FREE FLIGHT DURATION E FREE FLIGHT Nats Just keeps getting better better year weather perfect field great shape competition tough Nats once again major contest drawing contestants across country compete almost Free Flight event imaginable some impressions week flying Site AMA has done outstanding job maintaining improving national flying site McLaughlan Road runs down west side field now paved reducing dust making much easier riding bike field closely-mowed again making easier retrieval Californians talked very favorably impressed site especially cleanliness flying grass instead desert dirt Lost Hills limited Radio Control activity going during Free Flight able use almost site Monday example FlC Mulvihill flown northeast corner allowing maximum downwind drift couple days wind never did seem settle direction best bet stay middle instead pulling close edge waiting crops Weather After stretch record heat temperature moderated just time Nats Weather week 108 Model Aviation teen-year-old Junior team member John Barron L North Haven CT congratulates FlA winner Mike Fedor Arlington TX after early-morning flyoff Martyn Cowley Simi Valley CA prepares flight Catapult Hand-Launched Glider flown inside marked launch area Ed Keck Webster NY winds timer FiC power model also flew FiC models Gas winning event Former US Junior team member Austin Gunder Red Lion PA readies F1J model Placed first Junior age group sunny high 80s low 90s Wind light allowing three large FAI events FlA glider FlC Power Wakefield flown full three-minute maxes surprisingly few flyaways resulting some dethermalizer DT malfunction However wind did sometimes change direction requiring flight line move perverse change wind shifted southeast direction Tuesday morning around 11 moved southeast corner field wind reversed putting models soybeans along south edge field prompted yet another move Getting couple hundred contestants cars motorcycles support equipment repositioned could take almost hour Amazingly AMA staff always portable toilets ready wherever flightline moved December 1999 109 Close-up Ronnies Thompsons Athens AL model shows Junior Evan Davis cranks some hand-turns test flight 049 Cyclon engine folding carbon-bladed prop Fl B model built new Vivohar Prima kit Hall-of-Fame member Frank Parmenter Georgetown TX checks Fl B winner Paul Crowley Warren Ml readies Fl G Coupe model button timer Cox 020-powered Jays Bird early morning flyoff placed fourth Although weather great week didnt mean thermals easy pick Lee Hines reported saw max recorded Hand-Launched Glider FiB four 38 fliers maxed out six 43 Coupe own experience thermals gentlejust enough keep model altitude killer others drifting over nearby soybeans partial glide turn over beans fourth round cost almost 1/2 minute least model landed grass did stay out crops entire week Competition What everyone seemed particularly impressed size quality Junior Senior competition Several proved can fly grownups example FlA towline glider John Peter 110 Model Aviation iley launches Lanzo Stick rubber model test flight Ed trimmed model morning placed third afternoon FiK CO2 model John ODwyer Arlington TX uses cut-down Wakefield wing carbon-tube fuselage Bruce Augustus checks air before starting F1J Northern Light design F1J uses engines up icc flown rounds Alex Marsh Granger IN looks signs lift during Junior Hand-Launched Glider flyoff placed second Barron turned times would have placed second sixth Open David Ellis lone Senior flying 26 Open modelers FlA finished ninth Junior Hand-Launched Glider close competition resulted two-way tie second place three-way tie fourth final placings decided flyoffs Alex Marsh ended up second edging Jon Reuter Alexs brother Adam already cinched first second other flyoff fourth ended Justin Renken fourth Jan Thornberry fifth Michael Hoover sixth Model Year winner Bob Hanford looks lift Shuriken- Dick Covalt Anderson IN launches Class Nostalgia Honey B powered NXS design chosen top Small Power model test hop Model flown special NFFS one-design event December1999 111 As Alan Abriss makes video Warren Weisenbach Cleveland OH cranks Arden 19 Ascender Old-Timer Joe Mekina Dayton OH gets Niblite power model ready go Model former Category Ill C Gas record-holder Jason Greer Smackover AR did well several power events tries hand Catapult Glider also surprisingly large number Juniors competing all-ages-combined FIB Wakefield event helped large part Wakefield school George Batiuk put during Saturday before Nats Top Junior event arounder John Barron eighth place Banquet year National Free Flight Society sponsors banquet its members attending Nats year star undoubtedly Bob White recieved standing ovation came forward accept Model Year award Coupe No 12 design Bob Wakefield World Champion 1987 won Coupe event few days later After banquet guests chance examine Bobs model several others up close wish aspect banquet could expanded future Picnic Sponsored Texas Timers owner Hank Nystrom NFFS picnic provides relaxing low-key opportunity frankfurters fellowship year sudden its rubber-powered models youre looking call Peck-Polymer have full line kits supplies -for rubber-power eli electric wand miniature RIC Scale sport models ull find ideas Peck-Polymers information send $400 catalog P0 Box 710399-MA -P4mes Santee CA 92072-0399 Phone 619 448-1818Fax 619 488-1833PPModels@aolcom storm couldnt dampen spirits although did slow down hotdog-grilling process Everyone eventually got served trophies passed out real fun began Art Ellis brought along supply Guillow sheet-balsa rubber models uses youth program Connecticut addition bit extra dihedral some better rubber models capable surprisingly good flights great watch kids ages included trying best Joe Mekinas time well over 50 seconds Management Contest Director Phil Sullivan crew volunteers kept things operating smoothly week deserve thanks Processing models went smoothly minimum delay necessary moves handled quickly feature helped new AMA low-power radio station broadcasts weather reports move information contest results should useful next year people become accustomed using 4ieep Bees ee4 112 Model Aviation have yet. maybe Santa needs hint WAISTON RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 725 Cooper Lake Rd SE Solyrna GA 3D082 770-434-4905 890-657-4672 Fax 770-431-0119 Visa AmEx e-mail WalstonRET@aolcom
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/12
Page Numbers: 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/12
Page Numbers: 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
FREE FLIGHT DURATION E FREE FLIGHT Nats Just keeps getting better better year weather perfect field great shape competition tough Nats once again major contest drawing contestants across country compete almost Free Flight event imaginable some impressions week flying Site AMA has done outstanding job maintaining improving national flying site McLaughlan Road runs down west side field now paved reducing dust making much easier riding bike field closely-mowed again making easier retrieval Californians talked very favorably impressed site especially cleanliness flying grass instead desert dirt Lost Hills limited Radio Control activity going during Free Flight able use almost site Monday example FlC Mulvihill flown northeast corner allowing maximum downwind drift couple days wind never did seem settle direction best bet stay middle instead pulling close edge waiting crops Weather After stretch record heat temperature moderated just time Nats Weather week 108 Model Aviation teen-year-old Junior team member John Barron L North Haven CT congratulates FlA winner Mike Fedor Arlington TX after early-morning flyoff Martyn Cowley Simi Valley CA prepares flight Catapult Hand-Launched Glider flown inside marked launch area Ed Keck Webster NY winds timer FiC power model also flew FiC models Gas winning event Former US Junior team member Austin Gunder Red Lion PA readies F1J model Placed first Junior age group sunny high 80s low 90s Wind light allowing three large FAI events FlA glider FlC Power Wakefield flown full three-minute maxes surprisingly few flyaways resulting some dethermalizer DT malfunction However wind did sometimes change direction requiring flight line move perverse change wind shifted southeast direction Tuesday morning around 11 moved southeast corner field wind reversed putting models soybeans along south edge field prompted yet another move Getting couple hundred contestants cars motorcycles support equipment repositioned could take almost hour Amazingly AMA staff always portable toilets ready wherever flightline moved December 1999 109 Close-up Ronnies Thompsons Athens AL model shows Junior Evan Davis cranks some hand-turns test flight 049 Cyclon engine folding carbon-bladed prop Fl B model built new Vivohar Prima kit Hall-of-Fame member Frank Parmenter Georgetown TX checks Fl B winner Paul Crowley Warren Ml readies Fl G Coupe model button timer Cox 020-powered Jays Bird early morning flyoff placed fourth Although weather great week didnt mean thermals easy pick Lee Hines reported saw max recorded Hand-Launched Glider FiB four 38 fliers maxed out six 43 Coupe own experience thermals gentlejust enough keep model altitude killer others drifting over nearby soybeans partial glide turn over beans fourth round cost almost 1/2 minute least model landed grass did stay out crops entire week Competition What everyone seemed particularly impressed size quality Junior Senior competition Several proved can fly grownups example FlA towline glider John Peter 110 Model Aviation iley launches Lanzo Stick rubber model test flight Ed trimmed model morning placed third afternoon FiK CO2 model John ODwyer Arlington TX uses cut-down Wakefield wing carbon-tube fuselage Bruce Augustus checks air before starting F1J Northern Light design F1J uses engines up icc flown rounds Alex Marsh Granger IN looks signs lift during Junior Hand-Launched Glider flyoff placed second Barron turned times would have placed second sixth Open David Ellis lone Senior flying 26 Open modelers FlA finished ninth Junior Hand-Launched Glider close competition resulted two-way tie second place three-way tie fourth final placings decided flyoffs Alex Marsh ended up second edging Jon Reuter Alexs brother Adam already cinched first second other flyoff fourth ended Justin Renken fourth Jan Thornberry fifth Michael Hoover sixth Model Year winner Bob Hanford looks lift Shuriken- Dick Covalt Anderson IN launches Class Nostalgia Honey B powered NXS design chosen top Small Power model test hop Model flown special NFFS one-design event December1999 111 As Alan Abriss makes video Warren Weisenbach Cleveland OH cranks Arden 19 Ascender Old-Timer Joe Mekina Dayton OH gets Niblite power model ready go Model former Category Ill C Gas record-holder Jason Greer Smackover AR did well several power events tries hand Catapult Glider also surprisingly large number Juniors competing all-ages-combined FIB Wakefield event helped large part Wakefield school George Batiuk put during Saturday before Nats Top Junior event arounder John Barron eighth place Banquet year National Free Flight Society sponsors banquet its members attending Nats year star undoubtedly Bob White recieved standing ovation came forward accept Model Year award Coupe No 12 design Bob Wakefield World Champion 1987 won Coupe event few days later After banquet guests chance examine Bobs model several others up close wish aspect banquet could expanded future Picnic Sponsored Texas Timers owner Hank Nystrom NFFS picnic provides relaxing low-key opportunity frankfurters fellowship year sudden its rubber-powered models youre looking call Peck-Polymer have full line kits supplies -for rubber-power eli electric wand miniature RIC Scale sport models ull find ideas Peck-Polymers information send $400 catalog P0 Box 710399-MA -P4mes Santee CA 92072-0399 Phone 619 448-1818Fax 619 488-1833PPModels@aolcom storm couldnt dampen spirits although did slow down hotdog-grilling process Everyone eventually got served trophies passed out real fun began Art Ellis brought along supply Guillow sheet-balsa rubber models uses youth program Connecticut addition bit extra dihedral some better rubber models capable surprisingly good flights great watch kids ages included trying best Joe Mekinas time well over 50 seconds Management Contest Director Phil Sullivan crew volunteers kept things operating smoothly week deserve thanks Processing models went smoothly minimum delay necessary moves handled quickly feature helped new AMA low-power radio station broadcasts weather reports move information contest results should useful next year people become accustomed using 4ieep Bees ee4 112 Model Aviation have yet. maybe Santa needs hint WAISTON RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 725 Cooper Lake Rd SE Solyrna GA 3D082 770-434-4905 890-657-4672 Fax 770-431-0119 Visa AmEx e-mail WalstonRET@aolcom
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/12
Page Numbers: 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
FREE FLIGHT DURATION E FREE FLIGHT Nats Just keeps getting better better year weather perfect field great shape competition tough Nats once again major contest drawing contestants across country compete almost Free Flight event imaginable some impressions week flying Site AMA has done outstanding job maintaining improving national flying site McLaughlan Road runs down west side field now paved reducing dust making much easier riding bike field closely-mowed again making easier retrieval Californians talked very favorably impressed site especially cleanliness flying grass instead desert dirt Lost Hills limited Radio Control activity going during Free Flight able use almost site Monday example FlC Mulvihill flown northeast corner allowing maximum downwind drift couple days wind never did seem settle direction best bet stay middle instead pulling close edge waiting crops Weather After stretch record heat temperature moderated just time Nats Weather week 108 Model Aviation teen-year-old Junior team member John Barron L North Haven CT congratulates FlA winner Mike Fedor Arlington TX after early-morning flyoff Martyn Cowley Simi Valley CA prepares flight Catapult Hand-Launched Glider flown inside marked launch area Ed Keck Webster NY winds timer FiC power model also flew FiC models Gas winning event Former US Junior team member Austin Gunder Red Lion PA readies F1J model Placed first Junior age group sunny high 80s low 90s Wind light allowing three large FAI events FlA glider FlC Power Wakefield flown full three-minute maxes surprisingly few flyaways resulting some dethermalizer DT malfunction However wind did sometimes change direction requiring flight line move perverse change wind shifted southeast direction Tuesday morning around 11 moved southeast corner field wind reversed putting models soybeans along south edge field prompted yet another move Getting couple hundred contestants cars motorcycles support equipment repositioned could take almost hour Amazingly AMA staff always portable toilets ready wherever flightline moved December 1999 109 Close-up Ronnies Thompsons Athens AL model shows Junior Evan Davis cranks some hand-turns test flight 049 Cyclon engine folding carbon-bladed prop Fl B model built new Vivohar Prima kit Hall-of-Fame member Frank Parmenter Georgetown TX checks Fl B winner Paul Crowley Warren Ml readies Fl G Coupe model button timer Cox 020-powered Jays Bird early morning flyoff placed fourth Although weather great week didnt mean thermals easy pick Lee Hines reported saw max recorded Hand-Launched Glider FiB four 38 fliers maxed out six 43 Coupe own experience thermals gentlejust enough keep model altitude killer others drifting over nearby soybeans partial glide turn over beans fourth round cost almost 1/2 minute least model landed grass did stay out crops entire week Competition What everyone seemed particularly impressed size quality Junior Senior competition Several proved can fly grownups example FlA towline glider John Peter 110 Model Aviation iley launches Lanzo Stick rubber model test flight Ed trimmed model morning placed third afternoon FiK CO2 model John ODwyer Arlington TX uses cut-down Wakefield wing carbon-tube fuselage Bruce Augustus checks air before starting F1J Northern Light design F1J uses engines up icc flown rounds Alex Marsh Granger IN looks signs lift during Junior Hand-Launched Glider flyoff placed second Barron turned times would have placed second sixth Open David Ellis lone Senior flying 26 Open modelers FlA finished ninth Junior Hand-Launched Glider close competition resulted two-way tie second place three-way tie fourth final placings decided flyoffs Alex Marsh ended up second edging Jon Reuter Alexs brother Adam already cinched first second other flyoff fourth ended Justin Renken fourth Jan Thornberry fifth Michael Hoover sixth Model Year winner Bob Hanford looks lift Shuriken- Dick Covalt Anderson IN launches Class Nostalgia Honey B powered NXS design chosen top Small Power model test hop Model flown special NFFS one-design event December1999 111 As Alan Abriss makes video Warren Weisenbach Cleveland OH cranks Arden 19 Ascender Old-Timer Joe Mekina Dayton OH gets Niblite power model ready go Model former Category Ill C Gas record-holder Jason Greer Smackover AR did well several power events tries hand Catapult Glider also surprisingly large number Juniors competing all-ages-combined FIB Wakefield event helped large part Wakefield school George Batiuk put during Saturday before Nats Top Junior event arounder John Barron eighth place Banquet year National Free Flight Society sponsors banquet its members attending Nats year star undoubtedly Bob White recieved standing ovation came forward accept Model Year award Coupe No 12 design Bob Wakefield World Champion 1987 won Coupe event few days later After banquet guests chance examine Bobs model several others up close wish aspect banquet could expanded future Picnic Sponsored Texas Timers owner Hank Nystrom NFFS picnic provides relaxing low-key opportunity frankfurters fellowship year sudden its rubber-powered models youre looking call Peck-Polymer have full line kits supplies -for rubber-power eli electric wand miniature RIC Scale sport models ull find ideas Peck-Polymers information send $400 catalog P0 Box 710399-MA -P4mes Santee CA 92072-0399 Phone 619 448-1818Fax 619 488-1833PPModels@aolcom storm couldnt dampen spirits although did slow down hotdog-grilling process Everyone eventually got served trophies passed out real fun began Art Ellis brought along supply Guillow sheet-balsa rubber models uses youth program Connecticut addition bit extra dihedral some better rubber models capable surprisingly good flights great watch kids ages included trying best Joe Mekinas time well over 50 seconds Management Contest Director Phil Sullivan crew volunteers kept things operating smoothly week deserve thanks Processing models went smoothly minimum delay necessary moves handled quickly feature helped new AMA low-power radio station broadcasts weather reports move information contest results should useful next year people become accustomed using 4ieep Bees ee4 112 Model Aviation have yet. maybe Santa needs hint WAISTON RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 725 Cooper Lake Rd SE Solyrna GA 3D082 770-434-4905 890-657-4672 Fax 770-431-0119 Visa AmEx e-mail WalstonRET@aolcom
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/12
Page Numbers: 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
FREE FLIGHT DURATION E FREE FLIGHT Nats Just keeps getting better better year weather perfect field great shape competition tough Nats once again major contest drawing contestants across country compete almost Free Flight event imaginable some impressions week flying Site AMA has done outstanding job maintaining improving national flying site McLaughlan Road runs down west side field now paved reducing dust making much easier riding bike field closely-mowed again making easier retrieval Californians talked very favorably impressed site especially cleanliness flying grass instead desert dirt Lost Hills limited Radio Control activity going during Free Flight able use almost site Monday example FlC Mulvihill flown northeast corner allowing maximum downwind drift couple days wind never did seem settle direction best bet stay middle instead pulling close edge waiting crops Weather After stretch record heat temperature moderated just time Nats Weather week 108 Model Aviation teen-year-old Junior team member John Barron L North Haven CT congratulates FlA winner Mike Fedor Arlington TX after early-morning flyoff Martyn Cowley Simi Valley CA prepares flight Catapult Hand-Launched Glider flown inside marked launch area Ed Keck Webster NY winds timer FiC power model also flew FiC models Gas winning event Former US Junior team member Austin Gunder Red Lion PA readies F1J model Placed first Junior age group sunny high 80s low 90s Wind light allowing three large FAI events FlA glider FlC Power Wakefield flown full three-minute maxes surprisingly few flyaways resulting some dethermalizer DT malfunction However wind did sometimes change direction requiring flight line move perverse change wind shifted southeast direction Tuesday morning around 11 moved southeast corner field wind reversed putting models soybeans along south edge field prompted yet another move Getting couple hundred contestants cars motorcycles support equipment repositioned could take almost hour Amazingly AMA staff always portable toilets ready wherever flightline moved December 1999 109 Close-up Ronnies Thompsons Athens AL model shows Junior Evan Davis cranks some hand-turns test flight 049 Cyclon engine folding carbon-bladed prop Fl B model built new Vivohar Prima kit Hall-of-Fame member Frank Parmenter Georgetown TX checks Fl B winner Paul Crowley Warren Ml readies Fl G Coupe model button timer Cox 020-powered Jays Bird early morning flyoff placed fourth Although weather great week didnt mean thermals easy pick Lee Hines reported saw max recorded Hand-Launched Glider FiB four 38 fliers maxed out six 43 Coupe own experience thermals gentlejust enough keep model altitude killer others drifting over nearby soybeans partial glide turn over beans fourth round cost almost 1/2 minute least model landed grass did stay out crops entire week Competition What everyone seemed particularly impressed size quality Junior Senior competition Several proved can fly grownups example FlA towline glider John Peter 110 Model Aviation iley launches Lanzo Stick rubber model test flight Ed trimmed model morning placed third afternoon FiK CO2 model John ODwyer Arlington TX uses cut-down Wakefield wing carbon-tube fuselage Bruce Augustus checks air before starting F1J Northern Light design F1J uses engines up icc flown rounds Alex Marsh Granger IN looks signs lift during Junior Hand-Launched Glider flyoff placed second Barron turned times would have placed second sixth Open David Ellis lone Senior flying 26 Open modelers FlA finished ninth Junior Hand-Launched Glider close competition resulted two-way tie second place three-way tie fourth final placings decided flyoffs Alex Marsh ended up second edging Jon Reuter Alexs brother Adam already cinched first second other flyoff fourth ended Justin Renken fourth Jan Thornberry fifth Michael Hoover sixth Model Year winner Bob Hanford looks lift Shuriken- Dick Covalt Anderson IN launches Class Nostalgia Honey B powered NXS design chosen top Small Power model test hop Model flown special NFFS one-design event December1999 111 As Alan Abriss makes video Warren Weisenbach Cleveland OH cranks Arden 19 Ascender Old-Timer Joe Mekina Dayton OH gets Niblite power model ready go Model former Category Ill C Gas record-holder Jason Greer Smackover AR did well several power events tries hand Catapult Glider also surprisingly large number Juniors competing all-ages-combined FIB Wakefield event helped large part Wakefield school George Batiuk put during Saturday before Nats Top Junior event arounder John Barron eighth place Banquet year National Free Flight Society sponsors banquet its members attending Nats year star undoubtedly Bob White recieved standing ovation came forward accept Model Year award Coupe No 12 design Bob Wakefield World Champion 1987 won Coupe event few days later After banquet guests chance examine Bobs model several others up close wish aspect banquet could expanded future Picnic Sponsored Texas Timers owner Hank Nystrom NFFS picnic provides relaxing low-key opportunity frankfurters fellowship year sudden its rubber-powered models youre looking call Peck-Polymer have full line kits supplies -for rubber-power eli electric wand miniature RIC Scale sport models ull find ideas Peck-Polymers information send $400 catalog P0 Box 710399-MA -P4mes Santee CA 92072-0399 Phone 619 448-1818Fax 619 488-1833PPModels@aolcom storm couldnt dampen spirits although did slow down hotdog-grilling process Everyone eventually got served trophies passed out real fun began Art Ellis brought along supply Guillow sheet-balsa rubber models uses youth program Connecticut addition bit extra dihedral some better rubber models capable surprisingly good flights great watch kids ages included trying best Joe Mekinas time well over 50 seconds Management Contest Director Phil Sullivan crew volunteers kept things operating smoothly week deserve thanks Processing models went smoothly minimum delay necessary moves handled quickly feature helped new AMA low-power radio station broadcasts weather reports move information contest results should useful next year people become accustomed using 4ieep Bees ee4 112 Model Aviation have yet. maybe Santa needs hint WAISTON RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 725 Cooper Lake Rd SE Solyrna GA 3D082 770-434-4905 890-657-4672 Fax 770-431-0119 Visa AmEx e-mail WalstonRET@aolcom
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/12
Page Numbers: 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
FREE FLIGHT DURATION E FREE FLIGHT Nats Just keeps getting better better year weather perfect field great shape competition tough Nats once again major contest drawing contestants across country compete almost Free Flight event imaginable some impressions week flying Site AMA has done outstanding job maintaining improving national flying site McLaughlan Road runs down west side field now paved reducing dust making much easier riding bike field closely-mowed again making easier retrieval Californians talked very favorably impressed site especially cleanliness flying grass instead desert dirt Lost Hills limited Radio Control activity going during Free Flight able use almost site Monday example FlC Mulvihill flown northeast corner allowing maximum downwind drift couple days wind never did seem settle direction best bet stay middle instead pulling close edge waiting crops Weather After stretch record heat temperature moderated just time Nats Weather week 108 Model Aviation teen-year-old Junior team member John Barron L North Haven CT congratulates FlA winner Mike Fedor Arlington TX after early-morning flyoff Martyn Cowley Simi Valley CA prepares flight Catapult Hand-Launched Glider flown inside marked launch area Ed Keck Webster NY winds timer FiC power model also flew FiC models Gas winning event Former US Junior team member Austin Gunder Red Lion PA readies F1J model Placed first Junior age group sunny high 80s low 90s Wind light allowing three large FAI events FlA glider FlC Power Wakefield flown full three-minute maxes surprisingly few flyaways resulting some dethermalizer DT malfunction However wind did sometimes change direction requiring flight line move perverse change wind shifted southeast direction Tuesday morning around 11 moved southeast corner field wind reversed putting models soybeans along south edge field prompted yet another move Getting couple hundred contestants cars motorcycles support equipment repositioned could take almost hour Amazingly AMA staff always portable toilets ready wherever flightline moved December 1999 109 Close-up Ronnies Thompsons Athens AL model shows Junior Evan Davis cranks some hand-turns test flight 049 Cyclon engine folding carbon-bladed prop Fl B model built new Vivohar Prima kit Hall-of-Fame member Frank Parmenter Georgetown TX checks Fl B winner Paul Crowley Warren Ml readies Fl G Coupe model button timer Cox 020-powered Jays Bird early morning flyoff placed fourth Although weather great week didnt mean thermals easy pick Lee Hines reported saw max recorded Hand-Launched Glider FiB four 38 fliers maxed out six 43 Coupe own experience thermals gentlejust enough keep model altitude killer others drifting over nearby soybeans partial glide turn over beans fourth round cost almost 1/2 minute least model landed grass did stay out crops entire week Competition What everyone seemed particularly impressed size quality Junior Senior competition Several proved can fly grownups example FlA towline glider John Peter 110 Model Aviation iley launches Lanzo Stick rubber model test flight Ed trimmed model morning placed third afternoon FiK CO2 model John ODwyer Arlington TX uses cut-down Wakefield wing carbon-tube fuselage Bruce Augustus checks air before starting F1J Northern Light design F1J uses engines up icc flown rounds Alex Marsh Granger IN looks signs lift during Junior Hand-Launched Glider flyoff placed second Barron turned times would have placed second sixth Open David Ellis lone Senior flying 26 Open modelers FlA finished ninth Junior Hand-Launched Glider close competition resulted two-way tie second place three-way tie fourth final placings decided flyoffs Alex Marsh ended up second edging Jon Reuter Alexs brother Adam already cinched first second other flyoff fourth ended Justin Renken fourth Jan Thornberry fifth Michael Hoover sixth Model Year winner Bob Hanford looks lift Shuriken- Dick Covalt Anderson IN launches Class Nostalgia Honey B powered NXS design chosen top Small Power model test hop Model flown special NFFS one-design event December1999 111 As Alan Abriss makes video Warren Weisenbach Cleveland OH cranks Arden 19 Ascender Old-Timer Joe Mekina Dayton OH gets Niblite power model ready go Model former Category Ill C Gas record-holder Jason Greer Smackover AR did well several power events tries hand Catapult Glider also surprisingly large number Juniors competing all-ages-combined FIB Wakefield event helped large part Wakefield school George Batiuk put during Saturday before Nats Top Junior event arounder John Barron eighth place Banquet year National Free Flight Society sponsors banquet its members attending Nats year star undoubtedly Bob White recieved standing ovation came forward accept Model Year award Coupe No 12 design Bob Wakefield World Champion 1987 won Coupe event few days later After banquet guests chance examine Bobs model several others up close wish aspect banquet could expanded future Picnic Sponsored Texas Timers owner Hank Nystrom NFFS picnic provides relaxing low-key opportunity frankfurters fellowship year sudden its rubber-powered models youre looking call Peck-Polymer have full line kits supplies -for rubber-power eli electric wand miniature RIC Scale sport models ull find ideas Peck-Polymers information send $400 catalog P0 Box 710399-MA -P4mes Santee CA 92072-0399 Phone 619 448-1818Fax 619 488-1833PPModels@aolcom storm couldnt dampen spirits although did slow down hotdog-grilling process Everyone eventually got served trophies passed out real fun began Art Ellis brought along supply Guillow sheet-balsa rubber models uses youth program Connecticut addition bit extra dihedral some better rubber models capable surprisingly good flights great watch kids ages included trying best Joe Mekinas time well over 50 seconds Management Contest Director Phil Sullivan crew volunteers kept things operating smoothly week deserve thanks Processing models went smoothly minimum delay necessary moves handled quickly feature helped new AMA low-power radio station broadcasts weather reports move information contest results should useful next year people become accustomed using 4ieep Bees ee4 112 Model Aviation have yet. maybe Santa needs hint WAISTON RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 725 Cooper Lake Rd SE Solyrna GA 3D082 770-434-4905 890-657-4672 Fax 770-431-0119 Visa AmEx e-mail WalstonRET@aolcom
