OO@@OeeOeeeee Junior World Championships U Bill Fee 0 0 0 S 0 0 0000 Top American FlA Jeff Fedor clean score six rounds finished 13th came over America Junior World Champswell almost East West South accounted no representatives prairie heartland Pacific Northwest Western contingent consisted Wakefield February 1995 61 Jody Millers Fl Aup up away fourth 92 WC finished 23rd time 0 0 0 0 0 fliers Daniel Dorothy Fee accompanied brother David FiB 92 Junior WC author left Los Angeles several days early Bob Waterman National Free Flight Society president George Batiuk Mike Achterberg Sal Fruciano Starline Products joined enroute Pennsylvanias Bob Gutai After long uneventful trip greeted Kievs Borispol Airport Alexander Vladislav Andriukov Eugene Verbitsky Victor Stamov Mikhail Zakharov Chief Ukrainian Aeromodelling Club David Fee Mike Achterberg missing suitcases frantically checked wagonload baggage trundled off tarmac No luck wore wear borrowed duds items handwashed hung up dry overnight seven days time missing gear recovered basement longterm storage Borispol hosts expecting put up four night oh well no problem Victor Luda Stamov treated us feast spacious seventh-floor apartment party broke up Daniel Dorothy VIad Alex drove Andriukovs apartment neighbor housed Fee kids After breakfast Stamovs transported private vehicles Irpen home rest stay facilities adequate although hot water hard come food palatable nourishingprobably first-rate eastern European standards Irpen remote virtually inaccessible no rental cars vans no cabs public transit vehicles no telephone wire service available facilitate communication outside world weather consistent overcast early light morning drizzle several times clearing time got field light winds spotty very tricky thermals Transit practice field Borispol Airport catchlaspcatchlcan experience duration stay parttime interpreter dependent friend transport Yet best what gracious Ukrainian friends could muster economy no official currency no coins slots telephones did have paper coupons officially illegal buy anything foreign money constituted black-market transaction Back America rest FAI Junior Team USA getting underway Texas Mark Troutman accompanied son Jim Eric Schmoekel Jeff Fedor Florida joined Jody Miller Next stop New York teamed up Rod loerger father Tom Team Manager Bob Sifleet wife accompanied assembly Frankfurt Germany Kiev Finally team together time place fairly jumping contestants Antonov Cup although several Junior teams passed up event evening back Irpen Mike Achterberg busy making virtually invisible better new repairs crashed models graciously applied invisible mending techniques Wakefield tail booms Fees Down hall Mark Troutman busy trying keep fleet Fl Cs airworthynot easy task kids have reasonable exposure building trimming picking air repairs contest next day . Processing models Chaika dayplong event Wednesday Daniel Fee two backup models slightly underweight shortcoming compensated 62 Model Aviation Troutman assists FlA launch placed 12th FiC United States team supporters Irpen US finished despite losing best model just before WC third combined standings Fl A-B-C Dorothy Fee readies FiB model eighth-place finish best Americans event gluing pennies pylon Later discovered forgotten include winding hook weigh-in good lunch served field water wagon provided H20 canteen cup Almost-cold Coca-Cola beer snacks American chocolate bars available vendors opposite ends field Bathroom facilities rather crude like out corn field opening ceremony took place 1800 hours followed team managers meeting issue rules changes Juniors debated length Some delegations insisted received adequate notification prepare contestants perform Junior mechanics support committee apparently wavered rule change morning contest team manager Bob Sifleet told team committee decided require compliance changed directive later observed edict disregarded teams no visible enforcement Fourth Junior Free Flight World Championships got underway Thursday morning FIB FiC shared flight lines airspace power squadron great expectations good reason wind trees chasing conditions finally took toll Jim Troutman lost number-one model day before fourth round Junior Champs Jims number-two airplane crossed tree line went out timers sight missed max 60 seconds model never found Jeff Fedor wingtip fold new number-one first round third number-two took off Chernobyl no fuse Eric Schmoekel sick said food didnt agree him flew best could chased seven rounds During sixth round Jeff s fuse lighter ignited whole box fuses emitted large ball smoke Texans laughed hysterically sometimes things just happen Jeff knew case having completely lost control other teams must have thought going set fire whole flight line final act defiance Down line Wakefield team fared little better Dorothy Fee maxed opening 210-second round chasers brought model back jagged snap right wing panel just beyond dihedral joint Brother David stranger advised assisted repairs After short test flight Dorothy twin-finned model went drop just 12 seconds Seven FlB fliers maxed out settle eighth place Rod loerger taking third shot Junior Wakefield Championship got off rough start finished five straight maxes Daniel Fee up-and-down day four maxes two near-misses round high wind caused wing separate joiner launch climb fine stalled glide misfortune cost Wakefield team third place standings seventh round Daniels model lost beyond tree line field alfalfa next day found recovered local resident Bob Waterman offered $10 plane lady appeared upset offered $15 happy kissed him Friday August 5 final day Junior competition FlA featured Jody Miller fourth place last Junior World Champs Jeff Fedor edged out Jody Antonov Cup Rod loerger ready go again after strong finish Wakefield Jody dropped first round mere 10 seconds Jeff found air made max Rod good launch found nothing Through six rounds Jeff clean score seventh round Nordic came off too straight stalled slightly whipping crew tried break bubble loose end Jeff settle 135 seconds next day mixed bag Opening ceremonies Chaika European Championship followed outstanding air show planned sightseeing excursion Kiev did materialize Junior Free Flight Championship Banquet major happening final tabulation gave Team USA third place overall hard work paid off memories traded trinkets caps T-shirts front ends carbon D boxes spars caps tailbooms pods pylons Fees traded part ten-pound box FAI rubber customers Ukraine Russia Germany Ukrainian parts German Marks No scales would weigh pounds kilograms No problem Gross guesstimates would suffice under circumstances cold light dawn time say goodbye Irpen Kiev Ukraine front steps residence hall Irpen provided final opportunity take team picture farewell team consisted six graduating seniors five previous team experience freshman Fee family planned staying Kiev European Championship no transportation shortage currency plastic useless no means communication outside world begged ride Borispol rest team caught standby flight out town afternoon falloff Western European participation Junior Free Flight World Championships noticeable England sent Wakefield flier made flyoff old Tilka France Netherlands Belgium Scandinavian countries absent China Japan failed show Only Eastern European countries present force numbers multiplied splitjup Soviet Union factors special impact time around An oft-repeated concern proximity Kiev Chernobyl because ever-present danger some people saw also because former Soviet Unions alleged lack nuclear quality control continued use Chernobyl reactor February 1995 63 World FiB champion Alexander Andriukov checKs out flis sons Fl B model also assisted contest operations Some groups planned travel car dissuaded admonitions about highway security also concern about travel distances local transportation communications food remote location lodging confirmation Kiev contest site came late summer tourist reservation season travel costs prohibitive contest well run model aviation enthusiasts have done thatformer present world champions Bus transportation actual event timely commodious scoreboard system introduced last years World Championship used pasteon colored disks representing maxes Scores posted continuing basis end round almost results already view flyoffs proceeded orderly fashion Winning models carefully processed area weight full view contestants onlookers Victor Stamov Eugene Verbitsky Alex Andriukov everywhere job answering questions solving problems Vendors formed second flight line hawk wares participants also selling between rounds Tom loerger bought model won Antonov Cup Kiev 94 unforgettable experience made trip end great able call America home * 64 Model Aviation * Are having good time yet Dorothy Fee friends post-contest banqueta major happening lor & 9ZAP Control systems
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/02
Page Numbers: 61, 62, 63, 64
OO@@OeeOeeeee Junior World Championships U Bill Fee 0 0 0 S 0 0 0000 Top American FlA Jeff Fedor clean score six rounds finished 13th came over America Junior World Champswell almost East West South accounted no representatives prairie heartland Pacific Northwest Western contingent consisted Wakefield February 1995 61 Jody Millers Fl Aup up away fourth 92 WC finished 23rd time 0 0 0 0 0 fliers Daniel Dorothy Fee accompanied brother David FiB 92 Junior WC author left Los Angeles several days early Bob Waterman National Free Flight Society president George Batiuk Mike Achterberg Sal Fruciano Starline Products joined enroute Pennsylvanias Bob Gutai After long uneventful trip greeted Kievs Borispol Airport Alexander Vladislav Andriukov Eugene Verbitsky Victor Stamov Mikhail Zakharov Chief Ukrainian Aeromodelling Club David Fee Mike Achterberg missing suitcases frantically checked wagonload baggage trundled off tarmac No luck wore wear borrowed duds items handwashed hung up dry overnight seven days time missing gear recovered basement longterm storage Borispol hosts expecting put up four night oh well no problem Victor Luda Stamov treated us feast spacious seventh-floor apartment party broke up Daniel Dorothy VIad Alex drove Andriukovs apartment neighbor housed Fee kids After breakfast Stamovs transported private vehicles Irpen home rest stay facilities adequate although hot water hard come food palatable nourishingprobably first-rate eastern European standards Irpen remote virtually inaccessible no rental cars vans no cabs public transit vehicles no telephone wire service available facilitate communication outside world weather consistent overcast early light morning drizzle several times clearing time got field light winds spotty very tricky thermals Transit practice field Borispol Airport catchlaspcatchlcan experience duration stay parttime interpreter dependent friend transport Yet best what gracious Ukrainian friends could muster economy no official currency no coins slots telephones did have paper coupons officially illegal buy anything foreign money constituted black-market transaction Back America rest FAI Junior Team USA getting underway Texas Mark Troutman accompanied son Jim Eric Schmoekel Jeff Fedor Florida joined Jody Miller Next stop New York teamed up Rod loerger father Tom Team Manager Bob Sifleet wife accompanied assembly Frankfurt Germany Kiev Finally team together time place fairly jumping contestants Antonov Cup although several Junior teams passed up event evening back Irpen Mike Achterberg busy making virtually invisible better new repairs crashed models graciously applied invisible mending techniques Wakefield tail booms Fees Down hall Mark Troutman busy trying keep fleet Fl Cs airworthynot easy task kids have reasonable exposure building trimming picking air repairs contest next day . Processing models Chaika dayplong event Wednesday Daniel Fee two backup models slightly underweight shortcoming compensated 62 Model Aviation Troutman assists FlA launch placed 12th FiC United States team supporters Irpen US finished despite losing best model just before WC third combined standings Fl A-B-C Dorothy Fee readies FiB model eighth-place finish best Americans event gluing pennies pylon Later discovered forgotten include winding hook weigh-in good lunch served field water wagon provided H20 canteen cup Almost-cold Coca-Cola beer snacks American chocolate bars available vendors opposite ends field Bathroom facilities rather crude like out corn field opening ceremony took place 1800 hours followed team managers meeting issue rules changes Juniors debated length Some delegations insisted received adequate notification prepare contestants perform Junior mechanics support committee apparently wavered rule change morning contest team manager Bob Sifleet told team committee decided require compliance changed directive later observed edict disregarded teams no visible enforcement Fourth Junior Free Flight World Championships got underway Thursday morning FIB FiC shared flight lines airspace power squadron great expectations good reason wind trees chasing conditions finally took toll Jim Troutman lost number-one model day before fourth round Junior Champs Jims number-two airplane crossed tree line went out timers sight missed max 60 seconds model never found Jeff Fedor wingtip fold new number-one first round third number-two took off Chernobyl no fuse Eric Schmoekel sick said food didnt agree him flew best could chased seven rounds During sixth round Jeff s fuse lighter ignited whole box fuses emitted large ball smoke Texans laughed hysterically sometimes things just happen Jeff knew case having completely lost control other teams must have thought going set fire whole flight line final act defiance Down line Wakefield team fared little better Dorothy Fee maxed opening 210-second round chasers brought model back jagged snap right wing panel just beyond dihedral joint Brother David stranger advised assisted repairs After short test flight Dorothy twin-finned model went drop just 12 seconds Seven FlB fliers maxed out settle eighth place Rod loerger taking third shot Junior Wakefield Championship got off rough start finished five straight maxes Daniel Fee up-and-down day four maxes two near-misses round high wind caused wing separate joiner launch climb fine stalled glide misfortune cost Wakefield team third place standings seventh round Daniels model lost beyond tree line field alfalfa next day found recovered local resident Bob Waterman offered $10 plane lady appeared upset offered $15 happy kissed him Friday August 5 final day Junior competition FlA featured Jody Miller fourth place last Junior World Champs Jeff Fedor edged out Jody Antonov Cup Rod loerger ready go again after strong finish Wakefield Jody dropped first round mere 10 seconds Jeff found air made max Rod good launch found nothing Through six rounds Jeff clean score seventh round Nordic came off too straight stalled slightly whipping crew tried break bubble loose end Jeff settle 135 seconds next day mixed bag Opening ceremonies Chaika European Championship followed outstanding air show planned sightseeing excursion Kiev did materialize Junior Free Flight Championship Banquet major happening final tabulation gave Team USA third place overall hard work paid off memories traded trinkets caps T-shirts front ends carbon D boxes spars caps tailbooms pods pylons Fees traded part ten-pound box FAI rubber customers Ukraine Russia Germany Ukrainian parts German Marks No scales would weigh pounds kilograms No problem Gross guesstimates would suffice under circumstances cold light dawn time say goodbye Irpen Kiev Ukraine front steps residence hall Irpen provided final opportunity take team picture farewell team consisted six graduating seniors five previous team experience freshman Fee family planned staying Kiev European Championship no transportation shortage currency plastic useless no means communication outside world begged ride Borispol rest team caught standby flight out town afternoon falloff Western European participation Junior Free Flight World Championships noticeable England sent Wakefield flier made flyoff old Tilka France Netherlands Belgium Scandinavian countries absent China Japan failed show Only Eastern European countries present force numbers multiplied splitjup Soviet Union factors special impact time around An oft-repeated concern proximity Kiev Chernobyl because ever-present danger some people saw also because former Soviet Unions alleged lack nuclear quality control continued use Chernobyl reactor February 1995 63 World FiB champion Alexander Andriukov checKs out flis sons Fl B model also assisted contest operations Some groups planned travel car dissuaded admonitions about highway security also concern about travel distances local transportation communications food remote location lodging confirmation Kiev contest site came late summer tourist reservation season travel costs prohibitive contest well run model aviation enthusiasts have done thatformer present world champions Bus transportation actual event timely commodious scoreboard system introduced last years World Championship used pasteon colored disks representing maxes Scores posted continuing basis end round almost results already view flyoffs proceeded orderly fashion Winning models carefully processed area weight full view contestants onlookers Victor Stamov Eugene Verbitsky Alex Andriukov everywhere job answering questions solving problems Vendors formed second flight line hawk wares participants also selling between rounds Tom loerger bought model won Antonov Cup Kiev 94 unforgettable experience made trip end great able call America home * 64 Model Aviation * Are having good time yet Dorothy Fee friends post-contest banqueta major happening lor & 9ZAP Control systems
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/02
Page Numbers: 61, 62, 63, 64
OO@@OeeOeeeee Junior World Championships U Bill Fee 0 0 0 S 0 0 0000 Top American FlA Jeff Fedor clean score six rounds finished 13th came over America Junior World Champswell almost East West South accounted no representatives prairie heartland Pacific Northwest Western contingent consisted Wakefield February 1995 61 Jody Millers Fl Aup up away fourth 92 WC finished 23rd time 0 0 0 0 0 fliers Daniel Dorothy Fee accompanied brother David FiB 92 Junior WC author left Los Angeles several days early Bob Waterman National Free Flight Society president George Batiuk Mike Achterberg Sal Fruciano Starline Products joined enroute Pennsylvanias Bob Gutai After long uneventful trip greeted Kievs Borispol Airport Alexander Vladislav Andriukov Eugene Verbitsky Victor Stamov Mikhail Zakharov Chief Ukrainian Aeromodelling Club David Fee Mike Achterberg missing suitcases frantically checked wagonload baggage trundled off tarmac No luck wore wear borrowed duds items handwashed hung up dry overnight seven days time missing gear recovered basement longterm storage Borispol hosts expecting put up four night oh well no problem Victor Luda Stamov treated us feast spacious seventh-floor apartment party broke up Daniel Dorothy VIad Alex drove Andriukovs apartment neighbor housed Fee kids After breakfast Stamovs transported private vehicles Irpen home rest stay facilities adequate although hot water hard come food palatable nourishingprobably first-rate eastern European standards Irpen remote virtually inaccessible no rental cars vans no cabs public transit vehicles no telephone wire service available facilitate communication outside world weather consistent overcast early light morning drizzle several times clearing time got field light winds spotty very tricky thermals Transit practice field Borispol Airport catchlaspcatchlcan experience duration stay parttime interpreter dependent friend transport Yet best what gracious Ukrainian friends could muster economy no official currency no coins slots telephones did have paper coupons officially illegal buy anything foreign money constituted black-market transaction Back America rest FAI Junior Team USA getting underway Texas Mark Troutman accompanied son Jim Eric Schmoekel Jeff Fedor Florida joined Jody Miller Next stop New York teamed up Rod loerger father Tom Team Manager Bob Sifleet wife accompanied assembly Frankfurt Germany Kiev Finally team together time place fairly jumping contestants Antonov Cup although several Junior teams passed up event evening back Irpen Mike Achterberg busy making virtually invisible better new repairs crashed models graciously applied invisible mending techniques Wakefield tail booms Fees Down hall Mark Troutman busy trying keep fleet Fl Cs airworthynot easy task kids have reasonable exposure building trimming picking air repairs contest next day . Processing models Chaika dayplong event Wednesday Daniel Fee two backup models slightly underweight shortcoming compensated 62 Model Aviation Troutman assists FlA launch placed 12th FiC United States team supporters Irpen US finished despite losing best model just before WC third combined standings Fl A-B-C Dorothy Fee readies FiB model eighth-place finish best Americans event gluing pennies pylon Later discovered forgotten include winding hook weigh-in good lunch served field water wagon provided H20 canteen cup Almost-cold Coca-Cola beer snacks American chocolate bars available vendors opposite ends field Bathroom facilities rather crude like out corn field opening ceremony took place 1800 hours followed team managers meeting issue rules changes Juniors debated length Some delegations insisted received adequate notification prepare contestants perform Junior mechanics support committee apparently wavered rule change morning contest team manager Bob Sifleet told team committee decided require compliance changed directive later observed edict disregarded teams no visible enforcement Fourth Junior Free Flight World Championships got underway Thursday morning FIB FiC shared flight lines airspace power squadron great expectations good reason wind trees chasing conditions finally took toll Jim Troutman lost number-one model day before fourth round Junior Champs Jims number-two airplane crossed tree line went out timers sight missed max 60 seconds model never found Jeff Fedor wingtip fold new number-one first round third number-two took off Chernobyl no fuse Eric Schmoekel sick said food didnt agree him flew best could chased seven rounds During sixth round Jeff s fuse lighter ignited whole box fuses emitted large ball smoke Texans laughed hysterically sometimes things just happen Jeff knew case having completely lost control other teams must have thought going set fire whole flight line final act defiance Down line Wakefield team fared little better Dorothy Fee maxed opening 210-second round chasers brought model back jagged snap right wing panel just beyond dihedral joint Brother David stranger advised assisted repairs After short test flight Dorothy twin-finned model went drop just 12 seconds Seven FlB fliers maxed out settle eighth place Rod loerger taking third shot Junior Wakefield Championship got off rough start finished five straight maxes Daniel Fee up-and-down day four maxes two near-misses round high wind caused wing separate joiner launch climb fine stalled glide misfortune cost Wakefield team third place standings seventh round Daniels model lost beyond tree line field alfalfa next day found recovered local resident Bob Waterman offered $10 plane lady appeared upset offered $15 happy kissed him Friday August 5 final day Junior competition FlA featured Jody Miller fourth place last Junior World Champs Jeff Fedor edged out Jody Antonov Cup Rod loerger ready go again after strong finish Wakefield Jody dropped first round mere 10 seconds Jeff found air made max Rod good launch found nothing Through six rounds Jeff clean score seventh round Nordic came off too straight stalled slightly whipping crew tried break bubble loose end Jeff settle 135 seconds next day mixed bag Opening ceremonies Chaika European Championship followed outstanding air show planned sightseeing excursion Kiev did materialize Junior Free Flight Championship Banquet major happening final tabulation gave Team USA third place overall hard work paid off memories traded trinkets caps T-shirts front ends carbon D boxes spars caps tailbooms pods pylons Fees traded part ten-pound box FAI rubber customers Ukraine Russia Germany Ukrainian parts German Marks No scales would weigh pounds kilograms No problem Gross guesstimates would suffice under circumstances cold light dawn time say goodbye Irpen Kiev Ukraine front steps residence hall Irpen provided final opportunity take team picture farewell team consisted six graduating seniors five previous team experience freshman Fee family planned staying Kiev European Championship no transportation shortage currency plastic useless no means communication outside world begged ride Borispol rest team caught standby flight out town afternoon falloff Western European participation Junior Free Flight World Championships noticeable England sent Wakefield flier made flyoff old Tilka France Netherlands Belgium Scandinavian countries absent China Japan failed show Only Eastern European countries present force numbers multiplied splitjup Soviet Union factors special impact time around An oft-repeated concern proximity Kiev Chernobyl because ever-present danger some people saw also because former Soviet Unions alleged lack nuclear quality control continued use Chernobyl reactor February 1995 63 World FiB champion Alexander Andriukov checKs out flis sons Fl B model also assisted contest operations Some groups planned travel car dissuaded admonitions about highway security also concern about travel distances local transportation communications food remote location lodging confirmation Kiev contest site came late summer tourist reservation season travel costs prohibitive contest well run model aviation enthusiasts have done thatformer present world champions Bus transportation actual event timely commodious scoreboard system introduced last years World Championship used pasteon colored disks representing maxes Scores posted continuing basis end round almost results already view flyoffs proceeded orderly fashion Winning models carefully processed area weight full view contestants onlookers Victor Stamov Eugene Verbitsky Alex Andriukov everywhere job answering questions solving problems Vendors formed second flight line hawk wares participants also selling between rounds Tom loerger bought model won Antonov Cup Kiev 94 unforgettable experience made trip end great able call America home * 64 Model Aviation * Are having good time yet Dorothy Fee friends post-contest banqueta major happening lor & 9ZAP Control systems
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/02
Page Numbers: 61, 62, 63, 64
OO@@OeeOeeeee Junior World Championships U Bill Fee 0 0 0 S 0 0 0000 Top American FlA Jeff Fedor clean score six rounds finished 13th came over America Junior World Champswell almost East West South accounted no representatives prairie heartland Pacific Northwest Western contingent consisted Wakefield February 1995 61 Jody Millers Fl Aup up away fourth 92 WC finished 23rd time 0 0 0 0 0 fliers Daniel Dorothy Fee accompanied brother David FiB 92 Junior WC author left Los Angeles several days early Bob Waterman National Free Flight Society president George Batiuk Mike Achterberg Sal Fruciano Starline Products joined enroute Pennsylvanias Bob Gutai After long uneventful trip greeted Kievs Borispol Airport Alexander Vladislav Andriukov Eugene Verbitsky Victor Stamov Mikhail Zakharov Chief Ukrainian Aeromodelling Club David Fee Mike Achterberg missing suitcases frantically checked wagonload baggage trundled off tarmac No luck wore wear borrowed duds items handwashed hung up dry overnight seven days time missing gear recovered basement longterm storage Borispol hosts expecting put up four night oh well no problem Victor Luda Stamov treated us feast spacious seventh-floor apartment party broke up Daniel Dorothy VIad Alex drove Andriukovs apartment neighbor housed Fee kids After breakfast Stamovs transported private vehicles Irpen home rest stay facilities adequate although hot water hard come food palatable nourishingprobably first-rate eastern European standards Irpen remote virtually inaccessible no rental cars vans no cabs public transit vehicles no telephone wire service available facilitate communication outside world weather consistent overcast early light morning drizzle several times clearing time got field light winds spotty very tricky thermals Transit practice field Borispol Airport catchlaspcatchlcan experience duration stay parttime interpreter dependent friend transport Yet best what gracious Ukrainian friends could muster economy no official currency no coins slots telephones did have paper coupons officially illegal buy anything foreign money constituted black-market transaction Back America rest FAI Junior Team USA getting underway Texas Mark Troutman accompanied son Jim Eric Schmoekel Jeff Fedor Florida joined Jody Miller Next stop New York teamed up Rod loerger father Tom Team Manager Bob Sifleet wife accompanied assembly Frankfurt Germany Kiev Finally team together time place fairly jumping contestants Antonov Cup although several Junior teams passed up event evening back Irpen Mike Achterberg busy making virtually invisible better new repairs crashed models graciously applied invisible mending techniques Wakefield tail booms Fees Down hall Mark Troutman busy trying keep fleet Fl Cs airworthynot easy task kids have reasonable exposure building trimming picking air repairs contest next day . Processing models Chaika dayplong event Wednesday Daniel Fee two backup models slightly underweight shortcoming compensated 62 Model Aviation Troutman assists FlA launch placed 12th FiC United States team supporters Irpen US finished despite losing best model just before WC third combined standings Fl A-B-C Dorothy Fee readies FiB model eighth-place finish best Americans event gluing pennies pylon Later discovered forgotten include winding hook weigh-in good lunch served field water wagon provided H20 canteen cup Almost-cold Coca-Cola beer snacks American chocolate bars available vendors opposite ends field Bathroom facilities rather crude like out corn field opening ceremony took place 1800 hours followed team managers meeting issue rules changes Juniors debated length Some delegations insisted received adequate notification prepare contestants perform Junior mechanics support committee apparently wavered rule change morning contest team manager Bob Sifleet told team committee decided require compliance changed directive later observed edict disregarded teams no visible enforcement Fourth Junior Free Flight World Championships got underway Thursday morning FIB FiC shared flight lines airspace power squadron great expectations good reason wind trees chasing conditions finally took toll Jim Troutman lost number-one model day before fourth round Junior Champs Jims number-two airplane crossed tree line went out timers sight missed max 60 seconds model never found Jeff Fedor wingtip fold new number-one first round third number-two took off Chernobyl no fuse Eric Schmoekel sick said food didnt agree him flew best could chased seven rounds During sixth round Jeff s fuse lighter ignited whole box fuses emitted large ball smoke Texans laughed hysterically sometimes things just happen Jeff knew case having completely lost control other teams must have thought going set fire whole flight line final act defiance Down line Wakefield team fared little better Dorothy Fee maxed opening 210-second round chasers brought model back jagged snap right wing panel just beyond dihedral joint Brother David stranger advised assisted repairs After short test flight Dorothy twin-finned model went drop just 12 seconds Seven FlB fliers maxed out settle eighth place Rod loerger taking third shot Junior Wakefield Championship got off rough start finished five straight maxes Daniel Fee up-and-down day four maxes two near-misses round high wind caused wing separate joiner launch climb fine stalled glide misfortune cost Wakefield team third place standings seventh round Daniels model lost beyond tree line field alfalfa next day found recovered local resident Bob Waterman offered $10 plane lady appeared upset offered $15 happy kissed him Friday August 5 final day Junior competition FlA featured Jody Miller fourth place last Junior World Champs Jeff Fedor edged out Jody Antonov Cup Rod loerger ready go again after strong finish Wakefield Jody dropped first round mere 10 seconds Jeff found air made max Rod good launch found nothing Through six rounds Jeff clean score seventh round Nordic came off too straight stalled slightly whipping crew tried break bubble loose end Jeff settle 135 seconds next day mixed bag Opening ceremonies Chaika European Championship followed outstanding air show planned sightseeing excursion Kiev did materialize Junior Free Flight Championship Banquet major happening final tabulation gave Team USA third place overall hard work paid off memories traded trinkets caps T-shirts front ends carbon D boxes spars caps tailbooms pods pylons Fees traded part ten-pound box FAI rubber customers Ukraine Russia Germany Ukrainian parts German Marks No scales would weigh pounds kilograms No problem Gross guesstimates would suffice under circumstances cold light dawn time say goodbye Irpen Kiev Ukraine front steps residence hall Irpen provided final opportunity take team picture farewell team consisted six graduating seniors five previous team experience freshman Fee family planned staying Kiev European Championship no transportation shortage currency plastic useless no means communication outside world begged ride Borispol rest team caught standby flight out town afternoon falloff Western European participation Junior Free Flight World Championships noticeable England sent Wakefield flier made flyoff old Tilka France Netherlands Belgium Scandinavian countries absent China Japan failed show Only Eastern European countries present force numbers multiplied splitjup Soviet Union factors special impact time around An oft-repeated concern proximity Kiev Chernobyl because ever-present danger some people saw also because former Soviet Unions alleged lack nuclear quality control continued use Chernobyl reactor February 1995 63 World FiB champion Alexander Andriukov checKs out flis sons Fl B model also assisted contest operations Some groups planned travel car dissuaded admonitions about highway security also concern about travel distances local transportation communications food remote location lodging confirmation Kiev contest site came late summer tourist reservation season travel costs prohibitive contest well run model aviation enthusiasts have done thatformer present world champions Bus transportation actual event timely commodious scoreboard system introduced last years World Championship used pasteon colored disks representing maxes Scores posted continuing basis end round almost results already view flyoffs proceeded orderly fashion Winning models carefully processed area weight full view contestants onlookers Victor Stamov Eugene Verbitsky Alex Andriukov everywhere job answering questions solving problems Vendors formed second flight line hawk wares participants also selling between rounds Tom loerger bought model won Antonov Cup Kiev 94 unforgettable experience made trip end great able call America home * 64 Model Aviation * Are having good time yet Dorothy Fee friends post-contest banqueta major happening lor & 9ZAP Control systems