FREE FLIGHT C -j1 WET Thats one-word summary combined FF Nats US Outdoor Championships held June 26-30 National Flying Site Showers during nine consecutive days before during contest forced nearly 200 entrants become adept setting up tearing down equipment quickly otherwise coping soggy conditions Despite dampness quite bit good flying done see results Focus Competition full array AMA events supplemented various Nostalgia unofficial events administered National Free Flight Society bulk competition conducted southern launch area kept longest part field play generally avoided conflict adjoining properties and/or RC launch areas Some on-site wheat posed retrieval problems assurances given would problem 1996 Nats will let photos talking bulk report hard news contest will well known time report printed some 120 days after event Thanks Contest Director Abram Van Dover Steve Kaluf Competitions Department personnel Nats General Manager Ron Morgan volunteered help run contest next FF Nats will also held National Flying Site July 2 1-26 1996 part return unified Nationals odel Aviation s Jim Troutman did plenty winning Senior events fires up nineyear-old Stardusterhis first-ever modelin AA Gas Ten-year-old John Barron did same impressive flying Junior P-30 did everything preflight through launch retrieval assistance Ed Keck Webster NY launches Mini Left-hander Jim Boockinfuso Moneta VA NFFS VP Jim OReilly smiling Prime Time F1J flyoff placed fifth strong-arms Class C Pilfered Pearl must have looked storm clouds Ed also won Fl C B Nostalgiasecond-place finishbehind him Jim placed fifth Fl B