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NEWS FROM COLORADO: George Kerr
of the Mile Hi club submitted the following:
“Mile Hi Madness II, the Radio Control
Combat Association (RCCA) Open B
Combat meet was held on May 1, 2004.
Following are a few photos of the field
before we started flying. Remember this is
springtime in the Rockies and it is May 1.
“The good news was by 11 a.m. when we
called ‘start combat,’ most of the snow had
melted and we had an absolutely gorgeous
day for flying a little Combat. Nine pilots
showed up for Open B and only three for
2610, so Scale got canceled. That was too
bad, because Marv Ferdig brought as many
Scale airplanes as he had Open aircraft.
“We only had six judges at any one time,
so we had to fly six at a time and do a
rotation whereby three rotated in and out for
each heat. That way we could fly nine heats
to get the six rounds in. It worked out very
well. Thanks to John “JJ” Jaugilas for the
suggestion.
“We had 10 members of the club help, so
I want to take this opportunity to recognize
and thank them. Thank you for your
excellent help Chuck Brant, John Corliss,
Rich Dix, Denny Edwardson, Phil Kenney
(great lunch Phil), Joe Ortiz (line marshal),
Larry Ott, Bill Sorrells, and Walt Stroessner.
We could not have done this without you!
“As mentioned, we flew six rounds of
intense Combat. Cuts were tough to come
by. The furballs were pretty loose with a fair
amount of pursuit, but no one got a lot of
cuts all day.
“Rich Perry had some bad luck with
three hard midairs that knocked him out of
three rounds. Adam Bryant was plagued
with problems all day but persevered and
finally got one good round in before the day
was over. Andy Taylor had his Slashers
flying well, once he got them in the air.
“JJ is always a tough competitor, and this
day was no exception. He flew his Skull
Bandits and Go Devils and used up all of the
sky to get his cuts. JJ is an old CL pilot, and
uses a lot of his unique CL style in RC
Combat. Tom Neff is always a terror in the
sky, and he brought out his game face today.
“Randy Hodges proved that SPADs are
not dead yet. Randy flew two of his own
design SPADs to Victory at Mile Hi
Madness II. Congratulations to all the
winners. I think all the participants were
winners, and I know the helpers had a great
time too.
“Standings at the end of the day:
“1) Randy Hodges 1380
“2) Tom Neff 1228
“3) John Jaugilas 1200
“4) Rich Perry 780
“5) George Kerr 768
“6) Marv Ferdig 662
“7) Andy Taylor 380
“8) Adam Bryant 180
“9) Bill Messner I won’t mention it,
Bill.
“Thanks to everyone who drove in from
Colorado Springs, Sterling, and Evergreen.
Thanks to everyone for good, safe Combat
meet! What a blast it was!”
The Grand Junction Modelers from Grand
Junction, Colorado, held the club’s annual
mall show in April at the Mesa Mall. There
were 21 models on display and some super
craftsmanship and talent was in evidence.
The people’s
choice and
pilots’ choice
awards went to
Jack
Richardson for
his Antic Bipe,
powered by a
Saito 100. Best
of show recognition went to Bill Wright for
his giant Weeks Special biplane powered by
a Zenoah Twin.
The Saturday mall show was followed by
a demonstration event at the club’s field on
Sunday. A good spectator turnout witnessed
some awesome flights by the club pilots.
Helicopter pilot Cliff Bradford drew crowd
approval for his helicopter routine.
Club members managed a few buddybox
flights with some nervous but eager
newcomers.
Thanks to Bob Cicero for this article and
the photos.
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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