CONTROL LINE SCALE e CONTROL LINE SCALE 1997 Nats brought participants across country presented beautiful selection model aircraft static judging Horizon Center downtown Muncie Before Scale models flown judged static realism modeler must provide presentation book describes prototype aircraft detail book contains drawings photos proof-of-color enables judges compare model documentation static score based well information presented reproduced model score craftsmanship also awarded After static judging completed second part competition based flying ability models total static flying scores determined winners flight competition began perfect flying weather four events decided Precision Sport Profile FAI F4B Sport Scale popular event Jack Patrolia s beautiful Stevens Akro finished first Akro turns consistently perfect flights Bill Logans Ontario Canada Caproni cruises way victory F4B December 1997 75 Frank Beatty Sr right Jr Franks Alexander Eaglerock James Tidd Indianapolis IN shows P2V-7 finished seventh Second Sport Scale upcoming article MA Sport Weather excellent Scale flying Second place went Frank Beatty Alexander Eaglerock future MA article Lyn Greens P-61 Black Widow finished third Profile Lyn Green finished first another version P-6 1 Second place awarded Charles Snyder Cincinnati Ohio Hornet flew beautifully Charlie Bauers spectacular B-29 impressed crowd took home third place highlight Profile Scale Aaron Bauer Charlies four-year-old grandson Aaron entered Volksplane grandfather built Goldberg Lil Wizard Volksplane has 21-inch wingspan powered Cox Black Widow Aaron Junior entry did great job AMA Precision went Bill Logan FE-2 beating out Charlie Bauer F-86 Bill also won FAI Scale Caproni Leonid Derbarmdiker second Yak-12M Charlie Bauers Skyraider finished third As always Nationals wonderful place compete visit old friends odel Aviation les Snyder Cincinnati OH Sport P-40 fifth place rest George McGinnis Hanson MA Orion waits its turn Hornet placed second Profile Jack Sheeks Indianapolis IN wife Shirley fourth-place Profile Ultimate Jack used photo Shirley pilot model Jack Patrolia Marshfield MA prepares Stevens Akro winning flight Sport Scale 18133 points CONTROL LINE COMBAT TIlE NATS COMBAT facilities greatly improved year Academy graded seeded huge rectangle ground 200 meters north last years site grass wasnt quite ready saw first time AMA Open House improved time Nats still needs another year two reach its prime will very nice set Combat circles Combat choice two nine circles Event Director Roy Glenn chose two southwest corner rectangle Attendance disappointing year mainly because team trials soon after Nats Some Detroit-area Texas fliers preparing trials could attend Hopefully word new site will attract fliers next year faces missed Nats some new ones present Shoemaker family Indianapolis IN brought four fliers two adults two Juniors Juniors next-door neighbor first picked up handle previous week Judging handled through week ever-changing set volunteers often nonflying fliers filling constant Chief Judge Marlin McGee AMA AVP Oklahoma brought black Labrador retriever provided constant entertaimnent would have no Combat judges thanks spent time manning stopwatches weather cooperated part hot humid Tuesday hotter usual day off Combat fliers got watch Windy Urtnowski fly gorgeous Seafire few heats Q-40 Pylon Racing Carl Dodge fly F2A Speed three Official events started Monday Fox Manufacturing sponsored unofficial Super Slow Combat event Sunday three Juniors 18 entries biggest Combat event Nats everyone flew least five times engine restriction Fox 35 Stunts speed restriction 70 mph several people flew normally would have entered Placings decided adding points earned during round discourage midairs overly aggressive flying extra 200 points awarded midair-free matches Two famous names usually associated Combat showed up Sunday Henry Nelson makes large percentage engines used Combat Pylon Racer Dave Shadel won second place Both participated event before During flying several Daves Pylon Racing fdends showed up watch cheer Equipment varied old Ringmasters Slow Combat airplanes Czech-built Fast Combat airplanes arrowshaft foamies Bladder tanks reliable hard tanks no type airplane ruled Krystal King Arkadelphia AR won Super Slow Combat Junior title overall championship received trophy engine Second third Juniors James Miller Mike Alston top three overall places rounded out Dave Shadel Joe Kresnak Jr Slow Combat began Monday morning disappointing eight Open entries flying finished evening decided last three matches would flown Wednesday before 1/2A competitors would take Wednesday off watched action center circle since Center Marshal circles used morning other used afternoon order keep sun out judges eyes large digital clock provided made judging pitting much easier glance anyone around circle could see much time left match Equipment similar across board arrowshaft foamies Czech-built McKenzie hybrids equipped GRW chicken-hopper uniflow tanks very fast Nelson Fox Mark 7 36 engines Henry Nelson flew event Larry Skelley attendance son Skyler flew against Krystal King three-match series decide outcome Junior category Skyler won first match Krystal won second deciding round took place before Open 78 Model Aviation s Roy Ray Krupa pitting F2D airplane Czech-built Russian design Note wood construction hefty paper-wrapped foam leading edge Andy Mears holds Larry Skelley tunes Larrys son Skyler during F2D match F2D rules allow one-minute starting period before start match
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/12
Page Numbers: 75, 76, 78
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/12
Page Numbers: 75, 76, 78
CONTROL LINE SCALE e CONTROL LINE SCALE 1997 Nats brought participants across country presented beautiful selection model aircraft static judging Horizon Center downtown Muncie Before Scale models flown judged static realism modeler must provide presentation book describes prototype aircraft detail book contains drawings photos proof-of-color enables judges compare model documentation static score based well information presented reproduced model score craftsmanship also awarded After static judging completed second part competition based flying ability models total static flying scores determined winners flight competition began perfect flying weather four events decided Precision Sport Profile FAI F4B Sport Scale popular event Jack Patrolia s beautiful Stevens Akro finished first Akro turns consistently perfect flights Bill Logans Ontario Canada Caproni cruises way victory F4B December 1997 75 Frank Beatty Sr right Jr Franks Alexander Eaglerock James Tidd Indianapolis IN shows P2V-7 finished seventh Second Sport Scale upcoming article MA Sport Weather excellent Scale flying Second place went Frank Beatty Alexander Eaglerock future MA article Lyn Greens P-61 Black Widow finished third Profile Lyn Green finished first another version P-6 1 Second place awarded Charles Snyder Cincinnati Ohio Hornet flew beautifully Charlie Bauers spectacular B-29 impressed crowd took home third place highlight Profile Scale Aaron Bauer Charlies four-year-old grandson Aaron entered Volksplane grandfather built Goldberg Lil Wizard Volksplane has 21-inch wingspan powered Cox Black Widow Aaron Junior entry did great job AMA Precision went Bill Logan FE-2 beating out Charlie Bauer F-86 Bill also won FAI Scale Caproni Leonid Derbarmdiker second Yak-12M Charlie Bauers Skyraider finished third As always Nationals wonderful place compete visit old friends odel Aviation les Snyder Cincinnati OH Sport P-40 fifth place rest George McGinnis Hanson MA Orion waits its turn Hornet placed second Profile Jack Sheeks Indianapolis IN wife Shirley fourth-place Profile Ultimate Jack used photo Shirley pilot model Jack Patrolia Marshfield MA prepares Stevens Akro winning flight Sport Scale 18133 points CONTROL LINE COMBAT TIlE NATS COMBAT facilities greatly improved year Academy graded seeded huge rectangle ground 200 meters north last years site grass wasnt quite ready saw first time AMA Open House improved time Nats still needs another year two reach its prime will very nice set Combat circles Combat choice two nine circles Event Director Roy Glenn chose two southwest corner rectangle Attendance disappointing year mainly because team trials soon after Nats Some Detroit-area Texas fliers preparing trials could attend Hopefully word new site will attract fliers next year faces missed Nats some new ones present Shoemaker family Indianapolis IN brought four fliers two adults two Juniors Juniors next-door neighbor first picked up handle previous week Judging handled through week ever-changing set volunteers often nonflying fliers filling constant Chief Judge Marlin McGee AMA AVP Oklahoma brought black Labrador retriever provided constant entertaimnent would have no Combat judges thanks spent time manning stopwatches weather cooperated part hot humid Tuesday hotter usual day off Combat fliers got watch Windy Urtnowski fly gorgeous Seafire few heats Q-40 Pylon Racing Carl Dodge fly F2A Speed three Official events started Monday Fox Manufacturing sponsored unofficial Super Slow Combat event Sunday three Juniors 18 entries biggest Combat event Nats everyone flew least five times engine restriction Fox 35 Stunts speed restriction 70 mph several people flew normally would have entered Placings decided adding points earned during round discourage midairs overly aggressive flying extra 200 points awarded midair-free matches Two famous names usually associated Combat showed up Sunday Henry Nelson makes large percentage engines used Combat Pylon Racer Dave Shadel won second place Both participated event before During flying several Daves Pylon Racing fdends showed up watch cheer Equipment varied old Ringmasters Slow Combat airplanes Czech-built Fast Combat airplanes arrowshaft foamies Bladder tanks reliable hard tanks no type airplane ruled Krystal King Arkadelphia AR won Super Slow Combat Junior title overall championship received trophy engine Second third Juniors James Miller Mike Alston top three overall places rounded out Dave Shadel Joe Kresnak Jr Slow Combat began Monday morning disappointing eight Open entries flying finished evening decided last three matches would flown Wednesday before 1/2A competitors would take Wednesday off watched action center circle since Center Marshal circles used morning other used afternoon order keep sun out judges eyes large digital clock provided made judging pitting much easier glance anyone around circle could see much time left match Equipment similar across board arrowshaft foamies Czech-built McKenzie hybrids equipped GRW chicken-hopper uniflow tanks very fast Nelson Fox Mark 7 36 engines Henry Nelson flew event Larry Skelley attendance son Skyler flew against Krystal King three-match series decide outcome Junior category Skyler won first match Krystal won second deciding round took place before Open 78 Model Aviation s Roy Ray Krupa pitting F2D airplane Czech-built Russian design Note wood construction hefty paper-wrapped foam leading edge Andy Mears holds Larry Skelley tunes Larrys son Skyler during F2D match F2D rules allow one-minute starting period before start match
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/12
Page Numbers: 75, 76, 78
CONTROL LINE SCALE e CONTROL LINE SCALE 1997 Nats brought participants across country presented beautiful selection model aircraft static judging Horizon Center downtown Muncie Before Scale models flown judged static realism modeler must provide presentation book describes prototype aircraft detail book contains drawings photos proof-of-color enables judges compare model documentation static score based well information presented reproduced model score craftsmanship also awarded After static judging completed second part competition based flying ability models total static flying scores determined winners flight competition began perfect flying weather four events decided Precision Sport Profile FAI F4B Sport Scale popular event Jack Patrolia s beautiful Stevens Akro finished first Akro turns consistently perfect flights Bill Logans Ontario Canada Caproni cruises way victory F4B December 1997 75 Frank Beatty Sr right Jr Franks Alexander Eaglerock James Tidd Indianapolis IN shows P2V-7 finished seventh Second Sport Scale upcoming article MA Sport Weather excellent Scale flying Second place went Frank Beatty Alexander Eaglerock future MA article Lyn Greens P-61 Black Widow finished third Profile Lyn Green finished first another version P-6 1 Second place awarded Charles Snyder Cincinnati Ohio Hornet flew beautifully Charlie Bauers spectacular B-29 impressed crowd took home third place highlight Profile Scale Aaron Bauer Charlies four-year-old grandson Aaron entered Volksplane grandfather built Goldberg Lil Wizard Volksplane has 21-inch wingspan powered Cox Black Widow Aaron Junior entry did great job AMA Precision went Bill Logan FE-2 beating out Charlie Bauer F-86 Bill also won FAI Scale Caproni Leonid Derbarmdiker second Yak-12M Charlie Bauers Skyraider finished third As always Nationals wonderful place compete visit old friends odel Aviation les Snyder Cincinnati OH Sport P-40 fifth place rest George McGinnis Hanson MA Orion waits its turn Hornet placed second Profile Jack Sheeks Indianapolis IN wife Shirley fourth-place Profile Ultimate Jack used photo Shirley pilot model Jack Patrolia Marshfield MA prepares Stevens Akro winning flight Sport Scale 18133 points CONTROL LINE COMBAT TIlE NATS COMBAT facilities greatly improved year Academy graded seeded huge rectangle ground 200 meters north last years site grass wasnt quite ready saw first time AMA Open House improved time Nats still needs another year two reach its prime will very nice set Combat circles Combat choice two nine circles Event Director Roy Glenn chose two southwest corner rectangle Attendance disappointing year mainly because team trials soon after Nats Some Detroit-area Texas fliers preparing trials could attend Hopefully word new site will attract fliers next year faces missed Nats some new ones present Shoemaker family Indianapolis IN brought four fliers two adults two Juniors Juniors next-door neighbor first picked up handle previous week Judging handled through week ever-changing set volunteers often nonflying fliers filling constant Chief Judge Marlin McGee AMA AVP Oklahoma brought black Labrador retriever provided constant entertaimnent would have no Combat judges thanks spent time manning stopwatches weather cooperated part hot humid Tuesday hotter usual day off Combat fliers got watch Windy Urtnowski fly gorgeous Seafire few heats Q-40 Pylon Racing Carl Dodge fly F2A Speed three Official events started Monday Fox Manufacturing sponsored unofficial Super Slow Combat event Sunday three Juniors 18 entries biggest Combat event Nats everyone flew least five times engine restriction Fox 35 Stunts speed restriction 70 mph several people flew normally would have entered Placings decided adding points earned during round discourage midairs overly aggressive flying extra 200 points awarded midair-free matches Two famous names usually associated Combat showed up Sunday Henry Nelson makes large percentage engines used Combat Pylon Racer Dave Shadel won second place Both participated event before During flying several Daves Pylon Racing fdends showed up watch cheer Equipment varied old Ringmasters Slow Combat airplanes Czech-built Fast Combat airplanes arrowshaft foamies Bladder tanks reliable hard tanks no type airplane ruled Krystal King Arkadelphia AR won Super Slow Combat Junior title overall championship received trophy engine Second third Juniors James Miller Mike Alston top three overall places rounded out Dave Shadel Joe Kresnak Jr Slow Combat began Monday morning disappointing eight Open entries flying finished evening decided last three matches would flown Wednesday before 1/2A competitors would take Wednesday off watched action center circle since Center Marshal circles used morning other used afternoon order keep sun out judges eyes large digital clock provided made judging pitting much easier glance anyone around circle could see much time left match Equipment similar across board arrowshaft foamies Czech-built McKenzie hybrids equipped GRW chicken-hopper uniflow tanks very fast Nelson Fox Mark 7 36 engines Henry Nelson flew event Larry Skelley attendance son Skyler flew against Krystal King three-match series decide outcome Junior category Skyler won first match Krystal won second deciding round took place before Open 78 Model Aviation s Roy Ray Krupa pitting F2D airplane Czech-built Russian design Note wood construction hefty paper-wrapped foam leading edge Andy Mears holds Larry Skelley tunes Larrys son Skyler during F2D match F2D rules allow one-minute starting period before start match
