District IX Report - 2003/10

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NEWS FROM NEBRASKA: From the
June issue of The Clanking Armor, newsletter
if the Lincoln Sky Knights, comes this story
about the club’s May Combat 2003. Photo
credits go to Ron Vogel. Photo acquisition is
courtesy of David Brazee and Tom Wild. The
article is by Jeff Smith.
“Ten pilots gathered to fly in the Lincoln
Sky Knights Open B Combat event on
Saturday, May 3. It was a great day to fly
Combat and the contest ran smoothly. Don
Howard of Oklahoma led the pack in points
during the first half of the meet.
“We took a break for lunch after three
rounds. Thanks to Paul Cooper for traveling
back from Alaska to serve up some greattasting
hamburgers!
“Combat maintained its intensity through
the rest of the day. After six rounds of combat
Don Howard kept a solid hold on first place
with 2,322 points. Fifteen-year-old B.J.
Mayle Jr. from Kansas took second place
with 1,872 points. Neil Byrd from Minnesota
finished third with 1,368 points. As always,
everyone had a fun time.
“Special thanks to contest director Neil
Rohrke, Paul Cooper, Tom Hefley (flight line
boss), the judges, and everyone else who
helped out.
“Unfortunately, the Sunday Scale event
was rained out and no one had floats for their
Combat airplanes.
“Just remember, Combat is the most fun
you can have with a radio-control airplane.
Build, fly, crash, rinse, and repeat.”
On your mark, get set, go! The group from
the Lincoln Sky Knights.
B.J. Mayle Jr. may have only taken second
place, but his face says it all: “I had the
most fun of anybody!”
On the flightline at the Combat meet.
News from South Dakota: From the BARF
RAG, newsletter of the Beresford Area Radio
Flyers, comes the following article about the
club’s Father’s Day Fun-Fly. Information and
photos are courtesy of David Larsen.
“The 15th annual Father’s Day Fun Fly
was hosted by the Beresford Area Radio
Flyers (BARF) on a beautiful June 15. More
than 20 pilots from six area clubs and one
pilot from Ocala, Florida, attended.
“It was a great day of flying, visiting, and
hangar talk. The winds were light and several
pilots made Electric flights with their Park
Flyers. Bill Chambers flew a large version of
the GWS Pico Stik and Wayne Helgager
made several flights with an Electric model
of his own design.
“The Scale Tiger Moth Almost Ready to
Fly (ARF) flown by Bill Beck of Sioux Falls
was also a highlight. Dave Jastram from
Dell Rapids flew some low-level inverted
passes with a Midwest Jetster that had to be
seen to be believed. It was good the grass
was cut short!
“Many BARF members attended and
flew. Don Van Voorst brought two nice
models to the fun-fly. One was a Goldberg
Chipmunk powered by an O.S. 91 FS. The
other model Don flew was his new Great
Planes Cherokee 40 (below).
“Our good friend and longtime club
member who now resides in Ocala, Florida,
was present at the Father’s Day Fun-Fly.
Dale Jorgensen was surprised as we snapped
this photo of his nice Spacewalker. The
model is an ARF powered by a 120 FS
engine. It was very graceful in the air.
“One of the youngest BARF club
members is Zach Holoch (photo below).
Zach is a high-school student who has been
flying models since his junior-high days. He
is now doing a great job of flying his Sig
Four-Star 40.
“Darrell Moget is the ‘frequent flier’ of
the club. He attends most fun-fly events in
the area and flies a lot at each. Darrell puts a
lot of time on his Goldberg Falcon 56 but was
doing some unusual, wild, and crazy
aerobatics with the Tower Hobbies Uproar
shown in the photo.
“The pilot’s raffle this year featured a Sig
Four-Star 40 kit. Each pilot got a raffle ticket
with his or her registration and the winner
was Don Hughes from Alcester, South
Dakota. Don is a prolific modeler who
usually builds from plans or from his own
designs. He will probably get this model into
the air in a couple of weeks.”
Associate Vice Presidents
Max Hansen, 1909 Wisconsin SW, Huron SD
57350
H. Michael Harrington, 6112 Ashton Ct.,
Ft. Collins CO 80525
Fred Hildebrand, 4015 Somerset Circle, Casper
WY 82609-3161
Nathan Lancaster, 3597 S. Kendall Street, Denver
CO 80235
Troy Lapp, 1619 Wichita Dr., Bismarck ND 58504
Travis McGinnis, 8027 W. 81st Circle, Arvada CO
80005
Don Moden, 410 Hart St., Salina KS 67401
Jim Ricketts, 4921 Fernwood Drive, Sioux Falls
SD 57103-5573
Jack L. Sibert, 3611 Kimberly Circle, Lincoln NE
68506-4524
Mark T. Smith, 14632 W. 50th Street, Shawnee
KS 66216
Frequency Coordinator
Steve Mangles, c/o Radio Service Center, 918 S.
Sheridan, Denver CO 80226
Colorado / Kansas /
Nebraska / North Dakota /
South Dakota / Wyoming
Russ Miller
Vice President
980 N. 3rd St.
Carrington ND 58421
Tel.: (701) 652-2321
Fax: (701) 652-2994
E:mail:
[email protected]
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