COMPE NEWSL ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS Note Technical Director W Bob Underwood CompuServe 76117167 Does job create frustration two suspect safe suggest job causes participant occasion ally sigh wish wish Thirty years teaching brought sur face certain concerns Headed third year Technical Director harbor significant eads something like could convince membership read what write seems no matter often pro vide information guidance various areas interest phone still rings con stantly asking question just swered magazine National Newsletterthree times Tis frustrating realistic side must remember aeromodeling stuff hobby members certainly cant expect everyone read publica tions same way doctor would read medical journal detailing latest surgery techniques Another important factor frequently advent issue may burning writer may yet interest readerand hence material glossed over Enough Lets get important things case whole point frus tration academic After read ing problem 'sinners' arent pews about question two caller asks Im Contest Director didnt automatically send competition rule book year nothing per sonal simply trying get true indication possible regarding need Continued page 122 Policy National Records Voted Contest Board Coordinator Don Lindley recently asked Free Flight Indoor Con trol Line RC Soaring Contest Boards vote question whether Na tional Record certificates should issue persons have equalled existing Nation al Records following policy unani mously approved Contest Boards Record performance certificates will issued time speed alti tude exceeds existing record Indoor FAI Class FiD World Cham pionships will held Mini-Dome East Tennessee State University Johnson City TN contest dates May 28-June 1 1988 BC Electrof light World Champs St LouisAugust 14-19 second World Championships FAI Class F3E RC Electric-Powered Soaring will held campus Parks College St Louis University Cahokia IL August 14-19 1988 Three-member teams nations will compete individual team awards will also additional Electric events will World Champi onship competition will Aerobatics seven-cell Pylon 1250-gram max weight Sunrise-to-Sunset team event 14-cell Aerobatics seven-cell Sailplane Scale Two new-for-1988 AMA Electric events will also flown Event 610 Class Sailplane seven-cell limited motor run Event 612 LMR will obligatory entry fee re quired enter eventsbut no additional event fee event CL Combat Emergency Rule Ratified Control Line Contest Board 2A-majority vote recently ratified re quirement use safety thongs con trol handles CL Combat events Board earlier see November 1987 edition Competition Newsletter made Emergency ruling adopt re quirement immediately latest vote means rule now permanent FF Team Finals SeguinTX team-selection finals for_the US FAI FF team will held October-l988 USAF Auxiliary Field 12th Flight Training Wing Seguin TX site former AMA Nats competition Modelers may wish enter team-selection program still have time An initial $5 fee AMA HQ Attn Micheline Madison will get mail ing list entry fee finals $50 per event Modelers have qualified semifinals must have entry fee AMA HQ no lat er July 8 1988 qualification achieved Selected Contest deadline September 22 1988 Note dates entry must received mailed No on-site entries will accepted New AMA Vintage Event 88 Nats NVINTA&J1]\ FLIaNT IfFE__ new see 1988 edition AMA Competition Rules AMA Vintage event will flown 1988 Nats Tidewater VA Monday July 25 1988 South Field Continued page 125 February 1988 121 1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 1 1988 Indoor World Championships Johnson City Tennessee Technical Director continued few Interesting facts concern ing CD rule book issue Acade has about 4200 registered CDs its rolls given year process about 1900 event sanctions Since some persons run event year about 1700 active CDs 1900 sanctions approximately half rulebook events other half fun-flys flyins etc means seem 800 900 Contest Directors actually need Competition Regulations book properly administer event suggest dis couraging anyone requesting Com petition Regulations book would sincerely love see members involved activities represent Remember Membership Manual will sent members January will contain information need sport flying non-rule-book events Another subject its important indeed recent Executive Council meeting agenda item con cerned creating list safety items gen eral model use might include such useful admonitions adjusting nee dle valve reaching around prop front standing mid dle open field lightning rod hand during thunderstorm What have suggest recom mend Safety Committee study problem making hobby/sport safe enjoyable Accept challenge provide idea two Study AMA Safety Code carefully something missing feel should included Would published list safety-related rec ommendations little reminder need Jot down idea send Headquarters spend minute telling phone yet another thought time has come seven old RC frequencies no longer legal model use con tinuing fly operate car boat 72080 72160 72240 72320 72400 72960 or 75640 MHz will violating AMA Safety Code effective january 1 1988 During November PR Director Geoff Styles plea sure traveling Chicago Denver present seminars subjects covered cluded flying sites Contest Director rule book frequencies others able pass concentrated doses AMA information much dispel misinformation always seems around Chicago event developed underwritten Association Chicago RC Clubs Rene Fardoux spearheaded planning District VI Vice-President Jim Sears shared experience Dave Hil senhoff Frequency Committee helped providing meaningful informa tion Denver event arranged terim District IX Vice-President Travis McGinnis Friday evening included gen eral meeting Steve Mangles used spec trum analyzer check transmitters Added features seminar attend ance Howard Crispin District IV vice Continued page 125 CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II A Sobrino 87-26 88th SI Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Fernwood Dr Commack NY 11728 III Nelson Gould 1944S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 East M Weisenbach 4588W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9736 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byarley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 4 RC Ralph Bailey PO Boo 1287 Orangeburg Sc 29118-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 38106 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Rensasleer SI Jacksonville FL 32205 VI RC ay 201 Hulman Salem Rd. Terre Haute IN 47803 AC SoarIng Dale Folkening 1544 Darien Lake Dr. Darien IL 80859 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 80004 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Ad Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 148 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt VanGorder 5889 Victory View Lo Cincinnati OH 40238 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Ad McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tigertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Box 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 77-06 289th SI New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 8118 Bardo Ave Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemntrsught P0 Box 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 08371 II Bradley Bane 80 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Ad Hampton VA 23381 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Rains Rd. Memphis TN 38118 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I in Seart 52 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 86 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15131 IV Bob Karlason 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plait 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Box 415 East Faimouth MA 02538 Ii Joe Beshar 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Bianchard 1733 Beeoh Rd Hampton VA 23664 4 Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 FF Jim Bennett 324 Helfenstein Ave St Louis MO 83119 VII All events except AC antirs District axcept Michigan Greg Seydel 3625 E ova Terrsce Cudahy WI 53110 RO Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 Michigan RC Wayne Veager 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Diii Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Box 271948 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 67217 AC George Hunter 89626 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Pair Oaks CA 95628 No Harry Apolan 27794 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 Hawaii Xl Dick Salter 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 RC James McCarty 18958 Manna View Dr Seattle WA 98156 VI Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago IL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 VIII Raiph Bud Tsnny Box 545 RIchardson TX 75089 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Lincoln Wichita KS 87211-3302 X Clarence Mather 2388 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514 Xl Andy Tagliafico 20801 NW Reader Rd Portland OR 97231 VI CE Robbert 1818 Meadowlhorpe Ave Lexington KY 40505 VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsin Ave N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William Lee 3522 Tamarisk Lane Missouri City TX 77459 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 X Vic Gamer PO Box 573 Ltvarmora CA 94850 Xl John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chris Mateuno 8876 Ginger St John MO 83114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clawson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valerius 1627 Overland Pass Sugarland Tx 77478 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Axtron Dr Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Norcross P0 Box 65 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther AR 3 Boo 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCullough AR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Lv DeSoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland PO Boo 55564 Omaha NE 68155 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 xl Earle Moorhead 1169 Fir St S Apt B Salem OR 97302 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr AR 2 Florissant MO 63034 VII Keith Shaw 832 Stimson Ann Arbor Ml 48194 VIII Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert SuIt PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92555 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 98th St Seattle WA 98115 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chairman Don Lindey 420 Tupelo Naparvitle IL 60540 Executive Council rap Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Lefiwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coest Bill Northrop 898 Weal 16th St Newport Beach CA 92663 Member central Bruce Norman 3417 Creston Ave Ft Worth TX 76133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I L Melville 190 Chatham Terr Bridgeport CT 06806 II George Berko 8 Bowden Lane Glen Head NY 11545 iii R Neaaaibrsck 8329 Eusberry NIII Ct Cindenail ON 48246 IV Stacay Mills Sronkside 3 Boo 115 Charlosesnille VA 22901 V John Fuqua 724 Diane St Niceville FL 32578 HELICOPTER Ernie Huber 19 Beaver Park Ad Danvers MA 01923 II Horace Hagen 15 Parkway Pt Rad Bank NJ 07701 Ill BIll CurtIs 218 Vernon Rd Greenville PA 16125 IV Robert F Harris 3 257 Estevez Rd La Plata MD 20646 V Tim Schoonard nix Watt Schuonard 2594 NOBT Orlando FL 33694 RACING I Pete Reed 49 Anvil Dr Avon CT 06001 II Adam Sattier 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 Ill Dave Latsha 1141 Columbus Ave Lemoyne PA 17043 IV Cliff Telford 7417 Arrowood Ad Bethesda MD 20817 V Gail Jacobson 2205 Brilley Terrace College Psrk GA 30349 SOARING I Fritz Sian 41 Saw Mill Ad Concord MA 01742 II Doug Stout 12A Mayne Ave Stanhope NJ 07874 Iii Gene Shelkey 217 EuclId Ave Scottdais PA 15683 IV Bob Champine 205 Tiplon Ad Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 Tuilahoma TN 37388 SCALE John Guenther AR 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr. Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7422 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sifleet RD 3 Box 56 Gienrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Walter Perkins 3421 55 26th Ct Ocala FL 32871 CL COMBAT Paul Smith 11112 Diii Dr Sterling Heights Ml 48077 CL AEROBATICS Keith Trostie 10233 Peregrine Cir Fountain Valley CA 92708 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 94133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 Lorinda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 55 Rockwood Bartlesville OK 74006 tX Loren Tregellas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Craig Millet 25751 Coldbook El Toro CA 92830 Xt Charles Davenport 14415 SE 268th St Kent WA 98042 VI 80k Balluomini 129 College Park Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy Dletz 12450 Lansdowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Ed Coo 8209 LInden Dr Prairie Village KS 86208 X Robert Gorham 23961 Crafisman Ad Calabasas CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98884 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd Ft Wayne IN 48825 VII Wayne Yasger 38238 Castle Dr Romulus Ml 48174 VIII Dick Aitch 11942 Waywing Houston TX 77035 IX Sam Pisciotta 1525 Alexander Cur Pueblo CC 81001 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViaeiIa CA 82277-9767 Xl Roger Fierce 13308 21 8th Ave 0 6 C eonney Lake WA 98360 VI Stan Watson 19414W I34St Palos Park IL 69484 VII Al Scidmore 5013 Dorsen Dr Madison WI 53711 VIII Pancho Morris 2715 Eastbrook Dr Mesquite TX 75150 IX Ray Marvin 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 X Jerry Krainock 5942 Whltaett #2 N Hollywood CA 91607 Xl Dave Johnson 3529 NE 90th Ave Portland OR 97220 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tujunga CA 91942 RC AEROBATICS Ron Chidgey 2713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Beshar 198 Merritt Oradeli NJ 07949 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkway P1 Red Bank NJ 07701 122 Model Aviation Competition Directory AC Pyton & Soaring RC Pattern & other AC RC except Soaring Bold Face Bsiow indicates Chairman Contest Board CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Llndisy 420 Tupelo Napervitle IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Indoor Team Selection Finals Richard Melody Doig Photos Warren Williams Twenty best Indoor fliers country gathered Tustin CA over 1987 Labor Day weekend choose three-man team represent US 1988 FAI Indoor World Championships giant 156-ft-high airdocks Tustin Mar ine Corps Air Station Helicopters near Los Angeles host some finest FiD flying ever witnessed temperatures low 80s sun ny skies conditions perfect team will join defending World Champion Jim Richmond Indoor World Champion ships next year location dates World Championships will decided FAIs ClAM meetings December 1987 Day began contestants work ers arriving early renewing old friendships out-of-town contestants everpresent task getting large hangar doors closed three-rounds-per-day best-two-of-nine-flights format left little time test flying since site available day before contest 1100 am contestant meeting Con test Director Andy Faykun Assistant CD Erv Rodemsky Program Chairman Rich Doig laid out ground rules includ ing accuracy check stopwatches used meet first three-hour round would start noon Round 1 started off bang Lew Gitlow first off motor stick col lapsed just releasing destroying model Earl Hoffman next off he hung up high girders 946 RanI83 41 TEAM TU57YM CA doiph Cailliau also hung up Cezar Banks left no doubt man beat spectacular flight 4425 40-minute flight round Round 2 overlapped Round 1 starting 200 pm fliers got act together seven contestants putting up two best flights round Cezar Banks proved Round 1 no fluke moved south end hangar another spectacular flight 4455 Banks company Randolph put up 4304 Foster 4142 Romak 4335 Gitlow 4015 seemed spectacular become order day Round 3 began 500 pm spec tacular flights continued Darryl Stevens put XL ECT/cA/ 51P7 5 2 rosrrtaIMIIJl77p 58 hlIrMA qrIAi t IA 3~ 731 FIMA94 1 A 52 S ZZ233554375 4331231239Z~t3 3 40513 3 DO/ISLVSARCZYK2*4 272 1452-504343 302 54Zj IE CMdZr- 42430 /5 31240 22 O34 22 2247 O7 95 Is Y 3t6 2/154 4 0/ /3 7 AtPP 52k42453 02 33 20 R1HAO 6AN$tf Li 1248 i1t /09 4/ Heres contestants fared team finals Doigs report gives lot flavor bare outline however heartaches surprises fliers t-- 5 373s-1 L2/ o0lJ253~ 334 Jo Ls /i4 t~ 1,.,w-4 v4~v up 4035 Steve Brown 4022 Romak 4415 Randolph 4309 So end Day 1 10 flights over 40 minutes looked though Banks Romak Randolph three team slots locked up best yet come Day 2 dawned smog rollingsouth Los Angeles however noon smog lifted weather identi cal Day 1 temperature low BOs Round 4 saw destruction really begin Doig began blowing up models alone fliers except Banks demolished least model 40-minute flight round Romak putting up 4323 lead way Round 5 saw three 40-minute flights Romak 4423 Banks 4225 Cail liau 4018 Banks lead didnt seem nearly secure did after Day 1 Doig Harlan two fliers expected near top having kinds problems ultimately neither really got handle site Both finished well down standings Round 6 saw two 40-minute flights 124 Model Aviation US team will go the 1988 Indoor Woria unampionsnips Johnson City TN L-R Steve Brown Cezar Banks Bud Romak Banks holding Merrill Hamburg Trophy awarded the highest-placing flier Indoor team-selection program Santa Ana Airdock built house dirigible hence reason its 156-ft height Its marvelous place fly Cailliau 4001 Brown 4118 point nobody suspected important Browns flight would become Rich Doig Clarence Mather Darryl Stevens fin ished destroying last models round Rich Doig sat up night piecing model together out wreckage Standings still Banks Romak Randolph Day 3 dawned bright sunny typical weather Southern California Im told understand Darryl Stevens went sailing Clarence Mather went fishing rest us returned site three rounds Round 7 started 1030 am nec essary because Marines expected return duty around 600 pm early start didnt seem bother anyone Randolph posting 4235 Foster 4244 highest time meet Doig blew up rebuilt model end contest Round 8 saw no 40-minute flights however Steve Brown did respectable 3958 lead round air seemed getting slightly better set stage Round 9 Round 9 saw two 40-minute flights Foster put up 4002 came THE FLIGHT Steve Brown young protege Bob Randolph proved has learned lessons well After shaky start almost colliding helicopter model began its long climb roof next time us looked up Steves model descending slowly still 40 ft up passed 40-minute mark end flight model heading fence Steve botched steer knocking model fence failing down barely missing model watches read 4525 Steves two-flight total moved him ahead Randolph third place Randolph yet flown Round 9 Bob Randolph wound carefully knowing needed flight 4344 better move back third place launch climb normal model began drift off center approached roof Bob steered model out center appar ently successfully quickly became ap parent something very wrong turned out left wing tip knocked out alignment bracing snagged causing model spiral down Randolph finished fourth Steve Brown made team first door Finalsan incredible accomplishment USA Indoor team 1988 Indoor World Championships Cezar Banks Bud Romak Steve Brown placing fourth Bob Randolph has named Team Manager pending approval Team Selection Committee thanks Curt Stevens site contact other members Base Model Airplane Club made meet success World Champs Technical Director continued president speaking sound Don Lowe AMA president gen eral items present programs very valuable membership certain avail yourself presentations should materialize area now last promise Academy will working Experimental Air craft Association EAA present weekend Air Academy experience 13- 17-year-old young people handson building experience models well full-scale combined motivational material theory aviation history pilot programs 1988 will utilize personnel EAA chapters AMA clubs four cities Clubs Washington DC Indianapolis IN Tulsa OK Minneapolis-St Paul MN will contacted see can provide help 21/2-day programs should prove exciting useful experience students instructors alike Vintage Event continued Chesapeake VA will site competi tion Classes B C EF RC-Assist Model must ignition-engine-powered original-sized qualified under SAM Old-Timer specifications Registration will field 800900 am An entry fee $20 will allow com petition classes Early entry encouraged Send $20 fee Joe Beshar Event Director AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 February 1988 125 Don Slusarczyk youngest flier 15 yrs finals best flight creditable 3434 Don has racking up Indoor AMA National Records winner Nats Bob Randolph placed fourth two flights over 43 mm will team manager Cezar Banks uses A-length rubber motors test flights Balsa spacer fills out length Full-power flights climb high full-size motor fliers play officials put lot hard work keep Inings running smoothly L-R CD Andy Faykun site contact Curt Stevens timer Walt Getala assistant CD 1980 World Champion EN Rodemaky can smile now its over
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/02
Page Numbers: 121, 122, 124, 125
COMPE NEWSL ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS Note Technical Director W Bob Underwood CompuServe 76117167 Does job create frustration two suspect safe suggest job causes participant occasion ally sigh wish wish Thirty years teaching brought sur face certain concerns Headed third year Technical Director harbor significant eads something like could convince membership read what write seems no matter often pro vide information guidance various areas interest phone still rings con stantly asking question just swered magazine National Newsletterthree times Tis frustrating realistic side must remember aeromodeling stuff hobby members certainly cant expect everyone read publica tions same way doctor would read medical journal detailing latest surgery techniques Another important factor frequently advent issue may burning writer may yet interest readerand hence material glossed over Enough Lets get important things case whole point frus tration academic After read ing problem 'sinners' arent pews about question two caller asks Im Contest Director didnt automatically send competition rule book year nothing per sonal simply trying get true indication possible regarding need Continued page 122 Policy National Records Voted Contest Board Coordinator Don Lindley recently asked Free Flight Indoor Con trol Line RC Soaring Contest Boards vote question whether Na tional Record certificates should issue persons have equalled existing Nation al Records following policy unani mously approved Contest Boards Record performance certificates will issued time speed alti tude exceeds existing record Indoor FAI Class FiD World Cham pionships will held Mini-Dome East Tennessee State University Johnson City TN contest dates May 28-June 1 1988 BC Electrof light World Champs St LouisAugust 14-19 second World Championships FAI Class F3E RC Electric-Powered Soaring will held campus Parks College St Louis University Cahokia IL August 14-19 1988 Three-member teams nations will compete individual team awards will also additional Electric events will World Champi onship competition will Aerobatics seven-cell Pylon 1250-gram max weight Sunrise-to-Sunset team event 14-cell Aerobatics seven-cell Sailplane Scale Two new-for-1988 AMA Electric events will also flown Event 610 Class Sailplane seven-cell limited motor run Event 612 LMR will obligatory entry fee re quired enter eventsbut no additional event fee event CL Combat Emergency Rule Ratified Control Line Contest Board 2A-majority vote recently ratified re quirement use safety thongs con trol handles CL Combat events Board earlier see November 1987 edition Competition Newsletter made Emergency ruling adopt re quirement immediately latest vote means rule now permanent FF Team Finals SeguinTX team-selection finals for_the US FAI FF team will held October-l988 USAF Auxiliary Field 12th Flight Training Wing Seguin TX site former AMA Nats competition Modelers may wish enter team-selection program still have time An initial $5 fee AMA HQ Attn Micheline Madison will get mail ing list entry fee finals $50 per event Modelers have qualified semifinals must have entry fee AMA HQ no lat er July 8 1988 qualification achieved Selected Contest deadline September 22 1988 Note dates entry must received mailed No on-site entries will accepted New AMA Vintage Event 88 Nats NVINTA&J1]\ FLIaNT IfFE__ new see 1988 edition AMA Competition Rules AMA Vintage event will flown 1988 Nats Tidewater VA Monday July 25 1988 South Field Continued page 125 February 1988 121 1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 1 1988 Indoor World Championships Johnson City Tennessee Technical Director continued few Interesting facts concern ing CD rule book issue Acade has about 4200 registered CDs its rolls given year process about 1900 event sanctions Since some persons run event year about 1700 active CDs 1900 sanctions approximately half rulebook events other half fun-flys flyins etc means seem 800 900 Contest Directors actually need Competition Regulations book properly administer event suggest dis couraging anyone requesting Com petition Regulations book would sincerely love see members involved activities represent Remember Membership Manual will sent members January will contain information need sport flying non-rule-book events Another subject its important indeed recent Executive Council meeting agenda item con cerned creating list safety items gen eral model use might include such useful admonitions adjusting nee dle valve reaching around prop front standing mid dle open field lightning rod hand during thunderstorm What have suggest recom mend Safety Committee study problem making hobby/sport safe enjoyable Accept challenge provide idea two Study AMA Safety Code carefully something missing feel should included Would published list safety-related rec ommendations little reminder need Jot down idea send Headquarters spend minute telling phone yet another thought time has come seven old RC frequencies no longer legal model use con tinuing fly operate car boat 72080 72160 72240 72320 72400 72960 or 75640 MHz will violating AMA Safety Code effective january 1 1988 During November PR Director Geoff Styles plea sure traveling Chicago Denver present seminars subjects covered cluded flying sites Contest Director rule book frequencies others able pass concentrated doses AMA information much dispel misinformation always seems around Chicago event developed underwritten Association Chicago RC Clubs Rene Fardoux spearheaded planning District VI Vice-President Jim Sears shared experience Dave Hil senhoff Frequency Committee helped providing meaningful informa tion Denver event arranged terim District IX Vice-President Travis McGinnis Friday evening included gen eral meeting Steve Mangles used spec trum analyzer check transmitters Added features seminar attend ance Howard Crispin District IV vice Continued page 125 CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II A Sobrino 87-26 88th SI Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Fernwood Dr Commack NY 11728 III Nelson Gould 1944S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 East M Weisenbach 4588W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9736 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byarley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 4 RC Ralph Bailey PO Boo 1287 Orangeburg Sc 29118-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 38106 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Rensasleer SI Jacksonville FL 32205 VI RC ay 201 Hulman Salem Rd. Terre Haute IN 47803 AC SoarIng Dale Folkening 1544 Darien Lake Dr. Darien IL 80859 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 80004 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Ad Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 148 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt VanGorder 5889 Victory View Lo Cincinnati OH 40238 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Ad McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tigertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Box 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 77-06 289th SI New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 8118 Bardo Ave Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemntrsught P0 Box 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 08371 II Bradley Bane 80 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Ad Hampton VA 23381 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Rains Rd. Memphis TN 38118 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I in Seart 52 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 86 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15131 IV Bob Karlason 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plait 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Box 415 East Faimouth MA 02538 Ii Joe Beshar 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Bianchard 1733 Beeoh Rd Hampton VA 23664 4 Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 FF Jim Bennett 324 Helfenstein Ave St Louis MO 83119 VII All events except AC antirs District axcept Michigan Greg Seydel 3625 E ova Terrsce Cudahy WI 53110 RO Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 Michigan RC Wayne Veager 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Diii Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Box 271948 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 67217 AC George Hunter 89626 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Pair Oaks CA 95628 No Harry Apolan 27794 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 Hawaii Xl Dick Salter 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 RC James McCarty 18958 Manna View Dr Seattle WA 98156 VI Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago IL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 VIII Raiph Bud Tsnny Box 545 RIchardson TX 75089 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Lincoln Wichita KS 87211-3302 X Clarence Mather 2388 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514 Xl Andy Tagliafico 20801 NW Reader Rd Portland OR 97231 VI CE Robbert 1818 Meadowlhorpe Ave Lexington KY 40505 VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsin Ave N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William Lee 3522 Tamarisk Lane Missouri City TX 77459 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 X Vic Gamer PO Box 573 Ltvarmora CA 94850 Xl John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chris Mateuno 8876 Ginger St John MO 83114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clawson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valerius 1627 Overland Pass Sugarland Tx 77478 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Axtron Dr Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Norcross P0 Box 65 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther AR 3 Boo 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCullough AR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Lv DeSoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland PO Boo 55564 Omaha NE 68155 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 xl Earle Moorhead 1169 Fir St S Apt B Salem OR 97302 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr AR 2 Florissant MO 63034 VII Keith Shaw 832 Stimson Ann Arbor Ml 48194 VIII Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert SuIt PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92555 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 98th St Seattle WA 98115 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chairman Don Lindey 420 Tupelo Naparvitle IL 60540 Executive Council rap Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Lefiwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coest Bill Northrop 898 Weal 16th St Newport Beach CA 92663 Member central Bruce Norman 3417 Creston Ave Ft Worth TX 76133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I L Melville 190 Chatham Terr Bridgeport CT 06806 II George Berko 8 Bowden Lane Glen Head NY 11545 iii R Neaaaibrsck 8329 Eusberry NIII Ct Cindenail ON 48246 IV Stacay Mills Sronkside 3 Boo 115 Charlosesnille VA 22901 V John Fuqua 724 Diane St Niceville FL 32578 HELICOPTER Ernie Huber 19 Beaver Park Ad Danvers MA 01923 II Horace Hagen 15 Parkway Pt Rad Bank NJ 07701 Ill BIll CurtIs 218 Vernon Rd Greenville PA 16125 IV Robert F Harris 3 257 Estevez Rd La Plata MD 20646 V Tim Schoonard nix Watt Schuonard 2594 NOBT Orlando FL 33694 RACING I Pete Reed 49 Anvil Dr Avon CT 06001 II Adam Sattier 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 Ill Dave Latsha 1141 Columbus Ave Lemoyne PA 17043 IV Cliff Telford 7417 Arrowood Ad Bethesda MD 20817 V Gail Jacobson 2205 Brilley Terrace College Psrk GA 30349 SOARING I Fritz Sian 41 Saw Mill Ad Concord MA 01742 II Doug Stout 12A Mayne Ave Stanhope NJ 07874 Iii Gene Shelkey 217 EuclId Ave Scottdais PA 15683 IV Bob Champine 205 Tiplon Ad Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 Tuilahoma TN 37388 SCALE John Guenther AR 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr. Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7422 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sifleet RD 3 Box 56 Gienrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Walter Perkins 3421 55 26th Ct Ocala FL 32871 CL COMBAT Paul Smith 11112 Diii Dr Sterling Heights Ml 48077 CL AEROBATICS Keith Trostie 10233 Peregrine Cir Fountain Valley CA 92708 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 94133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 Lorinda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 55 Rockwood Bartlesville OK 74006 tX Loren Tregellas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Craig Millet 25751 Coldbook El Toro CA 92830 Xt Charles Davenport 14415 SE 268th St Kent WA 98042 VI 80k Balluomini 129 College Park Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy Dletz 12450 Lansdowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Ed Coo 8209 LInden Dr Prairie Village KS 86208 X Robert Gorham 23961 Crafisman Ad Calabasas CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98884 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd Ft Wayne IN 48825 VII Wayne Yasger 38238 Castle Dr Romulus Ml 48174 VIII Dick Aitch 11942 Waywing Houston TX 77035 IX Sam Pisciotta 1525 Alexander Cur Pueblo CC 81001 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViaeiIa CA 82277-9767 Xl Roger Fierce 13308 21 8th Ave 0 6 C eonney Lake WA 98360 VI Stan Watson 19414W I34St Palos Park IL 69484 VII Al Scidmore 5013 Dorsen Dr Madison WI 53711 VIII Pancho Morris 2715 Eastbrook Dr Mesquite TX 75150 IX Ray Marvin 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 X Jerry Krainock 5942 Whltaett #2 N Hollywood CA 91607 Xl Dave Johnson 3529 NE 90th Ave Portland OR 97220 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tujunga CA 91942 RC AEROBATICS Ron Chidgey 2713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Beshar 198 Merritt Oradeli NJ 07949 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkway P1 Red Bank NJ 07701 122 Model Aviation Competition Directory AC Pyton & Soaring RC Pattern & other AC RC except Soaring Bold Face Bsiow indicates Chairman Contest Board CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Llndisy 420 Tupelo Napervitle IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Indoor Team Selection Finals Richard Melody Doig Photos Warren Williams Twenty best Indoor fliers country gathered Tustin CA over 1987 Labor Day weekend choose three-man team represent US 1988 FAI Indoor World Championships giant 156-ft-high airdocks Tustin Mar ine Corps Air Station Helicopters near Los Angeles host some finest FiD flying ever witnessed temperatures low 80s sun ny skies conditions perfect team will join defending World Champion Jim Richmond Indoor World Champion ships next year location dates World Championships will decided FAIs ClAM meetings December 1987 Day began contestants work ers arriving early renewing old friendships out-of-town contestants everpresent task getting large hangar doors closed three-rounds-per-day best-two-of-nine-flights format left little time test flying since site available day before contest 1100 am contestant meeting Con test Director Andy Faykun Assistant CD Erv Rodemsky Program Chairman Rich Doig laid out ground rules includ ing accuracy check stopwatches used meet first three-hour round would start noon Round 1 started off bang Lew Gitlow first off motor stick col lapsed just releasing destroying model Earl Hoffman next off he hung up high girders 946 RanI83 41 TEAM TU57YM CA doiph Cailliau also hung up Cezar Banks left no doubt man beat spectacular flight 4425 40-minute flight round Round 2 overlapped Round 1 starting 200 pm fliers got act together seven contestants putting up two best flights round Cezar Banks proved Round 1 no fluke moved south end hangar another spectacular flight 4455 Banks company Randolph put up 4304 Foster 4142 Romak 4335 Gitlow 4015 seemed spectacular become order day Round 3 began 500 pm spec tacular flights continued Darryl Stevens put XL ECT/cA/ 51P7 5 2 rosrrtaIMIIJl77p 58 hlIrMA qrIAi t IA 3~ 731 FIMA94 1 A 52 S ZZ233554375 4331231239Z~t3 3 40513 3 DO/ISLVSARCZYK2*4 272 1452-504343 302 54Zj IE CMdZr- 42430 /5 31240 22 O34 22 2247 O7 95 Is Y 3t6 2/154 4 0/ /3 7 AtPP 52k42453 02 33 20 R1HAO 6AN$tf Li 1248 i1t /09 4/ Heres contestants fared team finals Doigs report gives lot flavor bare outline however heartaches surprises fliers t-- 5 373s-1 L2/ o0lJ253~ 334 Jo Ls /i4 t~ 1,.,w-4 v4~v up 4035 Steve Brown 4022 Romak 4415 Randolph 4309 So end Day 1 10 flights over 40 minutes looked though Banks Romak Randolph three team slots locked up best yet come Day 2 dawned smog rollingsouth Los Angeles however noon smog lifted weather identi cal Day 1 temperature low BOs Round 4 saw destruction really begin Doig began blowing up models alone fliers except Banks demolished least model 40-minute flight round Romak putting up 4323 lead way Round 5 saw three 40-minute flights Romak 4423 Banks 4225 Cail liau 4018 Banks lead didnt seem nearly secure did after Day 1 Doig Harlan two fliers expected near top having kinds problems ultimately neither really got handle site Both finished well down standings Round 6 saw two 40-minute flights 124 Model Aviation US team will go the 1988 Indoor Woria unampionsnips Johnson City TN L-R Steve Brown Cezar Banks Bud Romak Banks holding Merrill Hamburg Trophy awarded the highest-placing flier Indoor team-selection program Santa Ana Airdock built house dirigible hence reason its 156-ft height Its marvelous place fly Cailliau 4001 Brown 4118 point nobody suspected important Browns flight would become Rich Doig Clarence Mather Darryl Stevens fin ished destroying last models round Rich Doig sat up night piecing model together out wreckage Standings still Banks Romak Randolph Day 3 dawned bright sunny typical weather Southern California Im told understand Darryl Stevens went sailing Clarence Mather went fishing rest us returned site three rounds Round 7 started 1030 am nec essary because Marines expected return duty around 600 pm early start didnt seem bother anyone Randolph posting 4235 Foster 4244 highest time meet Doig blew up rebuilt model end contest Round 8 saw no 40-minute flights however Steve Brown did respectable 3958 lead round air seemed getting slightly better set stage Round 9 Round 9 saw two 40-minute flights Foster put up 4002 came THE FLIGHT Steve Brown young protege Bob Randolph proved has learned lessons well After shaky start almost colliding helicopter model began its long climb roof next time us looked up Steves model descending slowly still 40 ft up passed 40-minute mark end flight model heading fence Steve botched steer knocking model fence failing down barely missing model watches read 4525 Steves two-flight total moved him ahead Randolph third place Randolph yet flown Round 9 Bob Randolph wound carefully knowing needed flight 4344 better move back third place launch climb normal model began drift off center approached roof Bob steered model out center appar ently successfully quickly became ap parent something very wrong turned out left wing tip knocked out alignment bracing snagged causing model spiral down Randolph finished fourth Steve Brown made team first door Finalsan incredible accomplishment USA Indoor team 1988 Indoor World Championships Cezar Banks Bud Romak Steve Brown placing fourth Bob Randolph has named Team Manager pending approval Team Selection Committee thanks Curt Stevens site contact other members Base Model Airplane Club made meet success World Champs Technical Director continued president speaking sound Don Lowe AMA president gen eral items present programs very valuable membership certain avail yourself presentations should materialize area now last promise Academy will working Experimental Air craft Association EAA present weekend Air Academy experience 13- 17-year-old young people handson building experience models well full-scale combined motivational material theory aviation history pilot programs 1988 will utilize personnel EAA chapters AMA clubs four cities Clubs Washington DC Indianapolis IN Tulsa OK Minneapolis-St Paul MN will contacted see can provide help 21/2-day programs should prove exciting useful experience students instructors alike Vintage Event continued Chesapeake VA will site competi tion Classes B C EF RC-Assist Model must ignition-engine-powered original-sized qualified under SAM Old-Timer specifications Registration will field 800900 am An entry fee $20 will allow com petition classes Early entry encouraged Send $20 fee Joe Beshar Event Director AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 February 1988 125 Don Slusarczyk youngest flier 15 yrs finals best flight creditable 3434 Don has racking up Indoor AMA National Records winner Nats Bob Randolph placed fourth two flights over 43 mm will team manager Cezar Banks uses A-length rubber motors test flights Balsa spacer fills out length Full-power flights climb high full-size motor fliers play officials put lot hard work keep Inings running smoothly L-R CD Andy Faykun site contact Curt Stevens timer Walt Getala assistant CD 1980 World Champion EN Rodemaky can smile now its over
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/02
Page Numbers: 121, 122, 124, 125
COMPE NEWSL ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS Note Technical Director W Bob Underwood CompuServe 76117167 Does job create frustration two suspect safe suggest job causes participant occasion ally sigh wish wish Thirty years teaching brought sur face certain concerns Headed third year Technical Director harbor significant eads something like could convince membership read what write seems no matter often pro vide information guidance various areas interest phone still rings con stantly asking question just swered magazine National Newsletterthree times Tis frustrating realistic side must remember aeromodeling stuff hobby members certainly cant expect everyone read publica tions same way doctor would read medical journal detailing latest surgery techniques Another important factor frequently advent issue may burning writer may yet interest readerand hence material glossed over Enough Lets get important things case whole point frus tration academic After read ing problem 'sinners' arent pews about question two caller asks Im Contest Director didnt automatically send competition rule book year nothing per sonal simply trying get true indication possible regarding need Continued page 122 Policy National Records Voted Contest Board Coordinator Don Lindley recently asked Free Flight Indoor Con trol Line RC Soaring Contest Boards vote question whether Na tional Record certificates should issue persons have equalled existing Nation al Records following policy unani mously approved Contest Boards Record performance certificates will issued time speed alti tude exceeds existing record Indoor FAI Class FiD World Cham pionships will held Mini-Dome East Tennessee State University Johnson City TN contest dates May 28-June 1 1988 BC Electrof light World Champs St LouisAugust 14-19 second World Championships FAI Class F3E RC Electric-Powered Soaring will held campus Parks College St Louis University Cahokia IL August 14-19 1988 Three-member teams nations will compete individual team awards will also additional Electric events will World Champi onship competition will Aerobatics seven-cell Pylon 1250-gram max weight Sunrise-to-Sunset team event 14-cell Aerobatics seven-cell Sailplane Scale Two new-for-1988 AMA Electric events will also flown Event 610 Class Sailplane seven-cell limited motor run Event 612 LMR will obligatory entry fee re quired enter eventsbut no additional event fee event CL Combat Emergency Rule Ratified Control Line Contest Board 2A-majority vote recently ratified re quirement use safety thongs con trol handles CL Combat events Board earlier see November 1987 edition Competition Newsletter made Emergency ruling adopt re quirement immediately latest vote means rule now permanent FF Team Finals SeguinTX team-selection finals for_the US FAI FF team will held October-l988 USAF Auxiliary Field 12th Flight Training Wing Seguin TX site former AMA Nats competition Modelers may wish enter team-selection program still have time An initial $5 fee AMA HQ Attn Micheline Madison will get mail ing list entry fee finals $50 per event Modelers have qualified semifinals must have entry fee AMA HQ no lat er July 8 1988 qualification achieved Selected Contest deadline September 22 1988 Note dates entry must received mailed No on-site entries will accepted New AMA Vintage Event 88 Nats NVINTA&J1]\ FLIaNT IfFE__ new see 1988 edition AMA Competition Rules AMA Vintage event will flown 1988 Nats Tidewater VA Monday July 25 1988 South Field Continued page 125 February 1988 121 1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 1 1988 Indoor World Championships Johnson City Tennessee Technical Director continued few Interesting facts concern ing CD rule book issue Acade has about 4200 registered CDs its rolls given year process about 1900 event sanctions Since some persons run event year about 1700 active CDs 1900 sanctions approximately half rulebook events other half fun-flys flyins etc means seem 800 900 Contest Directors actually need Competition Regulations book properly administer event suggest dis couraging anyone requesting Com petition Regulations book would sincerely love see members involved activities represent Remember Membership Manual will sent members January will contain information need sport flying non-rule-book events Another subject its important indeed recent Executive Council meeting agenda item con cerned creating list safety items gen eral model use might include such useful admonitions adjusting nee dle valve reaching around prop front standing mid dle open field lightning rod hand during thunderstorm What have suggest recom mend Safety Committee study problem making hobby/sport safe enjoyable Accept challenge provide idea two Study AMA Safety Code carefully something missing feel should included Would published list safety-related rec ommendations little reminder need Jot down idea send Headquarters spend minute telling phone yet another thought time has come seven old RC frequencies no longer legal model use con tinuing fly operate car boat 72080 72160 72240 72320 72400 72960 or 75640 MHz will violating AMA Safety Code effective january 1 1988 During November PR Director Geoff Styles plea sure traveling Chicago Denver present seminars subjects covered cluded flying sites Contest Director rule book frequencies others able pass concentrated doses AMA information much dispel misinformation always seems around Chicago event developed underwritten Association Chicago RC Clubs Rene Fardoux spearheaded planning District VI Vice-President Jim Sears shared experience Dave Hil senhoff Frequency Committee helped providing meaningful informa tion Denver event arranged terim District IX Vice-President Travis McGinnis Friday evening included gen eral meeting Steve Mangles used spec trum analyzer check transmitters Added features seminar attend ance Howard Crispin District IV vice Continued page 125 CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II A Sobrino 87-26 88th SI Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Fernwood Dr Commack NY 11728 III Nelson Gould 1944S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 East M Weisenbach 4588W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9736 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byarley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 4 RC Ralph Bailey PO Boo 1287 Orangeburg Sc 29118-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 38106 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Rensasleer SI Jacksonville FL 32205 VI RC ay 201 Hulman Salem Rd. Terre Haute IN 47803 AC SoarIng Dale Folkening 1544 Darien Lake Dr. Darien IL 80859 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 80004 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Ad Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 148 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt VanGorder 5889 Victory View Lo Cincinnati OH 40238 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Ad McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tigertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Box 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 77-06 289th SI New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 8118 Bardo Ave Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemntrsught P0 Box 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 08371 II Bradley Bane 80 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Ad Hampton VA 23381 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Rains Rd. Memphis TN 38118 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I in Seart 52 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 86 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15131 IV Bob Karlason 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plait 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Box 415 East Faimouth MA 02538 Ii Joe Beshar 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Bianchard 1733 Beeoh Rd Hampton VA 23664 4 Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 FF Jim Bennett 324 Helfenstein Ave St Louis MO 83119 VII All events except AC antirs District axcept Michigan Greg Seydel 3625 E ova Terrsce Cudahy WI 53110 RO Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 Michigan RC Wayne Veager 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Diii Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Box 271948 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 67217 AC George Hunter 89626 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Pair Oaks CA 95628 No Harry Apolan 27794 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 Hawaii Xl Dick Salter 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 RC James McCarty 18958 Manna View Dr Seattle WA 98156 VI Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago IL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 VIII Raiph Bud Tsnny Box 545 RIchardson TX 75089 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Lincoln Wichita KS 87211-3302 X Clarence Mather 2388 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514 Xl Andy Tagliafico 20801 NW Reader Rd Portland OR 97231 VI CE Robbert 1818 Meadowlhorpe Ave Lexington KY 40505 VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsin Ave N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William Lee 3522 Tamarisk Lane Missouri City TX 77459 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 X Vic Gamer PO Box 573 Ltvarmora CA 94850 Xl John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chris Mateuno 8876 Ginger St John MO 83114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clawson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valerius 1627 Overland Pass Sugarland Tx 77478 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Axtron Dr Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Norcross P0 Box 65 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther AR 3 Boo 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCullough AR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Lv DeSoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland PO Boo 55564 Omaha NE 68155 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 xl Earle Moorhead 1169 Fir St S Apt B Salem OR 97302 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr AR 2 Florissant MO 63034 VII Keith Shaw 832 Stimson Ann Arbor Ml 48194 VIII Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert SuIt PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92555 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 98th St Seattle WA 98115 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chairman Don Lindey 420 Tupelo Naparvitle IL 60540 Executive Council rap Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Lefiwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coest Bill Northrop 898 Weal 16th St Newport Beach CA 92663 Member central Bruce Norman 3417 Creston Ave Ft Worth TX 76133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I L Melville 190 Chatham Terr Bridgeport CT 06806 II George Berko 8 Bowden Lane Glen Head NY 11545 iii R Neaaaibrsck 8329 Eusberry NIII Ct Cindenail ON 48246 IV Stacay Mills Sronkside 3 Boo 115 Charlosesnille VA 22901 V John Fuqua 724 Diane St Niceville FL 32578 HELICOPTER Ernie Huber 19 Beaver Park Ad Danvers MA 01923 II Horace Hagen 15 Parkway Pt Rad Bank NJ 07701 Ill BIll CurtIs 218 Vernon Rd Greenville PA 16125 IV Robert F Harris 3 257 Estevez Rd La Plata MD 20646 V Tim Schoonard nix Watt Schuonard 2594 NOBT Orlando FL 33694 RACING I Pete Reed 49 Anvil Dr Avon CT 06001 II Adam Sattier 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 Ill Dave Latsha 1141 Columbus Ave Lemoyne PA 17043 IV Cliff Telford 7417 Arrowood Ad Bethesda MD 20817 V Gail Jacobson 2205 Brilley Terrace College Psrk GA 30349 SOARING I Fritz Sian 41 Saw Mill Ad Concord MA 01742 II Doug Stout 12A Mayne Ave Stanhope NJ 07874 Iii Gene Shelkey 217 EuclId Ave Scottdais PA 15683 IV Bob Champine 205 Tiplon Ad Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 Tuilahoma TN 37388 SCALE John Guenther AR 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr. Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7422 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sifleet RD 3 Box 56 Gienrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Walter Perkins 3421 55 26th Ct Ocala FL 32871 CL COMBAT Paul Smith 11112 Diii Dr Sterling Heights Ml 48077 CL AEROBATICS Keith Trostie 10233 Peregrine Cir Fountain Valley CA 92708 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 94133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 Lorinda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 55 Rockwood Bartlesville OK 74006 tX Loren Tregellas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Craig Millet 25751 Coldbook El Toro CA 92830 Xt Charles Davenport 14415 SE 268th St Kent WA 98042 VI 80k Balluomini 129 College Park Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy Dletz 12450 Lansdowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Ed Coo 8209 LInden Dr Prairie Village KS 86208 X Robert Gorham 23961 Crafisman Ad Calabasas CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98884 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd Ft Wayne IN 48825 VII Wayne Yasger 38238 Castle Dr Romulus Ml 48174 VIII Dick Aitch 11942 Waywing Houston TX 77035 IX Sam Pisciotta 1525 Alexander Cur Pueblo CC 81001 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViaeiIa CA 82277-9767 Xl Roger Fierce 13308 21 8th Ave 0 6 C eonney Lake WA 98360 VI Stan Watson 19414W I34St Palos Park IL 69484 VII Al Scidmore 5013 Dorsen Dr Madison WI 53711 VIII Pancho Morris 2715 Eastbrook Dr Mesquite TX 75150 IX Ray Marvin 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 X Jerry Krainock 5942 Whltaett #2 N Hollywood CA 91607 Xl Dave Johnson 3529 NE 90th Ave Portland OR 97220 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tujunga CA 91942 RC AEROBATICS Ron Chidgey 2713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Beshar 198 Merritt Oradeli NJ 07949 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkway P1 Red Bank NJ 07701 122 Model Aviation Competition Directory AC Pyton & Soaring RC Pattern & other AC RC except Soaring Bold Face Bsiow indicates Chairman Contest Board CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Llndisy 420 Tupelo Napervitle IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Indoor Team Selection Finals Richard Melody Doig Photos Warren Williams Twenty best Indoor fliers country gathered Tustin CA over 1987 Labor Day weekend choose three-man team represent US 1988 FAI Indoor World Championships giant 156-ft-high airdocks Tustin Mar ine Corps Air Station Helicopters near Los Angeles host some finest FiD flying ever witnessed temperatures low 80s sun ny skies conditions perfect team will join defending World Champion Jim Richmond Indoor World Champion ships next year location dates World Championships will decided FAIs ClAM meetings December 1987 Day began contestants work ers arriving early renewing old friendships out-of-town contestants everpresent task getting large hangar doors closed three-rounds-per-day best-two-of-nine-flights format left little time test flying since site available day before contest 1100 am contestant meeting Con test Director Andy Faykun Assistant CD Erv Rodemsky Program Chairman Rich Doig laid out ground rules includ ing accuracy check stopwatches used meet first three-hour round would start noon Round 1 started off bang Lew Gitlow first off motor stick col lapsed just releasing destroying model Earl Hoffman next off he hung up high girders 946 RanI83 41 TEAM TU57YM CA doiph Cailliau also hung up Cezar Banks left no doubt man beat spectacular flight 4425 40-minute flight round Round 2 overlapped Round 1 starting 200 pm fliers got act together seven contestants putting up two best flights round Cezar Banks proved Round 1 no fluke moved south end hangar another spectacular flight 4455 Banks company Randolph put up 4304 Foster 4142 Romak 4335 Gitlow 4015 seemed spectacular become order day Round 3 began 500 pm spec tacular flights continued Darryl Stevens put XL ECT/cA/ 51P7 5 2 rosrrtaIMIIJl77p 58 hlIrMA qrIAi t IA 3~ 731 FIMA94 1 A 52 S ZZ233554375 4331231239Z~t3 3 40513 3 DO/ISLVSARCZYK2*4 272 1452-504343 302 54Zj IE CMdZr- 42430 /5 31240 22 O34 22 2247 O7 95 Is Y 3t6 2/154 4 0/ /3 7 AtPP 52k42453 02 33 20 R1HAO 6AN$tf Li 1248 i1t /09 4/ Heres contestants fared team finals Doigs report gives lot flavor bare outline however heartaches surprises fliers t-- 5 373s-1 L2/ o0lJ253~ 334 Jo Ls /i4 t~ 1,.,w-4 v4~v up 4035 Steve Brown 4022 Romak 4415 Randolph 4309 So end Day 1 10 flights over 40 minutes looked though Banks Romak Randolph three team slots locked up best yet come Day 2 dawned smog rollingsouth Los Angeles however noon smog lifted weather identi cal Day 1 temperature low BOs Round 4 saw destruction really begin Doig began blowing up models alone fliers except Banks demolished least model 40-minute flight round Romak putting up 4323 lead way Round 5 saw three 40-minute flights Romak 4423 Banks 4225 Cail liau 4018 Banks lead didnt seem nearly secure did after Day 1 Doig Harlan two fliers expected near top having kinds problems ultimately neither really got handle site Both finished well down standings Round 6 saw two 40-minute flights 124 Model Aviation US team will go the 1988 Indoor Woria unampionsnips Johnson City TN L-R Steve Brown Cezar Banks Bud Romak Banks holding Merrill Hamburg Trophy awarded the highest-placing flier Indoor team-selection program Santa Ana Airdock built house dirigible hence reason its 156-ft height Its marvelous place fly Cailliau 4001 Brown 4118 point nobody suspected important Browns flight would become Rich Doig Clarence Mather Darryl Stevens fin ished destroying last models round Rich Doig sat up night piecing model together out wreckage Standings still Banks Romak Randolph Day 3 dawned bright sunny typical weather Southern California Im told understand Darryl Stevens went sailing Clarence Mather went fishing rest us returned site three rounds Round 7 started 1030 am nec essary because Marines expected return duty around 600 pm early start didnt seem bother anyone Randolph posting 4235 Foster 4244 highest time meet Doig blew up rebuilt model end contest Round 8 saw no 40-minute flights however Steve Brown did respectable 3958 lead round air seemed getting slightly better set stage Round 9 Round 9 saw two 40-minute flights Foster put up 4002 came THE FLIGHT Steve Brown young protege Bob Randolph proved has learned lessons well After shaky start almost colliding helicopter model began its long climb roof next time us looked up Steves model descending slowly still 40 ft up passed 40-minute mark end flight model heading fence Steve botched steer knocking model fence failing down barely missing model watches read 4525 Steves two-flight total moved him ahead Randolph third place Randolph yet flown Round 9 Bob Randolph wound carefully knowing needed flight 4344 better move back third place launch climb normal model began drift off center approached roof Bob steered model out center appar ently successfully quickly became ap parent something very wrong turned out left wing tip knocked out alignment bracing snagged causing model spiral down Randolph finished fourth Steve Brown made team first door Finalsan incredible accomplishment USA Indoor team 1988 Indoor World Championships Cezar Banks Bud Romak Steve Brown placing fourth Bob Randolph has named Team Manager pending approval Team Selection Committee thanks Curt Stevens site contact other members Base Model Airplane Club made meet success World Champs Technical Director continued president speaking sound Don Lowe AMA president gen eral items present programs very valuable membership certain avail yourself presentations should materialize area now last promise Academy will working Experimental Air craft Association EAA present weekend Air Academy experience 13- 17-year-old young people handson building experience models well full-scale combined motivational material theory aviation history pilot programs 1988 will utilize personnel EAA chapters AMA clubs four cities Clubs Washington DC Indianapolis IN Tulsa OK Minneapolis-St Paul MN will contacted see can provide help 21/2-day programs should prove exciting useful experience students instructors alike Vintage Event continued Chesapeake VA will site competi tion Classes B C EF RC-Assist Model must ignition-engine-powered original-sized qualified under SAM Old-Timer specifications Registration will field 800900 am An entry fee $20 will allow com petition classes Early entry encouraged Send $20 fee Joe Beshar Event Director AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 February 1988 125 Don Slusarczyk youngest flier 15 yrs finals best flight creditable 3434 Don has racking up Indoor AMA National Records winner Nats Bob Randolph placed fourth two flights over 43 mm will team manager Cezar Banks uses A-length rubber motors test flights Balsa spacer fills out length Full-power flights climb high full-size motor fliers play officials put lot hard work keep Inings running smoothly L-R CD Andy Faykun site contact Curt Stevens timer Walt Getala assistant CD 1980 World Champion EN Rodemaky can smile now its over
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/02
Page Numbers: 121, 122, 124, 125
COMPE NEWSL ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS Note Technical Director W Bob Underwood CompuServe 76117167 Does job create frustration two suspect safe suggest job causes participant occasion ally sigh wish wish Thirty years teaching brought sur face certain concerns Headed third year Technical Director harbor significant eads something like could convince membership read what write seems no matter often pro vide information guidance various areas interest phone still rings con stantly asking question just swered magazine National Newsletterthree times Tis frustrating realistic side must remember aeromodeling stuff hobby members certainly cant expect everyone read publica tions same way doctor would read medical journal detailing latest surgery techniques Another important factor frequently advent issue may burning writer may yet interest readerand hence material glossed over Enough Lets get important things case whole point frus tration academic After read ing problem 'sinners' arent pews about question two caller asks Im Contest Director didnt automatically send competition rule book year nothing per sonal simply trying get true indication possible regarding need Continued page 122 Policy National Records Voted Contest Board Coordinator Don Lindley recently asked Free Flight Indoor Con trol Line RC Soaring Contest Boards vote question whether Na tional Record certificates should issue persons have equalled existing Nation al Records following policy unani mously approved Contest Boards Record performance certificates will issued time speed alti tude exceeds existing record Indoor FAI Class FiD World Cham pionships will held Mini-Dome East Tennessee State University Johnson City TN contest dates May 28-June 1 1988 BC Electrof light World Champs St LouisAugust 14-19 second World Championships FAI Class F3E RC Electric-Powered Soaring will held campus Parks College St Louis University Cahokia IL August 14-19 1988 Three-member teams nations will compete individual team awards will also additional Electric events will World Champi onship competition will Aerobatics seven-cell Pylon 1250-gram max weight Sunrise-to-Sunset team event 14-cell Aerobatics seven-cell Sailplane Scale Two new-for-1988 AMA Electric events will also flown Event 610 Class Sailplane seven-cell limited motor run Event 612 LMR will obligatory entry fee re quired enter eventsbut no additional event fee event CL Combat Emergency Rule Ratified Control Line Contest Board 2A-majority vote recently ratified re quirement use safety thongs con trol handles CL Combat events Board earlier see November 1987 edition Competition Newsletter made Emergency ruling adopt re quirement immediately latest vote means rule now permanent FF Team Finals SeguinTX team-selection finals for_the US FAI FF team will held October-l988 USAF Auxiliary Field 12th Flight Training Wing Seguin TX site former AMA Nats competition Modelers may wish enter team-selection program still have time An initial $5 fee AMA HQ Attn Micheline Madison will get mail ing list entry fee finals $50 per event Modelers have qualified semifinals must have entry fee AMA HQ no lat er July 8 1988 qualification achieved Selected Contest deadline September 22 1988 Note dates entry must received mailed No on-site entries will accepted New AMA Vintage Event 88 Nats NVINTA&J1]\ FLIaNT IfFE__ new see 1988 edition AMA Competition Rules AMA Vintage event will flown 1988 Nats Tidewater VA Monday July 25 1988 South Field Continued page 125 February 1988 121 1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 1 1988 Indoor World Championships Johnson City Tennessee Technical Director continued few Interesting facts concern ing CD rule book issue Acade has about 4200 registered CDs its rolls given year process about 1900 event sanctions Since some persons run event year about 1700 active CDs 1900 sanctions approximately half rulebook events other half fun-flys flyins etc means seem 800 900 Contest Directors actually need Competition Regulations book properly administer event suggest dis couraging anyone requesting Com petition Regulations book would sincerely love see members involved activities represent Remember Membership Manual will sent members January will contain information need sport flying non-rule-book events Another subject its important indeed recent Executive Council meeting agenda item con cerned creating list safety items gen eral model use might include such useful admonitions adjusting nee dle valve reaching around prop front standing mid dle open field lightning rod hand during thunderstorm What have suggest recom mend Safety Committee study problem making hobby/sport safe enjoyable Accept challenge provide idea two Study AMA Safety Code carefully something missing feel should included Would published list safety-related rec ommendations little reminder need Jot down idea send Headquarters spend minute telling phone yet another thought time has come seven old RC frequencies no longer legal model use con tinuing fly operate car boat 72080 72160 72240 72320 72400 72960 or 75640 MHz will violating AMA Safety Code effective january 1 1988 During November PR Director Geoff Styles plea sure traveling Chicago Denver present seminars subjects covered cluded flying sites Contest Director rule book frequencies others able pass concentrated doses AMA information much dispel misinformation always seems around Chicago event developed underwritten Association Chicago RC Clubs Rene Fardoux spearheaded planning District VI Vice-President Jim Sears shared experience Dave Hil senhoff Frequency Committee helped providing meaningful informa tion Denver event arranged terim District IX Vice-President Travis McGinnis Friday evening included gen eral meeting Steve Mangles used spec trum analyzer check transmitters Added features seminar attend ance Howard Crispin District IV vice Continued page 125 CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II A Sobrino 87-26 88th SI Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Fernwood Dr Commack NY 11728 III Nelson Gould 1944S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 East M Weisenbach 4588W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9736 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byarley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 4 RC Ralph Bailey PO Boo 1287 Orangeburg Sc 29118-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 38106 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Rensasleer SI Jacksonville FL 32205 VI RC ay 201 Hulman Salem Rd. Terre Haute IN 47803 AC SoarIng Dale Folkening 1544 Darien Lake Dr. Darien IL 80859 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 80004 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Ad Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 148 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt VanGorder 5889 Victory View Lo Cincinnati OH 40238 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Ad McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tigertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Box 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 77-06 289th SI New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 8118 Bardo Ave Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemntrsught P0 Box 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 08371 II Bradley Bane 80 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Ad Hampton VA 23381 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Rains Rd. Memphis TN 38118 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I in Seart 52 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 86 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15131 IV Bob Karlason 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plait 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Box 415 East Faimouth MA 02538 Ii Joe Beshar 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Bianchard 1733 Beeoh Rd Hampton VA 23664 4 Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 FF Jim Bennett 324 Helfenstein Ave St Louis MO 83119 VII All events except AC antirs District axcept Michigan Greg Seydel 3625 E ova Terrsce Cudahy WI 53110 RO Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 Michigan RC Wayne Veager 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Diii Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Box 271948 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 67217 AC George Hunter 89626 Lamar St 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Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valerius 1627 Overland Pass Sugarland Tx 77478 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Axtron Dr Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Norcross P0 Box 65 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther AR 3 Boo 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCullough AR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Lv DeSoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland PO Boo 55564 Omaha NE 68155 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 xl Earle Moorhead 1169 Fir St S Apt B Salem OR 97302 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr AR 2 Florissant MO 63034 VII Keith Shaw 832 Stimson Ann Arbor Ml 48194 VIII Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert SuIt PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92555 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 98th St Seattle WA 98115 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chairman Don Lindey 420 Tupelo Naparvitle IL 60540 Executive Council rap Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Lefiwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coest Bill Northrop 898 Weal 16th St Newport Beach CA 92663 Member central Bruce Norman 3417 Creston Ave Ft Worth TX 76133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I L Melville 190 Chatham Terr Bridgeport CT 06806 II George Berko 8 Bowden Lane Glen Head NY 11545 iii R Neaaaibrsck 8329 Eusberry NIII Ct Cindenail ON 48246 IV Stacay Mills Sronkside 3 Boo 115 Charlosesnille VA 22901 V John Fuqua 724 Diane St Niceville FL 32578 HELICOPTER Ernie Huber 19 Beaver Park Ad Danvers MA 01923 II Horace Hagen 15 Parkway Pt Rad Bank NJ 07701 Ill BIll CurtIs 218 Vernon Rd Greenville PA 16125 IV Robert F Harris 3 257 Estevez Rd La Plata MD 20646 V Tim Schoonard nix Watt Schuonard 2594 NOBT Orlando FL 33694 RACING I Pete Reed 49 Anvil Dr Avon CT 06001 II Adam Sattier 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 Ill Dave Latsha 1141 Columbus Ave Lemoyne PA 17043 IV Cliff Telford 7417 Arrowood Ad Bethesda MD 20817 V Gail Jacobson 2205 Brilley Terrace College Psrk GA 30349 SOARING I Fritz Sian 41 Saw Mill Ad Concord MA 01742 II Doug Stout 12A Mayne Ave Stanhope NJ 07874 Iii Gene Shelkey 217 EuclId Ave Scottdais PA 15683 IV Bob Champine 205 Tiplon Ad Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 Tuilahoma TN 37388 SCALE John Guenther AR 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr. Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7422 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sifleet RD 3 Box 56 Gienrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Walter Perkins 3421 55 26th Ct Ocala FL 32871 CL COMBAT Paul Smith 11112 Diii Dr Sterling Heights Ml 48077 CL AEROBATICS Keith Trostie 10233 Peregrine Cir Fountain Valley CA 92708 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 94133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 Lorinda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 55 Rockwood Bartlesville OK 74006 tX Loren Tregellas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Craig Millet 25751 Coldbook El Toro CA 92830 Xt Charles Davenport 14415 SE 268th St Kent WA 98042 VI 80k Balluomini 129 College Park Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy Dletz 12450 Lansdowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Ed Coo 8209 LInden Dr Prairie Village KS 86208 X Robert Gorham 23961 Crafisman Ad Calabasas CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98884 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd Ft Wayne IN 48825 VII Wayne Yasger 38238 Castle Dr Romulus Ml 48174 VIII Dick Aitch 11942 Waywing Houston TX 77035 IX Sam Pisciotta 1525 Alexander Cur Pueblo CC 81001 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViaeiIa CA 82277-9767 Xl Roger Fierce 13308 21 8th Ave 0 6 C eonney Lake WA 98360 VI Stan Watson 19414W I34St Palos Park IL 69484 VII Al Scidmore 5013 Dorsen Dr Madison WI 53711 VIII Pancho Morris 2715 Eastbrook Dr Mesquite TX 75150 IX Ray Marvin 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 X Jerry Krainock 5942 Whltaett #2 N Hollywood CA 91607 Xl Dave Johnson 3529 NE 90th Ave Portland OR 97220 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tujunga CA 91942 RC AEROBATICS Ron Chidgey 2713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Beshar 198 Merritt Oradeli NJ 07949 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkway P1 Red Bank NJ 07701 122 Model Aviation Competition Directory AC Pyton & Soaring RC Pattern & other AC RC except Soaring Bold Face Bsiow indicates Chairman Contest Board CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Llndisy 420 Tupelo Napervitle IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Indoor Team Selection Finals Richard Melody Doig Photos Warren Williams Twenty best Indoor fliers country gathered Tustin CA over 1987 Labor Day weekend choose three-man team represent US 1988 FAI Indoor World Championships giant 156-ft-high airdocks Tustin Mar ine Corps Air Station Helicopters near Los Angeles host some finest FiD flying ever witnessed temperatures low 80s sun ny skies conditions perfect team will join defending World Champion Jim Richmond Indoor World Champion ships next year location dates World Championships will decided FAIs ClAM meetings December 1987 Day began contestants work ers arriving early renewing old friendships out-of-town contestants everpresent task getting large hangar doors closed three-rounds-per-day best-two-of-nine-flights format left little time test flying since site available day before contest 1100 am contestant meeting Con test Director Andy Faykun Assistant CD Erv Rodemsky Program Chairman Rich Doig laid out ground rules includ ing accuracy check stopwatches used meet first three-hour round would start noon Round 1 started off bang Lew Gitlow first off motor stick col lapsed just releasing destroying model Earl Hoffman next off he hung up high girders 946 RanI83 41 TEAM TU57YM CA doiph Cailliau also hung up Cezar Banks left no doubt man beat spectacular flight 4425 40-minute flight round Round 2 overlapped Round 1 starting 200 pm fliers got act together seven contestants putting up two best flights round Cezar Banks proved Round 1 no fluke moved south end hangar another spectacular flight 4455 Banks company Randolph put up 4304 Foster 4142 Romak 4335 Gitlow 4015 seemed spectacular become order day Round 3 began 500 pm spec tacular flights continued Darryl Stevens put XL ECT/cA/ 51P7 5 2 rosrrtaIMIIJl77p 58 hlIrMA qrIAi t IA 3~ 731 FIMA94 1 A 52 S ZZ233554375 4331231239Z~t3 3 40513 3 DO/ISLVSARCZYK2*4 272 1452-504343 302 54Zj IE CMdZr- 42430 /5 31240 22 O34 22 2247 O7 95 Is Y 3t6 2/154 4 0/ /3 7 AtPP 52k42453 02 33 20 R1HAO 6AN$tf Li 1248 i1t /09 4/ Heres contestants fared team finals Doigs report gives lot flavor bare outline however heartaches surprises fliers t-- 5 373s-1 L2/ o0lJ253~ 334 Jo Ls /i4 t~ 1,.,w-4 v4~v up 4035 Steve Brown 4022 Romak 4415 Randolph 4309 So end Day 1 10 flights over 40 minutes looked though Banks Romak Randolph three team slots locked up best yet come Day 2 dawned smog rollingsouth Los Angeles however noon smog lifted weather identi cal Day 1 temperature low BOs Round 4 saw destruction really begin Doig began blowing up models alone fliers except Banks demolished least model 40-minute flight round Romak putting up 4323 lead way Round 5 saw three 40-minute flights Romak 4423 Banks 4225 Cail liau 4018 Banks lead didnt seem nearly secure did after Day 1 Doig Harlan two fliers expected near top having kinds problems ultimately neither really got handle site Both finished well down standings Round 6 saw two 40-minute flights 124 Model Aviation US team will go the 1988 Indoor Woria unampionsnips Johnson City TN L-R Steve Brown Cezar Banks Bud Romak Banks holding Merrill Hamburg Trophy awarded the highest-placing flier Indoor team-selection program Santa Ana Airdock built house dirigible hence reason its 156-ft height Its marvelous place fly Cailliau 4001 Brown 4118 point nobody suspected important Browns flight would become Rich Doig Clarence Mather Darryl Stevens fin ished destroying last models round Rich Doig sat up night piecing model together out wreckage Standings still Banks Romak Randolph Day 3 dawned bright sunny typical weather Southern California Im told understand Darryl Stevens went sailing Clarence Mather went fishing rest us returned site three rounds Round 7 started 1030 am nec essary because Marines expected return duty around 600 pm early start didnt seem bother anyone Randolph posting 4235 Foster 4244 highest time meet Doig blew up rebuilt model end contest Round 8 saw no 40-minute flights however Steve Brown did respectable 3958 lead round air seemed getting slightly better set stage Round 9 Round 9 saw two 40-minute flights Foster put up 4002 came THE FLIGHT Steve Brown young protege Bob Randolph proved has learned lessons well After shaky start almost colliding helicopter model began its long climb roof next time us looked up Steves model descending slowly still 40 ft up passed 40-minute mark end flight model heading fence Steve botched steer knocking model fence failing down barely missing model watches read 4525 Steves two-flight total moved him ahead Randolph third place Randolph yet flown Round 9 Bob Randolph wound carefully knowing needed flight 4344 better move back third place launch climb normal model began drift off center approached roof Bob steered model out center appar ently successfully quickly became ap parent something very wrong turned out left wing tip knocked out alignment bracing snagged causing model spiral down Randolph finished fourth Steve Brown made team first door Finalsan incredible accomplishment USA Indoor team 1988 Indoor World Championships Cezar Banks Bud Romak Steve Brown placing fourth Bob Randolph has named Team Manager pending approval Team Selection Committee thanks Curt Stevens site contact other members Base Model Airplane Club made meet success World Champs Technical Director continued president speaking sound Don Lowe AMA president gen eral items present programs very valuable membership certain avail yourself presentations should materialize area now last promise Academy will working Experimental Air craft Association EAA present weekend Air Academy experience 13- 17-year-old young people handson building experience models well full-scale combined motivational material theory aviation history pilot programs 1988 will utilize personnel EAA chapters AMA clubs four cities Clubs Washington DC Indianapolis IN Tulsa OK Minneapolis-St Paul MN will contacted see can provide help 21/2-day programs should prove exciting useful experience students instructors alike Vintage Event continued Chesapeake VA will site competi tion Classes B C EF RC-Assist Model must ignition-engine-powered original-sized qualified under SAM Old-Timer specifications Registration will field 800900 am An entry fee $20 will allow com petition classes Early entry encouraged Send $20 fee Joe Beshar Event Director AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 February 1988 125 Don Slusarczyk youngest flier 15 yrs finals best flight creditable 3434 Don has racking up Indoor AMA National Records winner Nats Bob Randolph placed fourth two flights over 43 mm will team manager Cezar Banks uses A-length rubber motors test flights Balsa spacer fills out length Full-power flights climb high full-size motor fliers play officials put lot hard work keep Inings running smoothly L-R CD Andy Faykun site contact Curt Stevens timer Walt Getala assistant CD 1980 World Champion EN Rodemaky can smile now its over