Flying Aces NATS

Don Srull McLean VA launches Voisin Pioneer Scale Dave Marie Rees Goldsboro North Carolina wind Daves Notice climb angle amazing flier placed fourth Martinsyde Buzzard WW mass launch Dave won event 70 Model Aviation launch WW models several mass launches numerous heats Site Geneseo NY airport Mecca According American Heritage Dictionary mecca place regarded goal its Flying Aces Club FAC Nationals Nats wondrous event held two years year took place July 16-19 first FAC Nats 1978 Willow Grove Naval Air Station Pennsylvania idea certain active clubs take responsibility finding suitable location contest other year has held Dayton Ohio site Air Force Museum Utica Michigan flying grounds old Ford test track twice Willow Grove site After Utica Geneseo New York has part become permanent site prestigious event Geneseo nifty college town home State University New York SUNY Flying done all-grass Geneseo airport once home National Warplane Museum what made trip back interesting array World War II aircraft display However museum moved its facilities Elmira New York after dispute owner land 163 contestants 11th FAC Nats no other contest has models modeler brought six aircraft would 978 models some bring some bring less models Scale since events old-time Jimmie Allen Embryo number airplanes staggering no matter look Tom Arnold have traveled West Coast together past 10 years FAC Nats fly Washington Photos Author Graphic nesign Jill Ann cavanaugh January1999 71 Terry Pittman Farman Sport full-scale example being restored Silver Hill Maryland facility Smithsonian Pres Bruning Royal Oak Ml gets set wind Ju 88 A-4 Englands Derek Knights electric-powered B-17 Uses own motors sells model took fourth multiengine Don Srull readies Short biplane flight took third place Jumbo Scale Don has won approximately 150 trophies past 20 years FAC Nats DC met Don Srull motor Geneseo him Tom Schmitt year got early start leaving Geneseo Wednesday morning After pleasant seven-hour drive through some pretty terrain Tom Arnold left off college see could get room early Most FAC Nats contestants stay SUNY few wimps stay motels can have air-conditioned rooms nerve university provides hearty breakfast dinner us stay actually isnt bad also bull sessions night last until early hours way make friends However night Tom whole dorm ourselves bit eerie say least After breakfast Thursday headed out flying field test-flying other early arrivals No pressure just chance see some sport models fly Later cleaned up gathered Scale models enter judging format year bit different judging took place Thursday evening instead Friday evening models submitted judging starting 4 pm Scoring done large airconditioned banquet room restaurant outside Geneseo Previously judging done college buildings air-conditioned made life miserableespecially judges time before judging started chance visit old friends make new ones spirit FAC 72 Model Aviation y Pittman twin-engine Electric-powered Farman Jabiru great-flying model teak second place multiengine Power Scale event Ralph Kuenz holds cleverly built Electric Fan Jet Supermarine Swallow competing Free Flight FF Scale models making long-lasting friendships people have same interest can reminisce about past FAC Nats exchange ideas techniques have great time some increase younger modelers 30-something younger event good majority have gray hair During judging several vendors tables filled items no modelers can kept busy selling wares judges finished about 11 pm 252 models judged 1426 official flights 241 max flights categories FAC Rubber Scale FAG Peanut Scale FAG Power Scale GO2 gas/diesel electric Neither Jumbo nor Giant Scale models judged Thursday evening large figured would take up too much table space leaving enough room other Scale models attendees did get see larger airplanes since judged field hopefully some other arrangement can made future everyone can appreciate bigger models feature FAG bonus points usual Piper Cub-type models receive negative points big bonuses come multiwings multiengines pusher seaplanes etc has led constmction airplanes no would have considered building before birth FAG reasons anticipate FAG Nats stalwart competitors come unusual planform used before models usually fly well have some advice pass some judges First dont give history aircraft unless something unusual about judges should knowthen make brief doesnt really have anything judging model January1999 73 Pat Dailys Albatros Dlll third FAC Power Scale non-rubber power event Marie Rees outdone flew Porterfield first place Powder Puff Scale women-only Rubber Scale event put two-minute flight front Dennis Normans multiengine rubber-powered Amiot Joe Barishs umbrella airplane Another interesting designs back Don Srulls Xfirst multiengine Power Scale Model flies greatin straight line its Peanut Second expend great deal effort placing details model make list attach three-view color-and-markings submit color photograph painting aircraft modelednot someone elses would surprised contestants submit color photo Keep documentation order model will judged Anything can make judges job easier will go unnoticed After caloric breakfast Friday morning everyone headed out flying field weather terrific enough cloud cover keep getting too hot good portion field mowed grass least foot talllike mothers arms errant models Several mass-launch events flown heatsa favorite spectators Some mass-launch events have what called 15% rubber rule model weighed regardless its weight given 15% weight rubber rule models fly well far create long chases contestants have back time next heat creates problem some old-timersespecially factor heat humidity 15% rule has made fewer longdistance flights possible didnt find anyone liked contestants forced build Indoor-type model nearly ghost model sparse detail actuality weight rubber added models weight works out about 13% Editors two other model magazines event its first time ever seen either attend fun seeing go end field other get photos contest unlike usual Radio Control RC Scale contest models part parked front spectators flying done front judges magazines trying change its RC-only image part get WATER JET CUT CARBON FIBER STRIPS Latest Technology No Sanding Necessary Smooth Edges Great Spar Caps Precision Cut Strips Foam Wing Reinforcement Bondable Surfaces Lowest Prices CLI 1007 Thick 114x48 l2/pkgl S315 3/6x48 12 pkgl S350 CL2 l014Thkkl 1/4x4t12/pItglS400 3/tx48l2 pkglS475 Cli 022Thickl 1/4x4F 2/pkgl S500 3/tx48 12 pkgl S615 CL4 03tThiclsl l/4x48 2/pkgl S60O 3/8x4t 2 pkgl S900 Send SASE information additional sizes products Add $500 shipping handlinq Calif residents add 825% toe Overseas orders add 155C Order COO MCI VISA send check money order Aerospace CompositeProducts 14210 DOOtOILt OR SAN LEANDRO CA 94577 1 3522022 FAA 15101 3522021 back its FF roots few RCers building Rubber models put some fun back modeling some finding out what takes really trim modelno servos difficult name individual stands out among talent gathered Geneseo Names such Smil Rees Stott Nallen Bruning Hallman Clemens Kuenz Starleaf Barish present showing way modelers behind demonstrating what takes competitive build creations what make fly well person does stand out Earl Stahl doesnt compete shows up enjoy sights sounds huge event mingles among contestants takes photos handiwork have pleasure knowing Earl past 20 years am better What legacy will leave modeling frateruity banquet Sunday evening restaurant judging done also departure previous times normally banquet held Saturday evening After good meal guest speaker trophies awarded Dave Rees Ace Aces has won 400 trophies event during past 20 years amazing believe Don Srull second around 150 Daves wife Marie helps him am thankful having opportunity attend FAC Nats since 1978 During time have made wonderful enduring friendships cannot put price tag can repeatedly tell outstanding event have experience yourself get full flavor Plan attend year 2000 thanks Lin Juanita Reichel commander chiefand Lins helpers make FAC Nats what ando Ramos 19361 Mesa Dr Villa Park CA 92667 EasY Clectrfrfl Ready flywwwcermarkcom 20 mm * Innovative * Imaginative * Easy travel * Easy assemble * Best Easy Fly Motor Mabuchi 5501 Prop 8 x 45Battery 72V/Sub-C Radio 2 3 chWing Span 72 Length 40 inWeight 48 oz Wing Area 522 sq Replacement parts available box field record time Easy Electro-72 excellent Sunday flyer novice can easily handle help instructor Easy assembly Good assembly booklet Good flight characferistics Replacement parts available -MANews 8-98 Robert Van Tassel Time checkt ee gone now plane completed ABS fuselage tough Yes like plane lot Greg Gimlick Cermarks Easy Electro-72 excellent glider beginner advanced flyer interested trying Out electric flight -S&E Model 8/9-98 Steve Sharpe Factory Installed 2x puabrods 2 x Servos 0 0 Now available local hobby shop call us number below K 107 EDWARD AVE FULLERTON CA 92833 Info714 680-5888 Fax714 680-5880 DEALERS INQUIRIES WELCOME January1999 77 New generation 99% ARF

Don Srull McLean VA launches Voisin Pioneer Scale Dave Marie Rees Goldsboro North Carolina wind Daves Notice climb angle amazing flier placed fourth Martinsyde Buzzard WW mass launch Dave won event 70 Model Aviation launch WW models several mass launches numerous heats Site Geneseo NY airport Mecca According American Heritage Dictionary mecca place regarded goal its Flying Aces Club FAC Nationals Nats wondrous event held two years year took place July 16-19 first FAC Nats 1978 Willow Grove Naval Air Station Pennsylvania idea certain active clubs take responsibility finding suitable location contest other year has held Dayton Ohio site Air Force Museum Utica Michigan flying grounds old Ford test track twice Willow Grove site After Utica Geneseo New York has part become permanent site prestigious event Geneseo nifty college town home State University New York SUNY Flying done all-grass Geneseo airport once home National Warplane Museum what made trip back interesting array World War II aircraft display However museum moved its facilities Elmira New York after dispute owner land 163 contestants 11th FAC Nats no other contest has models modeler brought six aircraft would 978 models some bring some bring less models Scale since events old-time Jimmie Allen Embryo number airplanes staggering no matter look Tom Arnold have traveled West Coast together past 10 years FAC Nats fly Washington Photos Author Graphic nesign Jill Ann cavanaugh January1999 71 Terry Pittman Farman Sport full-scale example being restored Silver Hill Maryland facility Smithsonian Pres Bruning Royal Oak Ml gets set wind Ju 88 A-4 Englands Derek Knights electric-powered B-17 Uses own motors sells model took fourth multiengine Don Srull readies Short biplane flight took third place Jumbo Scale Don has won approximately 150 trophies past 20 years FAC Nats DC met Don Srull motor Geneseo him Tom Schmitt year got early start leaving Geneseo Wednesday morning After pleasant seven-hour drive through some pretty terrain Tom Arnold left off college see could get room early Most FAC Nats contestants stay SUNY few wimps stay motels can have air-conditioned rooms nerve university provides hearty breakfast dinner us stay actually isnt bad also bull sessions night last until early hours way make friends However night Tom whole dorm ourselves bit eerie say least After breakfast Thursday headed out flying field test-flying other early arrivals No pressure just chance see some sport models fly Later cleaned up gathered Scale models enter judging format year bit different judging took place Thursday evening instead Friday evening models submitted judging starting 4 pm Scoring done large airconditioned banquet room restaurant outside Geneseo Previously judging done college buildings air-conditioned made life miserableespecially judges time before judging started chance visit old friends make new ones spirit FAC 72 Model Aviation y Pittman twin-engine Electric-powered Farman Jabiru great-flying model teak second place multiengine Power Scale event Ralph Kuenz holds cleverly built Electric Fan Jet Supermarine Swallow competing Free Flight FF Scale models making long-lasting friendships people have same interest can reminisce about past FAC Nats exchange ideas techniques have great time some increase younger modelers 30-something younger event good majority have gray hair During judging several vendors tables filled items no modelers can kept busy selling wares judges finished about 11 pm 252 models judged 1426 official flights 241 max flights categories FAC Rubber Scale FAG Peanut Scale FAG Power Scale GO2 gas/diesel electric Neither Jumbo nor Giant Scale models judged Thursday evening large figured would take up too much table space leaving enough room other Scale models attendees did get see larger airplanes since judged field hopefully some other arrangement can made future everyone can appreciate bigger models feature FAG bonus points usual Piper Cub-type models receive negative points big bonuses come multiwings multiengines pusher seaplanes etc has led constmction airplanes no would have considered building before birth FAG reasons anticipate FAG Nats stalwart competitors come unusual planform used before models usually fly well have some advice pass some judges First dont give history aircraft unless something unusual about judges should knowthen make brief doesnt really have anything judging model January1999 73 Pat Dailys Albatros Dlll third FAC Power Scale non-rubber power event Marie Rees outdone flew Porterfield first place Powder Puff Scale women-only Rubber Scale event put two-minute flight front Dennis Normans multiengine rubber-powered Amiot Joe Barishs umbrella airplane Another interesting designs back Don Srulls Xfirst multiengine Power Scale Model flies greatin straight line its Peanut Second expend great deal effort placing details model make list attach three-view color-and-markings submit color photograph painting aircraft modelednot someone elses would surprised contestants submit color photo Keep documentation order model will judged Anything can make judges job easier will go unnoticed After caloric breakfast Friday morning everyone headed out flying field weather terrific enough cloud cover keep getting too hot good portion field mowed grass least foot talllike mothers arms errant models Several mass-launch events flown heatsa favorite spectators Some mass-launch events have what called 15% rubber rule model weighed regardless its weight given 15% weight rubber rule models fly well far create long chases contestants have back time next heat creates problem some old-timersespecially factor heat humidity 15% rule has made fewer longdistance flights possible didnt find anyone liked contestants forced build Indoor-type model nearly ghost model sparse detail actuality weight rubber added models weight works out about 13% Editors two other model magazines event its first time ever seen either attend fun seeing go end field other get photos contest unlike usual Radio Control RC Scale contest models part parked front spectators flying done front judges magazines trying change its RC-only image part get WATER JET CUT CARBON FIBER STRIPS Latest Technology No Sanding Necessary Smooth Edges Great Spar Caps Precision Cut Strips Foam Wing Reinforcement Bondable Surfaces Lowest Prices CLI 1007 Thick 114x48 l2/pkgl S315 3/6x48 12 pkgl S350 CL2 l014Thkkl 1/4x4t12/pItglS400 3/tx48l2 pkglS475 Cli 022Thickl 1/4x4F 2/pkgl S500 3/tx48 12 pkgl S615 CL4 03tThiclsl l/4x48 2/pkgl S60O 3/8x4t 2 pkgl S900 Send SASE information additional sizes products Add $500 shipping handlinq Calif residents add 825% toe Overseas orders add 155C Order COO MCI VISA send check money order Aerospace CompositeProducts 14210 DOOtOILt OR SAN LEANDRO CA 94577 1 3522022 FAA 15101 3522021 back its FF roots few RCers building Rubber models put some fun back modeling some finding out what takes really trim modelno servos difficult name individual stands out among talent gathered Geneseo Names such Smil Rees Stott Nallen Bruning Hallman Clemens Kuenz Starleaf Barish present showing way modelers behind demonstrating what takes competitive build creations what make fly well person does stand out Earl Stahl doesnt compete shows up enjoy sights sounds huge event mingles among contestants takes photos handiwork have pleasure knowing Earl past 20 years am better What legacy will leave modeling frateruity banquet Sunday evening restaurant judging done also departure previous times normally banquet held Saturday evening After good meal guest speaker trophies awarded Dave Rees Ace Aces has won 400 trophies event during past 20 years amazing believe Don Srull second around 150 Daves wife Marie helps him am thankful having opportunity attend FAC Nats since 1978 During time have made wonderful enduring friendships cannot put price tag can repeatedly tell outstanding event have experience yourself get full flavor Plan attend year 2000 thanks Lin Juanita Reichel commander chiefand Lins helpers make FAC Nats what ando Ramos 19361 Mesa Dr Villa Park CA 92667 EasY Clectrfrfl Ready flywwwcermarkcom 20 mm * Innovative * Imaginative * Easy travel * Easy assemble * Best Easy Fly Motor Mabuchi 5501 Prop 8 x 45Battery 72V/Sub-C Radio 2 3 chWing Span 72 Length 40 inWeight 48 oz Wing Area 522 sq Replacement parts available box field record time Easy Electro-72 excellent Sunday flyer novice can easily handle help instructor Easy assembly Good assembly booklet Good flight characferistics Replacement parts available -MANews 8-98 Robert Van Tassel Time checkt ee gone now plane completed ABS fuselage tough Yes like plane lot Greg Gimlick Cermarks Easy Electro-72 excellent glider beginner advanced flyer interested trying Out electric flight -S&E Model 8/9-98 Steve Sharpe Factory Installed 2x puabrods 2 x Servos 0 0 Now available local hobby shop call us number below K 107 EDWARD AVE FULLERTON CA 92833 Info714 680-5888 Fax714 680-5880 DEALERS INQUIRIES WELCOME January1999 77 New generation 99% ARF