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NE WSLET ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20005 1981 NATIONALS TEXAS AVG 2-9 THE AMA Executive Council has approved site dates 1 981 National Cham pionships An unusual feature years meet will fact Indoor Nats will held entirely different site dif ferent date key reason turn events fact no suitable door site within reasonable distance Outdoor site major center contest activity will Seguin Auxiliary AFB Seguin TX town Seguin approximately 35 miles northeast San Antonio TX air base about four miles town area flat field devoid trees shrubs buildings on-base structure firehouse paved areas excellent condition Crops grown surrounding fields generally grains grow waist-height Free Flight retrieving conditions excellent As past years RC Soaring RC Heli copter events will held nearby site about 10 miles air base Contest events will include flown 1980 Nats plus CL Mouse Racing Class RC Sport Scale Soaring Some procedures have changed should delight contestants will six days Outdoor FF activity Mon day through Saturday will six days Pylon Racingthree days QM Formula scheduled flown morning prior commencement Pattern competition will no qualifying RC Patterneach five days competition will feature total-entrant rounds anticipated Pattern day will divided between Novice/Advanced Expert/Masters Several AMA Chartered Clubs San Antonia area will provide event offi cials coordinator Nats San Antonio area Charles Parish ARCS Alamo RC Society club Nats Contestant Housing no on-site housing available air base Negotiations now underway two nearby collegesone San Marcos about 20 miles away other Seguin about four miles awayfor dormitory space Watch future editions CN latest infor mation housing camping Family Activities Available Seguin boasts family-oriented recre ational activities facilities Max Starcke Park large municipal park bordered Guadalupe River include 18-hole golf course tennis courts spacious swim ming pool volleyball courts baseball continued page 94 E Woflh 1981 HATS SITE * A, Separate Site Date Nats Indoor Events THE 1981 Nationals Indoor events will flown atrium Northwood Insti tute West Baden IN June 20 through 23 20th Saturday separate site Indoor events required since no suit able facility exists within reasonable dis tance Nats Outdoor events site Seguin TX dates chosen selected convenience modelers might also wish attend Sixth NIMAS Annual Record Trials SNART scheduled follow Nats June 24 through 26 An addition al attraction Nats SNART will Second Annual Peanut Gran Prix will held during 24-hr period com mencing evening June 26 Events Schedules Final schedules Indoor Nats events have yet made however known FAI events will flown Satur day June 20 will both Nats competition Indoor Team selection Scale will have its own time periods other event schedules will adjusted avoid overlaps Dormitory Housing Reservations Dormitory rooms Northwood Institute will available participants Friday June 19 Dorm reservations Nats dates will handled AMA Headquarters Dorm reservations SNART Peanut days will responsibility NIM AS Dorm reservations can guaranteed ordered regular Nats ad vance registration Advance Entry Following previous practice will advance entries Indoor Nats en try forms expected available continued page 94 February 1981 89 1980 NMPRA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE THE TOP 45 NMPRA fliers over US assembled Titusville FL 1980 NMPRA Championship race long hard contest season modelers great challenge excell event receive invitation prestigious contest did qualify several ways First NMPRA members loved work could have earned invitation serving association officer year Perhaps past Championship Race winners Some may have qualified finishing top 10 1980 AMA Nationals remainder did hard way top 20% fliers home NMPRA district nine districts holds its own competi tions during year contestants awarded points based finish position number competitors con test points accumulate during rac ing season interested getting * *** * ** ***** ******* ***** ** * Star Races top Pylon fliers US gather final hard-foughtrace 1980 contest season losers its Wait til next year ** ** * * * * *** ** * * ****** sport NMPRA dues $1 300 per year payable March 15 Points cannot accu mulated racing season until after current dues paid annual NMPRA Championship race always held October three contest sites southern US sites chosen hope good weather will prevail race day year weather Titusville wasnt goodit fantastically great Friday evening processing held Ramada Inn planes safetychecked make safe fun-filled 0 Bill Hager Photos author weekend planes judged scale best contest selected year very tough decision Dave Latsha walked away best showa beautiful Pole Cat rest planes received scores 1 2 3 4 determined start position races two-day competition Racing started early Saturday morning fliers ready Big Race Some up night working props getting everything ready first heat lot time effort put prepa ration race night before CD always busy processing year Rod Gier CD did fabulous job wife Sally gave him outstanding help Sally took care setting up heats keeping score contest also took care banquet arrangements fliers opinion both deserve highest praise Thanks workers top 20 finishers Front row L RI Tom Christopher 1st2nd Dave, rdJormottnmor Dave Pearce 6th Bill Grove 7th Laird Owens 8th Glen Sicotti 9th Bob Wallace 10th Standing IL RI Sponsor Jim ininohara Ob Reuther 11th Lew Hipkins 12th Dave Latsha 13th Robert Schuster 14th Bill Hager 15th Gary Hover 16th Bill Preis 17th Ken Hulik 18th Tom Nay 19th Gail Jacobson 20th 90 Model Aviation Tjtusville know hard worked because writer has put contestsso big thanks everyone worked Contest Director Fcenter discusses result 0 helpers Dennis OBrien IL Jim Maki R Jim Dennis contestants lost planes earlyso worked rest rat, r. q~rumdtrtr.rrthe contest Saturday morning very cool day warmed up everyone great day racing several crashes first involving Stephen Barrett flown morning after playing college foot ball game night before Stephen bad luck contestant good time racefor great weekend Early competition Bob Violett Dennis OBrien mid-aired putting both out competition Jim Maki Bruce Richmond also bad luck out contention early Saturday fliers made through Saturday another good day look forward Sunday end Saturdays competition Tom Christopher leading perfect score Bill Grove Brian Richmond Dave Shadel Robert Schuster tied second place fast time day 109 Dave Shadel held up through Sundays competition fast time contest several fast times turned first day Greg Doe 1131 Bill Grove turned 1151 Laird Owens did 1154 Brian Richmond 1147 After fliers went back rooms shower showed up 700 pm annual banquet brought wives girlfriends nice banquet very enjoyable evening buffet dinner followed short meeting awards given NMPRA 1980 season Beautiful plaques given top 20 national fliers NMPRA shirts also given top 10 national competitors Recipients Bill Preis 10th 4945 points year Norm Johnson 9th Pete Reed 8th Andrew Mclndoe 7th Gary Heithold 6th Dave Keats 5th Gary Hover 4th Tom Cas tellano 3rd Tom Christopher 2nd Dave February 1981 91 rue eApra tiEr io line ph area ny Inra rug Saved wear tear thefeet speeded meet races Unusual paint jobl nue between torn Castellano makes ready another race arce puts tne tire oac wneei Dave tunished 6th years Championship Hace 92 Model Aviation IvIcu Greg Doe L Bruce Richmond calling made good team Leg work race has just startedcallers get pilots ome 01 tne group irum i exes L 10 nj LMV Sally Brown Dubb Jett put lot lot zeroes got way Shadel 1st Dave fantastic year total 6137 points years meeting district VP gave annual report did NMPRA offi cers Now plans underway 1981 season Nominations have com pleted voting must held shame past out 400 members NMPRA about 10% its members took time mark X sheet paper lick stamp once year great improvement needed 1981 Some fliers spent Saturday evening trying find out werent going fast did back home Some worked night some didnt care didnt have anything left fly Im sure Tom Chris topher checked rechecked everything sure nothing would change Sun days racing point down Im sure would like have second chance race cost point Sunday morning clear little cooler Saturday wind shifted out south out north brought us cooler much drier air sonditlon Formula en gines like best think everyone saw quite increase engine performance over Saturday no went faster Dave Shadels 109 fliers turning times middle teens Howdoes feel turn 1165 finish second Well lot races like Sunday races everyone look ing forward between Brian Richmond Tom Christopher Brian little faster Tom some thought chance knock Tom down perfect score turned out best races contest sidelines thought maybe both fliers cut flying close poles over Tom Christopher won another heat contest came close apparent Tom put together won competition several crashes Sun day lots exciting races specta tors several flyoffs end competition Dave Pearce Brian Rich mond 5th place Robert Schuster last race dayand last crash day Needless say lost H NMPRA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS OCTOBER 25 26 1980 TITUSVILLE FL FinalFastest StandingContestantTimeModelEngine 1Tom Christopher1171Pole CatST X40 2Greg Doe1131Pole CatST X40 3Dave Shadel1090ToniST X40 4John McDermott1176Pole CatST X40 5Brian Richmond1147Pole CatST X40 6Dave Pearce1194ToniST X40 7Bill Grove1151ST X40 8Laird Owens1154K&B 9Glen Sicotti1248Pole CatST X40 10Bob Wallace1241ToniK&B 11Bob ReutherPoleCatK&B 12Lew HipkinsToniST X40 13Dave LatshaPole CatST X40 14Robert SchusterToniK&B 15Bill HagerToniST X40 16Gary HoverToniST X40 17Bill Preis 18Ken Hulik 19Tom Nay 20Gail Jacobson 21Norm Johnson 22Pete Reed 23Eric Ristrim 24Tom Castellano 25Mike Helsel 26Bob Brogdon 27Ernie Nikodem 28Tom Dooly 29Irwin Funderburk 30Dubb Jett 31Ron Schorr 32Mack Moffat 33Ed Rankin Toni Toni Toni Pole Cat 51 X40 ST X40 ST X40 ST X40 34Bill Williamson 35Ray McFarland 36Chuck Greenwood 37Dave Layman 38Scott Johnson 39Lloyd Burnham 40Rick Oliver 41Jim Maki 42Bruce Richmond 43Steve Barrett 44Dennis OBrien 45Bob Violett February 1 981 93 12111 1ophr intup bloy tru vvuole ing others keeping himself ready helps Lew Hipkins change engines top five plus Bill couldnt keep sixth-place Da 121 ture Front row IL R Dave Shadel 3rd Tom Christopher 1st Greg Doe 3rd Top row IL RI John McDermott 4th Brian Richmond 5th Dave Pearce softball diamonds covered rodeo arena New bicycle trails being prepared use near futureprobably Nats time Picnic facilities available along winding Guadalupe River Nearby Lake McQueeney often called water ski capital Texas offers boating fishing water skiing Other lakes within easy reach include Lake Dunlap Lake Placid Canyon Lake scenic attractions Canyon Lake hill country area being particularly exquisite Aus tin proud capital city Texas 50 miles away Indoor Nationals continued March anticipated will automatic mailing entry blanks partici pants last years Nats assure terested contestants receive entry blanks earliest date should send SASE AMA Headquarters requesting entry form Requests arriving before forms available will placed hold file Cutoff date submission advance en tries Indoor Nats May 31 1981 June 1 postmark will accepted Indoor Nats will use separate entry form Outdoor events ever Indoor basic entry fee will good both Indoor Outdoor Nats entry entry fee both halves Nats Tired Traveling point well worth considering about separate Indoor Nats plan Nats oriented contestant would have planned attend SNART too can now take Nats plus SNART no extra travel volved 1981 Canadian Nats U S modele s may wish attend o enter Canadian Nats scheduled July 11-19 1981 Centralia Ontario Canada site 20 miles north London Ontario approximately 100 miles northeast Detroit MI close knuckle Lake Huron Further details may obtained writ ing Model Aeronautics Association Canada Box 9 Oakvilie Ontario L6J 4Z5 Canada * ** ** * * ** * * *** ****** **** ** * Rules Proposals Due Next Monthi Are interested making voice heard bi-annual rulemaking process Watch C/V next monthwe scheduled publish rules proposals have survived Initial Votes various Con test Boards see CN October November December 1980 complete list original proposals Next Step Modeler involvement rulemaking process will resume upon publication surviving proposals next monthcross-propos als will admissable up until March 11981 cutoff date cross-proposals must submitted standard AMA Rules Change Proposal Form will require signatures three Open class AMA members must Contest Director forms available direct AMA Headquarters copies published August 1980 issue Model Aviation page 93 may used 1981 NC Soaring Team Manager Dan Pruss Plainfield IL has selec ted manager 1981 US RC Soaring Team 1981 DC Aerobatics Team Finalists fliers eligible com pete Masters Tournament have now re turned Performance Certification Forms AMA Headquarters listed alphabetical order below no longer possi ble new entrants enter 1981 RC Aerobatics team selection program Sixty fliers have qualified Finals year including three members 1979 team Qualified Masters Tournament Donald L Atwood Denver CO Roderick W Barnes Zanesville OH Sal Battaglia New Rochelle NY James C Bennett Glenview IL Tony Bonetti Emerson NJ Joe Bridi Harbor City CA John Britt St Charles MO *Dave Brown Cincinnati OH Ron Chidgey Pensacola FL Bob Chuhran Walled Lake Ml Charles Danley Baytown TX Denis Don ohue Bergenfield NJ Mark R Doucey Bed ford IN James M Edwards New Albany MS James Eide Littleton CO Andrew D Finizio Rockville MD Tony Freckowiak Milford OH William Fuori Commack NY Lavega J Green Jr Largo MD Joseph G Gross Altus OK Earl Haury Houston TX Steve Helms Pensacola FL William W Hempel Tucson AZ Cliff Hiatt Winter Garden FL Jess Ho gan Louisville KY Ed Izzo Holliston MA Edward W Keck Webster NY Robert Kelly Brighton CO Jim R Kimbro Jr Visa ha CA *Dean Koger Papillion NE Daniel E Kowallek Kokomo IN Robert Krafft Duxbury MA 94 Model Aviation Texas Nationals continued 4sAir in runway ways ramp space absence trees shrubs buildings fire station sole on-base structure Eugene Leonard Sanford FL Don Lowe Dayton OH Lee McDuffee Hamilton OH Kenneth C Meyer Tucson AZ Thomas Moore Alexandria VA William L Ney Wheeling WV Lloyd Nicholson Aurora CO James Oddino Woodland Hills CA James Osborne Jr Katy TX Larry Ott Elgin IL Roy Pinner Waterford MI *Mark Rad cliff St Marys WV Robert Redom Bartles yule OK CW Reed III Raytown MO Stephen Rojecki Xenia OH William Sal kow ski Canoga Park CA Charles W Shade Mi amisburg OH Thomas S Smeltzer Airville PA Steven W Stricker Baltimore MD William E Thomas Bartlesville OK 0 Bruce Underwood Guntersville AL James Vanderbeck Sturgis MI David von Linsowe Burton Ml George Ware Fort Worth TX Bud Weber Waukesha WI Donald Weitz Jr Henderson NV Ralph R White Jr Neoga IL David Wilson Fountain Valley CA *lndicate members 1979 RC Aero batics team 1982 Indoor Team Program Progress recent letter FAI Indoor pro gram participants Indoor Committee Chair man Jim Richmond commented team selection program status end first year activity present team selection program ongoing two-year point-accumulation system large number small local meets en couraged competitor may earn up 10 points large regional contest six program zones will scheduled year top-placer regional meet will earn 100 points contestant may fly regional meet other own region July 1980 CN carried in-depth report program details team will selected three-day Finals end 1981 three entrants having highest cumulative point-score two years will become new team members maximum possible score 1110 pointsand Finals winner earns 1000 points So far 25 entrants have participated program cumulative scores tabu lated next page jim observes contest activity has concen trated East Central region some activity West Coast very little East Coast West Central re gion AMA members residing Districts VIII IX should note local regional meet can held few three contest ants team selection program still open interested modelers formal en try requirements fliers must have cur rent AMA licenses $5 FAI stamp affixed $3 program entry fee must sent AMA Headquarters Attention Miche line Madison will send form prepaid entry local meet Prospective entrants advised wait until last minute get started U Revised Sanction Procedures NC Sailplane AMA Record Trials Effective January 1 1981 following sanctioning procedures apply RC Sailplane record trials AMA National records 1 Contest Director submits sanction application $5 feegood number participants RC Contest board ap proved $2 sanction fee AMA Exec utive Councilin independent actionap proved blanket $5 sanction fee AMAsanctioned contests record trials 2 sanction approved will valid 30-day period 3 sanction approved good classes categories RC Sailplane record attempts 4 record trials sponsored AMA-chartered club additional $5 sanction fee required same other types contests record trials 5 record trials application must processed through appropriate AMA dis trict Contest Coordinatoras though record trials regular small meet unrestricted entry no less 30 days fore event 6 record trials must publicized through prepublication notices etc regular meet will occur automa tically via listing Contest Calendar section CN sanction appli cation processed AMA Headquarters 7 flier Contest Director must report apparent record performances de fined AMA rule book Section 2 page 5 Background history action has report ed September 1979 September 1980 editions Competition Newsletter announcement being made conform existing Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules Sanction Application Forms Sanction application forms C Sail plane record trials may obtained writing AMA Headquarters Attention Deborah Dews new special forms RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDING SANCTIONING PROCEDURES FOR NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS Result ofVote FINAL VOTE -EQ y ApproveN - LL - ~ isapprove-&5~oE ~ o0 IIIIII IV VVI VII VIII IX XXI ASanction Fee Status Charge $2 per classsanction applied CD andA A D AA A71A good number participants BClass vs Category Distinction Eliminate class distinction allow $2 fee goodAAD ADADA53A class category COther Questions 1Preferred sanction period 30 days AAAADDAA62A 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club spon- ADAAAAAA71A sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event ADAAAAAA71A Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring records AAADAAAD62A events Notes blank voting block means no vote cast February 1 981 95 1980 CONTEST ACTIVITY AS OF NOV 16 Contestant ChicagoDetroitWest BadenWilliamsburgAkronSan FranciscoSanta AnaProgram Alphabetical LocalLocalLocalVA LocalRegionalLocalRegionalPoints orderApr 12May 18June26Aug 1Sept 2Nov 8Nov 15-16To Date Time/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/Points Banks6648/10006705/1 000011000 Belieff.-.,4530/10001000 Brodersen18499599 Calliau571 3/85298529 Carter5403 8094259/46675476 Crane3700/813813 Doig2724/6652802/8955438/8186923/75339911 Faykun6312/94219421 Ganser5510/8266347/69257751 Gibbs5117/10005019/75018501 Gitlow4147/81549 58/74488263 Hagen4551/8946350/951610410 Harlan8644/94179417 Hulbert3934/9687513/81679135 Loucka720/1806443/70277207 Mather6138/91889188 Obarski4054/10007443/81139113 Platt4247/941941 Randolph5620/83988398 Richmond92 06/1 000010000 Romak5118/10006400/954010540 Stoll3119/10001000 Tryon5654/852-852 Van Gorder5935/64696469 Williams W~J72927292 7 Mm 45 Sec Halt-A FF Cat Ill Junior John Houtenbrink West Palm Beach FL set new Junior Category Ill record August 30 1980 record time might have higher model flown trees bordering contest site causing miss max fourth flight John trouble trees third flight tooit lost three hours Johns craft Competition Models Starduster 350 powered Cox ID 049 As can seen photo wing has modified added bird cage con struction engine used custom needle valve venturi well GloBee racing plug K&B Speed Fuel carried Coin peittion Models tank mount cutoff Tatone unit prop Cox gray 6x3 plane covered Japanese tissue painted nitrate dopewhite Aero Gloss used fuselage DT fuse Blue Ridge Model Supply 96 Model Aviation Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney8 Charlotte Dr. Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 87-26 88th Sc. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Landy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Bass M Wesenbach 4568 W 146th Cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Bverley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 CL W ft Bodzoch Jr 235 Glade Palatine IL 60067 PF Pat English 823 Broadway Vincennes IN 47591 VIIGreggSeydel 36258 boa Terrace CudahyWI 53110 Wend RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEastI CL & FF Debi whoff 6879 Weller Dr NE Rockford Ml 49341 East VIII John Deaton 6205 Melinda Wautauga TX 76148 RC Robert Talley 3112 Lawrence Ave. Nederland TX 77627 IX Bill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg. 7100W Center Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68106 RC George Hunter 6962S Lamar St LittletonCO 80123 X Myrtle Coad 6073 Sunrise Dr. Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Polansey 258 Iris Ave. Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Franc Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 86816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvdne Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 NC Don Miller 24715 Sammit-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 V C Charlene Fields 818 Main Sn SW New Ellineton SC 29809 RC Soaring HR Norckauer 12016 Queens Fl Hantaville AL 35803 FF Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd. Montgomery AL 36106 CL Marlyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. West Jacksonville FL 32211 VI NC Ralph Whte Jr RR 1 Boa 324 Neoga IL 62447 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC Inacept Soaring Bold Face Below Indicat Cheirman Concert Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave. Lvndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakeland Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jt. 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 3112 B Raines Rd. Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Massano 8676 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlineworthJe 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48083 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeran Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs CD 80906 X Joe Norcross 1048 C Hoover Way Hanford CA 93232 Xl Ernie Line lB558l2lst Ave. SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins P0 Boa 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 77-06269th 55. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Lard lachson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hematrauget PD Boa 171 Moecks Corner SC 29461 VI Boo Burcy 7032 N Siova Chicago IL 60646 VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsn N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Win Lte 3522 Tamersk Lane Missour City TX 77459 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Euchange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 94550 Xl Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SB Bothell WA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD Ed Izzo 483 Fske St. Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 342 Cedar Dr Box 248 CaIss Neck NJ 07722 III Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Ct. CincinnaciDH 45211 IVW Abernethy 9205 Carendon 3 Upper Marlboro MD 20870 V J Davis Jr 1813S Lakeuhore Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Proefrock 3989 Weber Way Lesinegion KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7Mile Rd Northyille Ml 48167 VIII Win Thomas 331 SB Rockmood Bartlesvile OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 3003 S Everett Wicnita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoremay Dr Rocnesner NY 14612 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Platt6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 s/I Bob UnderwooO4109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Box 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwia 922 Sundown Lv. 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NE WSLET ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20005 1981 NATIONALS TEXAS AVG 2-9 THE AMA Executive Council has approved site dates 1 981 National Cham pionships An unusual feature years meet will fact Indoor Nats will held entirely different site dif ferent date key reason turn events fact no suitable door site within reasonable distance Outdoor site major center contest activity will Seguin Auxiliary AFB Seguin TX town Seguin approximately 35 miles northeast San Antonio TX air base about four miles town area flat field devoid trees shrubs buildings on-base structure firehouse paved areas excellent condition Crops grown surrounding fields generally grains grow waist-height Free Flight retrieving conditions excellent As past years RC Soaring RC Heli copter events will held nearby site about 10 miles air base Contest events will include flown 1980 Nats plus CL Mouse Racing Class RC Sport Scale Soaring Some procedures have changed should delight contestants will six days Outdoor FF activity Mon day through Saturday will six days Pylon Racingthree days QM Formula scheduled flown morning prior commencement Pattern competition will no qualifying RC Patterneach five days competition will feature total-entrant rounds anticipated Pattern day will divided between Novice/Advanced Expert/Masters Several AMA Chartered Clubs San Antonia area will provide event offi cials coordinator Nats San Antonio area Charles Parish ARCS Alamo RC Society club Nats Contestant Housing no on-site housing available air base Negotiations now underway two nearby collegesone San Marcos about 20 miles away other Seguin about four miles awayfor dormitory space Watch future editions CN latest infor mation housing camping Family Activities Available Seguin boasts family-oriented recre ational activities facilities Max Starcke Park large municipal park bordered Guadalupe River include 18-hole golf course tennis courts spacious swim ming pool volleyball courts baseball continued page 94 E Woflh 1981 HATS SITE * A, Separate Site Date Nats Indoor Events THE 1981 Nationals Indoor events will flown atrium Northwood Insti tute West Baden IN June 20 through 23 20th Saturday separate site Indoor events required since no suit able facility exists within reasonable dis tance Nats Outdoor events site Seguin TX dates chosen selected convenience modelers might also wish attend Sixth NIMAS Annual Record Trials SNART scheduled follow Nats June 24 through 26 An addition al attraction Nats SNART will Second Annual Peanut Gran Prix will held during 24-hr period com mencing evening June 26 Events Schedules Final schedules Indoor Nats events have yet made however known FAI events will flown Satur day June 20 will both Nats competition Indoor Team selection Scale will have its own time periods other event schedules will adjusted avoid overlaps Dormitory Housing Reservations Dormitory rooms Northwood Institute will available participants Friday June 19 Dorm reservations Nats dates will handled AMA Headquarters Dorm reservations SNART Peanut days will responsibility NIM AS Dorm reservations can guaranteed ordered regular Nats ad vance registration Advance Entry Following previous practice will advance entries Indoor Nats en try forms expected available continued page 94 February 1981 89 1980 NMPRA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE THE TOP 45 NMPRA fliers over US assembled Titusville FL 1980 NMPRA Championship race long hard contest season modelers great challenge excell event receive invitation prestigious contest did qualify several ways First NMPRA members loved work could have earned invitation serving association officer year Perhaps past Championship Race winners Some may have qualified finishing top 10 1980 AMA Nationals remainder did hard way top 20% fliers home NMPRA district nine districts holds its own competi tions during year contestants awarded points based finish position number competitors con test points accumulate during rac ing season interested getting * *** * ** ***** ******* ***** ** * Star Races top Pylon fliers US gather final hard-foughtrace 1980 contest season losers its Wait til next year ** ** * * * * *** ** * * ****** sport NMPRA dues $1 300 per year payable March 15 Points cannot accu mulated racing season until after current dues paid annual NMPRA Championship race always held October three contest sites southern US sites chosen hope good weather will prevail race day year weather Titusville wasnt goodit fantastically great Friday evening processing held Ramada Inn planes safetychecked make safe fun-filled 0 Bill Hager Photos author weekend planes judged scale best contest selected year very tough decision Dave Latsha walked away best showa beautiful Pole Cat rest planes received scores 1 2 3 4 determined start position races two-day competition Racing started early Saturday morning fliers ready Big Race Some up night working props getting everything ready first heat lot time effort put prepa ration race night before CD always busy processing year Rod Gier CD did fabulous job wife Sally gave him outstanding help Sally took care setting up heats keeping score contest also took care banquet arrangements fliers opinion both deserve highest praise Thanks workers top 20 finishers Front row L RI Tom Christopher 1st2nd Dave, rdJormottnmor Dave Pearce 6th Bill Grove 7th Laird Owens 8th Glen Sicotti 9th Bob Wallace 10th Standing IL RI Sponsor Jim ininohara Ob Reuther 11th Lew Hipkins 12th Dave Latsha 13th Robert Schuster 14th Bill Hager 15th Gary Hover 16th Bill Preis 17th Ken Hulik 18th Tom Nay 19th Gail Jacobson 20th 90 Model Aviation Tjtusville know hard worked because writer has put contestsso big thanks everyone worked Contest Director Fcenter discusses result 0 helpers Dennis OBrien IL Jim Maki R Jim Dennis contestants lost planes earlyso worked rest rat, r. q~rumdtrtr.rrthe contest Saturday morning very cool day warmed up everyone great day racing several crashes first involving Stephen Barrett flown morning after playing college foot ball game night before Stephen bad luck contestant good time racefor great weekend Early competition Bob Violett Dennis OBrien mid-aired putting both out competition Jim Maki Bruce Richmond also bad luck out contention early Saturday fliers made through Saturday another good day look forward Sunday end Saturdays competition Tom Christopher leading perfect score Bill Grove Brian Richmond Dave Shadel Robert Schuster tied second place fast time day 109 Dave Shadel held up through Sundays competition fast time contest several fast times turned first day Greg Doe 1131 Bill Grove turned 1151 Laird Owens did 1154 Brian Richmond 1147 After fliers went back rooms shower showed up 700 pm annual banquet brought wives girlfriends nice banquet very enjoyable evening buffet dinner followed short meeting awards given NMPRA 1980 season Beautiful plaques given top 20 national fliers NMPRA shirts also given top 10 national competitors Recipients Bill Preis 10th 4945 points year Norm Johnson 9th Pete Reed 8th Andrew Mclndoe 7th Gary Heithold 6th Dave Keats 5th Gary Hover 4th Tom Cas tellano 3rd Tom Christopher 2nd Dave February 1981 91 rue eApra tiEr io line ph area ny Inra rug Saved wear tear thefeet speeded meet races Unusual paint jobl nue between torn Castellano makes ready another race arce puts tne tire oac wneei Dave tunished 6th years Championship Hace 92 Model Aviation IvIcu Greg Doe L Bruce Richmond calling made good team Leg work race has just startedcallers get pilots ome 01 tne group irum i exes L 10 nj LMV Sally Brown Dubb Jett put lot lot zeroes got way Shadel 1st Dave fantastic year total 6137 points years meeting district VP gave annual report did NMPRA offi cers Now plans underway 1981 season Nominations have com pleted voting must held shame past out 400 members NMPRA about 10% its members took time mark X sheet paper lick stamp once year great improvement needed 1981 Some fliers spent Saturday evening trying find out werent going fast did back home Some worked night some didnt care didnt have anything left fly Im sure Tom Chris topher checked rechecked everything sure nothing would change Sun days racing point down Im sure would like have second chance race cost point Sunday morning clear little cooler Saturday wind shifted out south out north brought us cooler much drier air sonditlon Formula en gines like best think everyone saw quite increase engine performance over Saturday no went faster Dave Shadels 109 fliers turning times middle teens Howdoes feel turn 1165 finish second Well lot races like Sunday races everyone look ing forward between Brian Richmond Tom Christopher Brian little faster Tom some thought chance knock Tom down perfect score turned out best races contest sidelines thought maybe both fliers cut flying close poles over Tom Christopher won another heat contest came close apparent Tom put together won competition several crashes Sun day lots exciting races specta tors several flyoffs end competition Dave Pearce Brian Rich mond 5th place Robert Schuster last race dayand last crash day Needless say lost H NMPRA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS OCTOBER 25 26 1980 TITUSVILLE FL FinalFastest StandingContestantTimeModelEngine 1Tom Christopher1171Pole CatST X40 2Greg Doe1131Pole CatST X40 3Dave Shadel1090ToniST X40 4John McDermott1176Pole CatST X40 5Brian Richmond1147Pole CatST X40 6Dave Pearce1194ToniST X40 7Bill Grove1151ST X40 8Laird Owens1154K&B 9Glen Sicotti1248Pole CatST X40 10Bob Wallace1241ToniK&B 11Bob ReutherPoleCatK&B 12Lew HipkinsToniST X40 13Dave LatshaPole CatST X40 14Robert SchusterToniK&B 15Bill HagerToniST X40 16Gary HoverToniST X40 17Bill Preis 18Ken Hulik 19Tom Nay 20Gail Jacobson 21Norm Johnson 22Pete Reed 23Eric Ristrim 24Tom Castellano 25Mike Helsel 26Bob Brogdon 27Ernie Nikodem 28Tom Dooly 29Irwin Funderburk 30Dubb Jett 31Ron Schorr 32Mack Moffat 33Ed Rankin Toni Toni Toni Pole Cat 51 X40 ST X40 ST X40 ST X40 34Bill Williamson 35Ray McFarland 36Chuck Greenwood 37Dave Layman 38Scott Johnson 39Lloyd Burnham 40Rick Oliver 41Jim Maki 42Bruce Richmond 43Steve Barrett 44Dennis OBrien 45Bob Violett February 1 981 93 12111 1ophr intup bloy tru vvuole ing others keeping himself ready helps Lew Hipkins change engines top five plus Bill couldnt keep sixth-place Da 121 ture Front row IL R Dave Shadel 3rd Tom Christopher 1st Greg Doe 3rd Top row IL RI John McDermott 4th Brian Richmond 5th Dave Pearce softball diamonds covered rodeo arena New bicycle trails being prepared use near futureprobably Nats time Picnic facilities available along winding Guadalupe River Nearby Lake McQueeney often called water ski capital Texas offers boating fishing water skiing Other lakes within easy reach include Lake Dunlap Lake Placid Canyon Lake scenic attractions Canyon Lake hill country area being particularly exquisite Aus tin proud capital city Texas 50 miles away Indoor Nationals continued March anticipated will automatic mailing entry blanks partici pants last years Nats assure terested contestants receive entry blanks earliest date should send SASE AMA Headquarters requesting entry form Requests arriving before forms available will placed hold file Cutoff date submission advance en tries Indoor Nats May 31 1981 June 1 postmark will accepted Indoor Nats will use separate entry form Outdoor events ever Indoor basic entry fee will good both Indoor Outdoor Nats entry entry fee both halves Nats Tired Traveling point well worth considering about separate Indoor Nats plan Nats oriented contestant would have planned attend SNART too can now take Nats plus SNART no extra travel volved 1981 Canadian Nats U S modele s may wish attend o enter Canadian Nats scheduled July 11-19 1981 Centralia Ontario Canada site 20 miles north London Ontario approximately 100 miles northeast Detroit MI close knuckle Lake Huron Further details may obtained writ ing Model Aeronautics Association Canada Box 9 Oakvilie Ontario L6J 4Z5 Canada * ** ** * * ** * * *** ****** **** ** * Rules Proposals Due Next Monthi Are interested making voice heard bi-annual rulemaking process Watch C/V next monthwe scheduled publish rules proposals have survived Initial Votes various Con test Boards see CN October November December 1980 complete list original proposals Next Step Modeler involvement rulemaking process will resume upon publication surviving proposals next monthcross-propos als will admissable up until March 11981 cutoff date cross-proposals must submitted standard AMA Rules Change Proposal Form will require signatures three Open class AMA members must Contest Director forms available direct AMA Headquarters copies published August 1980 issue Model Aviation page 93 may used 1981 NC Soaring Team Manager Dan Pruss Plainfield IL has selec ted manager 1981 US RC Soaring Team 1981 DC Aerobatics Team Finalists fliers eligible com pete Masters Tournament have now re turned Performance Certification Forms AMA Headquarters listed alphabetical order below no longer possi ble new entrants enter 1981 RC Aerobatics team selection program Sixty fliers have qualified Finals year including three members 1979 team Qualified Masters Tournament Donald L Atwood Denver CO Roderick W Barnes Zanesville OH Sal Battaglia New Rochelle NY James C Bennett Glenview IL Tony Bonetti Emerson NJ Joe Bridi Harbor City CA John Britt St Charles MO *Dave Brown Cincinnati OH Ron Chidgey Pensacola FL Bob Chuhran Walled Lake Ml Charles Danley Baytown TX Denis Don ohue Bergenfield NJ Mark R Doucey Bed ford IN James M Edwards New Albany MS James Eide Littleton CO Andrew D Finizio Rockville MD Tony Freckowiak Milford OH William Fuori Commack NY Lavega J Green Jr Largo MD Joseph G Gross Altus OK Earl Haury Houston TX Steve Helms Pensacola FL William W Hempel Tucson AZ Cliff Hiatt Winter Garden FL Jess Ho gan Louisville KY Ed Izzo Holliston MA Edward W Keck Webster NY Robert Kelly Brighton CO Jim R Kimbro Jr Visa ha CA *Dean Koger Papillion NE Daniel E Kowallek Kokomo IN Robert Krafft Duxbury MA 94 Model Aviation Texas Nationals continued 4sAir in runway ways ramp space absence trees shrubs buildings fire station sole on-base structure Eugene Leonard Sanford FL Don Lowe Dayton OH Lee McDuffee Hamilton OH Kenneth C Meyer Tucson AZ Thomas Moore Alexandria VA William L Ney Wheeling WV Lloyd Nicholson Aurora CO James Oddino Woodland Hills CA James Osborne Jr Katy TX Larry Ott Elgin IL Roy Pinner Waterford MI *Mark Rad cliff St Marys WV Robert Redom Bartles yule OK CW Reed III Raytown MO Stephen Rojecki Xenia OH William Sal kow ski Canoga Park CA Charles W Shade Mi amisburg OH Thomas S Smeltzer Airville PA Steven W Stricker Baltimore MD William E Thomas Bartlesville OK 0 Bruce Underwood Guntersville AL James Vanderbeck Sturgis MI David von Linsowe Burton Ml George Ware Fort Worth TX Bud Weber Waukesha WI Donald Weitz Jr Henderson NV Ralph R White Jr Neoga IL David Wilson Fountain Valley CA *lndicate members 1979 RC Aero batics team 1982 Indoor Team Program Progress recent letter FAI Indoor pro gram participants Indoor Committee Chair man Jim Richmond commented team selection program status end first year activity present team selection program ongoing two-year point-accumulation system large number small local meets en couraged competitor may earn up 10 points large regional contest six program zones will scheduled year top-placer regional meet will earn 100 points contestant may fly regional meet other own region July 1980 CN carried in-depth report program details team will selected three-day Finals end 1981 three entrants having highest cumulative point-score two years will become new team members maximum possible score 1110 pointsand Finals winner earns 1000 points So far 25 entrants have participated program cumulative scores tabu lated next page jim observes contest activity has concen trated East Central region some activity West Coast very little East Coast West Central re gion AMA members residing Districts VIII IX should note local regional meet can held few three contest ants team selection program still open interested modelers formal en try requirements fliers must have cur rent AMA licenses $5 FAI stamp affixed $3 program entry fee must sent AMA Headquarters Attention Miche line Madison will send form prepaid entry local meet Prospective entrants advised wait until last minute get started U Revised Sanction Procedures NC Sailplane AMA Record Trials Effective January 1 1981 following sanctioning procedures apply RC Sailplane record trials AMA National records 1 Contest Director submits sanction application $5 feegood number participants RC Contest board ap proved $2 sanction fee AMA Exec utive Councilin independent actionap proved blanket $5 sanction fee AMAsanctioned contests record trials 2 sanction approved will valid 30-day period 3 sanction approved good classes categories RC Sailplane record attempts 4 record trials sponsored AMA-chartered club additional $5 sanction fee required same other types contests record trials 5 record trials application must processed through appropriate AMA dis trict Contest Coordinatoras though record trials regular small meet unrestricted entry no less 30 days fore event 6 record trials must publicized through prepublication notices etc regular meet will occur automa tically via listing Contest Calendar section CN sanction appli cation processed AMA Headquarters 7 flier Contest Director must report apparent record performances de fined AMA rule book Section 2 page 5 Background history action has report ed September 1979 September 1980 editions Competition Newsletter announcement being made conform existing Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules Sanction Application Forms Sanction application forms C Sail plane record trials may obtained writing AMA Headquarters Attention Deborah Dews new special forms RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDING SANCTIONING PROCEDURES FOR NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS Result ofVote FINAL VOTE -EQ y ApproveN - LL - ~ isapprove-&5~oE ~ o0 IIIIII IV VVI VII VIII IX XXI ASanction Fee Status Charge $2 per classsanction applied CD andA A D AA A71A good number participants BClass vs Category Distinction Eliminate class distinction allow $2 fee goodAAD ADADA53A class category COther Questions 1Preferred sanction period 30 days AAAADDAA62A 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club spon- ADAAAAAA71A sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event ADAAAAAA71A Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring records AAADAAAD62A events Notes blank voting block means no vote cast February 1 981 95 1980 CONTEST ACTIVITY AS OF NOV 16 Contestant ChicagoDetroitWest BadenWilliamsburgAkronSan FranciscoSanta AnaProgram Alphabetical LocalLocalLocalVA LocalRegionalLocalRegionalPoints orderApr 12May 18June26Aug 1Sept 2Nov 8Nov 15-16To Date Time/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/Points Banks6648/10006705/1 000011000 Belieff.-.,4530/10001000 Brodersen18499599 Calliau571 3/85298529 Carter5403 8094259/46675476 Crane3700/813813 Doig2724/6652802/8955438/8186923/75339911 Faykun6312/94219421 Ganser5510/8266347/69257751 Gibbs5117/10005019/75018501 Gitlow4147/81549 58/74488263 Hagen4551/8946350/951610410 Harlan8644/94179417 Hulbert3934/9687513/81679135 Loucka720/1806443/70277207 Mather6138/91889188 Obarski4054/10007443/81139113 Platt4247/941941 Randolph5620/83988398 Richmond92 06/1 000010000 Romak5118/10006400/954010540 Stoll3119/10001000 Tryon5654/852-852 Van Gorder5935/64696469 Williams W~J72927292 7 Mm 45 Sec Halt-A FF Cat Ill Junior John Houtenbrink West Palm Beach FL set new Junior Category Ill record August 30 1980 record time might have higher model flown trees bordering contest site causing miss max fourth flight John trouble trees third flight tooit lost three hours Johns craft Competition Models Starduster 350 powered Cox ID 049 As can seen photo wing has modified added bird cage con struction engine used custom needle valve venturi well GloBee racing plug K&B Speed Fuel carried Coin peittion Models tank mount cutoff Tatone unit prop Cox gray 6x3 plane covered Japanese tissue painted nitrate dopewhite Aero Gloss used fuselage DT fuse Blue Ridge Model Supply 96 Model Aviation Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney8 Charlotte Dr. Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 87-26 88th Sc. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Landy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Bass M Wesenbach 4568 W 146th Cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Bverley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 CL W ft Bodzoch Jr 235 Glade Palatine IL 60067 PF Pat English 823 Broadway Vincennes IN 47591 VIIGreggSeydel 36258 boa Terrace CudahyWI 53110 Wend RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEastI CL & FF Debi whoff 6879 Weller Dr NE Rockford Ml 49341 East VIII John Deaton 6205 Melinda Wautauga TX 76148 RC Robert Talley 3112 Lawrence Ave. Nederland TX 77627 IX Bill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg. 7100W Center Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68106 RC George Hunter 6962S Lamar St LittletonCO 80123 X Myrtle Coad 6073 Sunrise Dr. Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Polansey 258 Iris Ave. Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Franc Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 86816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvdne Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 NC Don Miller 24715 Sammit-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 V C Charlene Fields 818 Main Sn SW New Ellineton SC 29809 RC Soaring HR Norckauer 12016 Queens Fl Hantaville AL 35803 FF Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd. Montgomery AL 36106 CL Marlyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. West Jacksonville FL 32211 VI NC Ralph Whte Jr RR 1 Boa 324 Neoga IL 62447 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC Inacept Soaring Bold Face Below Indicat Cheirman Concert Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave. Lvndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakeland Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jt. 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 3112 B Raines Rd. Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Massano 8676 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlineworthJe 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48083 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeran Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs CD 80906 X Joe Norcross 1048 C Hoover Way Hanford CA 93232 Xl Ernie Line lB558l2lst Ave. SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins P0 Boa 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 77-06269th 55. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Lard lachson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hematrauget PD Boa 171 Moecks Corner SC 29461 VI Boo Burcy 7032 N Siova Chicago IL 60646 VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsn N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Win Lte 3522 Tamersk Lane Missour City TX 77459 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Euchange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 94550 Xl Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SB Bothell WA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD Ed Izzo 483 Fske St. Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 342 Cedar Dr Box 248 CaIss Neck NJ 07722 III Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Ct. CincinnaciDH 45211 IVW Abernethy 9205 Carendon 3 Upper Marlboro MD 20870 V J Davis Jr 1813S Lakeuhore Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Proefrock 3989 Weber Way Lesinegion KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7Mile Rd Northyille Ml 48167 VIII Win Thomas 331 SB Rockmood Bartlesvile OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 3003 S Everett Wicnita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoremay Dr Rocnesner NY 14612 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Platt6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 s/I Bob UnderwooO4109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Box 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwia 922 Sundown Lv. Desuto TX 79115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward St Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Sroman 12218 Dane St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 5 View Place S Salem OR 97302 1982 INDOOR TEAM SELECTION PROGRAM ACTIVITY CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindley 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 X SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Q O0 aCompetition News will present time time constructive thought-provoking ideas orhaust gases place expand going 4criticisms AMA rules policies affect competitors issue has two sides CNBANG exhaust pipe chamber0 will endeavor print viewpoints have submittedwithin limits availableshould order 3 area theX space uniqueness constructiveness timeliness good taste Determination appropri- exhaust port engine allows 2 ateness publication of matters must necessity rest solely publisher smother exhaust flow your engine 0 thoughts presented author should necessarily construed thing a those AMA HO AMA officers publisher should note publication surprising 4 rules-change policy-change ides does necessarily mean specific proposal has bean will run slightly better good muffler W O presented Contest Board Executive Council appropriate committee such action because back pressure caused 0 X responsibility author anyone else interested obtaining official action by muffler tends allow engine X pack fuel/air mixture cylinder hope gave some thought. what said can wonders idle tran A .. 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NE WSLET ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20005 1981 NATIONALS TEXAS AVG 2-9 THE AMA Executive Council has approved site dates 1 981 National Cham pionships An unusual feature years meet will fact Indoor Nats will held entirely different site dif ferent date key reason turn events fact no suitable door site within reasonable distance Outdoor site major center contest activity will Seguin Auxiliary AFB Seguin TX town Seguin approximately 35 miles northeast San Antonio TX air base about four miles town area flat field devoid trees shrubs buildings on-base structure firehouse paved areas excellent condition Crops grown surrounding fields generally grains grow waist-height Free Flight retrieving conditions excellent As past years RC Soaring RC Heli copter events will held nearby site about 10 miles air base Contest events will include flown 1980 Nats plus CL Mouse Racing Class RC Sport Scale Soaring Some procedures have changed should delight contestants will six days Outdoor FF activity Mon day through Saturday will six days Pylon Racingthree days QM Formula scheduled flown morning prior commencement Pattern competition will no qualifying RC Patterneach five days competition will feature total-entrant rounds anticipated Pattern day will divided between Novice/Advanced Expert/Masters Several AMA Chartered Clubs San Antonia area will provide event offi cials coordinator Nats San Antonio area Charles Parish ARCS Alamo RC Society club Nats Contestant Housing no on-site housing available air base Negotiations now underway two nearby collegesone San Marcos about 20 miles away other Seguin about four miles awayfor dormitory space Watch future editions CN latest infor mation housing camping Family Activities Available Seguin boasts family-oriented recre ational activities facilities Max Starcke Park large municipal park bordered Guadalupe River include 18-hole golf course tennis courts spacious swim ming pool volleyball courts baseball continued page 94 E Woflh 1981 HATS SITE * A, Separate Site Date Nats Indoor Events THE 1981 Nationals Indoor events will flown atrium Northwood Insti tute West Baden IN June 20 through 23 20th Saturday separate site Indoor events required since no suit able facility exists within reasonable dis tance Nats Outdoor events site Seguin TX dates chosen selected convenience modelers might also wish attend Sixth NIMAS Annual Record Trials SNART scheduled follow Nats June 24 through 26 An addition al attraction Nats SNART will Second Annual Peanut Gran Prix will held during 24-hr period com mencing evening June 26 Events Schedules Final schedules Indoor Nats events have yet made however known FAI events will flown Satur day June 20 will both Nats competition Indoor Team selection Scale will have its own time periods other event schedules will adjusted avoid overlaps Dormitory Housing Reservations Dormitory rooms Northwood Institute will available participants Friday June 19 Dorm reservations Nats dates will handled AMA Headquarters Dorm reservations SNART Peanut days will responsibility NIM AS Dorm reservations can guaranteed ordered regular Nats ad vance registration Advance Entry Following previous practice will advance entries Indoor Nats en try forms expected available continued page 94 February 1981 89 1980 NMPRA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE THE TOP 45 NMPRA fliers over US assembled Titusville FL 1980 NMPRA Championship race long hard contest season modelers great challenge excell event receive invitation prestigious contest did qualify several ways First NMPRA members loved work could have earned invitation serving association officer year Perhaps past Championship Race winners Some may have qualified finishing top 10 1980 AMA Nationals remainder did hard way top 20% fliers home NMPRA district nine districts holds its own competi tions during year contestants awarded points based finish position number competitors con test points accumulate during rac ing season interested getting * *** * ** ***** ******* ***** ** * Star Races top Pylon fliers US gather final hard-foughtrace 1980 contest season losers its Wait til next year ** ** * * * * *** ** * * ****** sport NMPRA dues $1 300 per year payable March 15 Points cannot accu mulated racing season until after current dues paid annual NMPRA Championship race always held October three contest sites southern US sites chosen hope good weather will prevail race day year weather Titusville wasnt goodit fantastically great Friday evening processing held Ramada Inn planes safetychecked make safe fun-filled 0 Bill Hager Photos author weekend planes judged scale best contest selected year very tough decision Dave Latsha walked away best showa beautiful Pole Cat rest planes received scores 1 2 3 4 determined start position races two-day competition Racing started early Saturday morning fliers ready Big Race Some up night working props getting everything ready first heat lot time effort put prepa ration race night before CD always busy processing year Rod Gier CD did fabulous job wife Sally gave him outstanding help Sally took care setting up heats keeping score contest also took care banquet arrangements fliers opinion both deserve highest praise Thanks workers top 20 finishers Front row L RI Tom Christopher 1st2nd Dave, rdJormottnmor Dave Pearce 6th Bill Grove 7th Laird Owens 8th Glen Sicotti 9th Bob Wallace 10th Standing IL RI Sponsor Jim ininohara Ob Reuther 11th Lew Hipkins 12th Dave Latsha 13th Robert Schuster 14th Bill Hager 15th Gary Hover 16th Bill Preis 17th Ken Hulik 18th Tom Nay 19th Gail Jacobson 20th 90 Model Aviation Tjtusville know hard worked because writer has put contestsso big thanks everyone worked Contest Director Fcenter discusses result 0 helpers Dennis OBrien IL Jim Maki R Jim Dennis contestants lost planes earlyso worked rest rat, r. q~rumdtrtr.rrthe contest Saturday morning very cool day warmed up everyone great day racing several crashes first involving Stephen Barrett flown morning after playing college foot ball game night before Stephen bad luck contestant good time racefor great weekend Early competition Bob Violett Dennis OBrien mid-aired putting both out competition Jim Maki Bruce Richmond also bad luck out contention early Saturday fliers made through Saturday another good day look forward Sunday end Saturdays competition Tom Christopher leading perfect score Bill Grove Brian Richmond Dave Shadel Robert Schuster tied second place fast time day 109 Dave Shadel held up through Sundays competition fast time contest several fast times turned first day Greg Doe 1131 Bill Grove turned 1151 Laird Owens did 1154 Brian Richmond 1147 After fliers went back rooms shower showed up 700 pm annual banquet brought wives girlfriends nice banquet very enjoyable evening buffet dinner followed short meeting awards given NMPRA 1980 season Beautiful plaques given top 20 national fliers NMPRA shirts also given top 10 national competitors Recipients Bill Preis 10th 4945 points year Norm Johnson 9th Pete Reed 8th Andrew Mclndoe 7th Gary Heithold 6th Dave Keats 5th Gary Hover 4th Tom Cas tellano 3rd Tom Christopher 2nd Dave February 1981 91 rue eApra tiEr io line ph area ny Inra rug Saved wear tear thefeet speeded meet races Unusual paint jobl nue between torn Castellano makes ready another race arce puts tne tire oac wneei Dave tunished 6th years Championship Hace 92 Model Aviation IvIcu Greg Doe L Bruce Richmond calling made good team Leg work race has just startedcallers get pilots ome 01 tne group irum i exes L 10 nj LMV Sally Brown Dubb Jett put lot lot zeroes got way Shadel 1st Dave fantastic year total 6137 points years meeting district VP gave annual report did NMPRA offi cers Now plans underway 1981 season Nominations have com pleted voting must held shame past out 400 members NMPRA about 10% its members took time mark X sheet paper lick stamp once year great improvement needed 1981 Some fliers spent Saturday evening trying find out werent going fast did back home Some worked night some didnt care didnt have anything left fly Im sure Tom Chris topher checked rechecked everything sure nothing would change Sun days racing point down Im sure would like have second chance race cost point Sunday morning clear little cooler Saturday wind shifted out south out north brought us cooler much drier air sonditlon Formula en gines like best think everyone saw quite increase engine performance over Saturday no went faster Dave Shadels 109 fliers turning times middle teens Howdoes feel turn 1165 finish second Well lot races like Sunday races everyone look ing forward between Brian Richmond Tom Christopher Brian little faster Tom some thought chance knock Tom down perfect score turned out best races contest sidelines thought maybe both fliers cut flying close poles over Tom Christopher won another heat contest came close apparent Tom put together won competition several crashes Sun day lots exciting races specta tors several flyoffs end competition Dave Pearce Brian Rich mond 5th place Robert Schuster last race dayand last crash day Needless say lost H NMPRA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS OCTOBER 25 26 1980 TITUSVILLE FL FinalFastest StandingContestantTimeModelEngine 1Tom Christopher1171Pole CatST X40 2Greg Doe1131Pole CatST X40 3Dave Shadel1090ToniST X40 4John McDermott1176Pole CatST X40 5Brian Richmond1147Pole CatST X40 6Dave Pearce1194ToniST X40 7Bill Grove1151ST X40 8Laird Owens1154K&B 9Glen Sicotti1248Pole CatST X40 10Bob Wallace1241ToniK&B 11Bob ReutherPoleCatK&B 12Lew HipkinsToniST X40 13Dave LatshaPole CatST X40 14Robert SchusterToniK&B 15Bill HagerToniST X40 16Gary HoverToniST X40 17Bill Preis 18Ken Hulik 19Tom Nay 20Gail Jacobson 21Norm Johnson 22Pete Reed 23Eric Ristrim 24Tom Castellano 25Mike Helsel 26Bob Brogdon 27Ernie Nikodem 28Tom Dooly 29Irwin Funderburk 30Dubb Jett 31Ron Schorr 32Mack Moffat 33Ed Rankin Toni Toni Toni Pole Cat 51 X40 ST X40 ST X40 ST X40 34Bill Williamson 35Ray McFarland 36Chuck Greenwood 37Dave Layman 38Scott Johnson 39Lloyd Burnham 40Rick Oliver 41Jim Maki 42Bruce Richmond 43Steve Barrett 44Dennis OBrien 45Bob Violett February 1 981 93 12111 1ophr intup bloy tru vvuole ing others keeping himself ready helps Lew Hipkins change engines top five plus Bill couldnt keep sixth-place Da 121 ture Front row IL R Dave Shadel 3rd Tom Christopher 1st Greg Doe 3rd Top row IL RI John McDermott 4th Brian Richmond 5th Dave Pearce softball diamonds covered rodeo arena New bicycle trails being prepared use near futureprobably Nats time Picnic facilities available along winding Guadalupe River Nearby Lake McQueeney often called water ski capital Texas offers boating fishing water skiing Other lakes within easy reach include Lake Dunlap Lake Placid Canyon Lake scenic attractions Canyon Lake hill country area being particularly exquisite Aus tin proud capital city Texas 50 miles away Indoor Nationals continued March anticipated will automatic mailing entry blanks partici pants last years Nats assure terested contestants receive entry blanks earliest date should send SASE AMA Headquarters requesting entry form Requests arriving before forms available will placed hold file Cutoff date submission advance en tries Indoor Nats May 31 1981 June 1 postmark will accepted Indoor Nats will use separate entry form Outdoor events ever Indoor basic entry fee will good both Indoor Outdoor Nats entry entry fee both halves Nats Tired Traveling point well worth considering about separate Indoor Nats plan Nats oriented contestant would have planned attend SNART too can now take Nats plus SNART no extra travel volved 1981 Canadian Nats U S modele s may wish attend o enter Canadian Nats scheduled July 11-19 1981 Centralia Ontario Canada site 20 miles north London Ontario approximately 100 miles northeast Detroit MI close knuckle Lake Huron Further details may obtained writ ing Model Aeronautics Association Canada Box 9 Oakvilie Ontario L6J 4Z5 Canada * ** ** * * ** * * *** ****** **** ** * Rules Proposals Due Next Monthi Are interested making voice heard bi-annual rulemaking process Watch C/V next monthwe scheduled publish rules proposals have survived Initial Votes various Con test Boards see CN October November December 1980 complete list original proposals Next Step Modeler involvement rulemaking process will resume upon publication surviving proposals next monthcross-propos als will admissable up until March 11981 cutoff date cross-proposals must submitted standard AMA Rules Change Proposal Form will require signatures three Open class AMA members must Contest Director forms available direct AMA Headquarters copies published August 1980 issue Model Aviation page 93 may used 1981 NC Soaring Team Manager Dan Pruss Plainfield IL has selec ted manager 1981 US RC Soaring Team 1981 DC Aerobatics Team Finalists fliers eligible com pete Masters Tournament have now re turned Performance Certification Forms AMA Headquarters listed alphabetical order below no longer possi ble new entrants enter 1981 RC Aerobatics team selection program Sixty fliers have qualified Finals year including three members 1979 team Qualified Masters Tournament Donald L Atwood Denver CO Roderick W Barnes Zanesville OH Sal Battaglia New Rochelle NY James C Bennett Glenview IL Tony Bonetti Emerson NJ Joe Bridi Harbor City CA John Britt St Charles MO *Dave Brown Cincinnati OH Ron Chidgey Pensacola FL Bob Chuhran Walled Lake Ml Charles Danley Baytown TX Denis Don ohue Bergenfield NJ Mark R Doucey Bed ford IN James M Edwards New Albany MS James Eide Littleton CO Andrew D Finizio Rockville MD Tony Freckowiak Milford OH William Fuori Commack NY Lavega J Green Jr Largo MD Joseph G Gross Altus OK Earl Haury Houston TX Steve Helms Pensacola FL William W Hempel Tucson AZ Cliff Hiatt Winter Garden FL Jess Ho gan Louisville KY Ed Izzo Holliston MA Edward W Keck Webster NY Robert Kelly Brighton CO Jim R Kimbro Jr Visa ha CA *Dean Koger Papillion NE Daniel E Kowallek Kokomo IN Robert Krafft Duxbury MA 94 Model Aviation Texas Nationals continued 4sAir in runway ways ramp space absence trees shrubs buildings fire station sole on-base structure Eugene Leonard Sanford FL Don Lowe Dayton OH Lee McDuffee Hamilton OH Kenneth C Meyer Tucson AZ Thomas Moore Alexandria VA William L Ney Wheeling WV Lloyd Nicholson Aurora CO James Oddino Woodland Hills CA James Osborne Jr Katy TX Larry Ott Elgin IL Roy Pinner Waterford MI *Mark Rad cliff St Marys WV Robert Redom Bartles yule OK CW Reed III Raytown MO Stephen Rojecki Xenia OH William Sal kow ski Canoga Park CA Charles W Shade Mi amisburg OH Thomas S Smeltzer Airville PA Steven W Stricker Baltimore MD William E Thomas Bartlesville OK 0 Bruce Underwood Guntersville AL James Vanderbeck Sturgis MI David von Linsowe Burton Ml George Ware Fort Worth TX Bud Weber Waukesha WI Donald Weitz Jr Henderson NV Ralph R White Jr Neoga IL David Wilson Fountain Valley CA *lndicate members 1979 RC Aero batics team 1982 Indoor Team Program Progress recent letter FAI Indoor pro gram participants Indoor Committee Chair man Jim Richmond commented team selection program status end first year activity present team selection program ongoing two-year point-accumulation system large number small local meets en couraged competitor may earn up 10 points large regional contest six program zones will scheduled year top-placer regional meet will earn 100 points contestant may fly regional meet other own region July 1980 CN carried in-depth report program details team will selected three-day Finals end 1981 three entrants having highest cumulative point-score two years will become new team members maximum possible score 1110 pointsand Finals winner earns 1000 points So far 25 entrants have participated program cumulative scores tabu lated next page jim observes contest activity has concen trated East Central region some activity West Coast very little East Coast West Central re gion AMA members residing Districts VIII IX should note local regional meet can held few three contest ants team selection program still open interested modelers formal en try requirements fliers must have cur rent AMA licenses $5 FAI stamp affixed $3 program entry fee must sent AMA Headquarters Attention Miche line Madison will send form prepaid entry local meet Prospective entrants advised wait until last minute get started U Revised Sanction Procedures NC Sailplane AMA Record Trials Effective January 1 1981 following sanctioning procedures apply RC Sailplane record trials AMA National records 1 Contest Director submits sanction application $5 feegood number participants RC Contest board ap proved $2 sanction fee AMA Exec utive Councilin independent actionap proved blanket $5 sanction fee AMAsanctioned contests record trials 2 sanction approved will valid 30-day period 3 sanction approved good classes categories RC Sailplane record attempts 4 record trials sponsored AMA-chartered club additional $5 sanction fee required same other types contests record trials 5 record trials application must processed through appropriate AMA dis trict Contest Coordinatoras though record trials regular small meet unrestricted entry no less 30 days fore event 6 record trials must publicized through prepublication notices etc regular meet will occur automa tically via listing Contest Calendar section CN sanction appli cation processed AMA Headquarters 7 flier Contest Director must report apparent record performances de fined AMA rule book Section 2 page 5 Background history action has report ed September 1979 September 1980 editions Competition Newsletter announcement being made conform existing Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules Sanction Application Forms Sanction application forms C Sail plane record trials may obtained writing AMA Headquarters Attention Deborah Dews new special forms RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDING SANCTIONING PROCEDURES FOR NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS Result ofVote FINAL VOTE -EQ y ApproveN - LL - ~ isapprove-&5~oE ~ o0 IIIIII IV VVI VII VIII IX XXI ASanction Fee Status Charge $2 per classsanction applied CD andA A D AA A71A good number participants BClass vs Category Distinction Eliminate class distinction allow $2 fee goodAAD ADADA53A class category COther Questions 1Preferred sanction period 30 days AAAADDAA62A 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club spon- ADAAAAAA71A sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event ADAAAAAA71A Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring records AAADAAAD62A events Notes blank voting block means no vote cast February 1 981 95 1980 CONTEST ACTIVITY AS OF NOV 16 Contestant ChicagoDetroitWest BadenWilliamsburgAkronSan FranciscoSanta AnaProgram Alphabetical LocalLocalLocalVA LocalRegionalLocalRegionalPoints orderApr 12May 18June26Aug 1Sept 2Nov 8Nov 15-16To Date Time/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/Points Banks6648/10006705/1 000011000 Belieff.-.,4530/10001000 Brodersen18499599 Calliau571 3/85298529 Carter5403 8094259/46675476 Crane3700/813813 Doig2724/6652802/8955438/8186923/75339911 Faykun6312/94219421 Ganser5510/8266347/69257751 Gibbs5117/10005019/75018501 Gitlow4147/81549 58/74488263 Hagen4551/8946350/951610410 Harlan8644/94179417 Hulbert3934/9687513/81679135 Loucka720/1806443/70277207 Mather6138/91889188 Obarski4054/10007443/81139113 Platt4247/941941 Randolph5620/83988398 Richmond92 06/1 000010000 Romak5118/10006400/954010540 Stoll3119/10001000 Tryon5654/852-852 Van Gorder5935/64696469 Williams W~J72927292 7 Mm 45 Sec Halt-A FF Cat Ill Junior John Houtenbrink West Palm Beach FL set new Junior Category Ill record August 30 1980 record time might have higher model flown trees bordering contest site causing miss max fourth flight John trouble trees third flight tooit lost three hours Johns craft Competition Models Starduster 350 powered Cox ID 049 As can seen photo wing has modified added bird cage con struction engine used custom needle valve venturi well GloBee racing plug K&B Speed Fuel carried Coin peittion Models tank mount cutoff Tatone unit prop Cox gray 6x3 plane covered Japanese tissue painted nitrate dopewhite Aero Gloss used fuselage DT fuse Blue Ridge Model Supply 96 Model Aviation Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney8 Charlotte Dr. Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 87-26 88th Sc. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Landy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Bass M Wesenbach 4568 W 146th Cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Bverley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 CL W ft Bodzoch Jr 235 Glade Palatine IL 60067 PF Pat English 823 Broadway Vincennes IN 47591 VIIGreggSeydel 36258 boa Terrace CudahyWI 53110 Wend RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEastI CL & FF Debi whoff 6879 Weller Dr NE Rockford Ml 49341 East VIII John Deaton 6205 Melinda Wautauga TX 76148 RC Robert Talley 3112 Lawrence Ave. Nederland TX 77627 IX Bill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg. 7100W Center Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68106 RC George Hunter 6962S Lamar St LittletonCO 80123 X Myrtle Coad 6073 Sunrise Dr. Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Polansey 258 Iris Ave. Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Franc Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 86816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvdne Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 NC Don Miller 24715 Sammit-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 V C Charlene Fields 818 Main Sn SW New Ellineton SC 29809 RC Soaring HR Norckauer 12016 Queens Fl Hantaville AL 35803 FF Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd. Montgomery AL 36106 CL Marlyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. West Jacksonville FL 32211 VI NC Ralph Whte Jr RR 1 Boa 324 Neoga IL 62447 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC Inacept Soaring Bold Face Below Indicat Cheirman Concert Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave. Lvndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakeland Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jt. 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 3112 B Raines Rd. Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Massano 8676 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlineworthJe 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48083 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeran Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs CD 80906 X Joe Norcross 1048 C Hoover Way Hanford CA 93232 Xl Ernie Line lB558l2lst Ave. SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins P0 Boa 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 77-06269th 55. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Lard lachson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hematrauget PD Boa 171 Moecks Corner SC 29461 VI Boo Burcy 7032 N Siova Chicago IL 60646 VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsn N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Win Lte 3522 Tamersk Lane Missour City TX 77459 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Euchange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 94550 Xl Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SB Bothell WA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD Ed Izzo 483 Fske St. Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 342 Cedar Dr Box 248 CaIss Neck NJ 07722 III Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Ct. CincinnaciDH 45211 IVW Abernethy 9205 Carendon 3 Upper Marlboro MD 20870 V J Davis Jr 1813S Lakeuhore Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Proefrock 3989 Weber Way Lesinegion KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7Mile Rd Northyille Ml 48167 VIII Win Thomas 331 SB Rockmood Bartlesvile OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 3003 S Everett Wicnita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoremay Dr Rocnesner NY 14612 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Platt6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 s/I Bob UnderwooO4109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Box 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwia 922 Sundown Lv. Desuto TX 79115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward St Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Sroman 12218 Dane St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 5 View Place S Salem OR 97302 1982 INDOOR TEAM SELECTION PROGRAM ACTIVITY CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindley 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 X SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Q O0 aCompetition News will present time time constructive thought-provoking ideas orhaust gases place expand going 4criticisms AMA rules policies affect competitors issue has two sides CNBANG exhaust pipe chamber0 will endeavor print viewpoints have submittedwithin limits availableshould order 3 area theX space uniqueness constructiveness timeliness good taste Determination appropri- exhaust port engine allows 2 ateness publication of matters must necessity rest solely publisher smother exhaust flow your engine 0 thoughts presented author should necessarily construed thing a those AMA HO AMA officers publisher should note publication surprising 4 rules-change policy-change ides does necessarily mean specific proposal has bean will run slightly better good muffler W O presented Contest Board Executive Council appropriate committee such action because back pressure caused 0 X responsibility author anyone else interested obtaining official action by muffler tends allow engine X pack fuel/air mixture cylinder hope gave some thought. what said can wonders idle tran A .. 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NE WSLET ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20005 1981 NATIONALS TEXAS AVG 2-9 THE AMA Executive Council has approved site dates 1 981 National Cham pionships An unusual feature years meet will fact Indoor Nats will held entirely different site dif ferent date key reason turn events fact no suitable door site within reasonable distance Outdoor site major center contest activity will Seguin Auxiliary AFB Seguin TX town Seguin approximately 35 miles northeast San Antonio TX air base about four miles town area flat field devoid trees shrubs buildings on-base structure firehouse paved areas excellent condition Crops grown surrounding fields generally grains grow waist-height Free Flight retrieving conditions excellent As past years RC Soaring RC Heli copter events will held nearby site about 10 miles air base Contest events will include flown 1980 Nats plus CL Mouse Racing Class RC Sport Scale Soaring Some procedures have changed should delight contestants will six days Outdoor FF activity Mon day through Saturday will six days Pylon Racingthree days QM Formula scheduled flown morning prior commencement Pattern competition will no qualifying RC Patterneach five days competition will feature total-entrant rounds anticipated Pattern day will divided between Novice/Advanced Expert/Masters Several AMA Chartered Clubs San Antonia area will provide event offi cials coordinator Nats San Antonio area Charles Parish ARCS Alamo RC Society club Nats Contestant Housing no on-site housing available air base Negotiations now underway two nearby collegesone San Marcos about 20 miles away other Seguin about four miles awayfor dormitory space Watch future editions CN latest infor mation housing camping Family Activities Available Seguin boasts family-oriented recre ational activities facilities Max Starcke Park large municipal park bordered Guadalupe River include 18-hole golf course tennis courts spacious swim ming pool volleyball courts baseball continued page 94 E Woflh 1981 HATS SITE * A, Separate Site Date Nats Indoor Events THE 1981 Nationals Indoor events will flown atrium Northwood Insti tute West Baden IN June 20 through 23 20th Saturday separate site Indoor events required since no suit able facility exists within reasonable dis tance Nats Outdoor events site Seguin TX dates chosen selected convenience modelers might also wish attend Sixth NIMAS Annual Record Trials SNART scheduled follow Nats June 24 through 26 An addition al attraction Nats SNART will Second Annual Peanut Gran Prix will held during 24-hr period com mencing evening June 26 Events Schedules Final schedules Indoor Nats events have yet made however known FAI events will flown Satur day June 20 will both Nats competition Indoor Team selection Scale will have its own time periods other event schedules will adjusted avoid overlaps Dormitory Housing Reservations Dormitory rooms Northwood Institute will available participants Friday June 19 Dorm reservations Nats dates will handled AMA Headquarters Dorm reservations SNART Peanut days will responsibility NIM AS Dorm reservations can guaranteed ordered regular Nats ad vance registration Advance Entry Following previous practice will advance entries Indoor Nats en try forms expected available continued page 94 February 1981 89 1980 NMPRA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE THE TOP 45 NMPRA fliers over US assembled Titusville FL 1980 NMPRA Championship race long hard contest season modelers great challenge excell event receive invitation prestigious contest did qualify several ways First NMPRA members loved work could have earned invitation serving association officer year Perhaps past Championship Race winners Some may have qualified finishing top 10 1980 AMA Nationals remainder did hard way top 20% fliers home NMPRA district nine districts holds its own competi tions during year contestants awarded points based finish position number competitors con test points accumulate during rac ing season interested getting * *** * ** ***** ******* ***** ** * Star Races top Pylon fliers US gather final hard-foughtrace 1980 contest season losers its Wait til next year ** ** * * * * *** ** * * ****** sport NMPRA dues $1 300 per year payable March 15 Points cannot accu mulated racing season until after current dues paid annual NMPRA Championship race always held October three contest sites southern US sites chosen hope good weather will prevail race day year weather Titusville wasnt goodit fantastically great Friday evening processing held Ramada Inn planes safetychecked make safe fun-filled 0 Bill Hager Photos author weekend planes judged scale best contest selected year very tough decision Dave Latsha walked away best showa beautiful Pole Cat rest planes received scores 1 2 3 4 determined start position races two-day competition Racing started early Saturday morning fliers ready Big Race Some up night working props getting everything ready first heat lot time effort put prepa ration race night before CD always busy processing year Rod Gier CD did fabulous job wife Sally gave him outstanding help Sally took care setting up heats keeping score contest also took care banquet arrangements fliers opinion both deserve highest praise Thanks workers top 20 finishers Front row L RI Tom Christopher 1st2nd Dave, rdJormottnmor Dave Pearce 6th Bill Grove 7th Laird Owens 8th Glen Sicotti 9th Bob Wallace 10th Standing IL RI Sponsor Jim ininohara Ob Reuther 11th Lew Hipkins 12th Dave Latsha 13th Robert Schuster 14th Bill Hager 15th Gary Hover 16th Bill Preis 17th Ken Hulik 18th Tom Nay 19th Gail Jacobson 20th 90 Model Aviation Tjtusville know hard worked because writer has put contestsso big thanks everyone worked Contest Director Fcenter discusses result 0 helpers Dennis OBrien IL Jim Maki R Jim Dennis contestants lost planes earlyso worked rest rat, r. q~rumdtrtr.rrthe contest Saturday morning very cool day warmed up everyone great day racing several crashes first involving Stephen Barrett flown morning after playing college foot ball game night before Stephen bad luck contestant good time racefor great weekend Early competition Bob Violett Dennis OBrien mid-aired putting both out competition Jim Maki Bruce Richmond also bad luck out contention early Saturday fliers made through Saturday another good day look forward Sunday end Saturdays competition Tom Christopher leading perfect score Bill Grove Brian Richmond Dave Shadel Robert Schuster tied second place fast time day 109 Dave Shadel held up through Sundays competition fast time contest several fast times turned first day Greg Doe 1131 Bill Grove turned 1151 Laird Owens did 1154 Brian Richmond 1147 After fliers went back rooms shower showed up 700 pm annual banquet brought wives girlfriends nice banquet very enjoyable evening buffet dinner followed short meeting awards given NMPRA 1980 season Beautiful plaques given top 20 national fliers NMPRA shirts also given top 10 national competitors Recipients Bill Preis 10th 4945 points year Norm Johnson 9th Pete Reed 8th Andrew Mclndoe 7th Gary Heithold 6th Dave Keats 5th Gary Hover 4th Tom Cas tellano 3rd Tom Christopher 2nd Dave February 1981 91 rue eApra tiEr io line ph area ny Inra rug Saved wear tear thefeet speeded meet races Unusual paint jobl nue between torn Castellano makes ready another race arce puts tne tire oac wneei Dave tunished 6th years Championship Hace 92 Model Aviation IvIcu Greg Doe L Bruce Richmond calling made good team Leg work race has just startedcallers get pilots ome 01 tne group irum i exes L 10 nj LMV Sally Brown Dubb Jett put lot lot zeroes got way Shadel 1st Dave fantastic year total 6137 points years meeting district VP gave annual report did NMPRA offi cers Now plans underway 1981 season Nominations have com pleted voting must held shame past out 400 members NMPRA about 10% its members took time mark X sheet paper lick stamp once year great improvement needed 1981 Some fliers spent Saturday evening trying find out werent going fast did back home Some worked night some didnt care didnt have anything left fly Im sure Tom Chris topher checked rechecked everything sure nothing would change Sun days racing point down Im sure would like have second chance race cost point Sunday morning clear little cooler Saturday wind shifted out south out north brought us cooler much drier air sonditlon Formula en gines like best think everyone saw quite increase engine performance over Saturday no went faster Dave Shadels 109 fliers turning times middle teens Howdoes feel turn 1165 finish second Well lot races like Sunday races everyone look ing forward between Brian Richmond Tom Christopher Brian little faster Tom some thought chance knock Tom down perfect score turned out best races contest sidelines thought maybe both fliers cut flying close poles over Tom Christopher won another heat contest came close apparent Tom put together won competition several crashes Sun day lots exciting races specta tors several flyoffs end competition Dave Pearce Brian Rich mond 5th place Robert Schuster last race dayand last crash day Needless say lost H NMPRA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS OCTOBER 25 26 1980 TITUSVILLE FL FinalFastest StandingContestantTimeModelEngine 1Tom Christopher1171Pole CatST X40 2Greg Doe1131Pole CatST X40 3Dave Shadel1090ToniST X40 4John McDermott1176Pole CatST X40 5Brian Richmond1147Pole CatST X40 6Dave Pearce1194ToniST X40 7Bill Grove1151ST X40 8Laird Owens1154K&B 9Glen Sicotti1248Pole CatST X40 10Bob Wallace1241ToniK&B 11Bob ReutherPoleCatK&B 12Lew HipkinsToniST X40 13Dave LatshaPole CatST X40 14Robert SchusterToniK&B 15Bill HagerToniST X40 16Gary HoverToniST X40 17Bill Preis 18Ken Hulik 19Tom Nay 20Gail Jacobson 21Norm Johnson 22Pete Reed 23Eric Ristrim 24Tom Castellano 25Mike Helsel 26Bob Brogdon 27Ernie Nikodem 28Tom Dooly 29Irwin Funderburk 30Dubb Jett 31Ron Schorr 32Mack Moffat 33Ed Rankin Toni Toni Toni Pole Cat 51 X40 ST X40 ST X40 ST X40 34Bill Williamson 35Ray McFarland 36Chuck Greenwood 37Dave Layman 38Scott Johnson 39Lloyd Burnham 40Rick Oliver 41Jim Maki 42Bruce Richmond 43Steve Barrett 44Dennis OBrien 45Bob Violett February 1 981 93 12111 1ophr intup bloy tru vvuole ing others keeping himself ready helps Lew Hipkins change engines top five plus Bill couldnt keep sixth-place Da 121 ture Front row IL R Dave Shadel 3rd Tom Christopher 1st Greg Doe 3rd Top row IL RI John McDermott 4th Brian Richmond 5th Dave Pearce softball diamonds covered rodeo arena New bicycle trails being prepared use near futureprobably Nats time Picnic facilities available along winding Guadalupe River Nearby Lake McQueeney often called water ski capital Texas offers boating fishing water skiing Other lakes within easy reach include Lake Dunlap Lake Placid Canyon Lake scenic attractions Canyon Lake hill country area being particularly exquisite Aus tin proud capital city Texas 50 miles away Indoor Nationals continued March anticipated will automatic mailing entry blanks partici pants last years Nats assure terested contestants receive entry blanks earliest date should send SASE AMA Headquarters requesting entry form Requests arriving before forms available will placed hold file Cutoff date submission advance en tries Indoor Nats May 31 1981 June 1 postmark will accepted Indoor Nats will use separate entry form Outdoor events ever Indoor basic entry fee will good both Indoor Outdoor Nats entry entry fee both halves Nats Tired Traveling point well worth considering about separate Indoor Nats plan Nats oriented contestant would have planned attend SNART too can now take Nats plus SNART no extra travel volved 1981 Canadian Nats U S modele s may wish attend o enter Canadian Nats scheduled July 11-19 1981 Centralia Ontario Canada site 20 miles north London Ontario approximately 100 miles northeast Detroit MI close knuckle Lake Huron Further details may obtained writ ing Model Aeronautics Association Canada Box 9 Oakvilie Ontario L6J 4Z5 Canada * ** ** * * ** * * *** ****** **** ** * Rules Proposals Due Next Monthi Are interested making voice heard bi-annual rulemaking process Watch C/V next monthwe scheduled publish rules proposals have survived Initial Votes various Con test Boards see CN October November December 1980 complete list original proposals Next Step Modeler involvement rulemaking process will resume upon publication surviving proposals next monthcross-propos als will admissable up until March 11981 cutoff date cross-proposals must submitted standard AMA Rules Change Proposal Form will require signatures three Open class AMA members must Contest Director forms available direct AMA Headquarters copies published August 1980 issue Model Aviation page 93 may used 1981 NC Soaring Team Manager Dan Pruss Plainfield IL has selec ted manager 1981 US RC Soaring Team 1981 DC Aerobatics Team Finalists fliers eligible com pete Masters Tournament have now re turned Performance Certification Forms AMA Headquarters listed alphabetical order below no longer possi ble new entrants enter 1981 RC Aerobatics team selection program Sixty fliers have qualified Finals year including three members 1979 team Qualified Masters Tournament Donald L Atwood Denver CO Roderick W Barnes Zanesville OH Sal Battaglia New Rochelle NY James C Bennett Glenview IL Tony Bonetti Emerson NJ Joe Bridi Harbor City CA John Britt St Charles MO *Dave Brown Cincinnati OH Ron Chidgey Pensacola FL Bob Chuhran Walled Lake Ml Charles Danley Baytown TX Denis Don ohue Bergenfield NJ Mark R Doucey Bed ford IN James M Edwards New Albany MS James Eide Littleton CO Andrew D Finizio Rockville MD Tony Freckowiak Milford OH William Fuori Commack NY Lavega J Green Jr Largo MD Joseph G Gross Altus OK Earl Haury Houston TX Steve Helms Pensacola FL William W Hempel Tucson AZ Cliff Hiatt Winter Garden FL Jess Ho gan Louisville KY Ed Izzo Holliston MA Edward W Keck Webster NY Robert Kelly Brighton CO Jim R Kimbro Jr Visa ha CA *Dean Koger Papillion NE Daniel E Kowallek Kokomo IN Robert Krafft Duxbury MA 94 Model Aviation Texas Nationals continued 4sAir in runway ways ramp space absence trees shrubs buildings fire station sole on-base structure Eugene Leonard Sanford FL Don Lowe Dayton OH Lee McDuffee Hamilton OH Kenneth C Meyer Tucson AZ Thomas Moore Alexandria VA William L Ney Wheeling WV Lloyd Nicholson Aurora CO James Oddino Woodland Hills CA James Osborne Jr Katy TX Larry Ott Elgin IL Roy Pinner Waterford MI *Mark Rad cliff St Marys WV Robert Redom Bartles yule OK CW Reed III Raytown MO Stephen Rojecki Xenia OH William Sal kow ski Canoga Park CA Charles W Shade Mi amisburg OH Thomas S Smeltzer Airville PA Steven W Stricker Baltimore MD William E Thomas Bartlesville OK 0 Bruce Underwood Guntersville AL James Vanderbeck Sturgis MI David von Linsowe Burton Ml George Ware Fort Worth TX Bud Weber Waukesha WI Donald Weitz Jr Henderson NV Ralph R White Jr Neoga IL David Wilson Fountain Valley CA *lndicate members 1979 RC Aero batics team 1982 Indoor Team Program Progress recent letter FAI Indoor pro gram participants Indoor Committee Chair man Jim Richmond commented team selection program status end first year activity present team selection program ongoing two-year point-accumulation system large number small local meets en couraged competitor may earn up 10 points large regional contest six program zones will scheduled year top-placer regional meet will earn 100 points contestant may fly regional meet other own region July 1980 CN carried in-depth report program details team will selected three-day Finals end 1981 three entrants having highest cumulative point-score two years will become new team members maximum possible score 1110 pointsand Finals winner earns 1000 points So far 25 entrants have participated program cumulative scores tabu lated next page jim observes contest activity has concen trated East Central region some activity West Coast very little East Coast West Central re gion AMA members residing Districts VIII IX should note local regional meet can held few three contest ants team selection program still open interested modelers formal en try requirements fliers must have cur rent AMA licenses $5 FAI stamp affixed $3 program entry fee must sent AMA Headquarters Attention Miche line Madison will send form prepaid entry local meet Prospective entrants advised wait until last minute get started U Revised Sanction Procedures NC Sailplane AMA Record Trials Effective January 1 1981 following sanctioning procedures apply RC Sailplane record trials AMA National records 1 Contest Director submits sanction application $5 feegood number participants RC Contest board ap proved $2 sanction fee AMA Exec utive Councilin independent actionap proved blanket $5 sanction fee AMAsanctioned contests record trials 2 sanction approved will valid 30-day period 3 sanction approved good classes categories RC Sailplane record attempts 4 record trials sponsored AMA-chartered club additional $5 sanction fee required same other types contests record trials 5 record trials application must processed through appropriate AMA dis trict Contest Coordinatoras though record trials regular small meet unrestricted entry no less 30 days fore event 6 record trials must publicized through prepublication notices etc regular meet will occur automa tically via listing Contest Calendar section CN sanction appli cation processed AMA Headquarters 7 flier Contest Director must report apparent record performances de fined AMA rule book Section 2 page 5 Background history action has report ed September 1979 September 1980 editions Competition Newsletter announcement being made conform existing Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules Sanction Application Forms Sanction application forms C Sail plane record trials may obtained writing AMA Headquarters Attention Deborah Dews new special forms RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDING SANCTIONING PROCEDURES FOR NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS Result ofVote FINAL VOTE -EQ y ApproveN - LL - ~ isapprove-&5~oE ~ o0 IIIIII IV VVI VII VIII IX XXI ASanction Fee Status Charge $2 per classsanction applied CD andA A D AA A71A good number participants BClass vs Category Distinction Eliminate class distinction allow $2 fee goodAAD ADADA53A class category COther Questions 1Preferred sanction period 30 days AAAADDAA62A 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club spon- ADAAAAAA71A sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event ADAAAAAA71A Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring records AAADAAAD62A events Notes blank voting block means no vote cast February 1 981 95 1980 CONTEST ACTIVITY AS OF NOV 16 Contestant ChicagoDetroitWest BadenWilliamsburgAkronSan FranciscoSanta AnaProgram Alphabetical LocalLocalLocalVA LocalRegionalLocalRegionalPoints orderApr 12May 18June26Aug 1Sept 2Nov 8Nov 15-16To Date Time/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/PointsTime/Points Banks6648/10006705/1 000011000 Belieff.-.,4530/10001000 Brodersen18499599 Calliau571 3/85298529 Carter5403 8094259/46675476 Crane3700/813813 Doig2724/6652802/8955438/8186923/75339911 Faykun6312/94219421 Ganser5510/8266347/69257751 Gibbs5117/10005019/75018501 Gitlow4147/81549 58/74488263 Hagen4551/8946350/951610410 Harlan8644/94179417 Hulbert3934/9687513/81679135 Loucka720/1806443/70277207 Mather6138/91889188 Obarski4054/10007443/81139113 Platt4247/941941 Randolph5620/83988398 Richmond92 06/1 000010000 Romak5118/10006400/954010540 Stoll3119/10001000 Tryon5654/852-852 Van Gorder5935/64696469 Williams W~J72927292 7 Mm 45 Sec Halt-A FF Cat Ill Junior John Houtenbrink West Palm Beach FL set new Junior Category Ill record August 30 1980 record time might have higher model flown trees bordering contest site causing miss max fourth flight John trouble trees third flight tooit lost three hours Johns craft Competition Models Starduster 350 powered Cox ID 049 As can seen photo wing has modified added bird cage con struction engine used custom needle valve venturi well GloBee racing plug K&B Speed Fuel carried Coin peittion Models tank mount cutoff Tatone unit prop Cox gray 6x3 plane covered Japanese tissue painted nitrate dopewhite Aero Gloss used fuselage DT fuse Blue Ridge Model Supply 96 Model Aviation Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney8 Charlotte Dr. Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 87-26 88th Sc. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Landy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Bass M Wesenbach 4568 W 146th Cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Bverley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 CL W ft Bodzoch Jr 235 Glade Palatine IL 60067 PF Pat English 823 Broadway Vincennes IN 47591 VIIGreggSeydel 36258 boa Terrace CudahyWI 53110 Wend RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEastI CL & FF Debi whoff 6879 Weller Dr NE Rockford Ml 49341 East VIII John Deaton 6205 Melinda Wautauga TX 76148 RC Robert Talley 3112 Lawrence Ave. Nederland TX 77627 IX Bill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg. 7100W Center Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68106 RC George Hunter 6962S Lamar St LittletonCO 80123 X Myrtle Coad 6073 Sunrise Dr. Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Polansey 258 Iris Ave. Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Franc Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 86816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvdne Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 NC Don Miller 24715 Sammit-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 V C Charlene Fields 818 Main Sn SW New Ellineton SC 29809 RC Soaring HR Norckauer 12016 Queens Fl Hantaville AL 35803 FF Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd. Montgomery AL 36106 CL Marlyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. West Jacksonville FL 32211 VI NC Ralph Whte Jr RR 1 Boa 324 Neoga IL 62447 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC Inacept Soaring Bold Face Below Indicat Cheirman Concert Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave. Lvndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakeland Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jt. 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 3112 B Raines Rd. Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Massano 8676 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlineworthJe 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48083 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeran Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs CD 80906 X Joe Norcross 1048 C Hoover Way Hanford CA 93232 Xl Ernie Line lB558l2lst Ave. SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins P0 Boa 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 77-06269th 55. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Lard lachson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hematrauget PD Boa 171 Moecks Corner SC 29461 VI Boo Burcy 7032 N Siova Chicago IL 60646 VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsn N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Win Lte 3522 Tamersk Lane Missour City TX 77459 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Euchange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 94550 Xl Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SB Bothell WA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD Ed Izzo 483 Fske St. Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 342 Cedar Dr Box 248 CaIss Neck NJ 07722 III Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Ct. CincinnaciDH 45211 IVW Abernethy 9205 Carendon 3 Upper Marlboro MD 20870 V J Davis Jr 1813S Lakeuhore Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Proefrock 3989 Weber Way Lesinegion KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7Mile Rd Northyille Ml 48167 VIII Win Thomas 331 SB Rockmood Bartlesvile OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 3003 S Everett Wicnita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoremay Dr Rocnesner NY 14612 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Platt6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 s/I Bob UnderwooO4109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Box 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwia 922 Sundown Lv. Desuto TX 79115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward St Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Sroman 12218 Dane St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 5 View Place S Salem OR 97302 1982 INDOOR TEAM SELECTION PROGRAM ACTIVITY CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindley 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 X SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Q O0 aCompetition News will present time time constructive thought-provoking ideas orhaust gases place expand going 4criticisms AMA rules policies affect competitors issue has two sides CNBANG exhaust pipe chamber0 will endeavor print viewpoints have submittedwithin limits availableshould order 3 area theX space uniqueness constructiveness timeliness good taste Determination appropri- exhaust port engine allows 2 ateness publication of matters must necessity rest solely publisher smother exhaust flow your engine 0 thoughts presented author should necessarily construed thing a those AMA HO AMA officers publisher should note publication surprising 4 rules-change policy-change ides does necessarily mean specific proposal has bean will run slightly better good muffler W O presented Contest Board Executive Council appropriate committee such action because back pressure caused 0 X responsibility author anyone else interested obtaining official action by muffler tends allow engine X pack fuel/air mixture cylinder hope gave some thought. what said can wonders idle tran A .. 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