NATS RESULTS 1976 CHAMPIONS Junior Jim Geraghty San Jose CA Senior Dale Elder Orlando FL Open Bob Sifleet Glen Rock PA Free Flight Bob Sifieet Glen Rock PA Indoor Jim Richmond Davidson NC Control Line Brent Busseli Dallas TX SPECIAL AWARDS Sterling Models Award Scaie static points category qualifying ficial flight Mike Gretz Montezuma IA Zlin Akrobat 526A Testor Trophy best model finish Greg Doe Charlotte NC Lii Toni Formula Pylon Racer Jim Walker Trophy winner iSO CL Stunt flyoff excluding appearance points Bob Hunt Piscataway NJ Danny Bartley Trophy CL Category Cham pion Brent Bussell Dallas TX McNeilI Cup high time regardless age FAI Power Gilbert Graunke Brookfield WI Mulvihill Trophy high time regardless age Unlimited Rubber Jim Lewis College Park GA Tulsa Glue Dobbers Trophy high time regard less age Outdoor HL Glider Ray Harper Granada Hills CA Stout Indoor Trophy high time regardless age Indoor Cabin Ron Ganser Pitts burgh PA Stout Commercial Trophy high time regard less age AMA FAI Indoor Stick Jim Richmond Davidson NC Dick Black Trophy high time regardless age Coupe dHiver Jim Lewis College Park GA EAA Plaques best homebuilt scale aircraft categories indicated FF Rubber Tom Stark Florissant MO Wittman Taliwind FF Gas Charles Schobloher Bloomfield Hills Ml Sorreil Hyperbipe CL Mark D Bauer Norridge IL Pitts S1-S RC Bob Underwood St Louis MO Bonzo Scatter Trophies top irs FE FAI A-2 Towline Glider Jon Watson Indianola IA No Jr flights FAI Power Wakefield Rubber Skyscrapers Trophies top Srs FE FAI A-2 Towline Glider Andrew Barron Annandale VA FAI Power Joseph P Mekina Barberton OH Wakefield Rub ber John Huber Harrisburg PA 1976 NATS ENTRIES Jr Sr Open No Contestants 1862211267 No Mechanics Entries Event Indoori 92 Entrants Stick Paper Stick Cabin FAI Stick Pen nyplane Easy B HL Glider AMA Scale Peanut Scale 5832 91333 1310 0425 25835 181137 302953 21034 6948 continued page 79 CL WORLD CHAMPS Report Dr Laird Jackson US Team Manager What can team manager say about WC good bad way Mostly good because no matter what happens experience remember bad organizational mat ters done undone Dutch gone overboard expenses think high price eliminated some eastern European competitors Arrangements frankly overpriced group moder ately inconvenient what got Im sure difficult run WC other people commented same point fairly consistent note friction about competition Acm Club people ClAM people frequently jabbing another quiet way also public washing dirty Dutch linen should have avoided Im referring Total lack settling Team Race flap over 1674 Flores Italian Dutch wife 828 Team Race pit man Dutch team matter Dutch Acro Club should have made public things Dutch modelers 45than compensated difficulties 55their warm reception friendly aid 14were helpful us ways 29 best weve 68recent years Stunt guys performed al 66most perfectly shame 112cant give three four first places Team 46Race team didnt make top three 63but showed comeback continued page 79 U S SWEEPS INDOOR WORLD CHAMPS Bud Romak Moraga CA new World Champion Indoor models two-flight total 78 minutes 58 seconds handily beat Ciapala Po land second 7203 Barr England third 7124 highest single flight World Champion ships also scored Romak39 minutes 36 seconds US team members Bucky Servaites Jim Richmond placed respectively 8th 9th although flight totals available press time Romaks winning score joined Servaites Richmond assured Team World Championship US England second Canada third Indoor World Championships held Cardington England Au gust 28-30 NEWSLET ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS815 FIFTEENTH STREET NWWASHINGTON DC 20005 Congratulations CL Aerobatics World Champion Les McDonald below first place together outstanding performances Bill Werwage Gene Schaffer also led US team victory Bob Gieseke 1974 World Champ competing individual third NATS SCALE RESULTS INDOOR AMA SCALE J-S Comb sponsored Peck-Polymers 1William C HennClifton NJ Lacey M-10 2Charles SlaterFt Lauderdale FL 3Michael 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61 45 121 67 127 89 253 75 53 25 50 40 24 6 LAST CHANCE TO GET NATS PATCHES sold out Nats another order has placed Order now delivery Which expected about October 1 Send $1 per patch postpaid check money order payable AMA CL World Champs/Jackson continued page 75 brewing US Team Race teams believe ready make difficult other side next time Jim Sue Plauns did very nice job Jed Kusik Larry Jolly made great showing 408 heat time make semifinals Speed really happy find everybody working together being team enjoy Speed good time circle Bob Carl Chuck came extremely close win ning team championship certainly didnt miss lack trying Again little support could see US Speed team back top again Recent inter est Nats participation indication suggests kind support growing Speaking support whole team owes November1976 79 CL World Champs/Jackson Con t thanks two fine gentlemen aeromodelling am speaking Matty Sullivan John Brodbeck Both men generously sup ported team effort year deserve very large thank Johnny has es pecially supportive over years both men support us own special enthu siasm modeling Finally Ill say again have past -there nothing quite like being World Championships competition top different people worlds best event experience year always pleasant feeling friend ship good times added chance sightsee few days after competition relaxed sometimes too re axed atmosphere wont forget Switzerland probably wont forget us either havent tried WC experience recommend som Hobbies awarded beautiful plaque wife Nancy deserves biggest thanks understanding eight-year en deavor color excitement World Championships should goal competition modeler phone conversation months ago Bill Werwage put nutshell makes worthwhile CL STUNT WORLD CHAMPS CL STUNT WORLD CHAMPS Report Les McDonald US Team Member 1st Place can say thanks people made possible become World Cham pion decision Bob Gieske draw team could fly Utrecht probably greatest gesture sportsman ship history precision aerobatics seems though everyone know helped some wayBill Werwage Gene Schaffer Doc Jackson engine went sour Louis VanDerHout practice site needed Joanne Jackson during latter hours awards banquet Friends home helped tooRemel Cooper drove 750 miles help clean up flying southeastern stunt fliers contri buted financially Bill Simon handled logistics Wayne Cathey built bullet proof shipping box model top off returned home Europe fellow workers Orange BIosReport Gene Schaffer US Team Member 6th Place Well really tough Stunt team Bob Gieseke find practice area go 35 miles south Utrecht Louis van de Hout gets special thanks us helping much finding place practice whole week Its good thing cause fuel engine problems first three days practice Official flying again better previous World Championships teams CL AEROBATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS Finals scores top 15 shown second lines P1Competitor 1 McDonald 2 Werwage 3 Gieseke 4 Billon 5 Gabris 6 Schaffer 7 Compostella 8 van de Hout 9 Rossi 10 Cani 11 Sasaki 12 Cappi 13 Hara 14 Tindall 15 Eskildsen 16 Lavalette 17 Ferrand 18 Yoshikawa 19 Skrabalek 20 Harlow 21 Andersson Nation USA USA USA France Czechoslovakia USA Italy Ho land Italy Czechoslovakia Japan Italy Japan England Denmark France France Japan Czechoslovakia Australia Sweden 1st 2742 2950 2812 2931 2852 2867 2689 2972 2667 2878 2548 2485 2889 2722 2687 2814 2634 2774 2676 2726 2616 2765 2388 2786 2520 2496 2609 2717 2512 2479 2580 2452 2304 2385 2nd 2860 2950 2871 2882 2879 2864 2724 2896 2810 2746 2745 2926 2767 2887 2713 2866 2726 2822 2703 2568 2839 Th 2729 2640 2746 2694 2622 2652 2604 2597 2489 2558 2537 2537 P1Competitor 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 5354 5556 57 58 Mayer Aaltio v Doesburg Higgs Maikes Perdomo Newnham Hanna Edel G Liber R Liber Meder Tellier Ben-A ne Kraszewski Tidey Manel Delcado Huss Petersen Goldstein Sedladtchek Markovits Fagnole Raitsch Keller Fakla Ottosen Fernandez Thuring Hertlandez Reichle Mira Espinoza Nagla Mann Metwally TEAM RESULTS 1 USA 2 Italy 3 Czechoslovakia 17283 16696 16216 4Japan 5France 6Holland 7England 8Finland 9Belgium 16010 15888 15187 14405 14355 13307 10 Denmark 11 Israel 12 Cuba 13 Australia 14 Canada 15 WGermany 13124 12782 12621 11869 11560 11459 16 Switzerland 17 Sweden 18 Mexico 19 Poland 20 Spain 21 Egypt 80 Model Aviation Nation Finland Finland Holland Canada W Germany Cuba England Australia Holland Belgium Belgium Fin land Canada Israel Poland Australia England Cuba Sweden Denmark Israel Sweden Israel Belgium W Germany Switzerland Canada Denmark Cuba Switzerland Mexico W Germany Spain Mexico Egypt Mexico Egypt 1st 2431 2313 2425 2221 2294 2265 2428 2424 2235 2194 2194 2342 2329 2157 2152 2248 1958 2126 1902 2094 2105 2060 2016 1695 1960 1793 1874 242 1614 1528 60 135 2nd 2534 2504 2475 2437 2437 2372 2338 2418 2394 2362 2231 1928 2314 2266 2177 2154 1999 2008 2043 1657 1973 1936 1910 1869 1525 11 07 314 172 9883 9221 4992 4453 2626 282 CL SPEED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS KM/HR P1 Competitor 1 E Rumpel 2 C Schuette 3 C Ricci 4 B Buser 5 R Spahr 6 J Lenzen 7 I Schmidt 8 G Bajdalinov 9 C Dodge 10 1 Pacheco 11 P Halman 12 Enfroy 13 C Dusi 14 V Maslenkin 15 A Rachwal 16 L Bilat 17 0 Poulsen 18 L Parramon 19 N Kinoshita 20 L Eskildsen 21 G Isles 22 V Fagerstrom 23 V Matilainen Nation1st2nd3rd -25292450 2477-246924722331 246024642408 24302321198A -22852406 23872330230623762325 235621622112 234823242285 2290 _____ 2325 W Germany USA Italy Holland USA W Germany W Germany USSR USA Spain England France Italy USSR Poland Switzerland Denmark Spain Japan Denmark England Finland Finland TEAM RESULTS 1 W Germany 2 USA 3 italy 7322 7263 7044 2327 2321 2342 2337 2337 2142 2292 2284 2282 2259 2179 2230 2346 2343 2203 2209 2281 2285 2274 2207 2240 2077 4USSR 5Spain 6England 7Holland 8France 2313 2310 2307 2247 2147 6913 6832 6812 6750 6702 P1 Competitor 24 L Corti 25 0 Kjellberg 26 D Smith 27 D Kuusholma 28 Pereversev 29 Bellelle 30 L Gaya 31 DvanOpstal 32 Nougier 33 C v d Berg 34 W Holle 35 D Masters 36 A Baez 37 Anido 38 C Noakes 39 R Masters 40 T Matsushita 41 H Geschwendtner 42 L Molinari 43 Rodrigues J Perreira R Hiern J Pinho R Hagel 9 Finland 10 Denmark 11 Cuba 12 Japan 13 South Africa Nation1st2nd3rd 2227216822042209 220722052150 210220602196 203721892200 -21972032 217721692085 2175-2127 2162204820912147 20972139 207321322047 165521232123 202716332091 205020742065-2025--2003-TT1934-1838 Italy Sweden England Finland USSR France Spain Belgium France Holland Holland S Africa Cuba Cuba Austria S Africa Japan Denmark Brazil Cuba Portugal Austria Brazil Sweden 6666 6587 6148 4307 4197 14 Switzerland 15 Sweden 16 Belgium 17 Austria 18 Brazil 2313 2209 2175 2074 1975 seemed better before Salvitor Rossi Italy really impressed did three Japanese happy won team award again though individual did no better last time 6th place felt flight draw positions very early day could have hurt score course part love best vic tory party 747 lounge way back homeseven hours long Thanks again Dr Laird Jackson expert assistance engine/fuel combi nations dont think team would have turned out same three places him World competition its CL TEAM RACE WORLD CHAMPS Report Jim Sue Plaunt US Team 11th Place Attending World Champs has thrilling rewarding experience have ever sure before left upon return fully agreed worth two years painfully hard work mention num erous near divorces following brief chronological description experiences hope will enlighten encourage others join fun fly some Team Race fortunate US have ideal Team selection process cen tralized Trials well advance Champs seems little doubt Team Trials 75 well previous years run same way have selected representative teams go Champs After Trials Lake Charles went back work trying improve selves began thinking about problems going overseas told get ting fuel over worst part trip However found al trivial fact proved easiest part trip simply wrote modeler Holland agreed accept shipments us sent everything him air freight confirmed safe arrival storage fuel ingredients before end May Finding out properly fill out appropriate forms troublesome part whole maneuver difficult after few phone calls little persistence Building box send airplanes equipment safely next problem After seeing efforts some other teams espec ially own teammates Jim Dunkin Bill Wright realized box somewhat heavier cumbersome necessary Dunkin/Wright ex cellent idea carrying airplanes used third model encase styrofoam box cut out inside just enough hold model securely place airplane inside weighed less five pounds practically indes structible During preparations course continued practice development hopCN wishes thank US CL World Championships Teams responded request few words concerning own personal experiences regret however team members hadnt done press time ing turn respectable time Utrecht continued working rear valve Rossi used Team Trials about first February fortun ate enough get Henry Nelsons new engines Nelson showed very great promise reworked planes fit went work time leave Utrecht managed work Rossi model down 235238 sec/10 laps Nelson going close same perhaps quite reliably would like Both engines would go 35 38 laps per tank easily As boarded plane New York felt would pleased race time anywhere middle low 420s would scare anyone over would represent about best could competition first require ment competitive endeavor trip Holland really quite enjoy able met rest team along Doc Jackson New York board ed plane off should men tion team shirts warm-up outfits Doc obtained team gave us New York really first-class arrived Holland about noon local time Sunday claimed baggage airplane box rented car made prearranged lodging place early afternoon rested bit spent rest day scouting contest site official practice site picked up fuel Starting next morning three days practice before official processing team practice began Thursday de cided take full advantage time off went bright early Monday morning practice site fearful along practicing 3000 feet altitude less 10% humidity might lead us November 1976 81 Team Race WC/Plaunt Cont astray came time race 0 feet al titude 60% humidity abso lutely correct course both needle compression settings changed quite noticeably also change cooling set-up cooling fuel less amyl nitrate fore could get engines run right Since familiar decid ed would have better chance Rossi run good race stuck both official flights best parts trip Wednesday afternoon just finishing last practice session practice field suddenly filled Team Racersthe en tire Italian team Austrians including Mr Bugi himself Germans Swedish Danish Dutch teams along several others Most course very top teams Europe enjoyable watching practice try put psych other course snooped took pictures famous Instamatic generally acted like tourists tourists official processing practice Thursday fairly uneventful us As practice time Americans rather late day cooling off left compression just touch under make about right flying heat day Friday exciting part day watching Russians hereto fore unseen anyone screaming around 205 sec/10 laps fastest could catch anyone else rarely better 220 sec/10 laps official racing would tell real story custom engines clearly equal superior anything free world fourth heat day Fri day about 1015 morning Since still cool raised compression bit felt should have good setting somewhat nervous expec ted especially Jim Doc Jackson Jim Dunkin especially Bill Wright stood helpful getting Jims feet back ground before after race got off good start good first tank ran out fuel unexpectedly pit 33 laps Jim also collec ted foul blocking second tank saw engine going cold spitting lot some reason again ran out fuel sooner expected mention se cond blocking foul make up lost time Jim cleverly set plane down foot two front Sue full speed ex pecting him whip around Sue running after planeaghast Jim quickly lays egg breaks over forehead just seal fate Jim manages collect third foul handle-off-theground Needless say pleased first days performance Jury fairly incredible first morning giving 16 disqualifications eight official times small consolation made own mistakes probably de served fouls called us left immedi ately practice field try get act back together found some reason still quite sure engine just wanted bunch leaner setting rich setting basically reason cold running loss laps felt much better after session believed should good shape Saturday Saturday sixth heat deed everything went quite smoothly third away three flip start running just about air English team Heaton/Ross Russian team Maslov/Efremov time plenty laps Jim made sure shut off quite early came pit reason able fashion probably slowed time bit felt extra insurance worth Both Sues pits flawless usual officially credited time 4211 very intelligent use two whipping fouls somewhat less conserva tive pit work Russians recorded 4121 though speed almost equal traffic Being desparate get time fast TEAM RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS Finals 200 laps P1Competitor 1 Barkov/Suraev 2 Petersen/Geschwendtner Disq Larsson/Rylin Nation USSR Denmark Sweden Time 8092 8100 Semifinals 100 laps Petersen/Geschwendtner Disq Krasnorutski/KramarenkO Disq Larsson/Rylin Barkov/Suraev Bugi/Straniak Maslov/Efremov Fontana/Amodlo Jolly/Kusik Onufrienko/Chapovalov Qualifications 100 laps 1 2 D sq 3 4 Disq Disq 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Barkov/Suraev Petersen/Geschwendtner Krasnorutski/Kramaren ko Onufrien ko/Ch apovalov BugI/Straniak Flores/van de Voort Larsson/Rylin Jolly/Kusik Fontana/Amodio Maslov/Efremov Winkle r/Po ntan Gu rtle r/Baumgartner Hasling/Hasling Plaunt/Plaunt Rudd/King Heato n/Ross Topalian/Topalian Nocentini/Macchi Metkemeyer/Metkemeyer Fischietti/Gherardi Fischer/N itsche Rivold/Bobjerg Denmark USSR Sweden USSR Austria USSR Italy USA USSR USSR Denmark USSR USSR Austria Holland Sweden USA Italy USSR Sweden Austria Denmark USA England England France Italy Holland Italy Austria Denmark 35 67 3-59 415 407 Disq 413 414 424 437 Disq 4085 4000 4022 4052 4058 4115 4080 4100 41 22 41 22 Disq 41 36 Disq 4264 4243 Disq Disq 4251 Disq 42 75 4300 402 405 409 Disq 429 421 359 408 4066 Disq 407 Disq 4248 41 38 Disq 4125 4128 4211 42 18 Disq 4245 4246 4270 4272 4343 Disq 20 Ziemniak/Galkowski 21 Helmich/v d Kroon 22 Borer/Studer 23 Smith/Fry 24 Bengtsar/Bohlin 25 Borer/Schraner 26 Canals/Grau 27 Nore/Ekholm 28 Aarnipalo/Fagerstrom 29 Barnes/Brown 30 Pares/Pares 31 Wilson/Vella 32 Fairey/Burke 33 Dunkin/Wright 34 Thomson/Roberts 35 Komorn/Rousselot 36 Pascual/Campillo 37 P d Costa/L d Sousa 38 Kelly/Parent 39 Ferrarezi/Mary 40 Benitez/Agraz 41 Magne/Surugue 42 Del Pino/Carrasco 43 Marsson/Suarez 44 Eicker/Schwarz 45 van Breda/Boyd Sutherland 46 Georgiadis/Prior 47 Sawabe/Ichikawa 48 Pulido/Pastor 49MacLean/MacLean 50 Saccavino/Bilat 51 Marsch/Dessaucy 52 Lenzen/Pieper 53 Monaco/Vincentini TEAM RESULTS full team scores 1 Austria 2 Denmark 3 Italy 4 England 12452 12 5 11 13 018 13194 Poland Holland Switzerland England Sweden Switzerland Spain Finland Finland New Zealand Spain Australia Canada USA Australia France Cuba Portugal Canada Brazil Cuba France Cuba Brazil W Germany S Africa Australia Japan Spain Canada Switzerland Belgium W Germany Brazil 5USA 6France 7Cuba 82 Model Aviation 4360 4312 Disq 43 33 4384 4479 4513 Disq 4544 55 35 4598 Disq Disq 5185 5107 Disq Disq Disq 5125 Disq 5345 Disq Disq Disq Disq Disq Disq Disq Disq 4303 Disq 43 32 4421 4580 Disq 45 25 5102 4563 45 91 5020 5076 5079 5082 5087 6022 5110 5110 5112 5149 5126 5203 5301 6045 Dkq Disq Disq Disq Disq Disq D isq Disq 1337 14 45 8 15 4 35 enough make semifinals after recording 4243 Friday Heatonf Ross got three whipping fouls disqualified however very fair excellent three-up race quite honest representative times being result semifinals finals Sunday course high point Team Racing activities somewhat surprised learn team semifinals given solo ten-minute practice period pre ceding semifinal race means obvi ously team semifinals gets exactly setting want setting bad have nothing no blame themselves addition semifinals provide much honest racing heats virtually two-up one-up races gave some very optimistic heat times some cases couple silly things happened Sun day like organizers deciding finally dis qualify Dutch teams after heats over protest pending since opening day like Russian team Krasnorutsky/Kramerenko being caught oversize tank Basically however semifinals went smoothly fairly final kind strange Danish team fastest semifinal time really good chance winning broke inboard wing first pit leav ing Swedes Russians alone re cord very fast time after dust settled Swedes disqualified cause Rossi Fl oversize Disqualifi cation Swedes moved other Russian team Onufrienko/Chapovalov up third place though did make finals fact did rather poorly semifinals though semifinal times much representative general teams capabilities heat times always used determine placings after first three places Well thats way looked us respect greatest rewarding experiences have ever list conclusions follows 1 US Team Selection process ex cellent just has existed past sever al years should left alone 2 US Team should arrive Champs four five days before competi tion starts just did time allow plenty time sort things out half way around world did think necessary before have changed minds 3 can make semifinals bad good luck behind you have best chance show what can go 4 Check engine tank before leave home 50-MINUTE INDOOR BARRIER BROKEN First struggle break 30 min utes 40 minutes now Dick Kowalski Warren Ml has succeeded piercing 50-minute mark official flight AMA sanctioned AMA/FAI Record Trial actual time recorded 50 minutes 41 seconds performance being submitted FAI certification new World Rec NATIONAL AMA RECORDS AS OF SEPTEMBER 1 1976 Indoor AMA Ceiling Cat ROG Stick Paper Stick HL Stick ROG Cabin Autogiro Helicopter Ornithopter HL Glider FAI Stick Pennyplane Nov Pennyplane Junior 5042 7230 9240 4324 0462 2226 0514 1026 9240 3180 3410 Senior 5114 11580 22561 7100 2174 4320 1262 1136 22 56 1 7342 3010 Indoor AMA Ceiling Cat II ROG Stick Paper Stick HL Stick ROG Cabin Autogiro Helicopter Orn ithopter HL Glider FAI Stick Pen nyplane Nov Pennyplane JuniorSenior 529610332 1513219342 1821229310 1141815422 05505202 62084478 03001302 15002098 1821024130 34108288 35283071 Indoor AMA Ceiling Cat Ill ROG Stick Paper Stick HL Stick ROG Cabin Autogiro Helicopter Ornithopter HL Glider FAI Stick Pennyplane Nov Pennyplane Junior 9172 13524 27120 12 290 0500 1428 0164 2072 27 120 6415 64 15 Senior 12110 20098 33302 19 47 4 6082 3280 1452 2134 33300 12 535 10028 Open 12100 16000 21 062 17494 4190 10360 3300 1188 23480 9192 6350 Open 15532 24160 34570 23194 6328 7318 5152 2228 32 21 0 13 420 8313 Open 21520 27300 50 421 30000 8270 8110 4304 2586 41430 15245 5495 Control Line Cant B Proto Speed 8 Prof Proto AA Proto AA Prof Proto FAI Speed NC Class NC Class II NC Profile Junior 13235 9349 9270 12967 32892 34280 23793 Outdoor Free Flight FAI Power Wakefield Coupe dHiver HL Glider A-i Towline A-2 Towline Payload Cargo /2A Gas AA Gas ROW Gas Gas ROW B Gas B Gas ROW C Gas C Gas ROW Rocket Unlim Rubber Unlim Rub ROW Autogiro Orn ithopter Helicopter AA Gas AA Gas ROW Gas Gas ROW B Gas B Gas ROW C Gas C Gas ROW Rocket Unlim Rubber Unlim Rub ROW Autogiro Ornithopter Helicopter Senior Open 11995 15811 Junior 8965 10461 Jr 2-line 13818 17141 34695 3704 34720 38100 22639 2550 JuniorSenior 736018530 1639018030 1154010000 816012060 2109031000 1914044580 5420 Category Records JuniorSenior 31410 615012490 47020 646011400 26520 200008080 32090 52606440 411012000 22 54019 550 40501150 23601350 04201010 23107160 Category II Records Junior 63 10 4530 2460 4350 6500 1290 6170 5410 7170 62130 3210 2380 0300 6110 Senior 12590 73 10 5270 6540 8350 7270 23350 6440 5490 26470 1080 0230 1320 6570 Open 50 530 39460 20190 20000 28250 49500 8060 648oz Open 10160 13 440 46550 9100 62390 13560 17310 68540 10 570 5210 6130 14570 Open 13530 9590 30000 7490 30000 5160 20440 8400 10130 38040 9000 4040 4090 8000 mark model continued tapping rafters until about 20-minute mark Bal loon steering used once during flight during descent avoid floor ob struction About 100 turns remained upon landing true significance outstanding flight can readily seen 14-year rein previous FAI World Record holder class K H Riecke West Germany Rieckes record 45 minutes 40 seconds established September 22 1962 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Control Line Endurance AA Speed Speed B Speed C Speed D Speed Form 40 Jet Speed Junior 0 92 15 10806 14429 16477 n/a 12207 18549 SeniorOpen 0 4100 5 0948 11107 12011 1723417571 1843519347 17663 n/a n/a 20037 14261 15879 20493 20563 ord Indoor Rubber-Powered Models Ceil ing Cat IV flight simultaneously es tablishes new AMA National Record AMA Stick Models AMA Ceiling Cat Ill Kowaiskis record-setter conforms old AMA Class D specifications having 300 sq ins wing area Power came 20Y2 loop rubber 096 x 045 wound 1950 turns flight made August 14 Akron OH Goodyear Aerospace Hangar having height 183 rafters Credit prodding Erv Rodemsky Kowaiskis packing enough turns secure record According word have Kowaiski about ready put model away after first flight 44 minutes well below top Rodemsky ca joled him going First ceiling contact record flight 91A-minute November1976 83 Indoor FAI Ceiling Categories ages comb IIIllIV 22470234803221041430 13 QUALIFIED FOR 77 RC MASTERS TEAM FINALS Qualified far three 1975 us RC Aerobatics Team members Dave Brown Mark Radcliff Rhett Miller Ill top 10 Master Class fliers 1976 Nation al Contest entered program Don Lowe Centerville OH Michael Mueller Chicago IL Steve Helms San Mar cos CA Phil Kraft Vista CA Wayne Aber nethy Hillside MD Jim Whitley Decator AL James Kimbro San Marcos CA Dean Koger Wright-Patterson FB OH Carl Weber Waukesha WI Jim Oddino Woodland Hills CA Remaining qualified top 20 points part program runs until October 25 Together aforementioned 13 will compete three spots US 1977 RC Aerobatics Team RC Masters Team Selection Finals June 1977 site determined fi nalists among hosting bids sub mitted mid-November year See October 1976 issue page 69 details should brought out bids Standings unaudited points part program supplied Dick Sonheim NSRCA September 1 follows Numbers within parentheses show meets have flown earning points Sal Battaglia New Rochelle NY Tony Bonetti Emerson NJ Joe Bridi Harbor City CA John Britt Lees Summit MO Ron Chidgey Pensacola FL Denis Donohue Bergenfield NJ Alan Dupler Millersport OH Philip Gieseking Ft Wayne IN Joe Gross Ft WorthTX George Hill Annandale VA Ed Izzo Holliston MA Ed Keck Webster NY Robert Kelly Denver CO Daniel Kowallek Kokomo IN Fred Kugel Celina OH Ben Mathews New Orleans LA Thomas Moore Nashville TN Lloyd Nicholson Denver CO James Osborne LumbertonTX Eric Podzielinski Ft Wayne IN Howard Randles Graham NC CW Reed Raytown MO Bill Salkowski Canoga Pk CA Donald Seals Paris IL Pat Shuttleworth Bob Smith Chatsworth CA William Thomas Bartlesville OK 543 7480 3110 6253 4176 5182 3121 5155 4110 6246 6142 5228 5209 6220 7264 244 488 377 4209 395 366 6198 166 477 477 122 5253 CALL FOR 1977 FF SYMPOSIUM PAPERS National Free Flight Society solici ting papersforthe 1977 NFFS Symposium held 1977 Nats Papers will pub lished 1977 Symposium volume wheth er author able present pap er personally Nats Papers should cover some aspect science art Free Flight models including technical studies practical design engineering applied models 84 Model Aviation new unusual model aircraft developments historical items Both indoor outdoor Free Flight modeling developments included Please send proposed papers Robert P Dodds Editor Box 436 Rancho Santa Fe CA 92067 Send title proposed paper together abstract 200 words or com plete paper possible hopefully within month after publication no tice editor year would like have complete list material pub lished December 15 1976 FF TEAM PROGRAM NEWS Revised Program Budget Approved vote 130 39 participants current Free Flight Team Selection Program have approved tentatively new three-year program budget its implementation say tentatively because new schedule budget will used present two-year cycle World Championships re mains unchanged new program plan follows First year same year WC Qualifying Trials Regional Semifinals per pre sent format including formula ad vancement US Team Finals Second year US Team Finals central ized rotating East Central West East etc per present format Third year Program Committee support approval AMA conjunc tion Canada Mexico other American participating countries would stage American Open FAI International Contest would open FAI fliers could enter individuals teams US teams selected year before would sent American Internationals sponsorship FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I He,y Strock RFO No2 Haceborg Old Lyss Cr 06371 II Cool AlIen 2 Aricono Fl. Hontingon Sta NY 11746 III Rody Klviber 2021 Lakelond Ace Lakowood OH 44107 IV J0 ByIa J. 219 SIunandoats Rd. Mosepton VA 23261 V Bonny Jenkins 3112 East Rome Rd. Mnnpnis TN 38116 VI Chris Maso 10132 Dooqlsto Cl. SI Ann MO 63074 VII Phil Klintwo-th Jr. 715 Rolgers Rd. Rochester MI 48063 VIIL Marl Velercs 2302 Po,eran Or. Hoonton TX 77056 IX Edward Collins 43186 utah P1. Dnnver co 80222 X Joe Noroross 4836 Went 1 23rd St. Hawthorne CA 90280 XI Ernie Lnn 16688 Ace. SE Renton WA 98068 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I Onorge Higgns 21 Edson Pork Ocncy MA 02188 II Jnon Pajlnt 30 Ewersor Rd. BrookvIIe 01ev Heed NY 11546 III Laird Jackson 523 Meadowbrook St Oovds PA 19087 IV Ron McNally 6118 Battle An. Speosgfald VA 22152 V Dave Hewetracaht PO Bye 171 Moncks corner sc 29461 VI Bob Bcrch 133 Rocklord Apt 12 Pored Park IL 60130 VII Arty, Adatnisin 22464 Pcrlac Taylor MI 48180 VIII Charles Avaston 3730 Keotcrnet OclIas TX 75233 IX Michael Tallwan 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 67217 X Pete Brandt 420 5 catalina Acn. Redondo Bch. CA 90277 XI Dan Rctherlod 920 240th SE BotIlell WA 98011 FAI Program Fund budget program follows US Team travel Pan-American Interna tionals$2000 Fund staging Internats2250 Budget Committee meeting2000 Semifinals expenses500 Mementos Finalists500 Team Finals Costs750 Total$8000 new program plan budget developed AMA FAI FF Program Committee chaired Bob Stalick new budget provides Pan-American Inter nationals eliminating travel reimbursement going US Team Finals Blame MN also shows increased cost in-person committee meeting Team Manager Nominations Received July FAI FF Newsletter current program entrantswhich carried ballot described abovealso asked nominations post team manager among nominations could submitted up September 13 US team members would choose Sixty-four nominations re ceived written four nominations partic ular order listing Bill Hartill Bob Hatschek Bob White Doug Gaibreath Bob Sifleet Bob Stalick Tom Hutchinson Bill Bogart George Xenakis RON MCNALLY NEW CL CB CHAIRMAN As August 26 Ron McNally District IV representative Control Line Contest Board Springfield VA accepted Chair manship group upon appointment AMA President John Clemens DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS I Pool L Penney 8 12arlorte Dr. Andover MA 01840 II R Sobrino 87-26 88th St. Woodhaven Otleens NY 11421 RC Pred Blaekhorn8BlceSprocn Ln.Cvwwack LI NY 11725 III Ke1Reber Rd 1 Nazareth PA 18064 lEant M Weisenhach 4568 W 146th St. cleveland OH 48135 Went RC i Slater 809 Porest Rose Lancooter OH 43130 West IV Warren Sander Jr. 9735 52nd Ave. College Pk MD 20741 RC J Lawrence 12538 WoOdetock Or. upper Marlboro MD 20870 V iowa, Pedce Kingston Cr. RFD NO 4 Athens TN 37303 VI Harry Morphy it. 3824 Oabwood Blvd Anderson IN 48011 RC Bob Vololavek 7819 Chestyct Ave Woodridge IL 60515 VII John Evert 421 Wolnat Lv Apple Volley MN 55134 IWest Walter Harlong 14759 Kilboorne Ontroit Ml 48213 lEant VIII iohn Oeaton 5012 Royal Pt Worth TX 76116 RC Larry Stanlield 301 Wilson St. Crowley TX 76036 IX iowns T Finley 6540 C Central Wichte KS 67206 RC Robert Arnett 2005 Kansas 0mev Bnnd KS 67530 X Mytln Coad RI, Boo 19 Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Polaneby 258 Iris Ace Ovinta CA 93017 ISoathl Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvidere Ave. SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Donold Miller 3436 5 263rd St. Kent WA 98031 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Doog Allredd 38 Soweelt Rd Levinoton MA 02173 II ice Friend 62 Joyce, Terr Freehold Ni 07083 Ill Oove Brown 8534 Hoddleston Civonnaci OH 45236 IV Onorge Hill 4106 Breezewood Lv. Avoandele VA 22003 V Rhott MIller Sr. 3039 Labeshore Or. Tallohansee FL 32303 VI Bob undnrwood 4109 Concord Oaks St Loxis MO 63128 VII Peter Waters 31219 Kendall Livonia Ml 48154 VIII David Hyde 2026 Snozewoss Lv. Oarland TX 75042 IX Low, Tregellas 30039 Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Nerslsrop Jr. 821W 19eh St. Costa Mass CA 82827 Xl Ralph Brook, 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98168 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Shereton 408 River Rd. Tewksbcry MA 01876 II Robert Oewens 96 Shorewoy Dr. Rochetter NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Sowrnit St. McKeenport PA 15130 IV Hornt Bowers 1649 Birch Rd. McLcon VA 22101 V Lee P Webster 1000 Sycawore Cir. Manchester TN 37355 VI Prank Beamty 2606 Peetoon Rd. Oranile City IL 62040 VII Clood MeCollosesh Boo 40 Mowaceeso IA 50171 VIII ixheny Cashorn 6506 NOrwondy Rd Ft Worth TX 76112 IX Dean Copeland 7617 Seward St. Onvaha NE 68114 X Prank Copan 7407 Denswore Ave. Von Noys CA 91406 Xl Earle Moorheod 275S Viaw P1 S Salew OR 97302 Bold Pam Balow hsdsmt Clsairsssoe Costmt Board CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Do, Li,dlay 426 Topale Napsensil IL 60540 RULES PROPOSALS IN FORMATION 5 stem tot sensitlvi ing ness AMA competsston rules see complete Contest Boats1 Preceti uses tsr May 1 916 issue schesl uled members have op5sortuniss study lobby los abajost proposals propose i esisions bet use p reposal voIce jose e [test CN aids irs lb vs tort sues inst 'toy s arious proposals ivevisre AMA HQ about mid-July mid-August cue ered issue c IIces isv date us proposro nose soles ii avopird sells jan Jars 1 8 Pr apesals iv p remus rexiess cy sic cOb lit suhesissee until hepseesber 1976 post osark expect summarize stir iv maininy prispusals next issue Wbat Can hiuvy 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