgang Kuppers Germany 08/09/98
No.197: Distance in a closed circuit 490.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.198: Speed in a closed circuit. 160.45kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5C (HELICOPTER, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.199: Duration 1hr 10mn 50sec Mark Hopkins United Kingdom 03/16/03
No.200: Distance in a straight line
No.201: Height
No.202: Distance goal and return
No.203: Speed
No.204: Distance in a closed circuit
No.205: Speed in a closed circuit
F5D (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.90: Speed in a closed circuit
F A I W o r l d R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
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F o c u s o n C o m p e t i t i o n
176 MODEL AVIATION
Technical Director Steve Kaluf
[email protected]
I’M PUTTING ASIDE my regular column
this month (I know you are heartbroken!) to
bring you Barron Guss’s report as team
manager for the F3C Helicopter World
Championships that took place this past
summer in Japan.
We had hoped to place this article as a
feature in MA; however, current editorial
policies, in an effort to keep the coverage
even, only provides for coverage of World
Championships taking place in the United
States to run as features. So look for more
coverage of this nature in “Focus on
Competition.” As I receive well-written
reports, I’ll have them placed here. That way
you will still be able see the reports of these
championships.
That said, I think you will find Barron’s
report interesting. The organizers in Japan
always go out of their way to make any
World Championships they host a first-class
operation; this one was no exception. Our
Helicopter team, once again, did very well.
We’ve included a few pictures to give you the
flavor of the World Championships.
Till next time ...
In life, certain opportunities present
themselves on a most infrequent basis. One
such opportunity is to represent one’s country
to the world. The 2003 US F3C team had
such an honor at the 2003 FAI-F3C World
Championships in Ishikawa, Japan.
Contrary to popular belief, winning a slot
on the US team does not happen at the Team
Trials as much as it is a process of study,
dedication, and determination that starts years
and in some cases decades prior, as with some
of our US team members.
What is FAI-F3C? FAI stands for
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. This
international organization governs all
competition and record keeping for all things
aviation, whether it is an altitude record for a
hot-air balloon or a speed record for a radiocontrolled
airplane. They even have a hand in
space flight.
F3C is the class designation set forth by
the FAI for Radio Control model-helicopter
competition. The World Championships
competition is held every two years on a
different continent, and this year it was held
in Asia. F3C is a compilation of all the skills
and maneuvers acquired in AMA classes I, II,
and III, with the major difference that one
competes against the world’s best.
There are two schedules of maneuvers
used in this class. Schedule A is used during
the preliminary rounds and the more difficult
Schedule B is used during the flyoff. Each
schedule contains three hovering maneuvers
and the remainder of the maneuvers can
consist of a combination of loops, rolls,
pirouettes, stall turns, inverted hovering,
tailslides, and more.
The pilots are judged on precision,
smoothness, heading, altitude control,
positioning of the model, and overall
presentation. Every maneuver starts out with
a score of 10 and then points are deducted in
half-point increments for defects observed by
the judges. A score of 0 is given for
incomplete maneuvers. Each competitor
participates in four preliminary rounds, of
which the best three flight scores determine
his/her placing.
The F3C World Championships is a team
as well as an individual competition. FAI
member countries may enter a maximum of
three competitors as a national team for world
and continental championships. Team results
The land of the rising sun becomes the
land of the setting sun for Dwight Shilling
on the first day of practice.
US contingent, first row (L-R): Wayne Mann, Barron Guss, Dwight Shilling, Len Sabato.
Second row: Denise Mann, Cliff Hiatt, Daniel Hiatt, Paul Giles, Sue Giles, Sandy Sabato,
Nob Muraki, Curtis Youngblood.
are based on the sum of each country’s team
members’ preliminary round scores. The top
10 pilots or 20% of all competitors
(whichever is greater) then participate in three
flyoff rounds to determine the individual
winner. (The scores of the current World
Champion do not count toward the team title.)
Our Team: The final round of the Team
Trials was held the weekend of September 28-
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C O M P E T I T I O N D I R E C T O R Y
I: Robert Wilkie, 19 Everett St., Rockland MA 02370
II: CL & FF: Dave King, 410 Ritter Ave., South Plainfield NJ 07080-3534
RC: Robert Kircher, 9 Sheffeld Way, Clark NJ 07066
III: CL, FF, & RC: Nelson Gould, 1340 Oak Dr., Macungie PA 18062 (East)
CL , FF & RC: Sheila Nitsch, 5650 Boyd Rd., Grove City OH 43123
IV: CL & FF: Jim Coffin, 4604 Hillbrook Dr., Annandale VA 22003
RC: Alice Munday, 18 W. Lewis Rd., Hampton VA 23666 E-mail: [email protected]
V: RC (FL Only): Judi Dunlap, 14711 SE 1st Avenue Rd., Summerfield FL 34491
RC (TN, MS, AL, SC, GA, PR): Dick Tonan, 639 Knollwood Dr., Lavergne TN 37086
FF: Bob Junk, 984 Williams Ditch Rd., Cantonment FL 32533
CL: Gene Martine, 1422 Ingleside Ave., Jacksonville FL 32205-7713
VI: RC (except Soaring): Randy Cameron, 2134 S. Hillcrest Ave., Springfield MO 65807
RC Soaring: Dale Folkening, 1544 Darien Lake Dr., Darien IL 60561
FF: Charles Markos, 655 Carlisle Ave., Deerfield IL 60015
CL: Arthur Johnson, 1818 Oslo Drive, Rockford IL 61108-6612
VII: FF AMA Headquarters, Competition Department
CL: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N. Shore Dr.,Whitmore Lake MI 48189-9124
RC (Except for Michigan): Michael Haller, N6237 Shraven Circle, Fond du Lac WI 54937
RC (Michigan only): Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
VIII:CL & FF: Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
RC: Douglas Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310.
IX: Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange, Wichita KS 67217
RC: Judy Gerken, 2069 South Raleigh St., Denver CO 80219
X: Ellis Hall, 4811 Amber Ln., Sacramento CA 95841 (North.)
Tim Attaway, 252 Sea Vale St., Chula Vista CA 91910
Wayne Hamada, 625 Iolani Ave. Apt.. 604, Honolulu HI 96813-1812 (Hawaii)
Utah and Arizona only:
David Litt, 1111 N. 64th St. 53, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Dick Salter, 3140 184 Ave. SE, Penino WA 98589
RC: W.T. (Bill) Smith, 10825 44th Ave. S.W., Seattle WA 98146
INDOOR CONTEST BOARD
I: Ray Harlan, 15 Happy Hollow Rd., Wayland MA 01778
II: Doug Barber, 23 Rabbit Run, Easthampton Twp. NJ 08060-5313
III: Walt VanGorder, 5669 Victory View Ln., Cincinnati OH 45233
IV: Don Srull, 941 Kimberwicke Rd., McLean VA 22102
V: Richard MacEntee, 2409 B 14th St. Dr. NW, Palmetto FL 34221
VI: Larry Coslick, 4202 Valley Crest Hill, St. Louis MO 63128
VII: Gordon Wienewski, 4790 Stratford Dr., Greendale WI 53129
VIII: Ralph (Bud) Tenny, PO Box 830545, Richardson TX 75080
IX: H. Stan Chilton, 3010 Grail, Wichita KS 67211
X: Clarence Mather, 2358 Tam O’Shanter Ave., Bishop CA 93514-1944
XI: Andy Tagliafico, 10039 SW Quail Post Rd., Portland OR 97219
CONTROL LINE SPEED
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Glen Van Sant, 414 Valley Rd., Langhorne PA 19047
IV: Albert Jones, 17670 Glass Ridge Pl., Gainesville VA 20155
V: Santo Rizzotto, 1575 N Banana River Dr., Merritt Island FL 32952
VI: William Hughes, 113 N. Chase Ave., Bartlett IL 60103
VII: Barry Tippett, 31052 Mason, Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Dimmitt Perkins, 291 Grant 581, Sheridan AR 72150
IX: Jim Ricketts, 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110-5573
X: Bob Fogg, 11272 Carroza Ct., San Diego CA 92124
XI: Mike Hazel, 1073 Windemere Dr NW, Salem OR 97304
CONTROL LINE CARRIER
I: Glenn Simpson, 19 Hilda St., Worcester MA 01606
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III:
IV:
V: Michael Shull, 3051 Cedar Trce, Tarpon Springs FL 34688
VI: William Calkins, 317 Snow St., Sugar Grove IL 60554
VII: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N Shore Rd., Whitmore Lake MI 48189
VIII: Dick Perry, 427 Live Oak Lane NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122
IX: Melvin Schuette, Box 240, Auburn KS 66402
X: Ted Kraver, 225 W. Orchid Ln., Phoenix AZ 85021
XI: Mike Potter, 29725 45th Avenue S, Auburn WA 98001
CONTROL LINE RACING
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Laird Jackson, MCP HU 245 N. 15th St., Philadelphia PA 19102
IV: Charles Williams, 423 Hunting Creek Dr., Matthews NC 28104
V: Dick Lambert, 754 Renegade Ln., Port Orange FL 32127
VI: Dave McDonald, Box 384, Daleville IN 47334
VII: Larry Dziak, 1474 Capitol Dr., Green Bay WI 54303
VIII: John McCollum, 300 Van Zandt, Co. Rd.4717, Ben Wheeler TX 75754
IX: Jim Ricketts Sr., 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110
X: Doug Mayer, 1727 Penmar Ave., Apt. #2, Venice CA 90291
XI: John Thompson, 2456 Quince St., Eugene OR 97404
CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS
I: Dave Cook, 46 Maple St., Norfolk MA 02056
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Bill Werwage, 111 Jacqueline Dr., Berea OH 44017
IV: Warren Tiahrt, 4020 Martins Point Rd., Kitty Hawk NC 27949
V: Bob Dixon, 1351 Tristram Circle, Macon GA 31220
VI: Allen Brickhaus, Box 206, Golconda IL 62938
VII: Bob McDonald, 28746 Westfield St., Livonia MI 48150
VIII: Gary McClellan, 7812 Bayshore Ct., Ft. Worth TX 76179
IX:
X: Royal (Lucky) Pyatt, 4013 W. Valley Mine Dr., Tucson AZ 85745
XI: Paul Walker, 25900 127th Ave. SE, Kent WA 98031
CONTROL LINE COMBAT
I: Neil Simpson, 129 Podunk Rd., East Brookfield MA 01515
II: Dave Edwards, 9 Ardsley Rd., Hillsborough NJ 08844
III: Mike Evans, 436 McGregor Ave., Cincinnati OH 45206
IV: Louis Lopez, 44 Wyndom Circle, Hockessin DE 19707
V: Francisco Rodriquez, 8 SW 96 Ct., Miami FL 33174
VI: Rich Tupper, 3105 Audrea Ct., Woodridge IL 60517
VII: Ron Columbo, 14907 Garden St., Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Pat Willcox, 1927 Running Springs Dr., Kingwood TX 77339
IX:
X: Steve Stewart, 87 W. Windsor Ave., Phoenix AZ 85003
XI: Mark Hansen, 3585 SE Franklin St., Portland OR 97202
FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD
I: Art Ellis, 84 Denison Dr., Guilford CT 06437
II: Bradley Bane, 60 Lake Ave., Lyndonville NY 14098
III: Rudy Kluiber, 2021 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood OH 44107
IV: Jim Bocckinfuso, 112 Pinecrest Cir., Moneta VA 24121
V: Ron Sharpton, 1290 County Rd., Daytona Beach FL 32119-2469
VI: Chris Matsuno, 8576 Ginger Dr., St. John MO 63114
VII: Bill Shailor, 2317 Clawson Avenue, Royal Oak MI 48073
VIII: Mike Fedor, 2500 San Diego, Arlington TX 76015
IX: Jerald Murphy, 9 Via Escondido, Manitou Springs Valley CO 80829
X: Doug Galbreath, 3408 Topsail Pl, Davis CA 95616
XI: John Crosetto, 14809 S.E. 54th, Bellevue WA 98006
SCALE CONTEST BOARD
I: Irv Searl, 52 Langholm Dr., Nashua NH 03062
II: Don Typond, 275 Cascade Rd., Warwick NY 10990
III: Bill Carper, 264 Oak St., Jackson OH 45640
IV: Bob Karlsson, 708 Bullen Dr., Middletown DE 19709
V: David Platt, 1306 Havre, N.W., Palm Bay FL 32907
VI: John Guenther, 21609 Borden-Greenville Rd., Borden IN 47106
VII: Claude McCullough, 102 Constance St., Montezuma IA 50171
VIII: Ernest Harwood, 2711 English Chase, Arlington TX 76016
IX Glen Lau, 3701 S. 44th St., Lincoln NE 68506
X: Kent Walters, 6407 N. 83rd St., Scottsdale AZ 85250
XI: Jerry Holcomb, 1010 NE 122 Ave, Vancouver WA 98684
ELECTRIC
I: Edmund Bassick, 75 Romanock Pl, Fairfield CT 06432
II: Tom Hunt, 1 Dianne Ave., Centereach, NY 11720-3601
III: Richard Simpson, 332 39th Street, Pittsburgh PA 15201
IV: David Robelen, R.R. 4, Box 369, Farmdale VA 23901
V: Robert Nelson, 5955 Chickadee Dr., Lakeland FL 33809
VI: Steve Moskal, 7516 Country Ln., Apt. 1E, Darien IL 60561
VII: Keith Shaw, 2756 Elmwood, Ann Arbor MI 48104
VIII: George Parks, 2102 Oxford Ave., Austin TX 78704
IX: Ed Sweeney, 15815 Wildwind Terrace, Colorado Springs CO 80908
X: Robert Sliff, 8044 Legion Pl. #6, Midway City CA 92655
XI: Bernard Cawley, 29838 48th Ave. S., Auburn WA 98001
AEROBATICS
I: Scott Melville, 100 Chatham Terr., Bridgeport CT 06606
II: Ron Lockhart, 413 Dennis Dr., Galloway NJ 08205
III: Geoff Combs, 7658 Silver Springs St., Canal Winchester OH 43110
IV: Tom Miller, 19130 Brookgreen Garden Pl., Cornelius NC 28031
V: John Fuqua, 175 W.T. Hulion Rd., Crestview FL 32539
VI: Charles W. Reed, 5408 Woodson Rd., Raytown MO 64133
VII: David von Linsowe, 7093 E. Dodge Rd., Mt. Morris MI 48458
VIII:William Thomas, 5442 Bow Dr., Bartlesville OK 74006
IX: Jim Mowrey, 310 Capitol Ave., Kinsley KS 67547
X: Derek Koopowitz, 881 Oxford Way, Benicia CA 94510
XI: Rick Allison, 26405 SE 160th St., Issaquah WA 98027
HELICOPTER
I: Randy King, 59 Wallingford Ave., Athol MA 01331
II: Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
III: Paul Soha, 2642 Lacolline Dr., Stow OH 44224
IV: Marshall McClung, 2722 Fawn Rd. SW, Roanoke VA 24015
V: Cliff Hiatt, 14218 Lake Tilden Blvd., Winter Garden FL 34787
VI: Luther Akemon, 1080 Laveview Dr., Scottsburg IN 47170
VII: Craig Bradley, 12400 Burlington Dr., Dewitt MI 48820
VIII:Dave Youngblood, 2104 Farley, College Station TX 77845
IX: Don Vineyard, 1016 Burr Oak Ln., Salina KS 67401-3209
X: Julius Frank, 1970 Tahoe Circle, Tracy CA 95376
XI: Rich Josephson, 2842 Tonia Cir., Medford OR 97504
RACING
I: Pete Reed, 416 Gilmore Pond Rd., Jaffrey NH 03452
II: Ernest Nikodem, 407 Willow St., Lockport NY 14094
III: Tom Scott, 10073 Spring beauty Ln., Cincinnati OH 45231
IV: Richard Moreland, 726 Hillmeade Rd., Edgewater MD 21037
V: Gail Jacobson, 6205 Rivercliffe Dr. NW, Atlanta GA 30328
VI: Dan Kane Jr., 1703 W. Grove St., Arlington Heights IL 60005
VII: Mike Condon, 9335 Eastwind Dr., Livonia MI 48150-4521
VIII:Mike Helsel, 7 Stillmeadow, Round Rock TX 78664
IX: Lyle Larson, HC 80 Box 475, Piedmont SD 57769
X: James Allen, 4235 E. Ellis Circle, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Tom Strom, 1420 SW 160th, Seattle WA 98116
SOARING
I: Fritz Bien, 41 Sawmill Rd., Concord MA 01742
II: Roman Paryz, 59 Steinfeldt Rd.,Lancaster NY 14086
III: Jack Strother, 1731 Lindenhall Dr., Loveland OH 45140
IV: Douglas Barry, 6518 Tuskan Dr., Charlotte NC 28270
V: Charles Anderson, P.O. Box 305, Tullahoma TN 37388
VI: Rick Burnoski, 158 Canyon Dr., Bolingbrook IL 60440
VII: Al Scidmore, 5013 Dorsett Dr., Madison WI 53711
VIII:Barry Kennedy, 1935 Highvalley Tr., Grand Prairie TX 75052
IX: Byron Blakeslee, 1448 W. Briarwood Dr., Littleton CO 80120
X:
XI: Dave Johnson, 16500 SE 1st St. #114, Vancouver WA 98684
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
I: Bob Wallace, 91 Sylvan St., Avon CT 06001
II: George Hartman, 14811 Crystal Cove Ct., Ft. Myers FL 33919
III: Rick Fraley, 4412 Eaton Gettysburg Rd., Eaton OH 45320
IV: Pete Rundel, 1031 Riva Ridge Dr., Great Falls VA 22066
V: Lou Melancon, 105 Morton Walk Dr., Alpharetta GA 30022
VI: Philip Rossman II, 19130 Madden Rd., Churubusco IN 46723
VII: Mike Fredericks, 1129 Madison St., Beaver Dam WI 53916
VIII:Doug Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310
IX:
X: Terry Harner, 2113 Ramada Dr., Oceanside CA 92056
XI: Ron Horton, 1129 Eldora Ln., Billings MT 59105
Chairpersons from each of the other Contest Boards and the Contest Board Coordinator. See individual listings above for addresses.
Ralph (Bud) Tenny William Hughes Richard Perry Richard Lambert Gary McClellan
Pat Willcox Dave Robelen Pete Reed Doug Powell John Fuqua
Douglas Berry Jerald Murphy Cliff Hiatt Cliff Telford David Platt
SCALE
Mike Gretz, Box 162, Montezuma IA 50171
INDOOR
Steve Brown, 297 Hartman Ct., San Dimas CA 91773
FREE FLIGHT
Henry Spence, 1111 Country Club Ct., Mansfield TX 76063
SPEED & TEAM RACE
Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
CL COMBAT
Gary Frost, 13 Castlewood Ct., St. Peters MO 63376
CL AEROBATICS
Wynn Paul, 3332 Carriage Ln., Lexington KY 40517
RC SOARING
Buzz Averill, 186 Sedillo Hill Rd., Tijeras NM 87059
RC AEROBATICS
Earl Haury, 22818 Whitewater Creek Circle Katy TX 77450
RC PYLON
Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
RC ELECTRIC
Charles D. Grim, 1319 Reed Ave., San Diego CA 92109
RC HELICOPTER
Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
SPACEMODELING
Dr. Bob Kreutz, 506 Hunters Road, Brick NJ 08724
FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
CONTEST COORDINATORS
SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR: Cliff Telford, 1512 S. Greenleaf Ct., Winter Springs FL 32708
Boldface Below Indicates Chairman of Contest Board
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Dwight hovers Caliber 90 at eye level in deep concentration. Curtis spots the autorotation in world-champion style.
Wayne hovers through the round as
Mechanic Cliff Hiatt and judges look on.
178 MODEL AVIATION
29 in Orlando, Florida. It was a very
competitive event with seven of the country’s
top pilots competing for the three open
positions on the team. When all of the rotors
stopped spinning, we were left with the three
individuals to represent the United States in
Japan; they were Wayne Mann, Len Sabato,
and Dwight Schilling, and I would be the
team manager.
Our journey to Japan started on May 25
with our team converging on Osaka, Japan,
where we loaded our models and luggage into
our minivans and caravanned our way to the
town of Noto in the Ishikawa prefecture,
about 400 kilometers northwest of Osaka.
We arrived to the sight of a well-organized
event produced by the Masuda family of
Japan’s Radio Control Technique magazine.
Mr. Masuda has spent the past two years
securing sponsorship for this event, not only
from the modeling community but the local
state governments as well. This was
evidenced by the warm welcome all the
competitors received from the local people as
well as our participation in the grand opening
ceremonies of the Noto airport.
SARS was an important issue for
everyone at the event as five teams decided to
withdraw from the competition in
consideration for their fellow competitors;
they were China, Taipei, Hong Kong,
Singapore, and the Philippines. In addition, all
in attendance had to have their temperature
checked twice a day to make sure that we
didn’t have symptoms of this dreadful
disease.
The competition was held on the grounds
of the Noto International Airport. As you
could imagine the facility lent itself to an
event of this type with its wide, open space
and the wind coming right down the runway.
We unfortunately did not fly off the
asphalt as anticipated, but the grass area
adjacent to it. This presented a little bit of a
challenge for flying and judging because the
grass had a slope of about 5°. This meant that
as the pilots navigated their models around
the course, the altitude above the ground
changed as the model maintained flight in a
constant plane; this was visually interesting as
well as challenging
Because of the number of entries, there
were two flightlines running simultaneously.
This would later account for what some may
view as disparity in judging. It was evident
that certain flightlines favored pilots from
different parts of the world, It is also
important to note that the United States was
Len’s Vigor generated much interest with Eclipse fuselage,
prototype retracts. Go to www.lensabato.com for info.
Manabu Hashimoto debuted prototype solid-axle DDF head. It
allows each blade to “flap” independently, yet be dampened as
one complete unit by use of seesaw hub with center damper.
not represented in the judges’ lineup because
of a last-minute withdrawal with no chance to
find a suitable replacement.
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January 2004 179
The Competition: Round One went off
without a hitch as the United States was
assigned to flightline A. Curtis Youngblood
was up first, putting in a flight which would
later prove to be the highest scoring for the
day. Wayne Mann was up next, putting in an
equally well-executed first-round flight. I
think the best comment came from Len
Sabato after his first round when he stated,
“When I fly the Nats I will view it like a small
regional contest.” Welcome to the worlds,
Len!
The wind came up in the afternoon just to
let everyone know that nature is still the boss.
Dwight Shilling enjoyed doing his windsurfer
imitation, but in traditional Dwight style he
was just pleased to be there. The real sneak
attack on this flightline was mounted by
Rudiger Feil of Germany; his smooth style
and well-set-up Hirobo Black Shark was
pleasing to watch.
As always, our biggest concern other than
our flying was to watch what the Japanese
team was doing. As suspected they were well
practiced and ready to go for the gold.
Manabu Hashimoto wanted the World
Champion title back and the team did not
want to have the 2001 title taken away from
them on their own soil. They had little to
worry about with a clear advantage of having
Hashimoto’s score counting toward the team
standings.
Throughout the first four rounds, the top
six positions were traded back and forth with
pilots from the United States, Japan, and Scott
Gray of Canada. Neither Curtis nor
Hashimoto could keep his hands on the firstplace
position long enough to declare any sort
of trend, mostly because of the disparity in
judging between flightlines.
The team title had been decided, though,
with Japan first, Germany second, and the
United States coming in third. It was a close
contest for second; we lost with humility and
clearly the best team uniforms and jackets!
When it was time for the final three
rounds, it was clear that it was anyone’s
championship with Curtis’s carryover score of
1,000 and Hashimoto’s 998.47 from the first
round. The panel of judges increased to 10
with the combining of the pilots from both
flightlines. This is where the flying must
impress each judge’s individual tastes at once!
The wind had played a factor in
everyone’s flying; some benefited and some
did not. But it was flight order that everyone
was concerned with now because the wind
tended to be lighter in the morning and late
afternoon, but no one really wants to be first
up, and of course I pulled the number-two slot
for our World Champion in the first round and
number one in the third!
The wind was blowing 5-10 mph during
Curtis’s first-round flight; we were all hoping
that he could repeat his “taming of the winds”
routine from the fourth round. He put in a
good flight, but it just wasn’t up to Curtis’s
own standards; he came away with a
combined score of 588. This was for the best
of round A and the first round of B placing
him in second behind Rudiger Feil who had a
breakout round with a combined score of 600.
Rudiger had the calmest conditions of the
morning, which ultimately helped him win the
first round.
Len was next up and flew a good round
with a score of 519.5. He has attracted a lot of
attention this year with his Eclipse fuselage
and retractable skids, but this was no beauty
contest. Wayne put in a solid round, earning
him a combined score of 544.5. To watch
Wayne fly through the maneuvers was truly
enjoyable as he definitely has a lot of grace
‘upstairs.’
The second round went better for Curtis
and Wayne, but Len just didn’t find his
‘groove.’ Curtis flew a 600.5 and Wayne
earned a 577. Manabu Hashimoto of Japan
had the last flight of the day and found
himself in first place by presenting the crowd
Sue Giles, Barron Guss, and Sandy Sabato enjoy an afternoon of
sightseeing at a 700-year-old temple.
“No sir, I did not steal the car.” Dwight tries to explain his way
through a security checkpoint.
L-R: Curtis Youngblood (second), Manabu Hashimoto (first),
Minoru Kobayashi (third) show rewards of their hard work.
Getting into the culture (L-R), Barron, Nob, and Dwight donned
ceremonial “happy coats” at the awards banquet.
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180 MODEL AVIATION
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 16:48 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 13:15 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 39:19 Robert Randolph 01-26-96
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 11:49 Don Slusarczyk 08-12-86
Sr. 22:08 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 30:40 Stan Chilton 08-05-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:18 Doug Schaefer 11-18-01
Sr. 12:20 Doug Schaefer 01-04-02
Op. 22:37 John Kagan 08-19-01
ROG Cabin
Jr. 10:01 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 16:15 Robert Randolph 04-05-91
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:12 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 08:31 Walter VanGorder 12-09-90
Easy B
Jr. 08:26 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 13:04 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 21:44 Larry Coslick 02-11-96
Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 13:45 Jim Clem 08-06-95
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 16:14 Warren J. Williams 05-10-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:24 Jon Harlan 06-29-85
Sr. 04:32 Ronnie Stransky 03-31-73
Op. 11:07 James Richmond 12-11-88
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:22 Scott T. Robbins 03-23-91
Sr. 05:16 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 09:01 Roy White 10-01-95
Autogiro
Jr. 02:43 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-86
Sr. 06:52 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 10:10 Don Slusarczyk 12-22-96
HLG
Jr. 01:01.4 Jon Chancey 03-31-84
Sr. 01:03.3 Don DeLoach 05-11-91
Op. 01:34.8 Stan Buddenbohm 03-13-91
ROG Stick
Jr. 08:09.00 Mike Clem 12-14-80
Sr. 05:51.05 James Buxton 04-14-91
Op. 17:17.00 Larry Coslick 10-20-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:44.2 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 47.1 Matthew Chalker 05-24-01
Op. 01:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:43.5 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 0:46.9 Jeff Daulton 05-24-01
Op. 1:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Mini Stick
Jr. 06:55 David Rigotti 11-18-01
Sr. 06:04 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11:13 Stan Chilton 10-05-02
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 11:14 Bob Wilder 03-06-02
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04-01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 45:32 Robert Randolph 10-17-93
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 10:45 Parker Parrish 11-25-00
Sr. 21:04 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 31:37 Larry Coslick 09-12-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04B01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 20:46 Jake Palmer 04-21-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 08:26 Paul Loucka 04-05-81
Sr. 17:37 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 21:57 William Shailor 07-13-87
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:19 Don Slusarczyk 04-27-86
Sr. 07:23 Don DeLoach 03-20-88
Op. 09:32 Walt VanGorder 07-12-87
Easy B
Jr. 11:45 Doug Schaefer 03-25-01
Sr. 16:37 Doug Schaefer 04-06-03
Op. 21:14 Larry Coslick 05-08-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 16:41 Raymond B Harlan 10-11-97
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 12:28 William Pavek 11-17-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:39 Jonathan Harlan 04-15-84
Sr. 02:28 Thomas Norell 04-14-85
Op. 11:00 Larry Coslick 04-27-95
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:13 Scott Robbins 04-11-91
Sr. 04:27 Jonathon Sayre 04-24-99
Op. 10:01 Roy White 12-30-95
Autogiro
Jr. 04:40 Chris Lu 11-03-01
Sr. No record established
Op. 08:38 Ronald Ganser 02-13-93
HLG
Jr. 01:16.0 Aaron Markos 09-30-84
Sr. 01:21.8 Bryan Fulmer 03-20-83
Op. 01:39.8 Daniel Domina 06-13-82
ROG Stick
Jr. 07:04 Don Slusarczyk 11-30-86
Sr. 12:14 Mark Drela 06-12-77
Op. 17:06 Larry Coslick 10-24-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:01.7 Kenny Krempetz 11-16-97
Sr. 0:20.5 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:07.0 Kenny Krempetz 11-22-98
Sr. 1:10.6 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Mini Stick
Jr. 05:53 Chris Lu 08-05-01
Sr. 07:45 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11.00 Stan Chilton 03-26-00
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:28 Raymond Harlan 04-19-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 23:46 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 47:19 James Richmond 08-04-02
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 24:44 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 39:54 Lawrence Coslick 08-16-03
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:26 David Rigotti 05-06-01
Sr. 30:25 Doug Schaefer 08-04-02
Op. 33:47 James Richmond 08-04-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 15:07 Paul Loucka 06-25-81
Sr. 15:42 Tom Sova 08-06-73
Op. 27:45 Larry Loucka 08-04-02
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:15 Don Slusarczyk 04-13-86
Sr. 08:32 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 11:43 Larry Loucka 08-16-03
Easy B
Jr. 24:13 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 24:00 Doug Schaefer 05-04-03
Op. 27:03 Alan Cohen 08-15-03
Pennyplane
Jr. 12:36 Jeni Jaecks 06-14-83
Sr. 14:36 Dave Lindley 06-17-82
Op. 17:45 Gordon Wisniewski 08-17-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 12:24 Aaron Markos 06-15-83
Sr. 13:30 Brian Johnson 08-03-02
Op. 15:13 James Richmond 08-16-03
Helicopter
Jr. 06:18 Jonathan Harlan 06-18-84
Sr. 08:03 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 10:18 James Richmond 08-15-03
Ornithopter
Jr. 05:21 Scott T. Robbins 12-09-90
Sr. 09:11 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 15:20 Ray Harlan 08-16-03
Autogiro
Jr. 04:08 Dave Lindley 06-26-80
Sr. 08:36 Don Slusarczyk 10-30-90
Op. 10:58 Ronald Ganser 05-01-94
HLG
Jr. 02:10.4 Darryl Stevens 08-07-77
Sr. 02:32.6 Gary Stevens 08-07-77
Op. 02:35.1 James C. Buxton 10-03-93
ROG Stick
Jr. 10:02 Dave Lindley 06-28-80
Sr. 11:09 Richard Whitten 06-02-77
Op. 20:03 Lawrence Coslick 05/03/98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:27.5 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 01:59.1 Kenny Krempetz 08-18-03
Op. 02:48.2 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:31.3 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 02:15.4 Kenny Krempetz 08-19-03
Op. 03:08.0 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 11:30 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 11:34 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 13:23 Walter VanGorder 08-15-03
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:00 Ray Harlan 08-15-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 34:44 Jonathan Harlan 09-01-85
Sr. 41:25 Don Slusarczyk 09-02-90
Op. 60:01 Stephen Brown 06-01-97
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 15:54 Mike VanGorder 07-15-79
Sr. 36:31 Doug Schaefer 05-25-03
Op. 41:48 Larry Coslick 09-03-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 29:42 Doug Schaefer 09-01-01
Sr. 36:12 Doug Schaefer 10-11-02
Op. 37:59 John Kagan 08-31-03
ROG Cabin
Jr. 14:35 Jonathan Harlan 08-14-83
Sr. 27:10 Don Slusarczyk 06-08-90
Op. 33:20 Robert Randolph 06-05-82
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:31 Jim Buxton 06-07-87
Sr. 10:28 Don Slusarczyk 06-03-89
Op. 15:17 James Grant 07-03-95
Easy B
Jr. 18:07 Andrew Tagliafico 08-05-88
Sr. 26:29 Doug Schaefer 05-30-03
Op. 34:13 Larry Coslick 05-18-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 13:56 Christopher Lu 09-02-01
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 20:52 Anthony D’Alessandro 09-13-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 15:19 Vito Iacobellis 07-05-02
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 18:34 Lawrence Cailliau 08-17-97
Helicopter
Jr. 05:47 Nick Leonard, Jr. 08-01-96
Sr. 08:15 Benjamin Saks 06-02-01
Op. 12:00 Larry Coslick 08-02-96
Ornithopter
Jr. 04:28 Scott Robbins 07-23-89
Sr. 09:02 Don Slusarczyk 07-03-88
Op. 21:44 Roy White 09-02-95
Autogiro
Jr. 05:22 Christopher Lu 09-01-01
Sr. 12:11 Don Slusarczyk 09-01-90
Op. 19:53 Anthony DíAlessandro 07-19-03
HLG
Jr. 02:07.20 Steve Wittman 01-27-74
Sr. 02:39.44 Charles Gagliano 09-05-88
Op 02:58.60 Ron Wittman 02-18-73
ROG Stick
Jr. 12:47 Robert Skrjanc 05-16-82
Sr. 15:51 Mark Drela 09-18-77
Op. 24:51 Larry Coslick 07-05-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:29.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:50.0 Christopher Sydor 09-03-94
Op. 03:25.4 Robert De Shields 02-02-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:26.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:55.5 Christopher Sydor 09-04-94
Op. 04:11.9 Stan Buddenbohm 10-04-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 9:49 David Rigotti 06-01-01
Sr. 13:32 Max Zaluska 08-31-03
Op. 15:06 Robert Romash 09-01-01
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 30:30 Ray Harlan 06-01-02
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Age Min/Sec. Held By Date Set
Cargo
Jr. 55.97 Darryl Stevens 07-10-77
Sr. 25.00 Melanie Sanford 07-02-88
Op. 100.21 Roman Ramirez 09-19-82
Coupe d’Hiver
Jr. 11:54 Gregg Ferrer 01-26-75
Sr. 24:49 Jason Kendy 03-28-81
Op. 53:03 Robert P. White 03-28-81
P-30
Jr. 11:01 David Ellis 01-01-95
Sr. 23:00 Don DeLoach 06-23-90
Op. 42:58 Stanley Buddenbohm 11-10-01
HL Glider
Jr. 10:56 Darryl Stevens 02-20-77
Sr. 12:06 John Dowey 09-27-75
Op. 25:50 Bill Moody 10-04-97
A-2 Glider
Jr. 38:31 Benjamin Coussens 10-06-01
Sr. 35:58 Brian Bauer 03-08-03
Op. 69:35 Tom Coussens 03-13-94
Wakefield
Jr. 23:45 Taylor Gunder 06-22-02
Sr. 28:01 David Ellis 12-29-99
Op. 33:39 Walter Ghio 11-16-02
F1C Power (FAI)
Jr. 15:37 J. E. Troutman 10-13-91
Sr. 25:11 James Troutman 01-14-95
Op 49:50 Ed Keck 03-14-98
F1H A-1 Towline
Jr. 17:00 Dallas Parker 10-28-01
Sr. 30:19 Ben Coussens 02-09-03
Op. 58:42 Martyn Cowley 03-15-98
F1G Coupe (FAI)
Jr. 16:56 Taylor Burrows 03-23-03
Sr. 12:09 Ben Thomson 07-31-03
Op. 38:24 John Sessums 03-10-02
F1J 1/2A Power (FAI)
Jr. 20:20 Austin Gunder 08-02-00
Sr. 41:10 Austin Gunder 08-02-01
Op. 38:07 Douglas Galbreath 08-19-95
CO2 Unlimited
Jr. 05:30 Jeff Wittman 05-30-88
Sr. 26:05 Jeff Wittman 05-29-89
Op. 20:25 H. Graham Selick Jr 07-31-03
USA F1K CO2
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 18:00 H Graham Selick 10-06-02
Catapult Glider
Jr. 05:56 Taylor Boe 09-14-03
Sr. 05:07 Daniel Miller 04-30-95
Op. 25:12 Stan Buddenbohm 03-09-03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 40:49 Jon-Mark Carman 05-26-90
Sr. 51:28 Paul Munana 05-25-80
Op. 73:01 Terry Thorkildsen 05-27-89
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 10:20 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 12:49 Dana White 07-13-75
Op. 11:14 John Drobschoff 07-10-77
A Gas
Jr. 25:00 Joey Foster 05-28-77
Sr. 47:02 Randy Weiler 05-29-76
Op. 129:25 Terry Thorkildsen 02-26-95
A Gas ROW
Jr. 07:53 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 11:50 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 13:44 Richard Myers 08-27-72
B Gas
Jr. 25:57 Travis Hunter 05-30-83
Sr. 26:52 Bob Scully 03-07-76
Op. 105:00 Terry Kerger 02-25-95
B Gas /ROW
Jr. 20:00 Steve Calhoun 11-16-75
Sr. 08:08 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 12:03 H. Doering, Jr. 11-27-77
C Gas
Jr. 33:46 Travis Hunter 05-28-83
Sr. 26:32 Keith Morgan 05-26-79
Op. 100:00 Douglas Galbreath 09-06-92
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:43 Lyman Armstrong 07-27-80
D Gas
Jr. 12:17 Mike Kelley 11-08-86
Sr. 29:50 Travis Hunter 01-15-84
Op. 69:04 Hulan Matthies 03-11-79
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:51 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 23:28 J. Cunnyngham 05-28-77
Sr. 28:10 Jason Kendy 04-19-80
Op. 88:24 Robert P. White 03-11-79
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 04:46 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 01:22 John Banck 09-19-76
Op. 12:42 Joe Bilgri 08-15-82
Ornithopter
Jr. 01:01 Chris Scott 04-22-79
Sr. No record established
Op. 09:21 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 02:36 Nancy Andrews 08-03-75
Sr. 01:35 Mike Johnson 01-17-76
Op. 09:46 Jean Andrews 05-29-89
Helicopter
Jr. 13:24 Darryl Stevens 10-29-77
Sr. 07:16 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 14:57 Thomas Finch 05-08-60
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 13:01 Jason Villnave 04-27-86
Sr. 07:20 Allen Porter 09-04-94
Op. 40:04 B. Baron-Rawdon 05-27-85
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. 08:51 Jason Villnave 10-26-86
Sr. 05:31 Allen Porter 09-05-94
Op. 41:31 John Oian 05-26-86
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:44 John Finn 12-14-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 16:01 Keith Morgan 01-30-77
Sr. 19:30 Kenneth Keegan 04-29-84
Op. 40:42 Michael Ryan 04-08-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:53 Dana White 09-15-74
Sr. 7:52 Randy Archer 09-19-76
Op. 9:59 Joe W. Dodson 08-11-74
A Gas
Jr. 21:45 Joey Foster 04-03-77
Sr. 26:46 Parker McQuown 05-24-80
Op. 83:40 Kenneth E. Oliver 09-28-91
A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:35 Tom Regan 11-04-73
Sr. 6:54 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:03 Jerald Murphy 10-23-83
B Gas
Jr. 11:37 Travis Hunter 09-25-83
Sr. 19:11 Mark Woodrey 09-03-78
Op. 54:00 William Morgan 11-29-81
B Gas ROW
Jr. 1:29 Timothy Young 07-13-75
Sr. 7:27 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:24 Micheal Thompson 05-27-01
C Gas
Jr. 23:13 Mike Keller 12-07-86
Sr. 20:52 Keith Morgan 11-11-79
Op. 59:45 Daryl Perkins 01-19-03
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:08 John Drobshoff 07-05-81
D Gas
Jr. 22:22 Mike Keller 04-06-86
Sr. 14.28 Travis Hunter 04-29-84
Op. 81:00 Lynn Pulley 01-20-02
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:59 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 6:39 Steve Wittman 05-30-77
Sr. 7:11 Steve Wittman 05-29-78
Op. 39:00 Edward Eliot 08-29-76
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 62:13 Randy Secor 11-05-72
Sr. 30:52 Joseph Kubina 08-05-78
Op. 16:19 Don DeLoach 10-20-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 3:21 Tim Young 09-21-75
Sr. 3:49 Gary Stevens 02-26-78
Op. 16:15 Henry Smith 01-15-00
Ornithopter
Jr. 8:15 Jolyn Andrews 06-27-82
Sr. No record established
Op. 6:38 Roy White 10-21-84
Autogiro
Jr. 2:38 Jeanine Andrews 06-08-75
Sr. 0:23 Mike Reagan 07-21-74
Op. 5:59 Jean F. Andrews 11-04-90
Helicopter
Jr. 6:14 Jillian Anderson 08-02-00
Sr. 6:57 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 16:56 Stanley Buddenbohm 05-23-98
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 7:12 Allen J. Porter 09-30-91
Sr. No record established
Op. 38:15 Donald L. Hughes 02-03-91
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:32 William Rietdorf 05-16-93
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 06:59 William Lovins 07-28-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 11:00 Jason Poti 08-03-00
Sr. 07:52 Jason Greer 08-01-97
Op. 54:21 Charles Caton 10-22-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 20:01 Jerry Rocha 05-04-96
A Gas
Jr. 09:33 James Troutman 07-08-90
Sr. 12:20 Mike Keller 05-27-90
Op 105:00 Ronnie Thompson 07-30-98
A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:09 Norman Peterson 04-23-94
B Gas
Jr. 10:08 Mike Keller 10-18-86
Sr. 11:45 Justin Aronholt 05-18-97
Op. 90:00 Robert P. Johannes 07-22-96
B Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 7:16 William Vanderbeek 05-06-00
C Gas
Jr. 7:55 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 12:15 James P. Lebda 01-27-91
Op. 70:00 Edward Keck 07-29-98
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:39 John Drobshoff 08-15-82
D Gas
Jr. 11:00 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 7:19 James E. Troutman 05-29-94
Op. 60:00 Robert Johannes 08-30-98
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:20 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 5:03 Tony Hutchins 08-09-86
Sr. 3:09 David Crofoot 07-28-97
Op. 10:58 Warren Kurth 07-30-00
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 30:55 John Shailor 07-28-03
Sr. 27:56 Roderick T. Ioerger 07-06-94
Op. 43:00 Joseph Williams 06-28-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 2:12 Jason Thorton 11-24-85
Sr No record established
Op. 17:15 Henry Smith 05-01-99
Ornithopter
Jr. 1:11 Jolyn Andrews 08-23-81
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:17 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 1:43 Jolyn Andrews 07-23-78
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:50 Jean Andrews 09-14-97
Helicopter
Jr. 5:31.9 Stephen Burhenn 07-14-99
Sr. 1:57.0 Don DeLoach 05-18-91
Op. 11:38.0 Stan Buddenbohm 06-19-94
Electric Power A
Jr. 4:17 David Crofoot 06-30-96
Sr. 5:32 Melanie Sanford 09-03-88
Op. 30:00 Charles Groth 08-24-03
Electric Power B
Jr. No record established
Sr. 7:14 David Crofoot 07-30-98
Op. 24:00 William Rietdorf 09-01-93
Moffett
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 43:00 Robert Bienenstein 07-22-96
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:26.6 Jack Marsh 09-28-02
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:50 Ronnie Thompson 06-29-02
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
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Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:52 Marvin Mace 06-01-02
CONTROL LINE
Age MPH Held By Date Set
1/2A Speed
Jr. 146.72 Bobby Fogg III 10-09-94
Sr. 143.61 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 156.42 R. Fogg/C Aloise/
Brown/Shahan 12-11-94
A Speed
Jr. 160.51 Bobby Fogg 09-04-94
Sr. 162.39 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 194.31 Jerry Rocha 12-02-00
B Speed
Jr. 166.75 Bobby Fogg 12-11-94
Sr. 163.42 Bobby Fogg III 10-12-96
Op. 186.84 Team Fogg/Brown/
Mancini 10-19-02
D Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 199.92 Team Fogg/Brown 12-04-99
1/2A Profile Proto
Jr. 103.76 Bobby Fogg 12-13-92
Sr. 104.73 Bobby Fogg III 07-14-97
Op. 116.08 Jerry Rocha 10-13-01
.21 Sport Speed
Jr. 143.83 Peter Brown 10-04-93
Sr. 145.93 Peter Brown 07-16-97
Op. 158.39 R. Fogg/G. Brown 12-06-98
Formula. 40 Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. 146.16 Mike Wisniewski 07-11-96
Op. 161.87 James Rhoades 12-06-98
Jet
Jr. No record established
Sr. 123.41 Howell Pugh 09-02-95
Op. 204.93 L. Waltemath/
J. Mathison 12-07-02
F2A (FAI)
Jr. 162.62 Krystal King 06-17-00
Sr. 173.21 Krystal King 10-06-01
Op. 183.52 William Naemura 09-18-99
Rat Racing
Jr. No record established
Sr No record established
Op. 2:19.67 Team Fogg/Shahan
(70 Lap) 07-21-94
4:50.87 Mike Shahan
(140 Lap) 07-13-95
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Slow Rat Racing
Jr. 5:16.20 Scott Matson
(70 lap) 07-10-00
6:47.37 Scott Matson
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Sr. 4:29.63 Howell Pugh
(70 lap) 07-20-94
10:58.47 Douglas Short
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Op. 2:36.31 R. Ogez
(70 lap) 07-18-91
5:24.945 Mike Greb
(140 lap) 07-19-90
1/2A Mouse Race I
Jr. 2:37.57 Scott Matson
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:17.68 Scott Matson
(100 lap) 07-15-99
Sr. 2:44.68 David Rolley Jr
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:20.11 D.J. Parr
(100 lap) 07-16-98
Op. 2:14:35 Todd Ryan/Michael MacCarthy
(50 lap) 07-13-01
Op. 4:22.00 Paul Gibeault/Todd Ryan
(100 Lap) 07-15-99
Scale Racing
Jr. 2:50.65 Bobby Fogg III
(70 lap) 07-16-91
6:08.55 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 06-23-92
Sr. 3:15.12 Douglas Short
(70 lap) 07-11-00
5:40.05 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 07-11-95
Op. 2:39.38 Team Willoughby/Oge
(70 lap) 07-15-97
5:33.04 Robert Fogg
(140 lap) 07-16-91
F2C Team Race (FAI)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:16.70 Team Ascher 07-19-02
6:57.36 Lambert/Ballard
(200 lap) 07-15-98
Endurance
Jr. 0::44:12 Mark E. Williams 10-06-90
Sr. 0::25:41 Mark Williams 11-27-94
Op. 2::28:02 Edwin Gifford 09-15-02
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Carrier Class I
Jr. 386.0 Andy Westerheim 10-19-97
Sr. 435.8 Andy Westerheim 07-13-01
Op. 510.0 Kelvin Hite 02-18-01
Carrier Class II
Jr. 366.77 D. Silversmith 10-13-85
Sr. 416.5 Andy Westerheim 10-28-01
Op. 517.9 Peter Mazur 11-05-00
Profile Carrier
Jr. 279.5 Andy Westerheim 08-31-97
Sr. 342.1 Andy Westerheim 06-17-01
Op. 391.5 Peter Mazur 07-12-01
Electric Speed Class A
Jr. No record established
Sr. 64.35 Howell A. Pugh 06-20-92
Op. 90.42 H.Doering Jr. 10-10-93
Electric Speed Class B
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 119.63 William G. Stewart 06-05-99
PYLON RACING
Age Time Held By Date Set
Q-40
Jr. 1:03.15 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-11-00
Sr. 1:00.73 Gino DelPonte
(Long Course) 04-12-03
Op. 0:59.38 Thomas Scott
(Long Course) 05-27-00
1:03.13 Santiago Panzardi
(Short Course) 10-22-94
F3D
Jr. 1:08.69 Matthew Van Baren 11-15-98
Sr. 1:02.06 Matthew Van Baren 11-02-02
Op. 0:58.38 Richard Verano/
Robert Holik 08-30-03
Q-500
Jr. 1:10.43 Bucky Miller
(Short Course) 06-13-92
1:13.19 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 05-24-98
Sr. 1:01.36 David Wright
(Short Course) 07-10-94
1:05.83 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-16-01
Op. 0:56.49 Gordon Hyde
(Short Course) 05-29-94
1:03.54 Travis Flynn
(Long Course) 02-03-02
Formula I
Jr. 1:10.81 Matthew Van Baren 08-18-96
Sr. 1:07.94 Henson Bartle 10-09-98
Op. 1:03.16 Richard Verano 03-28-92
RC SOARING
SLOPE DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-87
Sr. 2::58:09 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 12::28:20 Alvin Battad 05-23-98
Class B
Jr. 8::12:08 Patrick McIntire 04-21-01
Sr. 6::01.13 Christopher Ritter 05-31-93
Op. 12::08:04 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 11::31:18 Caleb Lesher 04-21-01
Sr. 5::01:43 Ken Merenda 05-31-93
Op. 12::33.57 Jess Walls 05-05-92
Class D
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-88
Sr. 5::08:30 Joel Magnuson 04-21-01
Op. 13::32:11 Rex Coffman 04-21-01
THERMAL DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 0::30:27 Matthew Andren 06-12-93
Sr. 0::50:34 Andy Schuler 08-27-94
Op. 2::43:43 Bill Hoelcher 09-12-02
Class B
Jr. 0::41:40 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::27:04 Charles Vergo 05-31-92
Op. 5::00:55 Jerry Krainock 08-23-81
Class C
Jr. 0::43:49 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::54:09 Charles Vergo 06-14-92
Op. 8::03:00 Jay Siren 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 1::18:05 Christopher Ritter 05-11-91
Sr. 1::23:14 Rodney Cooper 05-09-92
Op. 9::47:00 Keith Kindrick 05-30-82
DECLARED DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 3.18 Christopher Ritter 05-04-91
Sr. 2.86 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 5.58 David Hall 05-27-03
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 14.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-81
Class C
Jr. 4.78 Christopher Ritter 05-24-91
Sr. 4.82 Kenneth Merenda 05-16-92
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
OPEN DISTANCES
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4.32 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 3.69 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 6.60 Paul J. Wilson 07-07-88
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 17.475 Jack R. Hiner 05-27-89
Class C
Jr. 12.30 Brian Isenhart 05-27-84
Sr. 9.90 Alex Bower 05-30-81
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
CLOSED COURSE DISTANCE
Age Km. Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 32.4 George Rodriguez 10-17-86
Sr. 69.8 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 129.4 Arlie Stoner 06-25-89
Class B
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class D
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
ALTITUDE
Age Feet Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. No record established
Op. 2,220.0 Gary Fogel 10-13-02
Class B
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. 1,993.0 Alex Bower 10-04-81
Op. 3,100.0 Jack R. Hiner 09-14-85
Class C
Jr. 309.7 Christopher Ritter 01-18-87
Sr. 3,045.0 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 3,600.0 Jack Hiner 07-27-85
Class D
Jr. 4,010 Scott Christian 07-29-84
Sr. 3,045 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 6,025 Jack Hiner 06-11-82
SPEED
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 53.014 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 45.747 Karl Cranford 05-31-92
Class B
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 47.006 Christopher Ritter 05-31-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class C
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 51.057 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class D
Jr. 49.22 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 57.23 Alex Bower 04-10-83
Op. 86.37 John H. Sasson Jr. 09-15-91
RC ELECTRIC
DURATION
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:16:58 Joachim Nave 06-22-02
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:18:50 Art Chmielewski 07-08-01
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:33:33 Joachim Nave 08-05-01
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 1:47:30 Joachim Nave 05-27-00
Indoor Electric R/C Duration
Jr. No Record Established
Sr. No Record Established
Op. 0:28:13 Raymond Harlan 08-31-03
DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.53 Christopher Silva 09-13-03
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.53 Christopher Silva 05-25-03
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.54 Gary Fogel 09-13-03
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.54 Gary Fogel 03-29-03
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
with a 630. He was right on, which left the
flightline with the unsettled feeling that it was
going to be an interesting morning the
following day.
The Final Day: The flight order of the final
day of competition called for Curtis to fly first
with Manabu to perform immediately after. It
was clear that the judges had a tremendous
responsibility; they had to know clearly what
they were looking for when Curtis flew and to
remain consistent with their judging and
expectations for Manubu’s performance.
Curtis flew a 639.5 and Manabu put down
a 637.5; with the combined scores from the
other high rounds, he edged out Curtis by
15.36 points with a 2991.46 to become the
World Champion. Minoru Kobayashi was
right in there on the last round presenting the
flightline with a 642, winning the third round.
At this level of competition it’s clear that it’s
not over until it’s over, and the 2003 World
Championships was no exception.
That evening all the competitors, officials,
and supporters gathered for a party that will
go down in history as being the best. The
Japanese are known for their hospitality, and
this time was no exception. We gathered for
an outdoor banquet with great food, large
bottles of sake, and a beautiful award
presentation, topped off by a late evening of
karaoke.
Our experience at the World Championships
would not have been possible if it were not for
the generous support of our corporate and
individual sponsors. Because of space
limitations we cannot thank everyone here,
but there are a few who need special
recognition of their relentless support: Ron
Lund of Rick’s R/C Helicopters, Ron
Kummer of IRCHA, Run Ryder, and, of
course, AMA.
A complete list of our sponsors as well as
the latest information on the US team can be
found at www.usaf3c.com.
Modeling is one of the true great hobbies;
it catalyzes the bringing together of people
from all walks of life regardless of country,
culture, and political beliefs. Attending an
event like the World Championships reminds
us how small the world really is and how alike
we all are. If the opportunity presents itself,
experience a World Championships! MA Nob (L), Dwight get ready in the “box.”
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K e y D a t e s
(Events attended by AMA HQ staff and/or officers)
January 9 - 11
AMA Convention 2004
Ontario CA
N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Helicopter
Sr. Doug Schaefer 08:03 08/16/03
Op. James Richmond 10:18 08/15/03
Pennyplane
Op. Gordon Wisniewski 17:45 08/17/03
Limited Pennyplane
Op. James Richmond 15:13 08/16/03
Easy B
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:13 08/17/03
Op. Alan Cohen 27:03 08/16/03
Intermediate Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:44 08/17/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Op. Lawrence Coslick 39:54 08/16/03
HL Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 23:46 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Mini Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 11:30 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 11:34 06/16/03
Op. Walter VanGorder 13:23 08/15/03
Manhatten
Op. Larry Loucka 11:43 08/16/03
Ornithopter
Op. Raymond Harlan 15:20 08/16/03
Standard Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 01:59.1 08/18/03
Unlimited Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 02:15.4 08/19/03
FF Electric Power
Op. Raymond Harlan 31:00 08/15/03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Mini Stick
Sr. Max Zaluska 13:32 08/31/03
F1D
Op. John Kagan 37:59 08/31/03
Pennyplane
Op. Anthony D’Alessandro 20:52 09/13/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Catapult Glider
Jr. Taylor Boe 05:56 09/14/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CATEGORY III
Electric A
Op. Charles Groth 30:00 08/24/03
RC SAILPLANE
Class A Declared Distance
Op. David Hall 5.58 miles 05/25/03
RC ELECTRIC
Indoor Electric Duration
Op. Raymond Harlan 28:13 08/31/03
Class A Sailplane (LMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 5.53 miles 05/25/03
Class B Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Gary Fogel 9.54 miles 09/13/03
Class A Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 9.53 miles 09/13/03
RC PYLON
F3D
Op. Richard Verano/
Robert Holick 58.38 seconds 08/30/03
W o r l d R e c o r d s
U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
No. 141 Duration
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
38::52:19 08/11/03
No. 142 Distance in a Straight Line
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
1882.8 miles 08/11/03
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F1 OPEN (G) (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.101: Duration 4hr 58mn 10s Momcilo Milutinovic Yugoslavia 05/15/60
No.102: Distance in a straight line 310.33km Zdenek Taus Czechoslovakia 03/31/62
No.103: Height 2364m Geroges Benedek Germany 05/23/48
F1 OPEN (AEX) (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.104: Duration 1hr 41mn 32s Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.105: Distance in a straight line 371.19km Guennadi Tchiglinsev USSR 07/01/62
No.106: Height 1732m Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.107: Speed 187.68km Andrew Belanov USSR 09/06/87
F1 OPEN (API) (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.108: Duration 6hr 01mn Igor Koulakovsky USSR 08/06/52
No.109: Distance in a straight line 378.76km Evgueny Boricevitch USSR 08/14/52
No.110: Height 6468m Yin Chenbai People’s Republic
of China 08/08/82
No.111: Speed 189.30 Artur Shaginian Russia 07/03/99
F1A (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.112: Duration in competition
F1B (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.113: Duration in competition
F1C (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.114: Duration in competition
F1 OPEN (AIM) (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.115a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39mn 19s Robert Randolph USA 01/21/96
No.115b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15 m) 45mn 32s Robert Randolph USA 10/17/93
No.115c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 47mn 19s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.115d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 1hr 0mn 01s Stephen Brown USA 06/01/97
F1D (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.125a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 26mn 45s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 05/20/02
No.125b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 29min 08s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 08/24/02
No.125c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 33mn 47s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.125d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 35mn 32s Peter Kuttler Germany 10/13/01
No.119: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.120: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.121: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1L (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.116a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 19mn 39s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.116b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 20 mn 36s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.116c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 21mn 23s Akihiro Danjo Japan 10/20/01
No.116d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 23mn 47s Jonas Romblad Sweden 03/03/01
No122: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.123: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.124: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1M (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.117a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 16mn 44s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.117b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 18mn 14s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.117c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 18mn 20s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/27/01
No.117d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 19mn 40s Akihiro Danjo Japan 08/11/02
F1N (INDOOR GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.118a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39.6 sec Leonard George Surtees Austrailia 11/24/01
No.118b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 54.8 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 03/06/00
No.118c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m)
No.118d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 73.9 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 05/31/00
F2A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.130: Speed (0.00 - 1.00cm3) 251.66kmh Zhao Jihe People’s Republic 08/22/84
of China
No.131: Speed (1.01 - 2.50cm3) 335kmh Paul Eisner United Kingdom 10/13/01
No.132: Speed (2.51 - 5.00cm3) 312.23kmh P. A. Halman United Kingdom 10/12/86
No.133: Speed (5.01 - 10.00cm3) 326.28kmh Shen Xilin People’s Republic 10/19/84
of China
No.134: Speed in Competition 302.5kmh Luis Parramon Spain 07/19/02
F2A (AEROPLANE, REACTION MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.135: Speed 395.64kmh Leonid Lipinski USSR 12/06/71
F2C (AEROPLANE(TEAM RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.57: Speed (100 laps) 3mn 12.2 sec Jean Maret France 07/16/00
No.58: Speed (200 laps) 6mn 28.9 sec Jean Maret France 07/18/00
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.141: Duration 38h 52mn 19s Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.142: Distance in a straight line 3030.07km Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.143: Height 8205m Maynard Hill USA 09/06/70
No.144: Distance goal and return
No.145: Speed 343.92kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/21/71
No.146: Distance in a closed circuit 1301.00km Maynard Hill USA 08/02/98
No.147: Speed in a closed circuit 241.80kmh Maynard Hill USA 11/26/84
F3A (SEAPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.148: Duration 16hr 14mn 11s Toomas Mardna Estonia 08/14/99
No.149: Distance in a straight line 308.84km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 03/26/94
No.150: Height 5651m Maynard Hill USA 09/03/67
No.151: Distance goal and return 60.2km George Finch USA 06/20/02
No.152: Speed 294.98kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/25/71
No.153: Distance in a closed circuit 601.00km Daniel Coince France 09/15/91
No.154: Speed in a closed circuit 192.90kmh Michael Ischenko Ukraine 06/20/93
F3B (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.155: Duration 36h 03mn 19s Nicholas Shaw United Kingdom 09/08/01
No.156: Distance in a straight line 226.44km Joseph Wurts USA 05/28/88
No.157: Height 1950m Jack Hiner USA 06/11/82
No.158: Distance goal and return
No.159: Speed 239.70kmh Klaus Kowalski Germany 07/20/91
No.160: Distance in a closed circuit 716.10km Eduard Svoboda Czechoslovakia 07/23/79
No.161: Speed in a closed circuit 129.70kmh Zufar Vakkasov Russia 06/23/97
F3C (HELICOPTER, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.162: Duration 5hr 59mn 51s Vladimir Bulatnikov/Yuri Bazanov/
Alexander Orlov Russia 07/02/01
No.163: Distance in a straight line 134.10km Michael Farnan Australia 06/02/96
No.164: Height 2940m Jean-Philippe Allogne France 04/12/92
No.165: Distance goal and return
No.166: Speed 144.67kmh Vladimir Bulantnikov Russia 07/02/98
No.167: Distance in a closed circuit 101.00km Jean-Philippe Allogne France 06/18/88
No.168: Speed in a closed circuit 112.72kmh David W. Whitney United Kingdom 11/02/86
F3D (AEROPLANE (PYLON RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.83: Speed in a closed circuit 58.59sec Christopher Callow Australia 08/02/01
F5-S (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.171: Duration 10hr 38mn 30s Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.172: Distance in a straight line 102.40km Anatoly Dubinetsky Russia 08/25/90
No.173: Height 2 200 Wolfgang Schaeper Germany 11/19/00
No.174: Distance goal and return
No.175: Speed 282.60kmh Werner Vauth Germany 08/08/92
No.176: Distance in a closed circuit 315.50km Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.177: Speed in a closed circuit 163.68kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5-P (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (NON-RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.178: Duration 15hr 12mn 30s Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.179: Distance in a straight line 135.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.180: Height 2200m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 09/19/88
No.181: Distance goal and return
No.182: Speed 168.51kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
No.183: Distance in a closed circuit 424.50km Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.184: Speed in a closed circuit 97.20kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
F5-SOL (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (SOLAR CELLS))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.185: Duration 11hr 34mn 18s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.186: Distance in a straight line 48.21km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.187: Height 2065m Wolfgang Schaper Germany 05/30/99
No.188: Distance goal and return
No.189: Speed 80.63kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/21/98
No.190: Distance in a closed circuit 190.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
No.191: Speed in a closed circuit 62.15kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
F5-COMB (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR(ALL SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.192: Duration 15hr 36mn 55s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.193: Distance in a straight line 109.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.194: Height 4539m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 02/20/95
No.195: Distance goal and return
No.196: Speed 274.28kmh Wolfgang Kuppers Germany 08/09/98
No.197: Distance in a closed circuit 490.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.198: Speed in a closed circuit. 160.45kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5C (HELICOPTER, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.199: Duration 1hr 10mn 50sec Mark Hopkins United Kingdom 03/16/03
No.200: Distance in a straight line
No.201: Height
No.202: Distance goal and return
No.203: Speed
No.204: Distance in a closed circuit
No.205: Speed in a closed circuit
F5D (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.90: Speed in a closed circuit
F A I W o r l d R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
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F o c u s o n C o m p e t i t i o n
176 MODEL AVIATION
Technical Director Steve Kaluf
[email protected]
I’M PUTTING ASIDE my regular column
this month (I know you are heartbroken!) to
bring you Barron Guss’s report as team
manager for the F3C Helicopter World
Championships that took place this past
summer in Japan.
We had hoped to place this article as a
feature in MA; however, current editorial
policies, in an effort to keep the coverage
even, only provides for coverage of World
Championships taking place in the United
States to run as features. So look for more
coverage of this nature in “Focus on
Competition.” As I receive well-written
reports, I’ll have them placed here. That way
you will still be able see the reports of these
championships.
That said, I think you will find Barron’s
report interesting. The organizers in Japan
always go out of their way to make any
World Championships they host a first-class
operation; this one was no exception. Our
Helicopter team, once again, did very well.
We’ve included a few pictures to give you the
flavor of the World Championships.
Till next time ...
In life, certain opportunities present
themselves on a most infrequent basis. One
such opportunity is to represent one’s country
to the world. The 2003 US F3C team had
such an honor at the 2003 FAI-F3C World
Championships in Ishikawa, Japan.
Contrary to popular belief, winning a slot
on the US team does not happen at the Team
Trials as much as it is a process of study,
dedication, and determination that starts years
and in some cases decades prior, as with some
of our US team members.
What is FAI-F3C? FAI stands for
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. This
international organization governs all
competition and record keeping for all things
aviation, whether it is an altitude record for a
hot-air balloon or a speed record for a radiocontrolled
airplane. They even have a hand in
space flight.
F3C is the class designation set forth by
the FAI for Radio Control model-helicopter
competition. The World Championships
competition is held every two years on a
different continent, and this year it was held
in Asia. F3C is a compilation of all the skills
and maneuvers acquired in AMA classes I, II,
and III, with the major difference that one
competes against the world’s best.
There are two schedules of maneuvers
used in this class. Schedule A is used during
the preliminary rounds and the more difficult
Schedule B is used during the flyoff. Each
schedule contains three hovering maneuvers
and the remainder of the maneuvers can
consist of a combination of loops, rolls,
pirouettes, stall turns, inverted hovering,
tailslides, and more.
The pilots are judged on precision,
smoothness, heading, altitude control,
positioning of the model, and overall
presentation. Every maneuver starts out with
a score of 10 and then points are deducted in
half-point increments for defects observed by
the judges. A score of 0 is given for
incomplete maneuvers. Each competitor
participates in four preliminary rounds, of
which the best three flight scores determine
his/her placing.
The F3C World Championships is a team
as well as an individual competition. FAI
member countries may enter a maximum of
three competitors as a national team for world
and continental championships. Team results
The land of the rising sun becomes the
land of the setting sun for Dwight Shilling
on the first day of practice.
US contingent, first row (L-R): Wayne Mann, Barron Guss, Dwight Shilling, Len Sabato.
Second row: Denise Mann, Cliff Hiatt, Daniel Hiatt, Paul Giles, Sue Giles, Sandy Sabato,
Nob Muraki, Curtis Youngblood.
are based on the sum of each country’s team
members’ preliminary round scores. The top
10 pilots or 20% of all competitors
(whichever is greater) then participate in three
flyoff rounds to determine the individual
winner. (The scores of the current World
Champion do not count toward the team title.)
Our Team: The final round of the Team
Trials was held the weekend of September 28-
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C O M P E T I T I O N D I R E C T O R Y
I: Robert Wilkie, 19 Everett St., Rockland MA 02370
II: CL & FF: Dave King, 410 Ritter Ave., South Plainfield NJ 07080-3534
RC: Robert Kircher, 9 Sheffeld Way, Clark NJ 07066
III: CL, FF, & RC: Nelson Gould, 1340 Oak Dr., Macungie PA 18062 (East)
CL , FF & RC: Sheila Nitsch, 5650 Boyd Rd., Grove City OH 43123
IV: CL & FF: Jim Coffin, 4604 Hillbrook Dr., Annandale VA 22003
RC: Alice Munday, 18 W. Lewis Rd., Hampton VA 23666 E-mail: [email protected]
V: RC (FL Only): Judi Dunlap, 14711 SE 1st Avenue Rd., Summerfield FL 34491
RC (TN, MS, AL, SC, GA, PR): Dick Tonan, 639 Knollwood Dr., Lavergne TN 37086
FF: Bob Junk, 984 Williams Ditch Rd., Cantonment FL 32533
CL: Gene Martine, 1422 Ingleside Ave., Jacksonville FL 32205-7713
VI: RC (except Soaring): Randy Cameron, 2134 S. Hillcrest Ave., Springfield MO 65807
RC Soaring: Dale Folkening, 1544 Darien Lake Dr., Darien IL 60561
FF: Charles Markos, 655 Carlisle Ave., Deerfield IL 60015
CL: Arthur Johnson, 1818 Oslo Drive, Rockford IL 61108-6612
VII: FF AMA Headquarters, Competition Department
CL: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N. Shore Dr.,Whitmore Lake MI 48189-9124
RC (Except for Michigan): Michael Haller, N6237 Shraven Circle, Fond du Lac WI 54937
RC (Michigan only): Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
VIII:CL & FF: Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
RC: Douglas Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310.
IX: Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange, Wichita KS 67217
RC: Judy Gerken, 2069 South Raleigh St., Denver CO 80219
X: Ellis Hall, 4811 Amber Ln., Sacramento CA 95841 (North.)
Tim Attaway, 252 Sea Vale St., Chula Vista CA 91910
Wayne Hamada, 625 Iolani Ave. Apt.. 604, Honolulu HI 96813-1812 (Hawaii)
Utah and Arizona only:
David Litt, 1111 N. 64th St. 53, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Dick Salter, 3140 184 Ave. SE, Penino WA 98589
RC: W.T. (Bill) Smith, 10825 44th Ave. S.W., Seattle WA 98146
INDOOR CONTEST BOARD
I: Ray Harlan, 15 Happy Hollow Rd., Wayland MA 01778
II: Doug Barber, 23 Rabbit Run, Easthampton Twp. NJ 08060-5313
III: Walt VanGorder, 5669 Victory View Ln., Cincinnati OH 45233
IV: Don Srull, 941 Kimberwicke Rd., McLean VA 22102
V: Richard MacEntee, 2409 B 14th St. Dr. NW, Palmetto FL 34221
VI: Larry Coslick, 4202 Valley Crest Hill, St. Louis MO 63128
VII: Gordon Wienewski, 4790 Stratford Dr., Greendale WI 53129
VIII: Ralph (Bud) Tenny, PO Box 830545, Richardson TX 75080
IX: H. Stan Chilton, 3010 Grail, Wichita KS 67211
X: Clarence Mather, 2358 Tam O’Shanter Ave., Bishop CA 93514-1944
XI: Andy Tagliafico, 10039 SW Quail Post Rd., Portland OR 97219
CONTROL LINE SPEED
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Glen Van Sant, 414 Valley Rd., Langhorne PA 19047
IV: Albert Jones, 17670 Glass Ridge Pl., Gainesville VA 20155
V: Santo Rizzotto, 1575 N Banana River Dr., Merritt Island FL 32952
VI: William Hughes, 113 N. Chase Ave., Bartlett IL 60103
VII: Barry Tippett, 31052 Mason, Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Dimmitt Perkins, 291 Grant 581, Sheridan AR 72150
IX: Jim Ricketts, 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110-5573
X: Bob Fogg, 11272 Carroza Ct., San Diego CA 92124
XI: Mike Hazel, 1073 Windemere Dr NW, Salem OR 97304
CONTROL LINE CARRIER
I: Glenn Simpson, 19 Hilda St., Worcester MA 01606
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III:
IV:
V: Michael Shull, 3051 Cedar Trce, Tarpon Springs FL 34688
VI: William Calkins, 317 Snow St., Sugar Grove IL 60554
VII: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N Shore Rd., Whitmore Lake MI 48189
VIII: Dick Perry, 427 Live Oak Lane NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122
IX: Melvin Schuette, Box 240, Auburn KS 66402
X: Ted Kraver, 225 W. Orchid Ln., Phoenix AZ 85021
XI: Mike Potter, 29725 45th Avenue S, Auburn WA 98001
CONTROL LINE RACING
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Laird Jackson, MCP HU 245 N. 15th St., Philadelphia PA 19102
IV: Charles Williams, 423 Hunting Creek Dr., Matthews NC 28104
V: Dick Lambert, 754 Renegade Ln., Port Orange FL 32127
VI: Dave McDonald, Box 384, Daleville IN 47334
VII: Larry Dziak, 1474 Capitol Dr., Green Bay WI 54303
VIII: John McCollum, 300 Van Zandt, Co. Rd.4717, Ben Wheeler TX 75754
IX: Jim Ricketts Sr., 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110
X: Doug Mayer, 1727 Penmar Ave., Apt. #2, Venice CA 90291
XI: John Thompson, 2456 Quince St., Eugene OR 97404
CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS
I: Dave Cook, 46 Maple St., Norfolk MA 02056
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Bill Werwage, 111 Jacqueline Dr., Berea OH 44017
IV: Warren Tiahrt, 4020 Martins Point Rd., Kitty Hawk NC 27949
V: Bob Dixon, 1351 Tristram Circle, Macon GA 31220
VI: Allen Brickhaus, Box 206, Golconda IL 62938
VII: Bob McDonald, 28746 Westfield St., Livonia MI 48150
VIII: Gary McClellan, 7812 Bayshore Ct., Ft. Worth TX 76179
IX:
X: Royal (Lucky) Pyatt, 4013 W. Valley Mine Dr., Tucson AZ 85745
XI: Paul Walker, 25900 127th Ave. SE, Kent WA 98031
CONTROL LINE COMBAT
I: Neil Simpson, 129 Podunk Rd., East Brookfield MA 01515
II: Dave Edwards, 9 Ardsley Rd., Hillsborough NJ 08844
III: Mike Evans, 436 McGregor Ave., Cincinnati OH 45206
IV: Louis Lopez, 44 Wyndom Circle, Hockessin DE 19707
V: Francisco Rodriquez, 8 SW 96 Ct., Miami FL 33174
VI: Rich Tupper, 3105 Audrea Ct., Woodridge IL 60517
VII: Ron Columbo, 14907 Garden St., Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Pat Willcox, 1927 Running Springs Dr., Kingwood TX 77339
IX:
X: Steve Stewart, 87 W. Windsor Ave., Phoenix AZ 85003
XI: Mark Hansen, 3585 SE Franklin St., Portland OR 97202
FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD
I: Art Ellis, 84 Denison Dr., Guilford CT 06437
II: Bradley Bane, 60 Lake Ave., Lyndonville NY 14098
III: Rudy Kluiber, 2021 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood OH 44107
IV: Jim Bocckinfuso, 112 Pinecrest Cir., Moneta VA 24121
V: Ron Sharpton, 1290 County Rd., Daytona Beach FL 32119-2469
VI: Chris Matsuno, 8576 Ginger Dr., St. John MO 63114
VII: Bill Shailor, 2317 Clawson Avenue, Royal Oak MI 48073
VIII: Mike Fedor, 2500 San Diego, Arlington TX 76015
IX: Jerald Murphy, 9 Via Escondido, Manitou Springs Valley CO 80829
X: Doug Galbreath, 3408 Topsail Pl, Davis CA 95616
XI: John Crosetto, 14809 S.E. 54th, Bellevue WA 98006
SCALE CONTEST BOARD
I: Irv Searl, 52 Langholm Dr., Nashua NH 03062
II: Don Typond, 275 Cascade Rd., Warwick NY 10990
III: Bill Carper, 264 Oak St., Jackson OH 45640
IV: Bob Karlsson, 708 Bullen Dr., Middletown DE 19709
V: David Platt, 1306 Havre, N.W., Palm Bay FL 32907
VI: John Guenther, 21609 Borden-Greenville Rd., Borden IN 47106
VII: Claude McCullough, 102 Constance St., Montezuma IA 50171
VIII: Ernest Harwood, 2711 English Chase, Arlington TX 76016
IX Glen Lau, 3701 S. 44th St., Lincoln NE 68506
X: Kent Walters, 6407 N. 83rd St., Scottsdale AZ 85250
XI: Jerry Holcomb, 1010 NE 122 Ave, Vancouver WA 98684
ELECTRIC
I: Edmund Bassick, 75 Romanock Pl, Fairfield CT 06432
II: Tom Hunt, 1 Dianne Ave., Centereach, NY 11720-3601
III: Richard Simpson, 332 39th Street, Pittsburgh PA 15201
IV: David Robelen, R.R. 4, Box 369, Farmdale VA 23901
V: Robert Nelson, 5955 Chickadee Dr., Lakeland FL 33809
VI: Steve Moskal, 7516 Country Ln., Apt. 1E, Darien IL 60561
VII: Keith Shaw, 2756 Elmwood, Ann Arbor MI 48104
VIII: George Parks, 2102 Oxford Ave., Austin TX 78704
IX: Ed Sweeney, 15815 Wildwind Terrace, Colorado Springs CO 80908
X: Robert Sliff, 8044 Legion Pl. #6, Midway City CA 92655
XI: Bernard Cawley, 29838 48th Ave. S., Auburn WA 98001
AEROBATICS
I: Scott Melville, 100 Chatham Terr., Bridgeport CT 06606
II: Ron Lockhart, 413 Dennis Dr., Galloway NJ 08205
III: Geoff Combs, 7658 Silver Springs St., Canal Winchester OH 43110
IV: Tom Miller, 19130 Brookgreen Garden Pl., Cornelius NC 28031
V: John Fuqua, 175 W.T. Hulion Rd., Crestview FL 32539
VI: Charles W. Reed, 5408 Woodson Rd., Raytown MO 64133
VII: David von Linsowe, 7093 E. Dodge Rd., Mt. Morris MI 48458
VIII:William Thomas, 5442 Bow Dr., Bartlesville OK 74006
IX: Jim Mowrey, 310 Capitol Ave., Kinsley KS 67547
X: Derek Koopowitz, 881 Oxford Way, Benicia CA 94510
XI: Rick Allison, 26405 SE 160th St., Issaquah WA 98027
HELICOPTER
I: Randy King, 59 Wallingford Ave., Athol MA 01331
II: Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
III: Paul Soha, 2642 Lacolline Dr., Stow OH 44224
IV: Marshall McClung, 2722 Fawn Rd. SW, Roanoke VA 24015
V: Cliff Hiatt, 14218 Lake Tilden Blvd., Winter Garden FL 34787
VI: Luther Akemon, 1080 Laveview Dr., Scottsburg IN 47170
VII: Craig Bradley, 12400 Burlington Dr., Dewitt MI 48820
VIII:Dave Youngblood, 2104 Farley, College Station TX 77845
IX: Don Vineyard, 1016 Burr Oak Ln., Salina KS 67401-3209
X: Julius Frank, 1970 Tahoe Circle, Tracy CA 95376
XI: Rich Josephson, 2842 Tonia Cir., Medford OR 97504
RACING
I: Pete Reed, 416 Gilmore Pond Rd., Jaffrey NH 03452
II: Ernest Nikodem, 407 Willow St., Lockport NY 14094
III: Tom Scott, 10073 Spring beauty Ln., Cincinnati OH 45231
IV: Richard Moreland, 726 Hillmeade Rd., Edgewater MD 21037
V: Gail Jacobson, 6205 Rivercliffe Dr. NW, Atlanta GA 30328
VI: Dan Kane Jr., 1703 W. Grove St., Arlington Heights IL 60005
VII: Mike Condon, 9335 Eastwind Dr., Livonia MI 48150-4521
VIII:Mike Helsel, 7 Stillmeadow, Round Rock TX 78664
IX: Lyle Larson, HC 80 Box 475, Piedmont SD 57769
X: James Allen, 4235 E. Ellis Circle, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Tom Strom, 1420 SW 160th, Seattle WA 98116
SOARING
I: Fritz Bien, 41 Sawmill Rd., Concord MA 01742
II: Roman Paryz, 59 Steinfeldt Rd.,Lancaster NY 14086
III: Jack Strother, 1731 Lindenhall Dr., Loveland OH 45140
IV: Douglas Barry, 6518 Tuskan Dr., Charlotte NC 28270
V: Charles Anderson, P.O. Box 305, Tullahoma TN 37388
VI: Rick Burnoski, 158 Canyon Dr., Bolingbrook IL 60440
VII: Al Scidmore, 5013 Dorsett Dr., Madison WI 53711
VIII:Barry Kennedy, 1935 Highvalley Tr., Grand Prairie TX 75052
IX: Byron Blakeslee, 1448 W. Briarwood Dr., Littleton CO 80120
X:
XI: Dave Johnson, 16500 SE 1st St. #114, Vancouver WA 98684
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
I: Bob Wallace, 91 Sylvan St., Avon CT 06001
II: George Hartman, 14811 Crystal Cove Ct., Ft. Myers FL 33919
III: Rick Fraley, 4412 Eaton Gettysburg Rd., Eaton OH 45320
IV: Pete Rundel, 1031 Riva Ridge Dr., Great Falls VA 22066
V: Lou Melancon, 105 Morton Walk Dr., Alpharetta GA 30022
VI: Philip Rossman II, 19130 Madden Rd., Churubusco IN 46723
VII: Mike Fredericks, 1129 Madison St., Beaver Dam WI 53916
VIII:Doug Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310
IX:
X: Terry Harner, 2113 Ramada Dr., Oceanside CA 92056
XI: Ron Horton, 1129 Eldora Ln., Billings MT 59105
Chairpersons from each of the other Contest Boards and the Contest Board Coordinator. See individual listings above for addresses.
Ralph (Bud) Tenny William Hughes Richard Perry Richard Lambert Gary McClellan
Pat Willcox Dave Robelen Pete Reed Doug Powell John Fuqua
Douglas Berry Jerald Murphy Cliff Hiatt Cliff Telford David Platt
SCALE
Mike Gretz, Box 162, Montezuma IA 50171
INDOOR
Steve Brown, 297 Hartman Ct., San Dimas CA 91773
FREE FLIGHT
Henry Spence, 1111 Country Club Ct., Mansfield TX 76063
SPEED & TEAM RACE
Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
CL COMBAT
Gary Frost, 13 Castlewood Ct., St. Peters MO 63376
CL AEROBATICS
Wynn Paul, 3332 Carriage Ln., Lexington KY 40517
RC SOARING
Buzz Averill, 186 Sedillo Hill Rd., Tijeras NM 87059
RC AEROBATICS
Earl Haury, 22818 Whitewater Creek Circle Katy TX 77450
RC PYLON
Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
RC ELECTRIC
Charles D. Grim, 1319 Reed Ave., San Diego CA 92109
RC HELICOPTER
Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
SPACEMODELING
Dr. Bob Kreutz, 506 Hunters Road, Brick NJ 08724
FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
CONTEST COORDINATORS
SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR: Cliff Telford, 1512 S. Greenleaf Ct., Winter Springs FL 32708
Boldface Below Indicates Chairman of Contest Board
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Dwight hovers Caliber 90 at eye level in deep concentration. Curtis spots the autorotation in world-champion style.
Wayne hovers through the round as
Mechanic Cliff Hiatt and judges look on.
178 MODEL AVIATION
29 in Orlando, Florida. It was a very
competitive event with seven of the country’s
top pilots competing for the three open
positions on the team. When all of the rotors
stopped spinning, we were left with the three
individuals to represent the United States in
Japan; they were Wayne Mann, Len Sabato,
and Dwight Schilling, and I would be the
team manager.
Our journey to Japan started on May 25
with our team converging on Osaka, Japan,
where we loaded our models and luggage into
our minivans and caravanned our way to the
town of Noto in the Ishikawa prefecture,
about 400 kilometers northwest of Osaka.
We arrived to the sight of a well-organized
event produced by the Masuda family of
Japan’s Radio Control Technique magazine.
Mr. Masuda has spent the past two years
securing sponsorship for this event, not only
from the modeling community but the local
state governments as well. This was
evidenced by the warm welcome all the
competitors received from the local people as
well as our participation in the grand opening
ceremonies of the Noto airport.
SARS was an important issue for
everyone at the event as five teams decided to
withdraw from the competition in
consideration for their fellow competitors;
they were China, Taipei, Hong Kong,
Singapore, and the Philippines. In addition, all
in attendance had to have their temperature
checked twice a day to make sure that we
didn’t have symptoms of this dreadful
disease.
The competition was held on the grounds
of the Noto International Airport. As you
could imagine the facility lent itself to an
event of this type with its wide, open space
and the wind coming right down the runway.
We unfortunately did not fly off the
asphalt as anticipated, but the grass area
adjacent to it. This presented a little bit of a
challenge for flying and judging because the
grass had a slope of about 5°. This meant that
as the pilots navigated their models around
the course, the altitude above the ground
changed as the model maintained flight in a
constant plane; this was visually interesting as
well as challenging
Because of the number of entries, there
were two flightlines running simultaneously.
This would later account for what some may
view as disparity in judging. It was evident
that certain flightlines favored pilots from
different parts of the world, It is also
important to note that the United States was
Len’s Vigor generated much interest with Eclipse fuselage,
prototype retracts. Go to www.lensabato.com for info.
Manabu Hashimoto debuted prototype solid-axle DDF head. It
allows each blade to “flap” independently, yet be dampened as
one complete unit by use of seesaw hub with center damper.
not represented in the judges’ lineup because
of a last-minute withdrawal with no chance to
find a suitable replacement.
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January 2004 179
The Competition: Round One went off
without a hitch as the United States was
assigned to flightline A. Curtis Youngblood
was up first, putting in a flight which would
later prove to be the highest scoring for the
day. Wayne Mann was up next, putting in an
equally well-executed first-round flight. I
think the best comment came from Len
Sabato after his first round when he stated,
“When I fly the Nats I will view it like a small
regional contest.” Welcome to the worlds,
Len!
The wind came up in the afternoon just to
let everyone know that nature is still the boss.
Dwight Shilling enjoyed doing his windsurfer
imitation, but in traditional Dwight style he
was just pleased to be there. The real sneak
attack on this flightline was mounted by
Rudiger Feil of Germany; his smooth style
and well-set-up Hirobo Black Shark was
pleasing to watch.
As always, our biggest concern other than
our flying was to watch what the Japanese
team was doing. As suspected they were well
practiced and ready to go for the gold.
Manabu Hashimoto wanted the World
Champion title back and the team did not
want to have the 2001 title taken away from
them on their own soil. They had little to
worry about with a clear advantage of having
Hashimoto’s score counting toward the team
standings.
Throughout the first four rounds, the top
six positions were traded back and forth with
pilots from the United States, Japan, and Scott
Gray of Canada. Neither Curtis nor
Hashimoto could keep his hands on the firstplace
position long enough to declare any sort
of trend, mostly because of the disparity in
judging between flightlines.
The team title had been decided, though,
with Japan first, Germany second, and the
United States coming in third. It was a close
contest for second; we lost with humility and
clearly the best team uniforms and jackets!
When it was time for the final three
rounds, it was clear that it was anyone’s
championship with Curtis’s carryover score of
1,000 and Hashimoto’s 998.47 from the first
round. The panel of judges increased to 10
with the combining of the pilots from both
flightlines. This is where the flying must
impress each judge’s individual tastes at once!
The wind had played a factor in
everyone’s flying; some benefited and some
did not. But it was flight order that everyone
was concerned with now because the wind
tended to be lighter in the morning and late
afternoon, but no one really wants to be first
up, and of course I pulled the number-two slot
for our World Champion in the first round and
number one in the third!
The wind was blowing 5-10 mph during
Curtis’s first-round flight; we were all hoping
that he could repeat his “taming of the winds”
routine from the fourth round. He put in a
good flight, but it just wasn’t up to Curtis’s
own standards; he came away with a
combined score of 588. This was for the best
of round A and the first round of B placing
him in second behind Rudiger Feil who had a
breakout round with a combined score of 600.
Rudiger had the calmest conditions of the
morning, which ultimately helped him win the
first round.
Len was next up and flew a good round
with a score of 519.5. He has attracted a lot of
attention this year with his Eclipse fuselage
and retractable skids, but this was no beauty
contest. Wayne put in a solid round, earning
him a combined score of 544.5. To watch
Wayne fly through the maneuvers was truly
enjoyable as he definitely has a lot of grace
‘upstairs.’
The second round went better for Curtis
and Wayne, but Len just didn’t find his
‘groove.’ Curtis flew a 600.5 and Wayne
earned a 577. Manabu Hashimoto of Japan
had the last flight of the day and found
himself in first place by presenting the crowd
Sue Giles, Barron Guss, and Sandy Sabato enjoy an afternoon of
sightseeing at a 700-year-old temple.
“No sir, I did not steal the car.” Dwight tries to explain his way
through a security checkpoint.
L-R: Curtis Youngblood (second), Manabu Hashimoto (first),
Minoru Kobayashi (third) show rewards of their hard work.
Getting into the culture (L-R), Barron, Nob, and Dwight donned
ceremonial “happy coats” at the awards banquet.
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180 MODEL AVIATION
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 16:48 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 13:15 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 39:19 Robert Randolph 01-26-96
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 11:49 Don Slusarczyk 08-12-86
Sr. 22:08 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 30:40 Stan Chilton 08-05-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:18 Doug Schaefer 11-18-01
Sr. 12:20 Doug Schaefer 01-04-02
Op. 22:37 John Kagan 08-19-01
ROG Cabin
Jr. 10:01 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 16:15 Robert Randolph 04-05-91
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:12 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 08:31 Walter VanGorder 12-09-90
Easy B
Jr. 08:26 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 13:04 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 21:44 Larry Coslick 02-11-96
Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 13:45 Jim Clem 08-06-95
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 16:14 Warren J. Williams 05-10-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:24 Jon Harlan 06-29-85
Sr. 04:32 Ronnie Stransky 03-31-73
Op. 11:07 James Richmond 12-11-88
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:22 Scott T. Robbins 03-23-91
Sr. 05:16 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 09:01 Roy White 10-01-95
Autogiro
Jr. 02:43 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-86
Sr. 06:52 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 10:10 Don Slusarczyk 12-22-96
HLG
Jr. 01:01.4 Jon Chancey 03-31-84
Sr. 01:03.3 Don DeLoach 05-11-91
Op. 01:34.8 Stan Buddenbohm 03-13-91
ROG Stick
Jr. 08:09.00 Mike Clem 12-14-80
Sr. 05:51.05 James Buxton 04-14-91
Op. 17:17.00 Larry Coslick 10-20-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:44.2 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 47.1 Matthew Chalker 05-24-01
Op. 01:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:43.5 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 0:46.9 Jeff Daulton 05-24-01
Op. 1:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Mini Stick
Jr. 06:55 David Rigotti 11-18-01
Sr. 06:04 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11:13 Stan Chilton 10-05-02
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 11:14 Bob Wilder 03-06-02
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04-01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 45:32 Robert Randolph 10-17-93
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 10:45 Parker Parrish 11-25-00
Sr. 21:04 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 31:37 Larry Coslick 09-12-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04B01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 20:46 Jake Palmer 04-21-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 08:26 Paul Loucka 04-05-81
Sr. 17:37 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 21:57 William Shailor 07-13-87
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:19 Don Slusarczyk 04-27-86
Sr. 07:23 Don DeLoach 03-20-88
Op. 09:32 Walt VanGorder 07-12-87
Easy B
Jr. 11:45 Doug Schaefer 03-25-01
Sr. 16:37 Doug Schaefer 04-06-03
Op. 21:14 Larry Coslick 05-08-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 16:41 Raymond B Harlan 10-11-97
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 12:28 William Pavek 11-17-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:39 Jonathan Harlan 04-15-84
Sr. 02:28 Thomas Norell 04-14-85
Op. 11:00 Larry Coslick 04-27-95
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:13 Scott Robbins 04-11-91
Sr. 04:27 Jonathon Sayre 04-24-99
Op. 10:01 Roy White 12-30-95
Autogiro
Jr. 04:40 Chris Lu 11-03-01
Sr. No record established
Op. 08:38 Ronald Ganser 02-13-93
HLG
Jr. 01:16.0 Aaron Markos 09-30-84
Sr. 01:21.8 Bryan Fulmer 03-20-83
Op. 01:39.8 Daniel Domina 06-13-82
ROG Stick
Jr. 07:04 Don Slusarczyk 11-30-86
Sr. 12:14 Mark Drela 06-12-77
Op. 17:06 Larry Coslick 10-24-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:01.7 Kenny Krempetz 11-16-97
Sr. 0:20.5 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:07.0 Kenny Krempetz 11-22-98
Sr. 1:10.6 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Mini Stick
Jr. 05:53 Chris Lu 08-05-01
Sr. 07:45 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11.00 Stan Chilton 03-26-00
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:28 Raymond Harlan 04-19-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 23:46 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 47:19 James Richmond 08-04-02
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 24:44 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 39:54 Lawrence Coslick 08-16-03
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:26 David Rigotti 05-06-01
Sr. 30:25 Doug Schaefer 08-04-02
Op. 33:47 James Richmond 08-04-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 15:07 Paul Loucka 06-25-81
Sr. 15:42 Tom Sova 08-06-73
Op. 27:45 Larry Loucka 08-04-02
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:15 Don Slusarczyk 04-13-86
Sr. 08:32 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 11:43 Larry Loucka 08-16-03
Easy B
Jr. 24:13 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 24:00 Doug Schaefer 05-04-03
Op. 27:03 Alan Cohen 08-15-03
Pennyplane
Jr. 12:36 Jeni Jaecks 06-14-83
Sr. 14:36 Dave Lindley 06-17-82
Op. 17:45 Gordon Wisniewski 08-17-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 12:24 Aaron Markos 06-15-83
Sr. 13:30 Brian Johnson 08-03-02
Op. 15:13 James Richmond 08-16-03
Helicopter
Jr. 06:18 Jonathan Harlan 06-18-84
Sr. 08:03 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 10:18 James Richmond 08-15-03
Ornithopter
Jr. 05:21 Scott T. Robbins 12-09-90
Sr. 09:11 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 15:20 Ray Harlan 08-16-03
Autogiro
Jr. 04:08 Dave Lindley 06-26-80
Sr. 08:36 Don Slusarczyk 10-30-90
Op. 10:58 Ronald Ganser 05-01-94
HLG
Jr. 02:10.4 Darryl Stevens 08-07-77
Sr. 02:32.6 Gary Stevens 08-07-77
Op. 02:35.1 James C. Buxton 10-03-93
ROG Stick
Jr. 10:02 Dave Lindley 06-28-80
Sr. 11:09 Richard Whitten 06-02-77
Op. 20:03 Lawrence Coslick 05/03/98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:27.5 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 01:59.1 Kenny Krempetz 08-18-03
Op. 02:48.2 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:31.3 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 02:15.4 Kenny Krempetz 08-19-03
Op. 03:08.0 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 11:30 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 11:34 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 13:23 Walter VanGorder 08-15-03
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:00 Ray Harlan 08-15-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 34:44 Jonathan Harlan 09-01-85
Sr. 41:25 Don Slusarczyk 09-02-90
Op. 60:01 Stephen Brown 06-01-97
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 15:54 Mike VanGorder 07-15-79
Sr. 36:31 Doug Schaefer 05-25-03
Op. 41:48 Larry Coslick 09-03-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 29:42 Doug Schaefer 09-01-01
Sr. 36:12 Doug Schaefer 10-11-02
Op. 37:59 John Kagan 08-31-03
ROG Cabin
Jr. 14:35 Jonathan Harlan 08-14-83
Sr. 27:10 Don Slusarczyk 06-08-90
Op. 33:20 Robert Randolph 06-05-82
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:31 Jim Buxton 06-07-87
Sr. 10:28 Don Slusarczyk 06-03-89
Op. 15:17 James Grant 07-03-95
Easy B
Jr. 18:07 Andrew Tagliafico 08-05-88
Sr. 26:29 Doug Schaefer 05-30-03
Op. 34:13 Larry Coslick 05-18-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 13:56 Christopher Lu 09-02-01
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 20:52 Anthony D’Alessandro 09-13-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 15:19 Vito Iacobellis 07-05-02
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 18:34 Lawrence Cailliau 08-17-97
Helicopter
Jr. 05:47 Nick Leonard, Jr. 08-01-96
Sr. 08:15 Benjamin Saks 06-02-01
Op. 12:00 Larry Coslick 08-02-96
Ornithopter
Jr. 04:28 Scott Robbins 07-23-89
Sr. 09:02 Don Slusarczyk 07-03-88
Op. 21:44 Roy White 09-02-95
Autogiro
Jr. 05:22 Christopher Lu 09-01-01
Sr. 12:11 Don Slusarczyk 09-01-90
Op. 19:53 Anthony DíAlessandro 07-19-03
HLG
Jr. 02:07.20 Steve Wittman 01-27-74
Sr. 02:39.44 Charles Gagliano 09-05-88
Op 02:58.60 Ron Wittman 02-18-73
ROG Stick
Jr. 12:47 Robert Skrjanc 05-16-82
Sr. 15:51 Mark Drela 09-18-77
Op. 24:51 Larry Coslick 07-05-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:29.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:50.0 Christopher Sydor 09-03-94
Op. 03:25.4 Robert De Shields 02-02-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:26.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:55.5 Christopher Sydor 09-04-94
Op. 04:11.9 Stan Buddenbohm 10-04-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 9:49 David Rigotti 06-01-01
Sr. 13:32 Max Zaluska 08-31-03
Op. 15:06 Robert Romash 09-01-01
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 30:30 Ray Harlan 06-01-02
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Age Min/Sec. Held By Date Set
Cargo
Jr. 55.97 Darryl Stevens 07-10-77
Sr. 25.00 Melanie Sanford 07-02-88
Op. 100.21 Roman Ramirez 09-19-82
Coupe d’Hiver
Jr. 11:54 Gregg Ferrer 01-26-75
Sr. 24:49 Jason Kendy 03-28-81
Op. 53:03 Robert P. White 03-28-81
P-30
Jr. 11:01 David Ellis 01-01-95
Sr. 23:00 Don DeLoach 06-23-90
Op. 42:58 Stanley Buddenbohm 11-10-01
HL Glider
Jr. 10:56 Darryl Stevens 02-20-77
Sr. 12:06 John Dowey 09-27-75
Op. 25:50 Bill Moody 10-04-97
A-2 Glider
Jr. 38:31 Benjamin Coussens 10-06-01
Sr. 35:58 Brian Bauer 03-08-03
Op. 69:35 Tom Coussens 03-13-94
Wakefield
Jr. 23:45 Taylor Gunder 06-22-02
Sr. 28:01 David Ellis 12-29-99
Op. 33:39 Walter Ghio 11-16-02
F1C Power (FAI)
Jr. 15:37 J. E. Troutman 10-13-91
Sr. 25:11 James Troutman 01-14-95
Op 49:50 Ed Keck 03-14-98
F1H A-1 Towline
Jr. 17:00 Dallas Parker 10-28-01
Sr. 30:19 Ben Coussens 02-09-03
Op. 58:42 Martyn Cowley 03-15-98
F1G Coupe (FAI)
Jr. 16:56 Taylor Burrows 03-23-03
Sr. 12:09 Ben Thomson 07-31-03
Op. 38:24 John Sessums 03-10-02
F1J 1/2A Power (FAI)
Jr. 20:20 Austin Gunder 08-02-00
Sr. 41:10 Austin Gunder 08-02-01
Op. 38:07 Douglas Galbreath 08-19-95
CO2 Unlimited
Jr. 05:30 Jeff Wittman 05-30-88
Sr. 26:05 Jeff Wittman 05-29-89
Op. 20:25 H. Graham Selick Jr 07-31-03
USA F1K CO2
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 18:00 H Graham Selick 10-06-02
Catapult Glider
Jr. 05:56 Taylor Boe 09-14-03
Sr. 05:07 Daniel Miller 04-30-95
Op. 25:12 Stan Buddenbohm 03-09-03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 40:49 Jon-Mark Carman 05-26-90
Sr. 51:28 Paul Munana 05-25-80
Op. 73:01 Terry Thorkildsen 05-27-89
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 10:20 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 12:49 Dana White 07-13-75
Op. 11:14 John Drobschoff 07-10-77
A Gas
Jr. 25:00 Joey Foster 05-28-77
Sr. 47:02 Randy Weiler 05-29-76
Op. 129:25 Terry Thorkildsen 02-26-95
A Gas ROW
Jr. 07:53 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 11:50 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 13:44 Richard Myers 08-27-72
B Gas
Jr. 25:57 Travis Hunter 05-30-83
Sr. 26:52 Bob Scully 03-07-76
Op. 105:00 Terry Kerger 02-25-95
B Gas /ROW
Jr. 20:00 Steve Calhoun 11-16-75
Sr. 08:08 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 12:03 H. Doering, Jr. 11-27-77
C Gas
Jr. 33:46 Travis Hunter 05-28-83
Sr. 26:32 Keith Morgan 05-26-79
Op. 100:00 Douglas Galbreath 09-06-92
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:43 Lyman Armstrong 07-27-80
D Gas
Jr. 12:17 Mike Kelley 11-08-86
Sr. 29:50 Travis Hunter 01-15-84
Op. 69:04 Hulan Matthies 03-11-79
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:51 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 23:28 J. Cunnyngham 05-28-77
Sr. 28:10 Jason Kendy 04-19-80
Op. 88:24 Robert P. White 03-11-79
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 04:46 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 01:22 John Banck 09-19-76
Op. 12:42 Joe Bilgri 08-15-82
Ornithopter
Jr. 01:01 Chris Scott 04-22-79
Sr. No record established
Op. 09:21 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 02:36 Nancy Andrews 08-03-75
Sr. 01:35 Mike Johnson 01-17-76
Op. 09:46 Jean Andrews 05-29-89
Helicopter
Jr. 13:24 Darryl Stevens 10-29-77
Sr. 07:16 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 14:57 Thomas Finch 05-08-60
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 13:01 Jason Villnave 04-27-86
Sr. 07:20 Allen Porter 09-04-94
Op. 40:04 B. Baron-Rawdon 05-27-85
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. 08:51 Jason Villnave 10-26-86
Sr. 05:31 Allen Porter 09-05-94
Op. 41:31 John Oian 05-26-86
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:44 John Finn 12-14-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 16:01 Keith Morgan 01-30-77
Sr. 19:30 Kenneth Keegan 04-29-84
Op. 40:42 Michael Ryan 04-08-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:53 Dana White 09-15-74
Sr. 7:52 Randy Archer 09-19-76
Op. 9:59 Joe W. Dodson 08-11-74
A Gas
Jr. 21:45 Joey Foster 04-03-77
Sr. 26:46 Parker McQuown 05-24-80
Op. 83:40 Kenneth E. Oliver 09-28-91
A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:35 Tom Regan 11-04-73
Sr. 6:54 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:03 Jerald Murphy 10-23-83
B Gas
Jr. 11:37 Travis Hunter 09-25-83
Sr. 19:11 Mark Woodrey 09-03-78
Op. 54:00 William Morgan 11-29-81
B Gas ROW
Jr. 1:29 Timothy Young 07-13-75
Sr. 7:27 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:24 Micheal Thompson 05-27-01
C Gas
Jr. 23:13 Mike Keller 12-07-86
Sr. 20:52 Keith Morgan 11-11-79
Op. 59:45 Daryl Perkins 01-19-03
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:08 John Drobshoff 07-05-81
D Gas
Jr. 22:22 Mike Keller 04-06-86
Sr. 14.28 Travis Hunter 04-29-84
Op. 81:00 Lynn Pulley 01-20-02
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:59 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 6:39 Steve Wittman 05-30-77
Sr. 7:11 Steve Wittman 05-29-78
Op. 39:00 Edward Eliot 08-29-76
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 62:13 Randy Secor 11-05-72
Sr. 30:52 Joseph Kubina 08-05-78
Op. 16:19 Don DeLoach 10-20-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 3:21 Tim Young 09-21-75
Sr. 3:49 Gary Stevens 02-26-78
Op. 16:15 Henry Smith 01-15-00
Ornithopter
Jr. 8:15 Jolyn Andrews 06-27-82
Sr. No record established
Op. 6:38 Roy White 10-21-84
Autogiro
Jr. 2:38 Jeanine Andrews 06-08-75
Sr. 0:23 Mike Reagan 07-21-74
Op. 5:59 Jean F. Andrews 11-04-90
Helicopter
Jr. 6:14 Jillian Anderson 08-02-00
Sr. 6:57 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 16:56 Stanley Buddenbohm 05-23-98
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 7:12 Allen J. Porter 09-30-91
Sr. No record established
Op. 38:15 Donald L. Hughes 02-03-91
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:32 William Rietdorf 05-16-93
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 06:59 William Lovins 07-28-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 11:00 Jason Poti 08-03-00
Sr. 07:52 Jason Greer 08-01-97
Op. 54:21 Charles Caton 10-22-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 20:01 Jerry Rocha 05-04-96
A Gas
Jr. 09:33 James Troutman 07-08-90
Sr. 12:20 Mike Keller 05-27-90
Op 105:00 Ronnie Thompson 07-30-98
A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:09 Norman Peterson 04-23-94
B Gas
Jr. 10:08 Mike Keller 10-18-86
Sr. 11:45 Justin Aronholt 05-18-97
Op. 90:00 Robert P. Johannes 07-22-96
B Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 7:16 William Vanderbeek 05-06-00
C Gas
Jr. 7:55 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 12:15 James P. Lebda 01-27-91
Op. 70:00 Edward Keck 07-29-98
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:39 John Drobshoff 08-15-82
D Gas
Jr. 11:00 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 7:19 James E. Troutman 05-29-94
Op. 60:00 Robert Johannes 08-30-98
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:20 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 5:03 Tony Hutchins 08-09-86
Sr. 3:09 David Crofoot 07-28-97
Op. 10:58 Warren Kurth 07-30-00
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 30:55 John Shailor 07-28-03
Sr. 27:56 Roderick T. Ioerger 07-06-94
Op. 43:00 Joseph Williams 06-28-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 2:12 Jason Thorton 11-24-85
Sr No record established
Op. 17:15 Henry Smith 05-01-99
Ornithopter
Jr. 1:11 Jolyn Andrews 08-23-81
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:17 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 1:43 Jolyn Andrews 07-23-78
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:50 Jean Andrews 09-14-97
Helicopter
Jr. 5:31.9 Stephen Burhenn 07-14-99
Sr. 1:57.0 Don DeLoach 05-18-91
Op. 11:38.0 Stan Buddenbohm 06-19-94
Electric Power A
Jr. 4:17 David Crofoot 06-30-96
Sr. 5:32 Melanie Sanford 09-03-88
Op. 30:00 Charles Groth 08-24-03
Electric Power B
Jr. No record established
Sr. 7:14 David Crofoot 07-30-98
Op. 24:00 William Rietdorf 09-01-93
Moffett
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 43:00 Robert Bienenstein 07-22-96
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:26.6 Jack Marsh 09-28-02
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:50 Ronnie Thompson 06-29-02
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
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Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:52 Marvin Mace 06-01-02
CONTROL LINE
Age MPH Held By Date Set
1/2A Speed
Jr. 146.72 Bobby Fogg III 10-09-94
Sr. 143.61 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 156.42 R. Fogg/C Aloise/
Brown/Shahan 12-11-94
A Speed
Jr. 160.51 Bobby Fogg 09-04-94
Sr. 162.39 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 194.31 Jerry Rocha 12-02-00
B Speed
Jr. 166.75 Bobby Fogg 12-11-94
Sr. 163.42 Bobby Fogg III 10-12-96
Op. 186.84 Team Fogg/Brown/
Mancini 10-19-02
D Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 199.92 Team Fogg/Brown 12-04-99
1/2A Profile Proto
Jr. 103.76 Bobby Fogg 12-13-92
Sr. 104.73 Bobby Fogg III 07-14-97
Op. 116.08 Jerry Rocha 10-13-01
.21 Sport Speed
Jr. 143.83 Peter Brown 10-04-93
Sr. 145.93 Peter Brown 07-16-97
Op. 158.39 R. Fogg/G. Brown 12-06-98
Formula. 40 Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. 146.16 Mike Wisniewski 07-11-96
Op. 161.87 James Rhoades 12-06-98
Jet
Jr. No record established
Sr. 123.41 Howell Pugh 09-02-95
Op. 204.93 L. Waltemath/
J. Mathison 12-07-02
F2A (FAI)
Jr. 162.62 Krystal King 06-17-00
Sr. 173.21 Krystal King 10-06-01
Op. 183.52 William Naemura 09-18-99
Rat Racing
Jr. No record established
Sr No record established
Op. 2:19.67 Team Fogg/Shahan
(70 Lap) 07-21-94
4:50.87 Mike Shahan
(140 Lap) 07-13-95
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Slow Rat Racing
Jr. 5:16.20 Scott Matson
(70 lap) 07-10-00
6:47.37 Scott Matson
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Sr. 4:29.63 Howell Pugh
(70 lap) 07-20-94
10:58.47 Douglas Short
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Op. 2:36.31 R. Ogez
(70 lap) 07-18-91
5:24.945 Mike Greb
(140 lap) 07-19-90
1/2A Mouse Race I
Jr. 2:37.57 Scott Matson
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:17.68 Scott Matson
(100 lap) 07-15-99
Sr. 2:44.68 David Rolley Jr
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:20.11 D.J. Parr
(100 lap) 07-16-98
Op. 2:14:35 Todd Ryan/Michael MacCarthy
(50 lap) 07-13-01
Op. 4:22.00 Paul Gibeault/Todd Ryan
(100 Lap) 07-15-99
Scale Racing
Jr. 2:50.65 Bobby Fogg III
(70 lap) 07-16-91
6:08.55 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 06-23-92
Sr. 3:15.12 Douglas Short
(70 lap) 07-11-00
5:40.05 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 07-11-95
Op. 2:39.38 Team Willoughby/Oge
(70 lap) 07-15-97
5:33.04 Robert Fogg
(140 lap) 07-16-91
F2C Team Race (FAI)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:16.70 Team Ascher 07-19-02
6:57.36 Lambert/Ballard
(200 lap) 07-15-98
Endurance
Jr. 0::44:12 Mark E. Williams 10-06-90
Sr. 0::25:41 Mark Williams 11-27-94
Op. 2::28:02 Edwin Gifford 09-15-02
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Carrier Class I
Jr. 386.0 Andy Westerheim 10-19-97
Sr. 435.8 Andy Westerheim 07-13-01
Op. 510.0 Kelvin Hite 02-18-01
Carrier Class II
Jr. 366.77 D. Silversmith 10-13-85
Sr. 416.5 Andy Westerheim 10-28-01
Op. 517.9 Peter Mazur 11-05-00
Profile Carrier
Jr. 279.5 Andy Westerheim 08-31-97
Sr. 342.1 Andy Westerheim 06-17-01
Op. 391.5 Peter Mazur 07-12-01
Electric Speed Class A
Jr. No record established
Sr. 64.35 Howell A. Pugh 06-20-92
Op. 90.42 H.Doering Jr. 10-10-93
Electric Speed Class B
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 119.63 William G. Stewart 06-05-99
PYLON RACING
Age Time Held By Date Set
Q-40
Jr. 1:03.15 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-11-00
Sr. 1:00.73 Gino DelPonte
(Long Course) 04-12-03
Op. 0:59.38 Thomas Scott
(Long Course) 05-27-00
1:03.13 Santiago Panzardi
(Short Course) 10-22-94
F3D
Jr. 1:08.69 Matthew Van Baren 11-15-98
Sr. 1:02.06 Matthew Van Baren 11-02-02
Op. 0:58.38 Richard Verano/
Robert Holik 08-30-03
Q-500
Jr. 1:10.43 Bucky Miller
(Short Course) 06-13-92
1:13.19 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 05-24-98
Sr. 1:01.36 David Wright
(Short Course) 07-10-94
1:05.83 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-16-01
Op. 0:56.49 Gordon Hyde
(Short Course) 05-29-94
1:03.54 Travis Flynn
(Long Course) 02-03-02
Formula I
Jr. 1:10.81 Matthew Van Baren 08-18-96
Sr. 1:07.94 Henson Bartle 10-09-98
Op. 1:03.16 Richard Verano 03-28-92
RC SOARING
SLOPE DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-87
Sr. 2::58:09 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 12::28:20 Alvin Battad 05-23-98
Class B
Jr. 8::12:08 Patrick McIntire 04-21-01
Sr. 6::01.13 Christopher Ritter 05-31-93
Op. 12::08:04 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 11::31:18 Caleb Lesher 04-21-01
Sr. 5::01:43 Ken Merenda 05-31-93
Op. 12::33.57 Jess Walls 05-05-92
Class D
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-88
Sr. 5::08:30 Joel Magnuson 04-21-01
Op. 13::32:11 Rex Coffman 04-21-01
THERMAL DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 0::30:27 Matthew Andren 06-12-93
Sr. 0::50:34 Andy Schuler 08-27-94
Op. 2::43:43 Bill Hoelcher 09-12-02
Class B
Jr. 0::41:40 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::27:04 Charles Vergo 05-31-92
Op. 5::00:55 Jerry Krainock 08-23-81
Class C
Jr. 0::43:49 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::54:09 Charles Vergo 06-14-92
Op. 8::03:00 Jay Siren 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 1::18:05 Christopher Ritter 05-11-91
Sr. 1::23:14 Rodney Cooper 05-09-92
Op. 9::47:00 Keith Kindrick 05-30-82
DECLARED DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 3.18 Christopher Ritter 05-04-91
Sr. 2.86 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 5.58 David Hall 05-27-03
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 14.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-81
Class C
Jr. 4.78 Christopher Ritter 05-24-91
Sr. 4.82 Kenneth Merenda 05-16-92
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
OPEN DISTANCES
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4.32 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 3.69 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 6.60 Paul J. Wilson 07-07-88
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 17.475 Jack R. Hiner 05-27-89
Class C
Jr. 12.30 Brian Isenhart 05-27-84
Sr. 9.90 Alex Bower 05-30-81
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
CLOSED COURSE DISTANCE
Age Km. Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 32.4 George Rodriguez 10-17-86
Sr. 69.8 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 129.4 Arlie Stoner 06-25-89
Class B
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class D
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
ALTITUDE
Age Feet Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. No record established
Op. 2,220.0 Gary Fogel 10-13-02
Class B
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. 1,993.0 Alex Bower 10-04-81
Op. 3,100.0 Jack R. Hiner 09-14-85
Class C
Jr. 309.7 Christopher Ritter 01-18-87
Sr. 3,045.0 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 3,600.0 Jack Hiner 07-27-85
Class D
Jr. 4,010 Scott Christian 07-29-84
Sr. 3,045 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 6,025 Jack Hiner 06-11-82
SPEED
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 53.014 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 45.747 Karl Cranford 05-31-92
Class B
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 47.006 Christopher Ritter 05-31-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class C
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 51.057 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class D
Jr. 49.22 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 57.23 Alex Bower 04-10-83
Op. 86.37 John H. Sasson Jr. 09-15-91
RC ELECTRIC
DURATION
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:16:58 Joachim Nave 06-22-02
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:18:50 Art Chmielewski 07-08-01
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:33:33 Joachim Nave 08-05-01
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 1:47:30 Joachim Nave 05-27-00
Indoor Electric R/C Duration
Jr. No Record Established
Sr. No Record Established
Op. 0:28:13 Raymond Harlan 08-31-03
DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.53 Christopher Silva 09-13-03
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.53 Christopher Silva 05-25-03
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.54 Gary Fogel 09-13-03
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.54 Gary Fogel 03-29-03
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
with a 630. He was right on, which left the
flightline with the unsettled feeling that it was
going to be an interesting morning the
following day.
The Final Day: The flight order of the final
day of competition called for Curtis to fly first
with Manabu to perform immediately after. It
was clear that the judges had a tremendous
responsibility; they had to know clearly what
they were looking for when Curtis flew and to
remain consistent with their judging and
expectations for Manubu’s performance.
Curtis flew a 639.5 and Manabu put down
a 637.5; with the combined scores from the
other high rounds, he edged out Curtis by
15.36 points with a 2991.46 to become the
World Champion. Minoru Kobayashi was
right in there on the last round presenting the
flightline with a 642, winning the third round.
At this level of competition it’s clear that it’s
not over until it’s over, and the 2003 World
Championships was no exception.
That evening all the competitors, officials,
and supporters gathered for a party that will
go down in history as being the best. The
Japanese are known for their hospitality, and
this time was no exception. We gathered for
an outdoor banquet with great food, large
bottles of sake, and a beautiful award
presentation, topped off by a late evening of
karaoke.
Our experience at the World Championships
would not have been possible if it were not for
the generous support of our corporate and
individual sponsors. Because of space
limitations we cannot thank everyone here,
but there are a few who need special
recognition of their relentless support: Ron
Lund of Rick’s R/C Helicopters, Ron
Kummer of IRCHA, Run Ryder, and, of
course, AMA.
A complete list of our sponsors as well as
the latest information on the US team can be
found at www.usaf3c.com.
Modeling is one of the true great hobbies;
it catalyzes the bringing together of people
from all walks of life regardless of country,
culture, and political beliefs. Attending an
event like the World Championships reminds
us how small the world really is and how alike
we all are. If the opportunity presents itself,
experience a World Championships! MA Nob (L), Dwight get ready in the “box.”
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K e y D a t e s
(Events attended by AMA HQ staff and/or officers)
January 9 - 11
AMA Convention 2004
Ontario CA
N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Helicopter
Sr. Doug Schaefer 08:03 08/16/03
Op. James Richmond 10:18 08/15/03
Pennyplane
Op. Gordon Wisniewski 17:45 08/17/03
Limited Pennyplane
Op. James Richmond 15:13 08/16/03
Easy B
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:13 08/17/03
Op. Alan Cohen 27:03 08/16/03
Intermediate Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:44 08/17/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Op. Lawrence Coslick 39:54 08/16/03
HL Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 23:46 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Mini Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 11:30 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 11:34 06/16/03
Op. Walter VanGorder 13:23 08/15/03
Manhatten
Op. Larry Loucka 11:43 08/16/03
Ornithopter
Op. Raymond Harlan 15:20 08/16/03
Standard Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 01:59.1 08/18/03
Unlimited Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 02:15.4 08/19/03
FF Electric Power
Op. Raymond Harlan 31:00 08/15/03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Mini Stick
Sr. Max Zaluska 13:32 08/31/03
F1D
Op. John Kagan 37:59 08/31/03
Pennyplane
Op. Anthony D’Alessandro 20:52 09/13/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Catapult Glider
Jr. Taylor Boe 05:56 09/14/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CATEGORY III
Electric A
Op. Charles Groth 30:00 08/24/03
RC SAILPLANE
Class A Declared Distance
Op. David Hall 5.58 miles 05/25/03
RC ELECTRIC
Indoor Electric Duration
Op. Raymond Harlan 28:13 08/31/03
Class A Sailplane (LMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 5.53 miles 05/25/03
Class B Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Gary Fogel 9.54 miles 09/13/03
Class A Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 9.53 miles 09/13/03
RC PYLON
F3D
Op. Richard Verano/
Robert Holick 58.38 seconds 08/30/03
W o r l d R e c o r d s
U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
No. 141 Duration
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
38::52:19 08/11/03
No. 142 Distance in a Straight Line
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
1882.8 miles 08/11/03
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F1 OPEN (G) (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.101: Duration 4hr 58mn 10s Momcilo Milutinovic Yugoslavia 05/15/60
No.102: Distance in a straight line 310.33km Zdenek Taus Czechoslovakia 03/31/62
No.103: Height 2364m Geroges Benedek Germany 05/23/48
F1 OPEN (AEX) (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.104: Duration 1hr 41mn 32s Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.105: Distance in a straight line 371.19km Guennadi Tchiglinsev USSR 07/01/62
No.106: Height 1732m Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.107: Speed 187.68km Andrew Belanov USSR 09/06/87
F1 OPEN (API) (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.108: Duration 6hr 01mn Igor Koulakovsky USSR 08/06/52
No.109: Distance in a straight line 378.76km Evgueny Boricevitch USSR 08/14/52
No.110: Height 6468m Yin Chenbai People’s Republic
of China 08/08/82
No.111: Speed 189.30 Artur Shaginian Russia 07/03/99
F1A (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.112: Duration in competition
F1B (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.113: Duration in competition
F1C (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.114: Duration in competition
F1 OPEN (AIM) (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.115a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39mn 19s Robert Randolph USA 01/21/96
No.115b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15 m) 45mn 32s Robert Randolph USA 10/17/93
No.115c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 47mn 19s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.115d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 1hr 0mn 01s Stephen Brown USA 06/01/97
F1D (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.125a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 26mn 45s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 05/20/02
No.125b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 29min 08s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 08/24/02
No.125c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 33mn 47s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.125d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 35mn 32s Peter Kuttler Germany 10/13/01
No.119: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.120: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.121: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1L (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.116a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 19mn 39s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.116b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 20 mn 36s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.116c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 21mn 23s Akihiro Danjo Japan 10/20/01
No.116d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 23mn 47s Jonas Romblad Sweden 03/03/01
No122: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.123: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.124: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1M (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.117a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 16mn 44s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.117b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 18mn 14s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.117c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 18mn 20s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/27/01
No.117d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 19mn 40s Akihiro Danjo Japan 08/11/02
F1N (INDOOR GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.118a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39.6 sec Leonard George Surtees Austrailia 11/24/01
No.118b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 54.8 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 03/06/00
No.118c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m)
No.118d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 73.9 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 05/31/00
F2A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.130: Speed (0.00 - 1.00cm3) 251.66kmh Zhao Jihe People’s Republic 08/22/84
of China
No.131: Speed (1.01 - 2.50cm3) 335kmh Paul Eisner United Kingdom 10/13/01
No.132: Speed (2.51 - 5.00cm3) 312.23kmh P. A. Halman United Kingdom 10/12/86
No.133: Speed (5.01 - 10.00cm3) 326.28kmh Shen Xilin People’s Republic 10/19/84
of China
No.134: Speed in Competition 302.5kmh Luis Parramon Spain 07/19/02
F2A (AEROPLANE, REACTION MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.135: Speed 395.64kmh Leonid Lipinski USSR 12/06/71
F2C (AEROPLANE(TEAM RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.57: Speed (100 laps) 3mn 12.2 sec Jean Maret France 07/16/00
No.58: Speed (200 laps) 6mn 28.9 sec Jean Maret France 07/18/00
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.141: Duration 38h 52mn 19s Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.142: Distance in a straight line 3030.07km Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.143: Height 8205m Maynard Hill USA 09/06/70
No.144: Distance goal and return
No.145: Speed 343.92kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/21/71
No.146: Distance in a closed circuit 1301.00km Maynard Hill USA 08/02/98
No.147: Speed in a closed circuit 241.80kmh Maynard Hill USA 11/26/84
F3A (SEAPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.148: Duration 16hr 14mn 11s Toomas Mardna Estonia 08/14/99
No.149: Distance in a straight line 308.84km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 03/26/94
No.150: Height 5651m Maynard Hill USA 09/03/67
No.151: Distance goal and return 60.2km George Finch USA 06/20/02
No.152: Speed 294.98kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/25/71
No.153: Distance in a closed circuit 601.00km Daniel Coince France 09/15/91
No.154: Speed in a closed circuit 192.90kmh Michael Ischenko Ukraine 06/20/93
F3B (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.155: Duration 36h 03mn 19s Nicholas Shaw United Kingdom 09/08/01
No.156: Distance in a straight line 226.44km Joseph Wurts USA 05/28/88
No.157: Height 1950m Jack Hiner USA 06/11/82
No.158: Distance goal and return
No.159: Speed 239.70kmh Klaus Kowalski Germany 07/20/91
No.160: Distance in a closed circuit 716.10km Eduard Svoboda Czechoslovakia 07/23/79
No.161: Speed in a closed circuit 129.70kmh Zufar Vakkasov Russia 06/23/97
F3C (HELICOPTER, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.162: Duration 5hr 59mn 51s Vladimir Bulatnikov/Yuri Bazanov/
Alexander Orlov Russia 07/02/01
No.163: Distance in a straight line 134.10km Michael Farnan Australia 06/02/96
No.164: Height 2940m Jean-Philippe Allogne France 04/12/92
No.165: Distance goal and return
No.166: Speed 144.67kmh Vladimir Bulantnikov Russia 07/02/98
No.167: Distance in a closed circuit 101.00km Jean-Philippe Allogne France 06/18/88
No.168: Speed in a closed circuit 112.72kmh David W. Whitney United Kingdom 11/02/86
F3D (AEROPLANE (PYLON RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.83: Speed in a closed circuit 58.59sec Christopher Callow Australia 08/02/01
F5-S (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.171: Duration 10hr 38mn 30s Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.172: Distance in a straight line 102.40km Anatoly Dubinetsky Russia 08/25/90
No.173: Height 2 200 Wolfgang Schaeper Germany 11/19/00
No.174: Distance goal and return
No.175: Speed 282.60kmh Werner Vauth Germany 08/08/92
No.176: Distance in a closed circuit 315.50km Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.177: Speed in a closed circuit 163.68kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5-P (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (NON-RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.178: Duration 15hr 12mn 30s Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.179: Distance in a straight line 135.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.180: Height 2200m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 09/19/88
No.181: Distance goal and return
No.182: Speed 168.51kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
No.183: Distance in a closed circuit 424.50km Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.184: Speed in a closed circuit 97.20kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
F5-SOL (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (SOLAR CELLS))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.185: Duration 11hr 34mn 18s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.186: Distance in a straight line 48.21km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.187: Height 2065m Wolfgang Schaper Germany 05/30/99
No.188: Distance goal and return
No.189: Speed 80.63kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/21/98
No.190: Distance in a closed circuit 190.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
No.191: Speed in a closed circuit 62.15kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
F5-COMB (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR(ALL SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.192: Duration 15hr 36mn 55s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.193: Distance in a straight line 109.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.194: Height 4539m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 02/20/95
No.195: Distance goal and return
No.196: Speed 274.28kmh Wolfgang Kuppers Germany 08/09/98
No.197: Distance in a closed circuit 490.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.198: Speed in a closed circuit. 160.45kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5C (HELICOPTER, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.199: Duration 1hr 10mn 50sec Mark Hopkins United Kingdom 03/16/03
No.200: Distance in a straight line
No.201: Height
No.202: Distance goal and return
No.203: Speed
No.204: Distance in a closed circuit
No.205: Speed in a closed circuit
F5D (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.90: Speed in a closed circuit
F A I W o r l d R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
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F o c u s o n C o m p e t i t i o n
176 MODEL AVIATION
Technical Director Steve Kaluf
[email protected]
I’M PUTTING ASIDE my regular column
this month (I know you are heartbroken!) to
bring you Barron Guss’s report as team
manager for the F3C Helicopter World
Championships that took place this past
summer in Japan.
We had hoped to place this article as a
feature in MA; however, current editorial
policies, in an effort to keep the coverage
even, only provides for coverage of World
Championships taking place in the United
States to run as features. So look for more
coverage of this nature in “Focus on
Competition.” As I receive well-written
reports, I’ll have them placed here. That way
you will still be able see the reports of these
championships.
That said, I think you will find Barron’s
report interesting. The organizers in Japan
always go out of their way to make any
World Championships they host a first-class
operation; this one was no exception. Our
Helicopter team, once again, did very well.
We’ve included a few pictures to give you the
flavor of the World Championships.
Till next time ...
In life, certain opportunities present
themselves on a most infrequent basis. One
such opportunity is to represent one’s country
to the world. The 2003 US F3C team had
such an honor at the 2003 FAI-F3C World
Championships in Ishikawa, Japan.
Contrary to popular belief, winning a slot
on the US team does not happen at the Team
Trials as much as it is a process of study,
dedication, and determination that starts years
and in some cases decades prior, as with some
of our US team members.
What is FAI-F3C? FAI stands for
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. This
international organization governs all
competition and record keeping for all things
aviation, whether it is an altitude record for a
hot-air balloon or a speed record for a radiocontrolled
airplane. They even have a hand in
space flight.
F3C is the class designation set forth by
the FAI for Radio Control model-helicopter
competition. The World Championships
competition is held every two years on a
different continent, and this year it was held
in Asia. F3C is a compilation of all the skills
and maneuvers acquired in AMA classes I, II,
and III, with the major difference that one
competes against the world’s best.
There are two schedules of maneuvers
used in this class. Schedule A is used during
the preliminary rounds and the more difficult
Schedule B is used during the flyoff. Each
schedule contains three hovering maneuvers
and the remainder of the maneuvers can
consist of a combination of loops, rolls,
pirouettes, stall turns, inverted hovering,
tailslides, and more.
The pilots are judged on precision,
smoothness, heading, altitude control,
positioning of the model, and overall
presentation. Every maneuver starts out with
a score of 10 and then points are deducted in
half-point increments for defects observed by
the judges. A score of 0 is given for
incomplete maneuvers. Each competitor
participates in four preliminary rounds, of
which the best three flight scores determine
his/her placing.
The F3C World Championships is a team
as well as an individual competition. FAI
member countries may enter a maximum of
three competitors as a national team for world
and continental championships. Team results
The land of the rising sun becomes the
land of the setting sun for Dwight Shilling
on the first day of practice.
US contingent, first row (L-R): Wayne Mann, Barron Guss, Dwight Shilling, Len Sabato.
Second row: Denise Mann, Cliff Hiatt, Daniel Hiatt, Paul Giles, Sue Giles, Sandy Sabato,
Nob Muraki, Curtis Youngblood.
are based on the sum of each country’s team
members’ preliminary round scores. The top
10 pilots or 20% of all competitors
(whichever is greater) then participate in three
flyoff rounds to determine the individual
winner. (The scores of the current World
Champion do not count toward the team title.)
Our Team: The final round of the Team
Trials was held the weekend of September 28-
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C O M P E T I T I O N D I R E C T O R Y
I: Robert Wilkie, 19 Everett St., Rockland MA 02370
II: CL & FF: Dave King, 410 Ritter Ave., South Plainfield NJ 07080-3534
RC: Robert Kircher, 9 Sheffeld Way, Clark NJ 07066
III: CL, FF, & RC: Nelson Gould, 1340 Oak Dr., Macungie PA 18062 (East)
CL , FF & RC: Sheila Nitsch, 5650 Boyd Rd., Grove City OH 43123
IV: CL & FF: Jim Coffin, 4604 Hillbrook Dr., Annandale VA 22003
RC: Alice Munday, 18 W. Lewis Rd., Hampton VA 23666 E-mail: [email protected]
V: RC (FL Only): Judi Dunlap, 14711 SE 1st Avenue Rd., Summerfield FL 34491
RC (TN, MS, AL, SC, GA, PR): Dick Tonan, 639 Knollwood Dr., Lavergne TN 37086
FF: Bob Junk, 984 Williams Ditch Rd., Cantonment FL 32533
CL: Gene Martine, 1422 Ingleside Ave., Jacksonville FL 32205-7713
VI: RC (except Soaring): Randy Cameron, 2134 S. Hillcrest Ave., Springfield MO 65807
RC Soaring: Dale Folkening, 1544 Darien Lake Dr., Darien IL 60561
FF: Charles Markos, 655 Carlisle Ave., Deerfield IL 60015
CL: Arthur Johnson, 1818 Oslo Drive, Rockford IL 61108-6612
VII: FF AMA Headquarters, Competition Department
CL: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N. Shore Dr.,Whitmore Lake MI 48189-9124
RC (Except for Michigan): Michael Haller, N6237 Shraven Circle, Fond du Lac WI 54937
RC (Michigan only): Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
VIII:CL & FF: Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
RC: Douglas Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310.
IX: Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange, Wichita KS 67217
RC: Judy Gerken, 2069 South Raleigh St., Denver CO 80219
X: Ellis Hall, 4811 Amber Ln., Sacramento CA 95841 (North.)
Tim Attaway, 252 Sea Vale St., Chula Vista CA 91910
Wayne Hamada, 625 Iolani Ave. Apt.. 604, Honolulu HI 96813-1812 (Hawaii)
Utah and Arizona only:
David Litt, 1111 N. 64th St. 53, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Dick Salter, 3140 184 Ave. SE, Penino WA 98589
RC: W.T. (Bill) Smith, 10825 44th Ave. S.W., Seattle WA 98146
INDOOR CONTEST BOARD
I: Ray Harlan, 15 Happy Hollow Rd., Wayland MA 01778
II: Doug Barber, 23 Rabbit Run, Easthampton Twp. NJ 08060-5313
III: Walt VanGorder, 5669 Victory View Ln., Cincinnati OH 45233
IV: Don Srull, 941 Kimberwicke Rd., McLean VA 22102
V: Richard MacEntee, 2409 B 14th St. Dr. NW, Palmetto FL 34221
VI: Larry Coslick, 4202 Valley Crest Hill, St. Louis MO 63128
VII: Gordon Wienewski, 4790 Stratford Dr., Greendale WI 53129
VIII: Ralph (Bud) Tenny, PO Box 830545, Richardson TX 75080
IX: H. Stan Chilton, 3010 Grail, Wichita KS 67211
X: Clarence Mather, 2358 Tam O’Shanter Ave., Bishop CA 93514-1944
XI: Andy Tagliafico, 10039 SW Quail Post Rd., Portland OR 97219
CONTROL LINE SPEED
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Glen Van Sant, 414 Valley Rd., Langhorne PA 19047
IV: Albert Jones, 17670 Glass Ridge Pl., Gainesville VA 20155
V: Santo Rizzotto, 1575 N Banana River Dr., Merritt Island FL 32952
VI: William Hughes, 113 N. Chase Ave., Bartlett IL 60103
VII: Barry Tippett, 31052 Mason, Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Dimmitt Perkins, 291 Grant 581, Sheridan AR 72150
IX: Jim Ricketts, 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110-5573
X: Bob Fogg, 11272 Carroza Ct., San Diego CA 92124
XI: Mike Hazel, 1073 Windemere Dr NW, Salem OR 97304
CONTROL LINE CARRIER
I: Glenn Simpson, 19 Hilda St., Worcester MA 01606
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III:
IV:
V: Michael Shull, 3051 Cedar Trce, Tarpon Springs FL 34688
VI: William Calkins, 317 Snow St., Sugar Grove IL 60554
VII: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N Shore Rd., Whitmore Lake MI 48189
VIII: Dick Perry, 427 Live Oak Lane NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122
IX: Melvin Schuette, Box 240, Auburn KS 66402
X: Ted Kraver, 225 W. Orchid Ln., Phoenix AZ 85021
XI: Mike Potter, 29725 45th Avenue S, Auburn WA 98001
CONTROL LINE RACING
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Laird Jackson, MCP HU 245 N. 15th St., Philadelphia PA 19102
IV: Charles Williams, 423 Hunting Creek Dr., Matthews NC 28104
V: Dick Lambert, 754 Renegade Ln., Port Orange FL 32127
VI: Dave McDonald, Box 384, Daleville IN 47334
VII: Larry Dziak, 1474 Capitol Dr., Green Bay WI 54303
VIII: John McCollum, 300 Van Zandt, Co. Rd.4717, Ben Wheeler TX 75754
IX: Jim Ricketts Sr., 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110
X: Doug Mayer, 1727 Penmar Ave., Apt. #2, Venice CA 90291
XI: John Thompson, 2456 Quince St., Eugene OR 97404
CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS
I: Dave Cook, 46 Maple St., Norfolk MA 02056
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Bill Werwage, 111 Jacqueline Dr., Berea OH 44017
IV: Warren Tiahrt, 4020 Martins Point Rd., Kitty Hawk NC 27949
V: Bob Dixon, 1351 Tristram Circle, Macon GA 31220
VI: Allen Brickhaus, Box 206, Golconda IL 62938
VII: Bob McDonald, 28746 Westfield St., Livonia MI 48150
VIII: Gary McClellan, 7812 Bayshore Ct., Ft. Worth TX 76179
IX:
X: Royal (Lucky) Pyatt, 4013 W. Valley Mine Dr., Tucson AZ 85745
XI: Paul Walker, 25900 127th Ave. SE, Kent WA 98031
CONTROL LINE COMBAT
I: Neil Simpson, 129 Podunk Rd., East Brookfield MA 01515
II: Dave Edwards, 9 Ardsley Rd., Hillsborough NJ 08844
III: Mike Evans, 436 McGregor Ave., Cincinnati OH 45206
IV: Louis Lopez, 44 Wyndom Circle, Hockessin DE 19707
V: Francisco Rodriquez, 8 SW 96 Ct., Miami FL 33174
VI: Rich Tupper, 3105 Audrea Ct., Woodridge IL 60517
VII: Ron Columbo, 14907 Garden St., Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Pat Willcox, 1927 Running Springs Dr., Kingwood TX 77339
IX:
X: Steve Stewart, 87 W. Windsor Ave., Phoenix AZ 85003
XI: Mark Hansen, 3585 SE Franklin St., Portland OR 97202
FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD
I: Art Ellis, 84 Denison Dr., Guilford CT 06437
II: Bradley Bane, 60 Lake Ave., Lyndonville NY 14098
III: Rudy Kluiber, 2021 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood OH 44107
IV: Jim Bocckinfuso, 112 Pinecrest Cir., Moneta VA 24121
V: Ron Sharpton, 1290 County Rd., Daytona Beach FL 32119-2469
VI: Chris Matsuno, 8576 Ginger Dr., St. John MO 63114
VII: Bill Shailor, 2317 Clawson Avenue, Royal Oak MI 48073
VIII: Mike Fedor, 2500 San Diego, Arlington TX 76015
IX: Jerald Murphy, 9 Via Escondido, Manitou Springs Valley CO 80829
X: Doug Galbreath, 3408 Topsail Pl, Davis CA 95616
XI: John Crosetto, 14809 S.E. 54th, Bellevue WA 98006
SCALE CONTEST BOARD
I: Irv Searl, 52 Langholm Dr., Nashua NH 03062
II: Don Typond, 275 Cascade Rd., Warwick NY 10990
III: Bill Carper, 264 Oak St., Jackson OH 45640
IV: Bob Karlsson, 708 Bullen Dr., Middletown DE 19709
V: David Platt, 1306 Havre, N.W., Palm Bay FL 32907
VI: John Guenther, 21609 Borden-Greenville Rd., Borden IN 47106
VII: Claude McCullough, 102 Constance St., Montezuma IA 50171
VIII: Ernest Harwood, 2711 English Chase, Arlington TX 76016
IX Glen Lau, 3701 S. 44th St., Lincoln NE 68506
X: Kent Walters, 6407 N. 83rd St., Scottsdale AZ 85250
XI: Jerry Holcomb, 1010 NE 122 Ave, Vancouver WA 98684
ELECTRIC
I: Edmund Bassick, 75 Romanock Pl, Fairfield CT 06432
II: Tom Hunt, 1 Dianne Ave., Centereach, NY 11720-3601
III: Richard Simpson, 332 39th Street, Pittsburgh PA 15201
IV: David Robelen, R.R. 4, Box 369, Farmdale VA 23901
V: Robert Nelson, 5955 Chickadee Dr., Lakeland FL 33809
VI: Steve Moskal, 7516 Country Ln., Apt. 1E, Darien IL 60561
VII: Keith Shaw, 2756 Elmwood, Ann Arbor MI 48104
VIII: George Parks, 2102 Oxford Ave., Austin TX 78704
IX: Ed Sweeney, 15815 Wildwind Terrace, Colorado Springs CO 80908
X: Robert Sliff, 8044 Legion Pl. #6, Midway City CA 92655
XI: Bernard Cawley, 29838 48th Ave. S., Auburn WA 98001
AEROBATICS
I: Scott Melville, 100 Chatham Terr., Bridgeport CT 06606
II: Ron Lockhart, 413 Dennis Dr., Galloway NJ 08205
III: Geoff Combs, 7658 Silver Springs St., Canal Winchester OH 43110
IV: Tom Miller, 19130 Brookgreen Garden Pl., Cornelius NC 28031
V: John Fuqua, 175 W.T. Hulion Rd., Crestview FL 32539
VI: Charles W. Reed, 5408 Woodson Rd., Raytown MO 64133
VII: David von Linsowe, 7093 E. Dodge Rd., Mt. Morris MI 48458
VIII:William Thomas, 5442 Bow Dr., Bartlesville OK 74006
IX: Jim Mowrey, 310 Capitol Ave., Kinsley KS 67547
X: Derek Koopowitz, 881 Oxford Way, Benicia CA 94510
XI: Rick Allison, 26405 SE 160th St., Issaquah WA 98027
HELICOPTER
I: Randy King, 59 Wallingford Ave., Athol MA 01331
II: Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
III: Paul Soha, 2642 Lacolline Dr., Stow OH 44224
IV: Marshall McClung, 2722 Fawn Rd. SW, Roanoke VA 24015
V: Cliff Hiatt, 14218 Lake Tilden Blvd., Winter Garden FL 34787
VI: Luther Akemon, 1080 Laveview Dr., Scottsburg IN 47170
VII: Craig Bradley, 12400 Burlington Dr., Dewitt MI 48820
VIII:Dave Youngblood, 2104 Farley, College Station TX 77845
IX: Don Vineyard, 1016 Burr Oak Ln., Salina KS 67401-3209
X: Julius Frank, 1970 Tahoe Circle, Tracy CA 95376
XI: Rich Josephson, 2842 Tonia Cir., Medford OR 97504
RACING
I: Pete Reed, 416 Gilmore Pond Rd., Jaffrey NH 03452
II: Ernest Nikodem, 407 Willow St., Lockport NY 14094
III: Tom Scott, 10073 Spring beauty Ln., Cincinnati OH 45231
IV: Richard Moreland, 726 Hillmeade Rd., Edgewater MD 21037
V: Gail Jacobson, 6205 Rivercliffe Dr. NW, Atlanta GA 30328
VI: Dan Kane Jr., 1703 W. Grove St., Arlington Heights IL 60005
VII: Mike Condon, 9335 Eastwind Dr., Livonia MI 48150-4521
VIII:Mike Helsel, 7 Stillmeadow, Round Rock TX 78664
IX: Lyle Larson, HC 80 Box 475, Piedmont SD 57769
X: James Allen, 4235 E. Ellis Circle, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Tom Strom, 1420 SW 160th, Seattle WA 98116
SOARING
I: Fritz Bien, 41 Sawmill Rd., Concord MA 01742
II: Roman Paryz, 59 Steinfeldt Rd.,Lancaster NY 14086
III: Jack Strother, 1731 Lindenhall Dr., Loveland OH 45140
IV: Douglas Barry, 6518 Tuskan Dr., Charlotte NC 28270
V: Charles Anderson, P.O. Box 305, Tullahoma TN 37388
VI: Rick Burnoski, 158 Canyon Dr., Bolingbrook IL 60440
VII: Al Scidmore, 5013 Dorsett Dr., Madison WI 53711
VIII:Barry Kennedy, 1935 Highvalley Tr., Grand Prairie TX 75052
IX: Byron Blakeslee, 1448 W. Briarwood Dr., Littleton CO 80120
X:
XI: Dave Johnson, 16500 SE 1st St. #114, Vancouver WA 98684
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
I: Bob Wallace, 91 Sylvan St., Avon CT 06001
II: George Hartman, 14811 Crystal Cove Ct., Ft. Myers FL 33919
III: Rick Fraley, 4412 Eaton Gettysburg Rd., Eaton OH 45320
IV: Pete Rundel, 1031 Riva Ridge Dr., Great Falls VA 22066
V: Lou Melancon, 105 Morton Walk Dr., Alpharetta GA 30022
VI: Philip Rossman II, 19130 Madden Rd., Churubusco IN 46723
VII: Mike Fredericks, 1129 Madison St., Beaver Dam WI 53916
VIII:Doug Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310
IX:
X: Terry Harner, 2113 Ramada Dr., Oceanside CA 92056
XI: Ron Horton, 1129 Eldora Ln., Billings MT 59105
Chairpersons from each of the other Contest Boards and the Contest Board Coordinator. See individual listings above for addresses.
Ralph (Bud) Tenny William Hughes Richard Perry Richard Lambert Gary McClellan
Pat Willcox Dave Robelen Pete Reed Doug Powell John Fuqua
Douglas Berry Jerald Murphy Cliff Hiatt Cliff Telford David Platt
SCALE
Mike Gretz, Box 162, Montezuma IA 50171
INDOOR
Steve Brown, 297 Hartman Ct., San Dimas CA 91773
FREE FLIGHT
Henry Spence, 1111 Country Club Ct., Mansfield TX 76063
SPEED & TEAM RACE
Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
CL COMBAT
Gary Frost, 13 Castlewood Ct., St. Peters MO 63376
CL AEROBATICS
Wynn Paul, 3332 Carriage Ln., Lexington KY 40517
RC SOARING
Buzz Averill, 186 Sedillo Hill Rd., Tijeras NM 87059
RC AEROBATICS
Earl Haury, 22818 Whitewater Creek Circle Katy TX 77450
RC PYLON
Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
RC ELECTRIC
Charles D. Grim, 1319 Reed Ave., San Diego CA 92109
RC HELICOPTER
Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
SPACEMODELING
Dr. Bob Kreutz, 506 Hunters Road, Brick NJ 08724
FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
CONTEST COORDINATORS
SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR: Cliff Telford, 1512 S. Greenleaf Ct., Winter Springs FL 32708
Boldface Below Indicates Chairman of Contest Board
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Dwight hovers Caliber 90 at eye level in deep concentration. Curtis spots the autorotation in world-champion style.
Wayne hovers through the round as
Mechanic Cliff Hiatt and judges look on.
178 MODEL AVIATION
29 in Orlando, Florida. It was a very
competitive event with seven of the country’s
top pilots competing for the three open
positions on the team. When all of the rotors
stopped spinning, we were left with the three
individuals to represent the United States in
Japan; they were Wayne Mann, Len Sabato,
and Dwight Schilling, and I would be the
team manager.
Our journey to Japan started on May 25
with our team converging on Osaka, Japan,
where we loaded our models and luggage into
our minivans and caravanned our way to the
town of Noto in the Ishikawa prefecture,
about 400 kilometers northwest of Osaka.
We arrived to the sight of a well-organized
event produced by the Masuda family of
Japan’s Radio Control Technique magazine.
Mr. Masuda has spent the past two years
securing sponsorship for this event, not only
from the modeling community but the local
state governments as well. This was
evidenced by the warm welcome all the
competitors received from the local people as
well as our participation in the grand opening
ceremonies of the Noto airport.
SARS was an important issue for
everyone at the event as five teams decided to
withdraw from the competition in
consideration for their fellow competitors;
they were China, Taipei, Hong Kong,
Singapore, and the Philippines. In addition, all
in attendance had to have their temperature
checked twice a day to make sure that we
didn’t have symptoms of this dreadful
disease.
The competition was held on the grounds
of the Noto International Airport. As you
could imagine the facility lent itself to an
event of this type with its wide, open space
and the wind coming right down the runway.
We unfortunately did not fly off the
asphalt as anticipated, but the grass area
adjacent to it. This presented a little bit of a
challenge for flying and judging because the
grass had a slope of about 5°. This meant that
as the pilots navigated their models around
the course, the altitude above the ground
changed as the model maintained flight in a
constant plane; this was visually interesting as
well as challenging
Because of the number of entries, there
were two flightlines running simultaneously.
This would later account for what some may
view as disparity in judging. It was evident
that certain flightlines favored pilots from
different parts of the world, It is also
important to note that the United States was
Len’s Vigor generated much interest with Eclipse fuselage,
prototype retracts. Go to www.lensabato.com for info.
Manabu Hashimoto debuted prototype solid-axle DDF head. It
allows each blade to “flap” independently, yet be dampened as
one complete unit by use of seesaw hub with center damper.
not represented in the judges’ lineup because
of a last-minute withdrawal with no chance to
find a suitable replacement.
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January 2004 179
The Competition: Round One went off
without a hitch as the United States was
assigned to flightline A. Curtis Youngblood
was up first, putting in a flight which would
later prove to be the highest scoring for the
day. Wayne Mann was up next, putting in an
equally well-executed first-round flight. I
think the best comment came from Len
Sabato after his first round when he stated,
“When I fly the Nats I will view it like a small
regional contest.” Welcome to the worlds,
Len!
The wind came up in the afternoon just to
let everyone know that nature is still the boss.
Dwight Shilling enjoyed doing his windsurfer
imitation, but in traditional Dwight style he
was just pleased to be there. The real sneak
attack on this flightline was mounted by
Rudiger Feil of Germany; his smooth style
and well-set-up Hirobo Black Shark was
pleasing to watch.
As always, our biggest concern other than
our flying was to watch what the Japanese
team was doing. As suspected they were well
practiced and ready to go for the gold.
Manabu Hashimoto wanted the World
Champion title back and the team did not
want to have the 2001 title taken away from
them on their own soil. They had little to
worry about with a clear advantage of having
Hashimoto’s score counting toward the team
standings.
Throughout the first four rounds, the top
six positions were traded back and forth with
pilots from the United States, Japan, and Scott
Gray of Canada. Neither Curtis nor
Hashimoto could keep his hands on the firstplace
position long enough to declare any sort
of trend, mostly because of the disparity in
judging between flightlines.
The team title had been decided, though,
with Japan first, Germany second, and the
United States coming in third. It was a close
contest for second; we lost with humility and
clearly the best team uniforms and jackets!
When it was time for the final three
rounds, it was clear that it was anyone’s
championship with Curtis’s carryover score of
1,000 and Hashimoto’s 998.47 from the first
round. The panel of judges increased to 10
with the combining of the pilots from both
flightlines. This is where the flying must
impress each judge’s individual tastes at once!
The wind had played a factor in
everyone’s flying; some benefited and some
did not. But it was flight order that everyone
was concerned with now because the wind
tended to be lighter in the morning and late
afternoon, but no one really wants to be first
up, and of course I pulled the number-two slot
for our World Champion in the first round and
number one in the third!
The wind was blowing 5-10 mph during
Curtis’s first-round flight; we were all hoping
that he could repeat his “taming of the winds”
routine from the fourth round. He put in a
good flight, but it just wasn’t up to Curtis’s
own standards; he came away with a
combined score of 588. This was for the best
of round A and the first round of B placing
him in second behind Rudiger Feil who had a
breakout round with a combined score of 600.
Rudiger had the calmest conditions of the
morning, which ultimately helped him win the
first round.
Len was next up and flew a good round
with a score of 519.5. He has attracted a lot of
attention this year with his Eclipse fuselage
and retractable skids, but this was no beauty
contest. Wayne put in a solid round, earning
him a combined score of 544.5. To watch
Wayne fly through the maneuvers was truly
enjoyable as he definitely has a lot of grace
‘upstairs.’
The second round went better for Curtis
and Wayne, but Len just didn’t find his
‘groove.’ Curtis flew a 600.5 and Wayne
earned a 577. Manabu Hashimoto of Japan
had the last flight of the day and found
himself in first place by presenting the crowd
Sue Giles, Barron Guss, and Sandy Sabato enjoy an afternoon of
sightseeing at a 700-year-old temple.
“No sir, I did not steal the car.” Dwight tries to explain his way
through a security checkpoint.
L-R: Curtis Youngblood (second), Manabu Hashimoto (first),
Minoru Kobayashi (third) show rewards of their hard work.
Getting into the culture (L-R), Barron, Nob, and Dwight donned
ceremonial “happy coats” at the awards banquet.
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180 MODEL AVIATION
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 16:48 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 13:15 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 39:19 Robert Randolph 01-26-96
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 11:49 Don Slusarczyk 08-12-86
Sr. 22:08 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 30:40 Stan Chilton 08-05-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:18 Doug Schaefer 11-18-01
Sr. 12:20 Doug Schaefer 01-04-02
Op. 22:37 John Kagan 08-19-01
ROG Cabin
Jr. 10:01 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 16:15 Robert Randolph 04-05-91
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:12 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 08:31 Walter VanGorder 12-09-90
Easy B
Jr. 08:26 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 13:04 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 21:44 Larry Coslick 02-11-96
Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 13:45 Jim Clem 08-06-95
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 16:14 Warren J. Williams 05-10-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:24 Jon Harlan 06-29-85
Sr. 04:32 Ronnie Stransky 03-31-73
Op. 11:07 James Richmond 12-11-88
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:22 Scott T. Robbins 03-23-91
Sr. 05:16 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 09:01 Roy White 10-01-95
Autogiro
Jr. 02:43 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-86
Sr. 06:52 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 10:10 Don Slusarczyk 12-22-96
HLG
Jr. 01:01.4 Jon Chancey 03-31-84
Sr. 01:03.3 Don DeLoach 05-11-91
Op. 01:34.8 Stan Buddenbohm 03-13-91
ROG Stick
Jr. 08:09.00 Mike Clem 12-14-80
Sr. 05:51.05 James Buxton 04-14-91
Op. 17:17.00 Larry Coslick 10-20-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:44.2 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 47.1 Matthew Chalker 05-24-01
Op. 01:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:43.5 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 0:46.9 Jeff Daulton 05-24-01
Op. 1:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Mini Stick
Jr. 06:55 David Rigotti 11-18-01
Sr. 06:04 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11:13 Stan Chilton 10-05-02
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 11:14 Bob Wilder 03-06-02
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04-01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 45:32 Robert Randolph 10-17-93
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 10:45 Parker Parrish 11-25-00
Sr. 21:04 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 31:37 Larry Coslick 09-12-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04B01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 20:46 Jake Palmer 04-21-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 08:26 Paul Loucka 04-05-81
Sr. 17:37 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 21:57 William Shailor 07-13-87
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:19 Don Slusarczyk 04-27-86
Sr. 07:23 Don DeLoach 03-20-88
Op. 09:32 Walt VanGorder 07-12-87
Easy B
Jr. 11:45 Doug Schaefer 03-25-01
Sr. 16:37 Doug Schaefer 04-06-03
Op. 21:14 Larry Coslick 05-08-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 16:41 Raymond B Harlan 10-11-97
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 12:28 William Pavek 11-17-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:39 Jonathan Harlan 04-15-84
Sr. 02:28 Thomas Norell 04-14-85
Op. 11:00 Larry Coslick 04-27-95
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:13 Scott Robbins 04-11-91
Sr. 04:27 Jonathon Sayre 04-24-99
Op. 10:01 Roy White 12-30-95
Autogiro
Jr. 04:40 Chris Lu 11-03-01
Sr. No record established
Op. 08:38 Ronald Ganser 02-13-93
HLG
Jr. 01:16.0 Aaron Markos 09-30-84
Sr. 01:21.8 Bryan Fulmer 03-20-83
Op. 01:39.8 Daniel Domina 06-13-82
ROG Stick
Jr. 07:04 Don Slusarczyk 11-30-86
Sr. 12:14 Mark Drela 06-12-77
Op. 17:06 Larry Coslick 10-24-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:01.7 Kenny Krempetz 11-16-97
Sr. 0:20.5 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:07.0 Kenny Krempetz 11-22-98
Sr. 1:10.6 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Mini Stick
Jr. 05:53 Chris Lu 08-05-01
Sr. 07:45 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11.00 Stan Chilton 03-26-00
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:28 Raymond Harlan 04-19-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 23:46 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 47:19 James Richmond 08-04-02
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 24:44 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 39:54 Lawrence Coslick 08-16-03
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:26 David Rigotti 05-06-01
Sr. 30:25 Doug Schaefer 08-04-02
Op. 33:47 James Richmond 08-04-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 15:07 Paul Loucka 06-25-81
Sr. 15:42 Tom Sova 08-06-73
Op. 27:45 Larry Loucka 08-04-02
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:15 Don Slusarczyk 04-13-86
Sr. 08:32 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 11:43 Larry Loucka 08-16-03
Easy B
Jr. 24:13 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 24:00 Doug Schaefer 05-04-03
Op. 27:03 Alan Cohen 08-15-03
Pennyplane
Jr. 12:36 Jeni Jaecks 06-14-83
Sr. 14:36 Dave Lindley 06-17-82
Op. 17:45 Gordon Wisniewski 08-17-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 12:24 Aaron Markos 06-15-83
Sr. 13:30 Brian Johnson 08-03-02
Op. 15:13 James Richmond 08-16-03
Helicopter
Jr. 06:18 Jonathan Harlan 06-18-84
Sr. 08:03 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 10:18 James Richmond 08-15-03
Ornithopter
Jr. 05:21 Scott T. Robbins 12-09-90
Sr. 09:11 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 15:20 Ray Harlan 08-16-03
Autogiro
Jr. 04:08 Dave Lindley 06-26-80
Sr. 08:36 Don Slusarczyk 10-30-90
Op. 10:58 Ronald Ganser 05-01-94
HLG
Jr. 02:10.4 Darryl Stevens 08-07-77
Sr. 02:32.6 Gary Stevens 08-07-77
Op. 02:35.1 James C. Buxton 10-03-93
ROG Stick
Jr. 10:02 Dave Lindley 06-28-80
Sr. 11:09 Richard Whitten 06-02-77
Op. 20:03 Lawrence Coslick 05/03/98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:27.5 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 01:59.1 Kenny Krempetz 08-18-03
Op. 02:48.2 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:31.3 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 02:15.4 Kenny Krempetz 08-19-03
Op. 03:08.0 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 11:30 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 11:34 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 13:23 Walter VanGorder 08-15-03
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:00 Ray Harlan 08-15-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 34:44 Jonathan Harlan 09-01-85
Sr. 41:25 Don Slusarczyk 09-02-90
Op. 60:01 Stephen Brown 06-01-97
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 15:54 Mike VanGorder 07-15-79
Sr. 36:31 Doug Schaefer 05-25-03
Op. 41:48 Larry Coslick 09-03-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 29:42 Doug Schaefer 09-01-01
Sr. 36:12 Doug Schaefer 10-11-02
Op. 37:59 John Kagan 08-31-03
ROG Cabin
Jr. 14:35 Jonathan Harlan 08-14-83
Sr. 27:10 Don Slusarczyk 06-08-90
Op. 33:20 Robert Randolph 06-05-82
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:31 Jim Buxton 06-07-87
Sr. 10:28 Don Slusarczyk 06-03-89
Op. 15:17 James Grant 07-03-95
Easy B
Jr. 18:07 Andrew Tagliafico 08-05-88
Sr. 26:29 Doug Schaefer 05-30-03
Op. 34:13 Larry Coslick 05-18-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 13:56 Christopher Lu 09-02-01
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 20:52 Anthony D’Alessandro 09-13-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 15:19 Vito Iacobellis 07-05-02
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 18:34 Lawrence Cailliau 08-17-97
Helicopter
Jr. 05:47 Nick Leonard, Jr. 08-01-96
Sr. 08:15 Benjamin Saks 06-02-01
Op. 12:00 Larry Coslick 08-02-96
Ornithopter
Jr. 04:28 Scott Robbins 07-23-89
Sr. 09:02 Don Slusarczyk 07-03-88
Op. 21:44 Roy White 09-02-95
Autogiro
Jr. 05:22 Christopher Lu 09-01-01
Sr. 12:11 Don Slusarczyk 09-01-90
Op. 19:53 Anthony DíAlessandro 07-19-03
HLG
Jr. 02:07.20 Steve Wittman 01-27-74
Sr. 02:39.44 Charles Gagliano 09-05-88
Op 02:58.60 Ron Wittman 02-18-73
ROG Stick
Jr. 12:47 Robert Skrjanc 05-16-82
Sr. 15:51 Mark Drela 09-18-77
Op. 24:51 Larry Coslick 07-05-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:29.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:50.0 Christopher Sydor 09-03-94
Op. 03:25.4 Robert De Shields 02-02-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:26.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:55.5 Christopher Sydor 09-04-94
Op. 04:11.9 Stan Buddenbohm 10-04-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 9:49 David Rigotti 06-01-01
Sr. 13:32 Max Zaluska 08-31-03
Op. 15:06 Robert Romash 09-01-01
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 30:30 Ray Harlan 06-01-02
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Age Min/Sec. Held By Date Set
Cargo
Jr. 55.97 Darryl Stevens 07-10-77
Sr. 25.00 Melanie Sanford 07-02-88
Op. 100.21 Roman Ramirez 09-19-82
Coupe d’Hiver
Jr. 11:54 Gregg Ferrer 01-26-75
Sr. 24:49 Jason Kendy 03-28-81
Op. 53:03 Robert P. White 03-28-81
P-30
Jr. 11:01 David Ellis 01-01-95
Sr. 23:00 Don DeLoach 06-23-90
Op. 42:58 Stanley Buddenbohm 11-10-01
HL Glider
Jr. 10:56 Darryl Stevens 02-20-77
Sr. 12:06 John Dowey 09-27-75
Op. 25:50 Bill Moody 10-04-97
A-2 Glider
Jr. 38:31 Benjamin Coussens 10-06-01
Sr. 35:58 Brian Bauer 03-08-03
Op. 69:35 Tom Coussens 03-13-94
Wakefield
Jr. 23:45 Taylor Gunder 06-22-02
Sr. 28:01 David Ellis 12-29-99
Op. 33:39 Walter Ghio 11-16-02
F1C Power (FAI)
Jr. 15:37 J. E. Troutman 10-13-91
Sr. 25:11 James Troutman 01-14-95
Op 49:50 Ed Keck 03-14-98
F1H A-1 Towline
Jr. 17:00 Dallas Parker 10-28-01
Sr. 30:19 Ben Coussens 02-09-03
Op. 58:42 Martyn Cowley 03-15-98
F1G Coupe (FAI)
Jr. 16:56 Taylor Burrows 03-23-03
Sr. 12:09 Ben Thomson 07-31-03
Op. 38:24 John Sessums 03-10-02
F1J 1/2A Power (FAI)
Jr. 20:20 Austin Gunder 08-02-00
Sr. 41:10 Austin Gunder 08-02-01
Op. 38:07 Douglas Galbreath 08-19-95
CO2 Unlimited
Jr. 05:30 Jeff Wittman 05-30-88
Sr. 26:05 Jeff Wittman 05-29-89
Op. 20:25 H. Graham Selick Jr 07-31-03
USA F1K CO2
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 18:00 H Graham Selick 10-06-02
Catapult Glider
Jr. 05:56 Taylor Boe 09-14-03
Sr. 05:07 Daniel Miller 04-30-95
Op. 25:12 Stan Buddenbohm 03-09-03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 40:49 Jon-Mark Carman 05-26-90
Sr. 51:28 Paul Munana 05-25-80
Op. 73:01 Terry Thorkildsen 05-27-89
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 10:20 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 12:49 Dana White 07-13-75
Op. 11:14 John Drobschoff 07-10-77
A Gas
Jr. 25:00 Joey Foster 05-28-77
Sr. 47:02 Randy Weiler 05-29-76
Op. 129:25 Terry Thorkildsen 02-26-95
A Gas ROW
Jr. 07:53 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 11:50 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 13:44 Richard Myers 08-27-72
B Gas
Jr. 25:57 Travis Hunter 05-30-83
Sr. 26:52 Bob Scully 03-07-76
Op. 105:00 Terry Kerger 02-25-95
B Gas /ROW
Jr. 20:00 Steve Calhoun 11-16-75
Sr. 08:08 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 12:03 H. Doering, Jr. 11-27-77
C Gas
Jr. 33:46 Travis Hunter 05-28-83
Sr. 26:32 Keith Morgan 05-26-79
Op. 100:00 Douglas Galbreath 09-06-92
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:43 Lyman Armstrong 07-27-80
D Gas
Jr. 12:17 Mike Kelley 11-08-86
Sr. 29:50 Travis Hunter 01-15-84
Op. 69:04 Hulan Matthies 03-11-79
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:51 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 23:28 J. Cunnyngham 05-28-77
Sr. 28:10 Jason Kendy 04-19-80
Op. 88:24 Robert P. White 03-11-79
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 04:46 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 01:22 John Banck 09-19-76
Op. 12:42 Joe Bilgri 08-15-82
Ornithopter
Jr. 01:01 Chris Scott 04-22-79
Sr. No record established
Op. 09:21 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 02:36 Nancy Andrews 08-03-75
Sr. 01:35 Mike Johnson 01-17-76
Op. 09:46 Jean Andrews 05-29-89
Helicopter
Jr. 13:24 Darryl Stevens 10-29-77
Sr. 07:16 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 14:57 Thomas Finch 05-08-60
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 13:01 Jason Villnave 04-27-86
Sr. 07:20 Allen Porter 09-04-94
Op. 40:04 B. Baron-Rawdon 05-27-85
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. 08:51 Jason Villnave 10-26-86
Sr. 05:31 Allen Porter 09-05-94
Op. 41:31 John Oian 05-26-86
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:44 John Finn 12-14-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 16:01 Keith Morgan 01-30-77
Sr. 19:30 Kenneth Keegan 04-29-84
Op. 40:42 Michael Ryan 04-08-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:53 Dana White 09-15-74
Sr. 7:52 Randy Archer 09-19-76
Op. 9:59 Joe W. Dodson 08-11-74
A Gas
Jr. 21:45 Joey Foster 04-03-77
Sr. 26:46 Parker McQuown 05-24-80
Op. 83:40 Kenneth E. Oliver 09-28-91
A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:35 Tom Regan 11-04-73
Sr. 6:54 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:03 Jerald Murphy 10-23-83
B Gas
Jr. 11:37 Travis Hunter 09-25-83
Sr. 19:11 Mark Woodrey 09-03-78
Op. 54:00 William Morgan 11-29-81
B Gas ROW
Jr. 1:29 Timothy Young 07-13-75
Sr. 7:27 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:24 Micheal Thompson 05-27-01
C Gas
Jr. 23:13 Mike Keller 12-07-86
Sr. 20:52 Keith Morgan 11-11-79
Op. 59:45 Daryl Perkins 01-19-03
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:08 John Drobshoff 07-05-81
D Gas
Jr. 22:22 Mike Keller 04-06-86
Sr. 14.28 Travis Hunter 04-29-84
Op. 81:00 Lynn Pulley 01-20-02
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:59 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 6:39 Steve Wittman 05-30-77
Sr. 7:11 Steve Wittman 05-29-78
Op. 39:00 Edward Eliot 08-29-76
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 62:13 Randy Secor 11-05-72
Sr. 30:52 Joseph Kubina 08-05-78
Op. 16:19 Don DeLoach 10-20-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 3:21 Tim Young 09-21-75
Sr. 3:49 Gary Stevens 02-26-78
Op. 16:15 Henry Smith 01-15-00
Ornithopter
Jr. 8:15 Jolyn Andrews 06-27-82
Sr. No record established
Op. 6:38 Roy White 10-21-84
Autogiro
Jr. 2:38 Jeanine Andrews 06-08-75
Sr. 0:23 Mike Reagan 07-21-74
Op. 5:59 Jean F. Andrews 11-04-90
Helicopter
Jr. 6:14 Jillian Anderson 08-02-00
Sr. 6:57 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 16:56 Stanley Buddenbohm 05-23-98
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 7:12 Allen J. Porter 09-30-91
Sr. No record established
Op. 38:15 Donald L. Hughes 02-03-91
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:32 William Rietdorf 05-16-93
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 06:59 William Lovins 07-28-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 11:00 Jason Poti 08-03-00
Sr. 07:52 Jason Greer 08-01-97
Op. 54:21 Charles Caton 10-22-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 20:01 Jerry Rocha 05-04-96
A Gas
Jr. 09:33 James Troutman 07-08-90
Sr. 12:20 Mike Keller 05-27-90
Op 105:00 Ronnie Thompson 07-30-98
A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:09 Norman Peterson 04-23-94
B Gas
Jr. 10:08 Mike Keller 10-18-86
Sr. 11:45 Justin Aronholt 05-18-97
Op. 90:00 Robert P. Johannes 07-22-96
B Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 7:16 William Vanderbeek 05-06-00
C Gas
Jr. 7:55 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 12:15 James P. Lebda 01-27-91
Op. 70:00 Edward Keck 07-29-98
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:39 John Drobshoff 08-15-82
D Gas
Jr. 11:00 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 7:19 James E. Troutman 05-29-94
Op. 60:00 Robert Johannes 08-30-98
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:20 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 5:03 Tony Hutchins 08-09-86
Sr. 3:09 David Crofoot 07-28-97
Op. 10:58 Warren Kurth 07-30-00
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 30:55 John Shailor 07-28-03
Sr. 27:56 Roderick T. Ioerger 07-06-94
Op. 43:00 Joseph Williams 06-28-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 2:12 Jason Thorton 11-24-85
Sr No record established
Op. 17:15 Henry Smith 05-01-99
Ornithopter
Jr. 1:11 Jolyn Andrews 08-23-81
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:17 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 1:43 Jolyn Andrews 07-23-78
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:50 Jean Andrews 09-14-97
Helicopter
Jr. 5:31.9 Stephen Burhenn 07-14-99
Sr. 1:57.0 Don DeLoach 05-18-91
Op. 11:38.0 Stan Buddenbohm 06-19-94
Electric Power A
Jr. 4:17 David Crofoot 06-30-96
Sr. 5:32 Melanie Sanford 09-03-88
Op. 30:00 Charles Groth 08-24-03
Electric Power B
Jr. No record established
Sr. 7:14 David Crofoot 07-30-98
Op. 24:00 William Rietdorf 09-01-93
Moffett
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 43:00 Robert Bienenstein 07-22-96
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:26.6 Jack Marsh 09-28-02
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:50 Ronnie Thompson 06-29-02
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
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Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:52 Marvin Mace 06-01-02
CONTROL LINE
Age MPH Held By Date Set
1/2A Speed
Jr. 146.72 Bobby Fogg III 10-09-94
Sr. 143.61 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 156.42 R. Fogg/C Aloise/
Brown/Shahan 12-11-94
A Speed
Jr. 160.51 Bobby Fogg 09-04-94
Sr. 162.39 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 194.31 Jerry Rocha 12-02-00
B Speed
Jr. 166.75 Bobby Fogg 12-11-94
Sr. 163.42 Bobby Fogg III 10-12-96
Op. 186.84 Team Fogg/Brown/
Mancini 10-19-02
D Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 199.92 Team Fogg/Brown 12-04-99
1/2A Profile Proto
Jr. 103.76 Bobby Fogg 12-13-92
Sr. 104.73 Bobby Fogg III 07-14-97
Op. 116.08 Jerry Rocha 10-13-01
.21 Sport Speed
Jr. 143.83 Peter Brown 10-04-93
Sr. 145.93 Peter Brown 07-16-97
Op. 158.39 R. Fogg/G. Brown 12-06-98
Formula. 40 Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. 146.16 Mike Wisniewski 07-11-96
Op. 161.87 James Rhoades 12-06-98
Jet
Jr. No record established
Sr. 123.41 Howell Pugh 09-02-95
Op. 204.93 L. Waltemath/
J. Mathison 12-07-02
F2A (FAI)
Jr. 162.62 Krystal King 06-17-00
Sr. 173.21 Krystal King 10-06-01
Op. 183.52 William Naemura 09-18-99
Rat Racing
Jr. No record established
Sr No record established
Op. 2:19.67 Team Fogg/Shahan
(70 Lap) 07-21-94
4:50.87 Mike Shahan
(140 Lap) 07-13-95
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Slow Rat Racing
Jr. 5:16.20 Scott Matson
(70 lap) 07-10-00
6:47.37 Scott Matson
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Sr. 4:29.63 Howell Pugh
(70 lap) 07-20-94
10:58.47 Douglas Short
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Op. 2:36.31 R. Ogez
(70 lap) 07-18-91
5:24.945 Mike Greb
(140 lap) 07-19-90
1/2A Mouse Race I
Jr. 2:37.57 Scott Matson
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:17.68 Scott Matson
(100 lap) 07-15-99
Sr. 2:44.68 David Rolley Jr
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:20.11 D.J. Parr
(100 lap) 07-16-98
Op. 2:14:35 Todd Ryan/Michael MacCarthy
(50 lap) 07-13-01
Op. 4:22.00 Paul Gibeault/Todd Ryan
(100 Lap) 07-15-99
Scale Racing
Jr. 2:50.65 Bobby Fogg III
(70 lap) 07-16-91
6:08.55 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 06-23-92
Sr. 3:15.12 Douglas Short
(70 lap) 07-11-00
5:40.05 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 07-11-95
Op. 2:39.38 Team Willoughby/Oge
(70 lap) 07-15-97
5:33.04 Robert Fogg
(140 lap) 07-16-91
F2C Team Race (FAI)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:16.70 Team Ascher 07-19-02
6:57.36 Lambert/Ballard
(200 lap) 07-15-98
Endurance
Jr. 0::44:12 Mark E. Williams 10-06-90
Sr. 0::25:41 Mark Williams 11-27-94
Op. 2::28:02 Edwin Gifford 09-15-02
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Carrier Class I
Jr. 386.0 Andy Westerheim 10-19-97
Sr. 435.8 Andy Westerheim 07-13-01
Op. 510.0 Kelvin Hite 02-18-01
Carrier Class II
Jr. 366.77 D. Silversmith 10-13-85
Sr. 416.5 Andy Westerheim 10-28-01
Op. 517.9 Peter Mazur 11-05-00
Profile Carrier
Jr. 279.5 Andy Westerheim 08-31-97
Sr. 342.1 Andy Westerheim 06-17-01
Op. 391.5 Peter Mazur 07-12-01
Electric Speed Class A
Jr. No record established
Sr. 64.35 Howell A. Pugh 06-20-92
Op. 90.42 H.Doering Jr. 10-10-93
Electric Speed Class B
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 119.63 William G. Stewart 06-05-99
PYLON RACING
Age Time Held By Date Set
Q-40
Jr. 1:03.15 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-11-00
Sr. 1:00.73 Gino DelPonte
(Long Course) 04-12-03
Op. 0:59.38 Thomas Scott
(Long Course) 05-27-00
1:03.13 Santiago Panzardi
(Short Course) 10-22-94
F3D
Jr. 1:08.69 Matthew Van Baren 11-15-98
Sr. 1:02.06 Matthew Van Baren 11-02-02
Op. 0:58.38 Richard Verano/
Robert Holik 08-30-03
Q-500
Jr. 1:10.43 Bucky Miller
(Short Course) 06-13-92
1:13.19 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 05-24-98
Sr. 1:01.36 David Wright
(Short Course) 07-10-94
1:05.83 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-16-01
Op. 0:56.49 Gordon Hyde
(Short Course) 05-29-94
1:03.54 Travis Flynn
(Long Course) 02-03-02
Formula I
Jr. 1:10.81 Matthew Van Baren 08-18-96
Sr. 1:07.94 Henson Bartle 10-09-98
Op. 1:03.16 Richard Verano 03-28-92
RC SOARING
SLOPE DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-87
Sr. 2::58:09 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 12::28:20 Alvin Battad 05-23-98
Class B
Jr. 8::12:08 Patrick McIntire 04-21-01
Sr. 6::01.13 Christopher Ritter 05-31-93
Op. 12::08:04 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 11::31:18 Caleb Lesher 04-21-01
Sr. 5::01:43 Ken Merenda 05-31-93
Op. 12::33.57 Jess Walls 05-05-92
Class D
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-88
Sr. 5::08:30 Joel Magnuson 04-21-01
Op. 13::32:11 Rex Coffman 04-21-01
THERMAL DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 0::30:27 Matthew Andren 06-12-93
Sr. 0::50:34 Andy Schuler 08-27-94
Op. 2::43:43 Bill Hoelcher 09-12-02
Class B
Jr. 0::41:40 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::27:04 Charles Vergo 05-31-92
Op. 5::00:55 Jerry Krainock 08-23-81
Class C
Jr. 0::43:49 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::54:09 Charles Vergo 06-14-92
Op. 8::03:00 Jay Siren 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 1::18:05 Christopher Ritter 05-11-91
Sr. 1::23:14 Rodney Cooper 05-09-92
Op. 9::47:00 Keith Kindrick 05-30-82
DECLARED DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 3.18 Christopher Ritter 05-04-91
Sr. 2.86 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 5.58 David Hall 05-27-03
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 14.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-81
Class C
Jr. 4.78 Christopher Ritter 05-24-91
Sr. 4.82 Kenneth Merenda 05-16-92
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
OPEN DISTANCES
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4.32 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 3.69 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 6.60 Paul J. Wilson 07-07-88
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 17.475 Jack R. Hiner 05-27-89
Class C
Jr. 12.30 Brian Isenhart 05-27-84
Sr. 9.90 Alex Bower 05-30-81
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
CLOSED COURSE DISTANCE
Age Km. Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 32.4 George Rodriguez 10-17-86
Sr. 69.8 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 129.4 Arlie Stoner 06-25-89
Class B
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class D
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
ALTITUDE
Age Feet Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. No record established
Op. 2,220.0 Gary Fogel 10-13-02
Class B
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. 1,993.0 Alex Bower 10-04-81
Op. 3,100.0 Jack R. Hiner 09-14-85
Class C
Jr. 309.7 Christopher Ritter 01-18-87
Sr. 3,045.0 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 3,600.0 Jack Hiner 07-27-85
Class D
Jr. 4,010 Scott Christian 07-29-84
Sr. 3,045 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 6,025 Jack Hiner 06-11-82
SPEED
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 53.014 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 45.747 Karl Cranford 05-31-92
Class B
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 47.006 Christopher Ritter 05-31-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class C
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 51.057 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class D
Jr. 49.22 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 57.23 Alex Bower 04-10-83
Op. 86.37 John H. Sasson Jr. 09-15-91
RC ELECTRIC
DURATION
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:16:58 Joachim Nave 06-22-02
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:18:50 Art Chmielewski 07-08-01
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:33:33 Joachim Nave 08-05-01
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 1:47:30 Joachim Nave 05-27-00
Indoor Electric R/C Duration
Jr. No Record Established
Sr. No Record Established
Op. 0:28:13 Raymond Harlan 08-31-03
DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.53 Christopher Silva 09-13-03
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.53 Christopher Silva 05-25-03
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.54 Gary Fogel 09-13-03
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.54 Gary Fogel 03-29-03
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
with a 630. He was right on, which left the
flightline with the unsettled feeling that it was
going to be an interesting morning the
following day.
The Final Day: The flight order of the final
day of competition called for Curtis to fly first
with Manabu to perform immediately after. It
was clear that the judges had a tremendous
responsibility; they had to know clearly what
they were looking for when Curtis flew and to
remain consistent with their judging and
expectations for Manubu’s performance.
Curtis flew a 639.5 and Manabu put down
a 637.5; with the combined scores from the
other high rounds, he edged out Curtis by
15.36 points with a 2991.46 to become the
World Champion. Minoru Kobayashi was
right in there on the last round presenting the
flightline with a 642, winning the third round.
At this level of competition it’s clear that it’s
not over until it’s over, and the 2003 World
Championships was no exception.
That evening all the competitors, officials,
and supporters gathered for a party that will
go down in history as being the best. The
Japanese are known for their hospitality, and
this time was no exception. We gathered for
an outdoor banquet with great food, large
bottles of sake, and a beautiful award
presentation, topped off by a late evening of
karaoke.
Our experience at the World Championships
would not have been possible if it were not for
the generous support of our corporate and
individual sponsors. Because of space
limitations we cannot thank everyone here,
but there are a few who need special
recognition of their relentless support: Ron
Lund of Rick’s R/C Helicopters, Ron
Kummer of IRCHA, Run Ryder, and, of
course, AMA.
A complete list of our sponsors as well as
the latest information on the US team can be
found at www.usaf3c.com.
Modeling is one of the true great hobbies;
it catalyzes the bringing together of people
from all walks of life regardless of country,
culture, and political beliefs. Attending an
event like the World Championships reminds
us how small the world really is and how alike
we all are. If the opportunity presents itself,
experience a World Championships! MA Nob (L), Dwight get ready in the “box.”
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K e y D a t e s
(Events attended by AMA HQ staff and/or officers)
January 9 - 11
AMA Convention 2004
Ontario CA
N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Helicopter
Sr. Doug Schaefer 08:03 08/16/03
Op. James Richmond 10:18 08/15/03
Pennyplane
Op. Gordon Wisniewski 17:45 08/17/03
Limited Pennyplane
Op. James Richmond 15:13 08/16/03
Easy B
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:13 08/17/03
Op. Alan Cohen 27:03 08/16/03
Intermediate Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:44 08/17/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Op. Lawrence Coslick 39:54 08/16/03
HL Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 23:46 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Mini Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 11:30 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 11:34 06/16/03
Op. Walter VanGorder 13:23 08/15/03
Manhatten
Op. Larry Loucka 11:43 08/16/03
Ornithopter
Op. Raymond Harlan 15:20 08/16/03
Standard Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 01:59.1 08/18/03
Unlimited Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 02:15.4 08/19/03
FF Electric Power
Op. Raymond Harlan 31:00 08/15/03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Mini Stick
Sr. Max Zaluska 13:32 08/31/03
F1D
Op. John Kagan 37:59 08/31/03
Pennyplane
Op. Anthony D’Alessandro 20:52 09/13/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Catapult Glider
Jr. Taylor Boe 05:56 09/14/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CATEGORY III
Electric A
Op. Charles Groth 30:00 08/24/03
RC SAILPLANE
Class A Declared Distance
Op. David Hall 5.58 miles 05/25/03
RC ELECTRIC
Indoor Electric Duration
Op. Raymond Harlan 28:13 08/31/03
Class A Sailplane (LMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 5.53 miles 05/25/03
Class B Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Gary Fogel 9.54 miles 09/13/03
Class A Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 9.53 miles 09/13/03
RC PYLON
F3D
Op. Richard Verano/
Robert Holick 58.38 seconds 08/30/03
W o r l d R e c o r d s
U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
No. 141 Duration
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
38::52:19 08/11/03
No. 142 Distance in a Straight Line
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
1882.8 miles 08/11/03
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F1 OPEN (G) (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.101: Duration 4hr 58mn 10s Momcilo Milutinovic Yugoslavia 05/15/60
No.102: Distance in a straight line 310.33km Zdenek Taus Czechoslovakia 03/31/62
No.103: Height 2364m Geroges Benedek Germany 05/23/48
F1 OPEN (AEX) (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.104: Duration 1hr 41mn 32s Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.105: Distance in a straight line 371.19km Guennadi Tchiglinsev USSR 07/01/62
No.106: Height 1732m Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.107: Speed 187.68km Andrew Belanov USSR 09/06/87
F1 OPEN (API) (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.108: Duration 6hr 01mn Igor Koulakovsky USSR 08/06/52
No.109: Distance in a straight line 378.76km Evgueny Boricevitch USSR 08/14/52
No.110: Height 6468m Yin Chenbai People’s Republic
of China 08/08/82
No.111: Speed 189.30 Artur Shaginian Russia 07/03/99
F1A (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.112: Duration in competition
F1B (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.113: Duration in competition
F1C (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.114: Duration in competition
F1 OPEN (AIM) (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.115a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39mn 19s Robert Randolph USA 01/21/96
No.115b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15 m) 45mn 32s Robert Randolph USA 10/17/93
No.115c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 47mn 19s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.115d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 1hr 0mn 01s Stephen Brown USA 06/01/97
F1D (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.125a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 26mn 45s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 05/20/02
No.125b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 29min 08s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 08/24/02
No.125c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 33mn 47s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.125d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 35mn 32s Peter Kuttler Germany 10/13/01
No.119: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.120: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.121: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1L (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.116a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 19mn 39s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.116b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 20 mn 36s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.116c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 21mn 23s Akihiro Danjo Japan 10/20/01
No.116d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 23mn 47s Jonas Romblad Sweden 03/03/01
No122: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.123: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.124: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1M (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.117a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 16mn 44s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.117b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 18mn 14s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.117c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 18mn 20s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/27/01
No.117d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 19mn 40s Akihiro Danjo Japan 08/11/02
F1N (INDOOR GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.118a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39.6 sec Leonard George Surtees Austrailia 11/24/01
No.118b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 54.8 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 03/06/00
No.118c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m)
No.118d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 73.9 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 05/31/00
F2A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.130: Speed (0.00 - 1.00cm3) 251.66kmh Zhao Jihe People’s Republic 08/22/84
of China
No.131: Speed (1.01 - 2.50cm3) 335kmh Paul Eisner United Kingdom 10/13/01
No.132: Speed (2.51 - 5.00cm3) 312.23kmh P. A. Halman United Kingdom 10/12/86
No.133: Speed (5.01 - 10.00cm3) 326.28kmh Shen Xilin People’s Republic 10/19/84
of China
No.134: Speed in Competition 302.5kmh Luis Parramon Spain 07/19/02
F2A (AEROPLANE, REACTION MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.135: Speed 395.64kmh Leonid Lipinski USSR 12/06/71
F2C (AEROPLANE(TEAM RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.57: Speed (100 laps) 3mn 12.2 sec Jean Maret France 07/16/00
No.58: Speed (200 laps) 6mn 28.9 sec Jean Maret France 07/18/00
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.141: Duration 38h 52mn 19s Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.142: Distance in a straight line 3030.07km Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.143: Height 8205m Maynard Hill USA 09/06/70
No.144: Distance goal and return
No.145: Speed 343.92kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/21/71
No.146: Distance in a closed circuit 1301.00km Maynard Hill USA 08/02/98
No.147: Speed in a closed circuit 241.80kmh Maynard Hill USA 11/26/84
F3A (SEAPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.148: Duration 16hr 14mn 11s Toomas Mardna Estonia 08/14/99
No.149: Distance in a straight line 308.84km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 03/26/94
No.150: Height 5651m Maynard Hill USA 09/03/67
No.151: Distance goal and return 60.2km George Finch USA 06/20/02
No.152: Speed 294.98kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/25/71
No.153: Distance in a closed circuit 601.00km Daniel Coince France 09/15/91
No.154: Speed in a closed circuit 192.90kmh Michael Ischenko Ukraine 06/20/93
F3B (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.155: Duration 36h 03mn 19s Nicholas Shaw United Kingdom 09/08/01
No.156: Distance in a straight line 226.44km Joseph Wurts USA 05/28/88
No.157: Height 1950m Jack Hiner USA 06/11/82
No.158: Distance goal and return
No.159: Speed 239.70kmh Klaus Kowalski Germany 07/20/91
No.160: Distance in a closed circuit 716.10km Eduard Svoboda Czechoslovakia 07/23/79
No.161: Speed in a closed circuit 129.70kmh Zufar Vakkasov Russia 06/23/97
F3C (HELICOPTER, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.162: Duration 5hr 59mn 51s Vladimir Bulatnikov/Yuri Bazanov/
Alexander Orlov Russia 07/02/01
No.163: Distance in a straight line 134.10km Michael Farnan Australia 06/02/96
No.164: Height 2940m Jean-Philippe Allogne France 04/12/92
No.165: Distance goal and return
No.166: Speed 144.67kmh Vladimir Bulantnikov Russia 07/02/98
No.167: Distance in a closed circuit 101.00km Jean-Philippe Allogne France 06/18/88
No.168: Speed in a closed circuit 112.72kmh David W. Whitney United Kingdom 11/02/86
F3D (AEROPLANE (PYLON RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.83: Speed in a closed circuit 58.59sec Christopher Callow Australia 08/02/01
F5-S (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.171: Duration 10hr 38mn 30s Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.172: Distance in a straight line 102.40km Anatoly Dubinetsky Russia 08/25/90
No.173: Height 2 200 Wolfgang Schaeper Germany 11/19/00
No.174: Distance goal and return
No.175: Speed 282.60kmh Werner Vauth Germany 08/08/92
No.176: Distance in a closed circuit 315.50km Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.177: Speed in a closed circuit 163.68kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5-P (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (NON-RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.178: Duration 15hr 12mn 30s Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.179: Distance in a straight line 135.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.180: Height 2200m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 09/19/88
No.181: Distance goal and return
No.182: Speed 168.51kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
No.183: Distance in a closed circuit 424.50km Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.184: Speed in a closed circuit 97.20kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
F5-SOL (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (SOLAR CELLS))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.185: Duration 11hr 34mn 18s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.186: Distance in a straight line 48.21km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.187: Height 2065m Wolfgang Schaper Germany 05/30/99
No.188: Distance goal and return
No.189: Speed 80.63kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/21/98
No.190: Distance in a closed circuit 190.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
No.191: Speed in a closed circuit 62.15kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
F5-COMB (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR(ALL SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.192: Duration 15hr 36mn 55s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.193: Distance in a straight line 109.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.194: Height 4539m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 02/20/95
No.195: Distance goal and return
No.196: Speed 274.28kmh Wolfgang Kuppers Germany 08/09/98
No.197: Distance in a closed circuit 490.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.198: Speed in a closed circuit. 160.45kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5C (HELICOPTER, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.199: Duration 1hr 10mn 50sec Mark Hopkins United Kingdom 03/16/03
No.200: Distance in a straight line
No.201: Height
No.202: Distance goal and return
No.203: Speed
No.204: Distance in a closed circuit
No.205: Speed in a closed circuit
F5D (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.90: Speed in a closed circuit
F A I W o r l d R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
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F o c u s o n C o m p e t i t i o n
176 MODEL AVIATION
Technical Director Steve Kaluf
[email protected]
I’M PUTTING ASIDE my regular column
this month (I know you are heartbroken!) to
bring you Barron Guss’s report as team
manager for the F3C Helicopter World
Championships that took place this past
summer in Japan.
We had hoped to place this article as a
feature in MA; however, current editorial
policies, in an effort to keep the coverage
even, only provides for coverage of World
Championships taking place in the United
States to run as features. So look for more
coverage of this nature in “Focus on
Competition.” As I receive well-written
reports, I’ll have them placed here. That way
you will still be able see the reports of these
championships.
That said, I think you will find Barron’s
report interesting. The organizers in Japan
always go out of their way to make any
World Championships they host a first-class
operation; this one was no exception. Our
Helicopter team, once again, did very well.
We’ve included a few pictures to give you the
flavor of the World Championships.
Till next time ...
In life, certain opportunities present
themselves on a most infrequent basis. One
such opportunity is to represent one’s country
to the world. The 2003 US F3C team had
such an honor at the 2003 FAI-F3C World
Championships in Ishikawa, Japan.
Contrary to popular belief, winning a slot
on the US team does not happen at the Team
Trials as much as it is a process of study,
dedication, and determination that starts years
and in some cases decades prior, as with some
of our US team members.
What is FAI-F3C? FAI stands for
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. This
international organization governs all
competition and record keeping for all things
aviation, whether it is an altitude record for a
hot-air balloon or a speed record for a radiocontrolled
airplane. They even have a hand in
space flight.
F3C is the class designation set forth by
the FAI for Radio Control model-helicopter
competition. The World Championships
competition is held every two years on a
different continent, and this year it was held
in Asia. F3C is a compilation of all the skills
and maneuvers acquired in AMA classes I, II,
and III, with the major difference that one
competes against the world’s best.
There are two schedules of maneuvers
used in this class. Schedule A is used during
the preliminary rounds and the more difficult
Schedule B is used during the flyoff. Each
schedule contains three hovering maneuvers
and the remainder of the maneuvers can
consist of a combination of loops, rolls,
pirouettes, stall turns, inverted hovering,
tailslides, and more.
The pilots are judged on precision,
smoothness, heading, altitude control,
positioning of the model, and overall
presentation. Every maneuver starts out with
a score of 10 and then points are deducted in
half-point increments for defects observed by
the judges. A score of 0 is given for
incomplete maneuvers. Each competitor
participates in four preliminary rounds, of
which the best three flight scores determine
his/her placing.
The F3C World Championships is a team
as well as an individual competition. FAI
member countries may enter a maximum of
three competitors as a national team for world
and continental championships. Team results
The land of the rising sun becomes the
land of the setting sun for Dwight Shilling
on the first day of practice.
US contingent, first row (L-R): Wayne Mann, Barron Guss, Dwight Shilling, Len Sabato.
Second row: Denise Mann, Cliff Hiatt, Daniel Hiatt, Paul Giles, Sue Giles, Sandy Sabato,
Nob Muraki, Curtis Youngblood.
are based on the sum of each country’s team
members’ preliminary round scores. The top
10 pilots or 20% of all competitors
(whichever is greater) then participate in three
flyoff rounds to determine the individual
winner. (The scores of the current World
Champion do not count toward the team title.)
Our Team: The final round of the Team
Trials was held the weekend of September 28-
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C O M P E T I T I O N D I R E C T O R Y
I: Robert Wilkie, 19 Everett St., Rockland MA 02370
II: CL & FF: Dave King, 410 Ritter Ave., South Plainfield NJ 07080-3534
RC: Robert Kircher, 9 Sheffeld Way, Clark NJ 07066
III: CL, FF, & RC: Nelson Gould, 1340 Oak Dr., Macungie PA 18062 (East)
CL , FF & RC: Sheila Nitsch, 5650 Boyd Rd., Grove City OH 43123
IV: CL & FF: Jim Coffin, 4604 Hillbrook Dr., Annandale VA 22003
RC: Alice Munday, 18 W. Lewis Rd., Hampton VA 23666 E-mail: [email protected]
V: RC (FL Only): Judi Dunlap, 14711 SE 1st Avenue Rd., Summerfield FL 34491
RC (TN, MS, AL, SC, GA, PR): Dick Tonan, 639 Knollwood Dr., Lavergne TN 37086
FF: Bob Junk, 984 Williams Ditch Rd., Cantonment FL 32533
CL: Gene Martine, 1422 Ingleside Ave., Jacksonville FL 32205-7713
VI: RC (except Soaring): Randy Cameron, 2134 S. Hillcrest Ave., Springfield MO 65807
RC Soaring: Dale Folkening, 1544 Darien Lake Dr., Darien IL 60561
FF: Charles Markos, 655 Carlisle Ave., Deerfield IL 60015
CL: Arthur Johnson, 1818 Oslo Drive, Rockford IL 61108-6612
VII: FF AMA Headquarters, Competition Department
CL: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N. Shore Dr.,Whitmore Lake MI 48189-9124
RC (Except for Michigan): Michael Haller, N6237 Shraven Circle, Fond du Lac WI 54937
RC (Michigan only): Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
VIII:CL & FF: Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
RC: Douglas Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310.
IX: Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange, Wichita KS 67217
RC: Judy Gerken, 2069 South Raleigh St., Denver CO 80219
X: Ellis Hall, 4811 Amber Ln., Sacramento CA 95841 (North.)
Tim Attaway, 252 Sea Vale St., Chula Vista CA 91910
Wayne Hamada, 625 Iolani Ave. Apt.. 604, Honolulu HI 96813-1812 (Hawaii)
Utah and Arizona only:
David Litt, 1111 N. 64th St. 53, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Dick Salter, 3140 184 Ave. SE, Penino WA 98589
RC: W.T. (Bill) Smith, 10825 44th Ave. S.W., Seattle WA 98146
INDOOR CONTEST BOARD
I: Ray Harlan, 15 Happy Hollow Rd., Wayland MA 01778
II: Doug Barber, 23 Rabbit Run, Easthampton Twp. NJ 08060-5313
III: Walt VanGorder, 5669 Victory View Ln., Cincinnati OH 45233
IV: Don Srull, 941 Kimberwicke Rd., McLean VA 22102
V: Richard MacEntee, 2409 B 14th St. Dr. NW, Palmetto FL 34221
VI: Larry Coslick, 4202 Valley Crest Hill, St. Louis MO 63128
VII: Gordon Wienewski, 4790 Stratford Dr., Greendale WI 53129
VIII: Ralph (Bud) Tenny, PO Box 830545, Richardson TX 75080
IX: H. Stan Chilton, 3010 Grail, Wichita KS 67211
X: Clarence Mather, 2358 Tam O’Shanter Ave., Bishop CA 93514-1944
XI: Andy Tagliafico, 10039 SW Quail Post Rd., Portland OR 97219
CONTROL LINE SPEED
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Glen Van Sant, 414 Valley Rd., Langhorne PA 19047
IV: Albert Jones, 17670 Glass Ridge Pl., Gainesville VA 20155
V: Santo Rizzotto, 1575 N Banana River Dr., Merritt Island FL 32952
VI: William Hughes, 113 N. Chase Ave., Bartlett IL 60103
VII: Barry Tippett, 31052 Mason, Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Dimmitt Perkins, 291 Grant 581, Sheridan AR 72150
IX: Jim Ricketts, 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110-5573
X: Bob Fogg, 11272 Carroza Ct., San Diego CA 92124
XI: Mike Hazel, 1073 Windemere Dr NW, Salem OR 97304
CONTROL LINE CARRIER
I: Glenn Simpson, 19 Hilda St., Worcester MA 01606
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III:
IV:
V: Michael Shull, 3051 Cedar Trce, Tarpon Springs FL 34688
VI: William Calkins, 317 Snow St., Sugar Grove IL 60554
VII: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N Shore Rd., Whitmore Lake MI 48189
VIII: Dick Perry, 427 Live Oak Lane NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122
IX: Melvin Schuette, Box 240, Auburn KS 66402
X: Ted Kraver, 225 W. Orchid Ln., Phoenix AZ 85021
XI: Mike Potter, 29725 45th Avenue S, Auburn WA 98001
CONTROL LINE RACING
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Laird Jackson, MCP HU 245 N. 15th St., Philadelphia PA 19102
IV: Charles Williams, 423 Hunting Creek Dr., Matthews NC 28104
V: Dick Lambert, 754 Renegade Ln., Port Orange FL 32127
VI: Dave McDonald, Box 384, Daleville IN 47334
VII: Larry Dziak, 1474 Capitol Dr., Green Bay WI 54303
VIII: John McCollum, 300 Van Zandt, Co. Rd.4717, Ben Wheeler TX 75754
IX: Jim Ricketts Sr., 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110
X: Doug Mayer, 1727 Penmar Ave., Apt. #2, Venice CA 90291
XI: John Thompson, 2456 Quince St., Eugene OR 97404
CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS
I: Dave Cook, 46 Maple St., Norfolk MA 02056
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Bill Werwage, 111 Jacqueline Dr., Berea OH 44017
IV: Warren Tiahrt, 4020 Martins Point Rd., Kitty Hawk NC 27949
V: Bob Dixon, 1351 Tristram Circle, Macon GA 31220
VI: Allen Brickhaus, Box 206, Golconda IL 62938
VII: Bob McDonald, 28746 Westfield St., Livonia MI 48150
VIII: Gary McClellan, 7812 Bayshore Ct., Ft. Worth TX 76179
IX:
X: Royal (Lucky) Pyatt, 4013 W. Valley Mine Dr., Tucson AZ 85745
XI: Paul Walker, 25900 127th Ave. SE, Kent WA 98031
CONTROL LINE COMBAT
I: Neil Simpson, 129 Podunk Rd., East Brookfield MA 01515
II: Dave Edwards, 9 Ardsley Rd., Hillsborough NJ 08844
III: Mike Evans, 436 McGregor Ave., Cincinnati OH 45206
IV: Louis Lopez, 44 Wyndom Circle, Hockessin DE 19707
V: Francisco Rodriquez, 8 SW 96 Ct., Miami FL 33174
VI: Rich Tupper, 3105 Audrea Ct., Woodridge IL 60517
VII: Ron Columbo, 14907 Garden St., Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Pat Willcox, 1927 Running Springs Dr., Kingwood TX 77339
IX:
X: Steve Stewart, 87 W. Windsor Ave., Phoenix AZ 85003
XI: Mark Hansen, 3585 SE Franklin St., Portland OR 97202
FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD
I: Art Ellis, 84 Denison Dr., Guilford CT 06437
II: Bradley Bane, 60 Lake Ave., Lyndonville NY 14098
III: Rudy Kluiber, 2021 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood OH 44107
IV: Jim Bocckinfuso, 112 Pinecrest Cir., Moneta VA 24121
V: Ron Sharpton, 1290 County Rd., Daytona Beach FL 32119-2469
VI: Chris Matsuno, 8576 Ginger Dr., St. John MO 63114
VII: Bill Shailor, 2317 Clawson Avenue, Royal Oak MI 48073
VIII: Mike Fedor, 2500 San Diego, Arlington TX 76015
IX: Jerald Murphy, 9 Via Escondido, Manitou Springs Valley CO 80829
X: Doug Galbreath, 3408 Topsail Pl, Davis CA 95616
XI: John Crosetto, 14809 S.E. 54th, Bellevue WA 98006
SCALE CONTEST BOARD
I: Irv Searl, 52 Langholm Dr., Nashua NH 03062
II: Don Typond, 275 Cascade Rd., Warwick NY 10990
III: Bill Carper, 264 Oak St., Jackson OH 45640
IV: Bob Karlsson, 708 Bullen Dr., Middletown DE 19709
V: David Platt, 1306 Havre, N.W., Palm Bay FL 32907
VI: John Guenther, 21609 Borden-Greenville Rd., Borden IN 47106
VII: Claude McCullough, 102 Constance St., Montezuma IA 50171
VIII: Ernest Harwood, 2711 English Chase, Arlington TX 76016
IX Glen Lau, 3701 S. 44th St., Lincoln NE 68506
X: Kent Walters, 6407 N. 83rd St., Scottsdale AZ 85250
XI: Jerry Holcomb, 1010 NE 122 Ave, Vancouver WA 98684
ELECTRIC
I: Edmund Bassick, 75 Romanock Pl, Fairfield CT 06432
II: Tom Hunt, 1 Dianne Ave., Centereach, NY 11720-3601
III: Richard Simpson, 332 39th Street, Pittsburgh PA 15201
IV: David Robelen, R.R. 4, Box 369, Farmdale VA 23901
V: Robert Nelson, 5955 Chickadee Dr., Lakeland FL 33809
VI: Steve Moskal, 7516 Country Ln., Apt. 1E, Darien IL 60561
VII: Keith Shaw, 2756 Elmwood, Ann Arbor MI 48104
VIII: George Parks, 2102 Oxford Ave., Austin TX 78704
IX: Ed Sweeney, 15815 Wildwind Terrace, Colorado Springs CO 80908
X: Robert Sliff, 8044 Legion Pl. #6, Midway City CA 92655
XI: Bernard Cawley, 29838 48th Ave. S., Auburn WA 98001
AEROBATICS
I: Scott Melville, 100 Chatham Terr., Bridgeport CT 06606
II: Ron Lockhart, 413 Dennis Dr., Galloway NJ 08205
III: Geoff Combs, 7658 Silver Springs St., Canal Winchester OH 43110
IV: Tom Miller, 19130 Brookgreen Garden Pl., Cornelius NC 28031
V: John Fuqua, 175 W.T. Hulion Rd., Crestview FL 32539
VI: Charles W. Reed, 5408 Woodson Rd., Raytown MO 64133
VII: David von Linsowe, 7093 E. Dodge Rd., Mt. Morris MI 48458
VIII:William Thomas, 5442 Bow Dr., Bartlesville OK 74006
IX: Jim Mowrey, 310 Capitol Ave., Kinsley KS 67547
X: Derek Koopowitz, 881 Oxford Way, Benicia CA 94510
XI: Rick Allison, 26405 SE 160th St., Issaquah WA 98027
HELICOPTER
I: Randy King, 59 Wallingford Ave., Athol MA 01331
II: Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
III: Paul Soha, 2642 Lacolline Dr., Stow OH 44224
IV: Marshall McClung, 2722 Fawn Rd. SW, Roanoke VA 24015
V: Cliff Hiatt, 14218 Lake Tilden Blvd., Winter Garden FL 34787
VI: Luther Akemon, 1080 Laveview Dr., Scottsburg IN 47170
VII: Craig Bradley, 12400 Burlington Dr., Dewitt MI 48820
VIII:Dave Youngblood, 2104 Farley, College Station TX 77845
IX: Don Vineyard, 1016 Burr Oak Ln., Salina KS 67401-3209
X: Julius Frank, 1970 Tahoe Circle, Tracy CA 95376
XI: Rich Josephson, 2842 Tonia Cir., Medford OR 97504
RACING
I: Pete Reed, 416 Gilmore Pond Rd., Jaffrey NH 03452
II: Ernest Nikodem, 407 Willow St., Lockport NY 14094
III: Tom Scott, 10073 Spring beauty Ln., Cincinnati OH 45231
IV: Richard Moreland, 726 Hillmeade Rd., Edgewater MD 21037
V: Gail Jacobson, 6205 Rivercliffe Dr. NW, Atlanta GA 30328
VI: Dan Kane Jr., 1703 W. Grove St., Arlington Heights IL 60005
VII: Mike Condon, 9335 Eastwind Dr., Livonia MI 48150-4521
VIII:Mike Helsel, 7 Stillmeadow, Round Rock TX 78664
IX: Lyle Larson, HC 80 Box 475, Piedmont SD 57769
X: James Allen, 4235 E. Ellis Circle, Mesa AZ 85205
XI: Tom Strom, 1420 SW 160th, Seattle WA 98116
SOARING
I: Fritz Bien, 41 Sawmill Rd., Concord MA 01742
II: Roman Paryz, 59 Steinfeldt Rd.,Lancaster NY 14086
III: Jack Strother, 1731 Lindenhall Dr., Loveland OH 45140
IV: Douglas Barry, 6518 Tuskan Dr., Charlotte NC 28270
V: Charles Anderson, P.O. Box 305, Tullahoma TN 37388
VI: Rick Burnoski, 158 Canyon Dr., Bolingbrook IL 60440
VII: Al Scidmore, 5013 Dorsett Dr., Madison WI 53711
VIII:Barry Kennedy, 1935 Highvalley Tr., Grand Prairie TX 75052
IX: Byron Blakeslee, 1448 W. Briarwood Dr., Littleton CO 80120
X:
XI: Dave Johnson, 16500 SE 1st St. #114, Vancouver WA 98684
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
I: Bob Wallace, 91 Sylvan St., Avon CT 06001
II: George Hartman, 14811 Crystal Cove Ct., Ft. Myers FL 33919
III: Rick Fraley, 4412 Eaton Gettysburg Rd., Eaton OH 45320
IV: Pete Rundel, 1031 Riva Ridge Dr., Great Falls VA 22066
V: Lou Melancon, 105 Morton Walk Dr., Alpharetta GA 30022
VI: Philip Rossman II, 19130 Madden Rd., Churubusco IN 46723
VII: Mike Fredericks, 1129 Madison St., Beaver Dam WI 53916
VIII:Doug Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310
IX:
X: Terry Harner, 2113 Ramada Dr., Oceanside CA 92056
XI: Ron Horton, 1129 Eldora Ln., Billings MT 59105
Chairpersons from each of the other Contest Boards and the Contest Board Coordinator. See individual listings above for addresses.
Ralph (Bud) Tenny William Hughes Richard Perry Richard Lambert Gary McClellan
Pat Willcox Dave Robelen Pete Reed Doug Powell John Fuqua
Douglas Berry Jerald Murphy Cliff Hiatt Cliff Telford David Platt
SCALE
Mike Gretz, Box 162, Montezuma IA 50171
INDOOR
Steve Brown, 297 Hartman Ct., San Dimas CA 91773
FREE FLIGHT
Henry Spence, 1111 Country Club Ct., Mansfield TX 76063
SPEED & TEAM RACE
Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler TX 75758
CL COMBAT
Gary Frost, 13 Castlewood Ct., St. Peters MO 63376
CL AEROBATICS
Wynn Paul, 3332 Carriage Ln., Lexington KY 40517
RC SOARING
Buzz Averill, 186 Sedillo Hill Rd., Tijeras NM 87059
RC AEROBATICS
Earl Haury, 22818 Whitewater Creek Circle Katy TX 77450
RC PYLON
Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton MI 49235
RC ELECTRIC
Charles D. Grim, 1319 Reed Ave., San Diego CA 92109
RC HELICOPTER
Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank NJ 07701
SPACEMODELING
Dr. Bob Kreutz, 506 Hunters Road, Brick NJ 08724
FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
CONTEST COORDINATORS
SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR: Cliff Telford, 1512 S. Greenleaf Ct., Winter Springs FL 32708
Boldface Below Indicates Chairman of Contest Board
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Dwight hovers Caliber 90 at eye level in deep concentration. Curtis spots the autorotation in world-champion style.
Wayne hovers through the round as
Mechanic Cliff Hiatt and judges look on.
178 MODEL AVIATION
29 in Orlando, Florida. It was a very
competitive event with seven of the country’s
top pilots competing for the three open
positions on the team. When all of the rotors
stopped spinning, we were left with the three
individuals to represent the United States in
Japan; they were Wayne Mann, Len Sabato,
and Dwight Schilling, and I would be the
team manager.
Our journey to Japan started on May 25
with our team converging on Osaka, Japan,
where we loaded our models and luggage into
our minivans and caravanned our way to the
town of Noto in the Ishikawa prefecture,
about 400 kilometers northwest of Osaka.
We arrived to the sight of a well-organized
event produced by the Masuda family of
Japan’s Radio Control Technique magazine.
Mr. Masuda has spent the past two years
securing sponsorship for this event, not only
from the modeling community but the local
state governments as well. This was
evidenced by the warm welcome all the
competitors received from the local people as
well as our participation in the grand opening
ceremonies of the Noto airport.
SARS was an important issue for
everyone at the event as five teams decided to
withdraw from the competition in
consideration for their fellow competitors;
they were China, Taipei, Hong Kong,
Singapore, and the Philippines. In addition, all
in attendance had to have their temperature
checked twice a day to make sure that we
didn’t have symptoms of this dreadful
disease.
The competition was held on the grounds
of the Noto International Airport. As you
could imagine the facility lent itself to an
event of this type with its wide, open space
and the wind coming right down the runway.
We unfortunately did not fly off the
asphalt as anticipated, but the grass area
adjacent to it. This presented a little bit of a
challenge for flying and judging because the
grass had a slope of about 5°. This meant that
as the pilots navigated their models around
the course, the altitude above the ground
changed as the model maintained flight in a
constant plane; this was visually interesting as
well as challenging
Because of the number of entries, there
were two flightlines running simultaneously.
This would later account for what some may
view as disparity in judging. It was evident
that certain flightlines favored pilots from
different parts of the world, It is also
important to note that the United States was
Len’s Vigor generated much interest with Eclipse fuselage,
prototype retracts. Go to www.lensabato.com for info.
Manabu Hashimoto debuted prototype solid-axle DDF head. It
allows each blade to “flap” independently, yet be dampened as
one complete unit by use of seesaw hub with center damper.
not represented in the judges’ lineup because
of a last-minute withdrawal with no chance to
find a suitable replacement.
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January 2004 179
The Competition: Round One went off
without a hitch as the United States was
assigned to flightline A. Curtis Youngblood
was up first, putting in a flight which would
later prove to be the highest scoring for the
day. Wayne Mann was up next, putting in an
equally well-executed first-round flight. I
think the best comment came from Len
Sabato after his first round when he stated,
“When I fly the Nats I will view it like a small
regional contest.” Welcome to the worlds,
Len!
The wind came up in the afternoon just to
let everyone know that nature is still the boss.
Dwight Shilling enjoyed doing his windsurfer
imitation, but in traditional Dwight style he
was just pleased to be there. The real sneak
attack on this flightline was mounted by
Rudiger Feil of Germany; his smooth style
and well-set-up Hirobo Black Shark was
pleasing to watch.
As always, our biggest concern other than
our flying was to watch what the Japanese
team was doing. As suspected they were well
practiced and ready to go for the gold.
Manabu Hashimoto wanted the World
Champion title back and the team did not
want to have the 2001 title taken away from
them on their own soil. They had little to
worry about with a clear advantage of having
Hashimoto’s score counting toward the team
standings.
Throughout the first four rounds, the top
six positions were traded back and forth with
pilots from the United States, Japan, and Scott
Gray of Canada. Neither Curtis nor
Hashimoto could keep his hands on the firstplace
position long enough to declare any sort
of trend, mostly because of the disparity in
judging between flightlines.
The team title had been decided, though,
with Japan first, Germany second, and the
United States coming in third. It was a close
contest for second; we lost with humility and
clearly the best team uniforms and jackets!
When it was time for the final three
rounds, it was clear that it was anyone’s
championship with Curtis’s carryover score of
1,000 and Hashimoto’s 998.47 from the first
round. The panel of judges increased to 10
with the combining of the pilots from both
flightlines. This is where the flying must
impress each judge’s individual tastes at once!
The wind had played a factor in
everyone’s flying; some benefited and some
did not. But it was flight order that everyone
was concerned with now because the wind
tended to be lighter in the morning and late
afternoon, but no one really wants to be first
up, and of course I pulled the number-two slot
for our World Champion in the first round and
number one in the third!
The wind was blowing 5-10 mph during
Curtis’s first-round flight; we were all hoping
that he could repeat his “taming of the winds”
routine from the fourth round. He put in a
good flight, but it just wasn’t up to Curtis’s
own standards; he came away with a
combined score of 588. This was for the best
of round A and the first round of B placing
him in second behind Rudiger Feil who had a
breakout round with a combined score of 600.
Rudiger had the calmest conditions of the
morning, which ultimately helped him win the
first round.
Len was next up and flew a good round
with a score of 519.5. He has attracted a lot of
attention this year with his Eclipse fuselage
and retractable skids, but this was no beauty
contest. Wayne put in a solid round, earning
him a combined score of 544.5. To watch
Wayne fly through the maneuvers was truly
enjoyable as he definitely has a lot of grace
‘upstairs.’
The second round went better for Curtis
and Wayne, but Len just didn’t find his
‘groove.’ Curtis flew a 600.5 and Wayne
earned a 577. Manabu Hashimoto of Japan
had the last flight of the day and found
himself in first place by presenting the crowd
Sue Giles, Barron Guss, and Sandy Sabato enjoy an afternoon of
sightseeing at a 700-year-old temple.
“No sir, I did not steal the car.” Dwight tries to explain his way
through a security checkpoint.
L-R: Curtis Youngblood (second), Manabu Hashimoto (first),
Minoru Kobayashi (third) show rewards of their hard work.
Getting into the culture (L-R), Barron, Nob, and Dwight donned
ceremonial “happy coats” at the awards banquet.
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180 MODEL AVIATION
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 16:48 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 13:15 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 39:19 Robert Randolph 01-26-96
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 11:49 Don Slusarczyk 08-12-86
Sr. 22:08 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 30:40 Stan Chilton 08-05-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:18 Doug Schaefer 11-18-01
Sr. 12:20 Doug Schaefer 01-04-02
Op. 22:37 John Kagan 08-19-01
ROG Cabin
Jr. 10:01 Jonathan Harlan 10-01-83
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 16:15 Robert Randolph 04-05-91
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:12 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 05:40 Don Deloach 04-21-89
Op. 08:31 Walter VanGorder 12-09-90
Easy B
Jr. 08:26 Don Slusarczyk 08-19-86
Sr. 13:04 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 21:44 Larry Coslick 02-11-96
Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 13:45 Jim Clem 08-06-95
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 07:43 David Rigotti 08-19-01
Sr. 09:56 Don DeLoach 05-19-90
Op. 16:14 Warren J. Williams 05-10-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:24 Jon Harlan 06-29-85
Sr. 04:32 Ronnie Stransky 03-31-73
Op. 11:07 James Richmond 12-11-88
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:22 Scott T. Robbins 03-23-91
Sr. 05:16 Don Slusarczyk 12-11-88
Op. 09:01 Roy White 10-01-95
Autogiro
Jr. 02:43 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-86
Sr. 06:52 Don Slusarczyk 12-09-90
Op. 10:10 Don Slusarczyk 12-22-96
HLG
Jr. 01:01.4 Jon Chancey 03-31-84
Sr. 01:03.3 Don DeLoach 05-11-91
Op. 01:34.8 Stan Buddenbohm 03-13-91
ROG Stick
Jr. 08:09.00 Mike Clem 12-14-80
Sr. 05:51.05 James Buxton 04-14-91
Op. 17:17.00 Larry Coslick 10-20-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:44.2 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 47.1 Matthew Chalker 05-24-01
Op. 01:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 0:43.5 Ryan Naccarato 11-13-98
Sr. 0:46.9 Jeff Daulton 05-24-01
Op. 1:24.8 Wayne Trivin 07-13-97
Mini Stick
Jr. 06:55 David Rigotti 11-18-01
Sr. 06:04 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11:13 Stan Chilton 10-05-02
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 11:14 Bob Wilder 03-06-02
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04-01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 45:32 Robert Randolph 10-17-93
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 10:45 Parker Parrish 11-25-00
Sr. 21:04 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 31:37 Larry Coslick 09-12-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 18:13 Doug Schaefer 08-04B01
Sr. 23:16 Don Slusarczyk 07-12-87
Op. 20:46 Jake Palmer 04-21-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 08:26 Paul Loucka 04-05-81
Sr. 17:37 Don Slusarczyk 07-13-87
Op. 21:57 William Shailor 07-13-87
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:19 Don Slusarczyk 04-27-86
Sr. 07:23 Don DeLoach 03-20-88
Op. 09:32 Walt VanGorder 07-12-87
Easy B
Jr. 11:45 Doug Schaefer 03-25-01
Sr. 16:37 Doug Schaefer 04-06-03
Op. 21:14 Larry Coslick 05-08-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 16:41 Raymond B Harlan 10-11-97
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 08:35 Alex W Johnson 04-16-00
Sr. 10:10 David Rigotti 04-07-02
Op. 12:28 William Pavek 11-17-96
Helicopter
Jr. 06:39 Jonathan Harlan 04-15-84
Sr. 02:28 Thomas Norell 04-14-85
Op. 11:00 Larry Coslick 04-27-95
Ornithopter
Jr. 03:13 Scott Robbins 04-11-91
Sr. 04:27 Jonathon Sayre 04-24-99
Op. 10:01 Roy White 12-30-95
Autogiro
Jr. 04:40 Chris Lu 11-03-01
Sr. No record established
Op. 08:38 Ronald Ganser 02-13-93
HLG
Jr. 01:16.0 Aaron Markos 09-30-84
Sr. 01:21.8 Bryan Fulmer 03-20-83
Op. 01:39.8 Daniel Domina 06-13-82
ROG Stick
Jr. 07:04 Don Slusarczyk 11-30-86
Sr. 12:14 Mark Drela 06-12-77
Op. 17:06 Larry Coslick 10-24-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:01.7 Kenny Krempetz 11-16-97
Sr. 0:20.5 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 1:07.0 Kenny Krempetz 11-22-98
Sr. 1:10.6 Kenny Krempetz 11-10-02
Op. 1:51.0 James Buxton 04-06-03
Mini Stick
Jr. 05:53 Chris Lu 08-05-01
Sr. 07:45 Jonathan Sayre 04-26-98
Op. 11.00 Stan Chilton 03-26-00
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:28 Raymond Harlan 04-19-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 23:46 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 47:19 James Richmond 08-04-02
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 24:44 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 32:14 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 39:54 Lawrence Coslick 08-16-03
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 14:26 David Rigotti 05-06-01
Sr. 30:25 Doug Schaefer 08-04-02
Op. 33:47 James Richmond 08-04-02
ROG Cabin
Jr. 15:07 Paul Loucka 06-25-81
Sr. 15:42 Tom Sova 08-06-73
Op. 27:45 Larry Loucka 08-04-02
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 03:15 Don Slusarczyk 04-13-86
Sr. 08:32 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 11:43 Larry Loucka 08-16-03
Easy B
Jr. 24:13 Joshua Merseal 08-17-03
Sr. 24:00 Doug Schaefer 05-04-03
Op. 27:03 Alan Cohen 08-15-03
Pennyplane
Jr. 12:36 Jeni Jaecks 06-14-83
Sr. 14:36 Dave Lindley 06-17-82
Op. 17:45 Gordon Wisniewski 08-17-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 12:24 Aaron Markos 06-15-83
Sr. 13:30 Brian Johnson 08-03-02
Op. 15:13 James Richmond 08-16-03
Helicopter
Jr. 06:18 Jonathan Harlan 06-18-84
Sr. 08:03 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 10:18 James Richmond 08-15-03
Ornithopter
Jr. 05:21 Scott T. Robbins 12-09-90
Sr. 09:11 Don Slusarczyk 08-21-88
Op. 15:20 Ray Harlan 08-16-03
Autogiro
Jr. 04:08 Dave Lindley 06-26-80
Sr. 08:36 Don Slusarczyk 10-30-90
Op. 10:58 Ronald Ganser 05-01-94
HLG
Jr. 02:10.4 Darryl Stevens 08-07-77
Sr. 02:32.6 Gary Stevens 08-07-77
Op. 02:35.1 James C. Buxton 10-03-93
ROG Stick
Jr. 10:02 Dave Lindley 06-28-80
Sr. 11:09 Richard Whitten 06-02-77
Op. 20:03 Lawrence Coslick 05/03/98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:27.5 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 01:59.1 Kenny Krempetz 08-18-03
Op. 02:48.2 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:31.3 Kenny Krempetz 05-02-99
Sr. 02:15.4 Kenny Krempetz 08-19-03
Op. 03:08.0 Stan Buddenbohm 12-27-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 11:30 Joshua Merseal 08-16-03
Sr. 11:34 Doug Schaefer 08-16-03
Op. 13:23 Walter VanGorder 08-15-03
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:00 Ray Harlan 08-15-03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
HL Stick
Jr. 34:44 Jonathan Harlan 09-01-85
Sr. 41:25 Don Slusarczyk 09-02-90
Op. 60:01 Stephen Brown 06-01-97
Intermediate Stick
Jr. 15:54 Mike VanGorder 07-15-79
Sr. 36:31 Doug Schaefer 05-25-03
Op. 41:48 Larry Coslick 09-03-95
F1D (FAI)
Jr. 29:42 Doug Schaefer 09-01-01
Sr. 36:12 Doug Schaefer 10-11-02
Op. 37:59 John Kagan 08-31-03
ROG Cabin
Jr. 14:35 Jonathan Harlan 08-14-83
Sr. 27:10 Don Slusarczyk 06-08-90
Op. 33:20 Robert Randolph 06-05-82
Manhattan Cabin
Jr. 04:31 Jim Buxton 06-07-87
Sr. 10:28 Don Slusarczyk 06-03-89
Op. 15:17 James Grant 07-03-95
Easy B
Jr. 18:07 Andrew Tagliafico 08-05-88
Sr. 26:29 Doug Schaefer 05-30-03
Op. 34:13 Larry Coslick 05-18-97
Pennyplane
Jr. 13:56 Christopher Lu 09-02-01
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 20:52 Anthony D’Alessandro 09-13-03
Limited Pennyplane
Jr. 15:19 Vito Iacobellis 07-05-02
Sr. 16:05 Brian Johnson 07-07-01
Op. 18:34 Lawrence Cailliau 08-17-97
Helicopter
Jr. 05:47 Nick Leonard, Jr. 08-01-96
Sr. 08:15 Benjamin Saks 06-02-01
Op. 12:00 Larry Coslick 08-02-96
Ornithopter
Jr. 04:28 Scott Robbins 07-23-89
Sr. 09:02 Don Slusarczyk 07-03-88
Op. 21:44 Roy White 09-02-95
Autogiro
Jr. 05:22 Christopher Lu 09-01-01
Sr. 12:11 Don Slusarczyk 09-01-90
Op. 19:53 Anthony DíAlessandro 07-19-03
HLG
Jr. 02:07.20 Steve Wittman 01-27-74
Sr. 02:39.44 Charles Gagliano 09-05-88
Op 02:58.60 Ron Wittman 02-18-73
ROG Stick
Jr. 12:47 Robert Skrjanc 05-16-82
Sr. 15:51 Mark Drela 09-18-77
Op. 24:51 Larry Coslick 07-05-98
Standard Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:29.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:50.0 Christopher Sydor 09-03-94
Op. 03:25.4 Robert De Shields 02-02-97
Unlimited Class Catapult Glider
Jr. 01:26.5 Jason Gomes 05-15-99
Sr. 01:55.5 Christopher Sydor 09-04-94
Op. 04:11.9 Stan Buddenbohm 10-04-98
Mini Stick
Jr. 9:49 David Rigotti 06-01-01
Sr. 13:32 Max Zaluska 08-31-03
Op. 15:06 Robert Romash 09-01-01
FF Electric Powered
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 30:30 Ray Harlan 06-01-02
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Age Min/Sec. Held By Date Set
Cargo
Jr. 55.97 Darryl Stevens 07-10-77
Sr. 25.00 Melanie Sanford 07-02-88
Op. 100.21 Roman Ramirez 09-19-82
Coupe d’Hiver
Jr. 11:54 Gregg Ferrer 01-26-75
Sr. 24:49 Jason Kendy 03-28-81
Op. 53:03 Robert P. White 03-28-81
P-30
Jr. 11:01 David Ellis 01-01-95
Sr. 23:00 Don DeLoach 06-23-90
Op. 42:58 Stanley Buddenbohm 11-10-01
HL Glider
Jr. 10:56 Darryl Stevens 02-20-77
Sr. 12:06 John Dowey 09-27-75
Op. 25:50 Bill Moody 10-04-97
A-2 Glider
Jr. 38:31 Benjamin Coussens 10-06-01
Sr. 35:58 Brian Bauer 03-08-03
Op. 69:35 Tom Coussens 03-13-94
Wakefield
Jr. 23:45 Taylor Gunder 06-22-02
Sr. 28:01 David Ellis 12-29-99
Op. 33:39 Walter Ghio 11-16-02
F1C Power (FAI)
Jr. 15:37 J. E. Troutman 10-13-91
Sr. 25:11 James Troutman 01-14-95
Op 49:50 Ed Keck 03-14-98
F1H A-1 Towline
Jr. 17:00 Dallas Parker 10-28-01
Sr. 30:19 Ben Coussens 02-09-03
Op. 58:42 Martyn Cowley 03-15-98
F1G Coupe (FAI)
Jr. 16:56 Taylor Burrows 03-23-03
Sr. 12:09 Ben Thomson 07-31-03
Op. 38:24 John Sessums 03-10-02
F1J 1/2A Power (FAI)
Jr. 20:20 Austin Gunder 08-02-00
Sr. 41:10 Austin Gunder 08-02-01
Op. 38:07 Douglas Galbreath 08-19-95
CO2 Unlimited
Jr. 05:30 Jeff Wittman 05-30-88
Sr. 26:05 Jeff Wittman 05-29-89
Op. 20:25 H. Graham Selick Jr 07-31-03
USA F1K CO2
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 18:00 H Graham Selick 10-06-02
Catapult Glider
Jr. 05:56 Taylor Boe 09-14-03
Sr. 05:07 Daniel Miller 04-30-95
Op. 25:12 Stan Buddenbohm 03-09-03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. I
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 40:49 Jon-Mark Carman 05-26-90
Sr. 51:28 Paul Munana 05-25-80
Op. 73:01 Terry Thorkildsen 05-27-89
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 10:20 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 12:49 Dana White 07-13-75
Op. 11:14 John Drobschoff 07-10-77
A Gas
Jr. 25:00 Joey Foster 05-28-77
Sr. 47:02 Randy Weiler 05-29-76
Op. 129:25 Terry Thorkildsen 02-26-95
A Gas ROW
Jr. 07:53 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 11:50 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 13:44 Richard Myers 08-27-72
B Gas
Jr. 25:57 Travis Hunter 05-30-83
Sr. 26:52 Bob Scully 03-07-76
Op. 105:00 Terry Kerger 02-25-95
B Gas /ROW
Jr. 20:00 Steve Calhoun 11-16-75
Sr. 08:08 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 12:03 H. Doering, Jr. 11-27-77
C Gas
Jr. 33:46 Travis Hunter 05-28-83
Sr. 26:32 Keith Morgan 05-26-79
Op. 100:00 Douglas Galbreath 09-06-92
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:43 Lyman Armstrong 07-27-80
D Gas
Jr. 12:17 Mike Kelley 11-08-86
Sr. 29:50 Travis Hunter 01-15-84
Op. 69:04 Hulan Matthies 03-11-79
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:51 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 23:28 J. Cunnyngham 05-28-77
Sr. 28:10 Jason Kendy 04-19-80
Op. 88:24 Robert P. White 03-11-79
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 04:46 Darryl Stevens 11-27-77
Sr. 01:22 John Banck 09-19-76
Op. 12:42 Joe Bilgri 08-15-82
Ornithopter
Jr. 01:01 Chris Scott 04-22-79
Sr. No record established
Op. 09:21 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 02:36 Nancy Andrews 08-03-75
Sr. 01:35 Mike Johnson 01-17-76
Op. 09:46 Jean Andrews 05-29-89
Helicopter
Jr. 13:24 Darryl Stevens 10-29-77
Sr. 07:16 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 14:57 Thomas Finch 05-08-60
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 13:01 Jason Villnave 04-27-86
Sr. 07:20 Allen Porter 09-04-94
Op. 40:04 B. Baron-Rawdon 05-27-85
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. 08:51 Jason Villnave 10-26-86
Sr. 05:31 Allen Porter 09-05-94
Op. 41:31 John Oian 05-26-86
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 10:44 John Finn 12-14-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. II
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 16:01 Keith Morgan 01-30-77
Sr. 19:30 Kenneth Keegan 04-29-84
Op. 40:42 Michael Ryan 04-08-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:53 Dana White 09-15-74
Sr. 7:52 Randy Archer 09-19-76
Op. 9:59 Joe W. Dodson 08-11-74
A Gas
Jr. 21:45 Joey Foster 04-03-77
Sr. 26:46 Parker McQuown 05-24-80
Op. 83:40 Kenneth E. Oliver 09-28-91
A Gas ROW
Jr. 4:35 Tom Regan 11-04-73
Sr. 6:54 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:03 Jerald Murphy 10-23-83
B Gas
Jr. 11:37 Travis Hunter 09-25-83
Sr. 19:11 Mark Woodrey 09-03-78
Op. 54:00 William Morgan 11-29-81
B Gas ROW
Jr. 1:29 Timothy Young 07-13-75
Sr. 7:27 Dana White 07-12-75
Op. 8:24 Micheal Thompson 05-27-01
C Gas
Jr. 23:13 Mike Keller 12-07-86
Sr. 20:52 Keith Morgan 11-11-79
Op. 59:45 Daryl Perkins 01-19-03
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:08 John Drobshoff 07-05-81
D Gas
Jr. 22:22 Mike Keller 04-06-86
Sr. 14.28 Travis Hunter 04-29-84
Op. 81:00 Lynn Pulley 01-20-02
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:59 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 6:39 Steve Wittman 05-30-77
Sr. 7:11 Steve Wittman 05-29-78
Op. 39:00 Edward Eliot 08-29-76
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 62:13 Randy Secor 11-05-72
Sr. 30:52 Joseph Kubina 08-05-78
Op. 16:19 Don DeLoach 10-20-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 3:21 Tim Young 09-21-75
Sr. 3:49 Gary Stevens 02-26-78
Op. 16:15 Henry Smith 01-15-00
Ornithopter
Jr. 8:15 Jolyn Andrews 06-27-82
Sr. No record established
Op. 6:38 Roy White 10-21-84
Autogiro
Jr. 2:38 Jeanine Andrews 06-08-75
Sr. 0:23 Mike Reagan 07-21-74
Op. 5:59 Jean F. Andrews 11-04-90
Helicopter
Jr. 6:14 Jillian Anderson 08-02-00
Sr. 6:57 Charles K. Martin 09-14-75
Op. 16:56 Stanley Buddenbohm 05-23-98
Electric Power (Cl A)
Jr. 7:12 Allen J. Porter 09-30-91
Sr. No record established
Op. 38:15 Donald L. Hughes 02-03-91
Electric Power (Cl B)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:32 William Rietdorf 05-16-93
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 06:59 William Lovins 07-28-02
Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. No record established
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. III
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
1/2A Gas
Jr. 11:00 Jason Poti 08-03-00
Sr. 07:52 Jason Greer 08-01-97
Op. 54:21 Charles Caton 10-22-00
1/2A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 20:01 Jerry Rocha 05-04-96
A Gas
Jr. 09:33 James Troutman 07-08-90
Sr. 12:20 Mike Keller 05-27-90
Op 105:00 Ronnie Thompson 07-30-98
A Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 05:09 Norman Peterson 04-23-94
B Gas
Jr. 10:08 Mike Keller 10-18-86
Sr. 11:45 Justin Aronholt 05-18-97
Op. 90:00 Robert P. Johannes 07-22-96
B Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 7:16 William Vanderbeek 05-06-00
C Gas
Jr. 7:55 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 12:15 James P. Lebda 01-27-91
Op. 70:00 Edward Keck 07-29-98
C Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:39 John Drobshoff 08-15-82
D Gas
Jr. 11:00 Mike Keller 10-26-86
Sr. 7:19 James E. Troutman 05-29-94
Op. 60:00 Robert Johannes 08-30-98
D Gas ROW
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 4:20 John Drobshoff 07-04-81
Payload
Jr. 5:03 Tony Hutchins 08-09-86
Sr. 3:09 David Crofoot 07-28-97
Op. 10:58 Warren Kurth 07-30-00
Mulvihill Rubber
Jr. 30:55 John Shailor 07-28-03
Sr. 27:56 Roderick T. Ioerger 07-06-94
Op. 43:00 Joseph Williams 06-28-02
Mulvihill Rubber ROW
Jr. 2:12 Jason Thorton 11-24-85
Sr No record established
Op. 17:15 Henry Smith 05-01-99
Ornithopter
Jr. 1:11 Jolyn Andrews 08-23-81
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:17 Roy White 10-13-85
Autogiro
Jr. 1:43 Jolyn Andrews 07-23-78
Sr. No record established
Op. 5:50 Jean Andrews 09-14-97
Helicopter
Jr. 5:31.9 Stephen Burhenn 07-14-99
Sr. 1:57.0 Don DeLoach 05-18-91
Op. 11:38.0 Stan Buddenbohm 06-19-94
Electric Power A
Jr. 4:17 David Crofoot 06-30-96
Sr. 5:32 Melanie Sanford 09-03-88
Op. 30:00 Charles Groth 08-24-03
Electric Power B
Jr. No record established
Sr. 7:14 David Crofoot 07-30-98
Op. 24:00 William Rietdorf 09-01-93
Moffett
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 43:00 Robert Bienenstein 07-22-96
Class 101C (.000-.050 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 16:26.6 Jack Marsh 09-28-02
Class 102-103C (.051-.30 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 31:50 Ronnie Thompson 06-29-02
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
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Class 104-105C (.301-.67 cubic inch)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 26:52 Marvin Mace 06-01-02
CONTROL LINE
Age MPH Held By Date Set
1/2A Speed
Jr. 146.72 Bobby Fogg III 10-09-94
Sr. 143.61 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 156.42 R. Fogg/C Aloise/
Brown/Shahan 12-11-94
A Speed
Jr. 160.51 Bobby Fogg 09-04-94
Sr. 162.39 Bobby Fogg III 04-02-95
Op. 194.31 Jerry Rocha 12-02-00
B Speed
Jr. 166.75 Bobby Fogg 12-11-94
Sr. 163.42 Bobby Fogg III 10-12-96
Op. 186.84 Team Fogg/Brown/
Mancini 10-19-02
D Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 199.92 Team Fogg/Brown 12-04-99
1/2A Profile Proto
Jr. 103.76 Bobby Fogg 12-13-92
Sr. 104.73 Bobby Fogg III 07-14-97
Op. 116.08 Jerry Rocha 10-13-01
.21 Sport Speed
Jr. 143.83 Peter Brown 10-04-93
Sr. 145.93 Peter Brown 07-16-97
Op. 158.39 R. Fogg/G. Brown 12-06-98
Formula. 40 Speed
Jr. No record established
Sr. 146.16 Mike Wisniewski 07-11-96
Op. 161.87 James Rhoades 12-06-98
Jet
Jr. No record established
Sr. 123.41 Howell Pugh 09-02-95
Op. 204.93 L. Waltemath/
J. Mathison 12-07-02
F2A (FAI)
Jr. 162.62 Krystal King 06-17-00
Sr. 173.21 Krystal King 10-06-01
Op. 183.52 William Naemura 09-18-99
Rat Racing
Jr. No record established
Sr No record established
Op. 2:19.67 Team Fogg/Shahan
(70 Lap) 07-21-94
4:50.87 Mike Shahan
(140 Lap) 07-13-95
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Slow Rat Racing
Jr. 5:16.20 Scott Matson
(70 lap) 07-10-00
6:47.37 Scott Matson
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Sr. 4:29.63 Howell Pugh
(70 lap) 07-20-94
10:58.47 Douglas Short
(140 lap) 07-10-00
Op. 2:36.31 R. Ogez
(70 lap) 07-18-91
5:24.945 Mike Greb
(140 lap) 07-19-90
1/2A Mouse Race I
Jr. 2:37.57 Scott Matson
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:17.68 Scott Matson
(100 lap) 07-15-99
Sr. 2:44.68 David Rolley Jr
(50 lap) 07-15-99
5:20.11 D.J. Parr
(100 lap) 07-16-98
Op. 2:14:35 Todd Ryan/Michael MacCarthy
(50 lap) 07-13-01
Op. 4:22.00 Paul Gibeault/Todd Ryan
(100 Lap) 07-15-99
Scale Racing
Jr. 2:50.65 Bobby Fogg III
(70 lap) 07-16-91
6:08.55 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 06-23-92
Sr. 3:15.12 Douglas Short
(70 lap) 07-11-00
5:40.05 Bobby Fogg III
(140 lap) 07-11-95
Op. 2:39.38 Team Willoughby/Oge
(70 lap) 07-15-97
5:33.04 Robert Fogg
(140 lap) 07-16-91
F2C Team Race (FAI)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:16.70 Team Ascher 07-19-02
6:57.36 Lambert/Ballard
(200 lap) 07-15-98
Endurance
Jr. 0::44:12 Mark E. Williams 10-06-90
Sr. 0::25:41 Mark Williams 11-27-94
Op. 2::28:02 Edwin Gifford 09-15-02
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Carrier Class I
Jr. 386.0 Andy Westerheim 10-19-97
Sr. 435.8 Andy Westerheim 07-13-01
Op. 510.0 Kelvin Hite 02-18-01
Carrier Class II
Jr. 366.77 D. Silversmith 10-13-85
Sr. 416.5 Andy Westerheim 10-28-01
Op. 517.9 Peter Mazur 11-05-00
Profile Carrier
Jr. 279.5 Andy Westerheim 08-31-97
Sr. 342.1 Andy Westerheim 06-17-01
Op. 391.5 Peter Mazur 07-12-01
Electric Speed Class A
Jr. No record established
Sr. 64.35 Howell A. Pugh 06-20-92
Op. 90.42 H.Doering Jr. 10-10-93
Electric Speed Class B
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 119.63 William G. Stewart 06-05-99
PYLON RACING
Age Time Held By Date Set
Q-40
Jr. 1:03.15 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-11-00
Sr. 1:00.73 Gino DelPonte
(Long Course) 04-12-03
Op. 0:59.38 Thomas Scott
(Long Course) 05-27-00
1:03.13 Santiago Panzardi
(Short Course) 10-22-94
F3D
Jr. 1:08.69 Matthew Van Baren 11-15-98
Sr. 1:02.06 Matthew Van Baren 11-02-02
Op. 0:58.38 Richard Verano/
Robert Holik 08-30-03
Q-500
Jr. 1:10.43 Bucky Miller
(Short Course) 06-13-92
1:13.19 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 05-24-98
Sr. 1:01.36 David Wright
(Short Course) 07-10-94
1:05.83 Matthew Van Baren
(Long Course) 06-16-01
Op. 0:56.49 Gordon Hyde
(Short Course) 05-29-94
1:03.54 Travis Flynn
(Long Course) 02-03-02
Formula I
Jr. 1:10.81 Matthew Van Baren 08-18-96
Sr. 1:07.94 Henson Bartle 10-09-98
Op. 1:03.16 Richard Verano 03-28-92
RC SOARING
SLOPE DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-87
Sr. 2::58:09 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 12::28:20 Alvin Battad 05-23-98
Class B
Jr. 8::12:08 Patrick McIntire 04-21-01
Sr. 6::01.13 Christopher Ritter 05-31-93
Op. 12::08:04 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 11::31:18 Caleb Lesher 04-21-01
Sr. 5::01:43 Ken Merenda 05-31-93
Op. 12::33.57 Jess Walls 05-05-92
Class D
Jr. 4::02:49 Matthew Collier 05-15-88
Sr. 5::08:30 Joel Magnuson 04-21-01
Op. 13::32:11 Rex Coffman 04-21-01
THERMAL DURATION
Age Hr/Min/Sec Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 0::30:27 Matthew Andren 06-12-93
Sr. 0::50:34 Andy Schuler 08-27-94
Op. 2::43:43 Bill Hoelcher 09-12-02
Class B
Jr. 0::41:40 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::27:04 Charles Vergo 05-31-92
Op. 5::00:55 Jerry Krainock 08-23-81
Class C
Jr. 0::43:49 Matthew Andren 06-19-93
Sr. 1::54:09 Charles Vergo 06-14-92
Op. 8::03:00 Jay Siren 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 1::18:05 Christopher Ritter 05-11-91
Sr. 1::23:14 Rodney Cooper 05-09-92
Op. 9::47:00 Keith Kindrick 05-30-82
DECLARED DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 3.18 Christopher Ritter 05-04-91
Sr. 2.86 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 5.58 David Hall 05-27-03
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 14.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-81
Class C
Jr. 4.78 Christopher Ritter 05-24-91
Sr. 4.82 Kenneth Merenda 05-16-92
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
OPEN DISTANCES
Age Miles Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 4.32 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 3.69 Rodney A. Cooper 05-04-91
Op. 6.60 Paul J. Wilson 07-07-88
Class B
Jr. 4.75 Christopher Ritter 04-07-91
Sr. 5.58 Christopher Ritter 05-16-92
Op. 17.475 Jack R. Hiner 05-27-89
Class C
Jr. 12.30 Brian Isenhart 05-27-84
Sr. 9.90 Alex Bower 05-30-81
Op. 38.76 Jerry Krainock 05-30-82
Class D
Jr. 44.63 Brian Isenhart 09-03-84
Sr. 16.95 Alex Bower 05-22-81
Op. 140.67 Joseph M. Wurts 05-28-88
CLOSED COURSE DISTANCE
Age Km. Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 32.4 George Rodriguez 10-17-86
Sr. 69.8 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 129.4 Arlie Stoner 06-25-89
Class B
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class C
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
Class D
Jr. 57.00 Christopher Ritter 05-27-91
Sr. 69.80 Dieter Rozek 07-25-87
Op. 248.00 Dale E. Collier 07-17-88
ALTITUDE
Age Feet Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. No record established
Op. 2,220.0 Gary Fogel 10-13-02
Class B
Jr. 1,887.5 Matthew Collier 05-07-89
Sr. 1,993.0 Alex Bower 10-04-81
Op. 3,100.0 Jack R. Hiner 09-14-85
Class C
Jr. 309.7 Christopher Ritter 01-18-87
Sr. 3,045.0 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 3,600.0 Jack Hiner 07-27-85
Class D
Jr. 4,010 Scott Christian 07-29-84
Sr. 3,045 Norman Timbs 10-04-81
Op. 6,025 Jack Hiner 06-11-82
SPEED
Age MPH Held By Date Set
Class A
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 53.014 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 45.747 Karl Cranford 05-31-92
Class B
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 47.006 Christopher Ritter 05-31-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class C
Jr. 49.220 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 51.057 Christopher Ritter 05-09-92
Op. 75.610 John Wyss 09-15-91
Class D
Jr. 49.22 Christopher Ritter 05-18-91
Sr. 57.23 Alex Bower 04-10-83
Op. 86.37 John H. Sasson Jr. 09-15-91
RC ELECTRIC
DURATION
Age Min/Sec Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:16:58 Joachim Nave 06-22-02
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 2:18:50 Art Chmielewski 07-08-01
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 3:33:33 Joachim Nave 08-05-01
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 1:47:30 Joachim Nave 05-27-00
Indoor Electric R/C Duration
Jr. No Record Established
Sr. No Record Established
Op. 0:28:13 Raymond Harlan 08-31-03
DISTANCE
Age Miles Held By Date Set
RC Class A Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.53 Christopher Silva 09-13-03
RC Class A Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.53 Christopher Silva 05-25-03
RC Class B Sailplane (UMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 9.54 Gary Fogel 09-13-03
RC Class B Sailplane (LMR)
Jr. No record established
Sr. No record established
Op. 5.54 Gary Fogel 03-29-03
A M A N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
with a 630. He was right on, which left the
flightline with the unsettled feeling that it was
going to be an interesting morning the
following day.
The Final Day: The flight order of the final
day of competition called for Curtis to fly first
with Manabu to perform immediately after. It
was clear that the judges had a tremendous
responsibility; they had to know clearly what
they were looking for when Curtis flew and to
remain consistent with their judging and
expectations for Manubu’s performance.
Curtis flew a 639.5 and Manabu put down
a 637.5; with the combined scores from the
other high rounds, he edged out Curtis by
15.36 points with a 2991.46 to become the
World Champion. Minoru Kobayashi was
right in there on the last round presenting the
flightline with a 642, winning the third round.
At this level of competition it’s clear that it’s
not over until it’s over, and the 2003 World
Championships was no exception.
That evening all the competitors, officials,
and supporters gathered for a party that will
go down in history as being the best. The
Japanese are known for their hospitality, and
this time was no exception. We gathered for
an outdoor banquet with great food, large
bottles of sake, and a beautiful award
presentation, topped off by a late evening of
karaoke.
Our experience at the World Championships
would not have been possible if it were not for
the generous support of our corporate and
individual sponsors. Because of space
limitations we cannot thank everyone here,
but there are a few who need special
recognition of their relentless support: Ron
Lund of Rick’s R/C Helicopters, Ron
Kummer of IRCHA, Run Ryder, and, of
course, AMA.
A complete list of our sponsors as well as
the latest information on the US team can be
found at www.usaf3c.com.
Modeling is one of the true great hobbies;
it catalyzes the bringing together of people
from all walks of life regardless of country,
culture, and political beliefs. Attending an
event like the World Championships reminds
us how small the world really is and how alike
we all are. If the opportunity presents itself,
experience a World Championships! MA Nob (L), Dwight get ready in the “box.”
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K e y D a t e s
(Events attended by AMA HQ staff and/or officers)
January 9 - 11
AMA Convention 2004
Ontario CA
N a t i o n a l R e c o r d s U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III
Helicopter
Sr. Doug Schaefer 08:03 08/16/03
Op. James Richmond 10:18 08/15/03
Pennyplane
Op. Gordon Wisniewski 17:45 08/17/03
Limited Pennyplane
Op. James Richmond 15:13 08/16/03
Easy B
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:13 08/17/03
Op. Alan Cohen 27:03 08/16/03
Intermediate Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 24:44 08/17/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Op. Lawrence Coslick 39:54 08/16/03
HL Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 23:46 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 32:14 08/16/03
Mini Stick
Jr. Joshua Merseal 11:30 08/16/03
Sr. Doug Schaefer 11:34 06/16/03
Op. Walter VanGorder 13:23 08/15/03
Manhatten
Op. Larry Loucka 11:43 08/16/03
Ornithopter
Op. Raymond Harlan 15:20 08/16/03
Standard Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 01:59.1 08/18/03
Unlimited Catapult Glider
Sr. Kenny Krempetz 02:15.4 08/19/03
FF Electric Power
Op. Raymond Harlan 31:00 08/15/03
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY IV
Mini Stick
Sr. Max Zaluska 13:32 08/31/03
F1D
Op. John Kagan 37:59 08/31/03
Pennyplane
Op. Anthony D’Alessandro 20:52 09/13/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
Catapult Glider
Jr. Taylor Boe 05:56 09/14/03
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT CATEGORY III
Electric A
Op. Charles Groth 30:00 08/24/03
RC SAILPLANE
Class A Declared Distance
Op. David Hall 5.58 miles 05/25/03
RC ELECTRIC
Indoor Electric Duration
Op. Raymond Harlan 28:13 08/31/03
Class A Sailplane (LMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 5.53 miles 05/25/03
Class B Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Gary Fogel 9.54 miles 09/13/03
Class A Sailplane (UMR) Distance
Op. Christopher Silva 9.53 miles 09/13/03
RC PYLON
F3D
Op. Richard Verano/
Robert Holick 58.38 seconds 08/30/03
W o r l d R e c o r d s
U p d a t e s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
No. 141 Duration
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
38::52:19 08/11/03
No. 142 Distance in a Straight Line
Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/David Brown
1882.8 miles 08/11/03
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F1 OPEN (G) (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.101: Duration 4hr 58mn 10s Momcilo Milutinovic Yugoslavia 05/15/60
No.102: Distance in a straight line 310.33km Zdenek Taus Czechoslovakia 03/31/62
No.103: Height 2364m Geroges Benedek Germany 05/23/48
F1 OPEN (AEX) (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.104: Duration 1hr 41mn 32s Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.105: Distance in a straight line 371.19km Guennadi Tchiglinsev USSR 07/01/62
No.106: Height 1732m Valery Fiodorov USSR 06/19/64
No.107: Speed 187.68km Andrew Belanov USSR 09/06/87
F1 OPEN (API) (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.108: Duration 6hr 01mn Igor Koulakovsky USSR 08/06/52
No.109: Distance in a straight line 378.76km Evgueny Boricevitch USSR 08/14/52
No.110: Height 6468m Yin Chenbai People’s Republic
of China 08/08/82
No.111: Speed 189.30 Artur Shaginian Russia 07/03/99
F1A (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.112: Duration in competition
F1B (AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.113: Duration in competition
F1C (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.114: Duration in competition
F1 OPEN (AIM) (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.115a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39mn 19s Robert Randolph USA 01/21/96
No.115b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15 m) 45mn 32s Robert Randolph USA 10/17/93
No.115c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 47mn 19s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.115d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 1hr 0mn 01s Stephen Brown USA 06/01/97
F1D (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.125a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 26mn 45s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 05/20/02
No.125b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 29min 08s Oleg Korniychuk Ukraine 08/24/02
No.125c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 33mn 47s James Richmond USA 08/04/02
No.125d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 35mn 32s Peter Kuttler Germany 10/13/01
No.119: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.120: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.121: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1L (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.116a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 19mn 39s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.116b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 20 mn 36s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.116c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 21mn 23s Akihiro Danjo Japan 10/20/01
No.116d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 23mn 47s Jonas Romblad Sweden 03/03/01
No122: Duration in Competition (one flight)
No.123: Duration in Competition (two flights)
No.124: Duration in Competition (six flights)
F1M (INDOOR AEROPLANE, EXTENSIBLE MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.117a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 16mn 44s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/06/01
No.117b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 18mn 14s Akihiro Danjo Japan 04/26/01
No.117c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m) 18mn 20s Akihiro Danjo Japan 05/27/01
No.117d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 19mn 40s Akihiro Danjo Japan 08/11/02
F1N (INDOOR GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.118a: Duration (ceiling less than 8m) 39.6 sec Leonard George Surtees Austrailia 11/24/01
No.118b: Duration (ceiling 8m - 15m) 54.8 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 03/06/00
No.118c: Duration (ceiling 15m - 30m)
No.118d: Duration (ceiling over 30m) 73.9 sec Leonard George Surtees Australia 05/31/00
F2A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.130: Speed (0.00 - 1.00cm3) 251.66kmh Zhao Jihe People’s Republic 08/22/84
of China
No.131: Speed (1.01 - 2.50cm3) 335kmh Paul Eisner United Kingdom 10/13/01
No.132: Speed (2.51 - 5.00cm3) 312.23kmh P. A. Halman United Kingdom 10/12/86
No.133: Speed (5.01 - 10.00cm3) 326.28kmh Shen Xilin People’s Republic 10/19/84
of China
No.134: Speed in Competition 302.5kmh Luis Parramon Spain 07/19/02
F2A (AEROPLANE, REACTION MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.135: Speed 395.64kmh Leonid Lipinski USSR 12/06/71
F2C (AEROPLANE(TEAM RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.57: Speed (100 laps) 3mn 12.2 sec Jean Maret France 07/16/00
No.58: Speed (200 laps) 6mn 28.9 sec Jean Maret France 07/18/00
F3A (AEROPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.141: Duration 38h 52mn 19s Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.142: Distance in a straight line 3030.07km Maynard Hill/Barrett Foster/
David Brown USA 08/11/03
No.143: Height 8205m Maynard Hill USA 09/06/70
No.144: Distance goal and return
No.145: Speed 343.92kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/21/71
No.146: Distance in a closed circuit 1301.00km Maynard Hill USA 08/02/98
No.147: Speed in a closed circuit 241.80kmh Maynard Hill USA 11/26/84
F3A (SEAPLANE, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.148: Duration 16hr 14mn 11s Toomas Mardna Estonia 08/14/99
No.149: Distance in a straight line 308.84km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 03/26/94
No.150: Height 5651m Maynard Hill USA 09/03/67
No.151: Distance goal and return 60.2km George Finch USA 06/20/02
No.152: Speed 294.98kmh Vladimir Goukoune USSR 09/25/71
No.153: Distance in a closed circuit 601.00km Daniel Coince France 09/15/91
No.154: Speed in a closed circuit 192.90kmh Michael Ischenko Ukraine 06/20/93
F3B (GLIDER)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.155: Duration 36h 03mn 19s Nicholas Shaw United Kingdom 09/08/01
No.156: Distance in a straight line 226.44km Joseph Wurts USA 05/28/88
No.157: Height 1950m Jack Hiner USA 06/11/82
No.158: Distance goal and return
No.159: Speed 239.70kmh Klaus Kowalski Germany 07/20/91
No.160: Distance in a closed circuit 716.10km Eduard Svoboda Czechoslovakia 07/23/79
No.161: Speed in a closed circuit 129.70kmh Zufar Vakkasov Russia 06/23/97
F3C (HELICOPTER, PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.162: Duration 5hr 59mn 51s Vladimir Bulatnikov/Yuri Bazanov/
Alexander Orlov Russia 07/02/01
No.163: Distance in a straight line 134.10km Michael Farnan Australia 06/02/96
No.164: Height 2940m Jean-Philippe Allogne France 04/12/92
No.165: Distance goal and return
No.166: Speed 144.67kmh Vladimir Bulantnikov Russia 07/02/98
No.167: Distance in a closed circuit 101.00km Jean-Philippe Allogne France 06/18/88
No.168: Speed in a closed circuit 112.72kmh David W. Whitney United Kingdom 11/02/86
F3D (AEROPLANE (PYLON RACING), PISTON MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.83: Speed in a closed circuit 58.59sec Christopher Callow Australia 08/02/01
F5-S (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.171: Duration 10hr 38mn 30s Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.172: Distance in a straight line 102.40km Anatoly Dubinetsky Russia 08/25/90
No.173: Height 2 200 Wolfgang Schaeper Germany 11/19/00
No.174: Distance goal and return
No.175: Speed 282.60kmh Werner Vauth Germany 08/08/92
No.176: Distance in a closed circuit 315.50km Emil Hilber Switzerland 06/21/98
No.177: Speed in a closed circuit 163.68kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5-P (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (NON-RECHARGEABLE SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.178: Duration 15hr 12mn 30s Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.179: Distance in a straight line 135.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.180: Height 2200m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 09/19/88
No.181: Distance goal and return
No.182: Speed 168.51kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
No.183: Distance in a closed circuit 424.50km Walter Engel Switzerland 06/21/98
No.184: Speed in a closed circuit 97.20kmh H. Josef Hackstein Germany 06/10/90
F5-SOL (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR (SOLAR CELLS))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.185: Duration 11hr 34mn 18s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.186: Distance in a straight line 48.21km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 07/13/97
No.187: Height 2065m Wolfgang Schaper Germany 05/30/99
No.188: Distance goal and return
No.189: Speed 80.63kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/21/98
No.190: Distance in a closed circuit 190.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
No.191: Speed in a closed circuit 62.15kmh Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/17/90
F5-COMB (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR(ALL SOURCES OF CURRENT))
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.192: Duration 15hr 36mn 55s Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.193: Distance in a straight line 109.00km Gian Maria Aghem Italy 06/19/91
No.194: Height 4539m Gian Maria Aghem Italy 02/20/95
No.195: Distance goal and return
No.196: Speed 274.28kmh Wolfgang Kuppers Germany 08/09/98
No.197: Distance in a closed circuit 490.00km Wolfgang Schaper Germany 06/22/91
No.198: Speed in a closed circuit. 160.45kmh Franz Weissgerber Federal Republic 11/25/89
of Germany
F5C (HELICOPTER, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.199: Duration 1hr 10mn 50sec Mark Hopkins United Kingdom 03/16/03
No.200: Distance in a straight line
No.201: Height
No.202: Distance goal and return
No.203: Speed
No.204: Distance in a closed circuit
No.205: Speed in a closed circuit
F5D (AEROPLANE, ELECTRIC MOTOR)
Type of Record Performance Held By Country Date
No.90: Speed in a closed circuit
F A I W o r l d R e c o r d s
A s o f O c t o b e r , 2 0 0 3
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