Free Flight Scale
2010 KSU indoor meet
On April 24, 2010, a record number of competitors from the U.S. and Canada attended the Cleveland Free Flight Society's (CFFS) annual indoor Free Flight/Free Flight Scale contest, held in the Kent State Field House at Kent State University in Ohio. Modelers traveled from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Tennessee, Georgia, and Ontario to participate.
The event ran from 7:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. and featured a blend of about a dozen AMA and Flying Aces Club (FAC) events. Although the emphasis was on fun, there were some serious moments as attempts were made to set AMA records.
Contest Director (CD) Michael C. Zand had excellent help from the CFFS membership. Russ Brown and Don Slusarczyk processed AMA event entries. Rich Weber and Jim Gaffney worked the scoring table. Steve Griebling made the winners' certificates, and Gordon Roberts provided most of the kit prizes, which delighted event winners. Air Ace Models and Shorty's Basement were on hand with displays of their modeling merchandise.
The most popular AMA event was EZB, which drew seven entrants. Jim Richmond won with an impressive flight of 23 minutes, 9 seconds. His attempt is believed to have set a world record.
Competition for AMA Limited Pennyplane and MiniStick events also drew strong participation. Leo Plachowski won Limited Pennyplane with a total time of 11 minutes, 2 seconds. Tom Sova won MiniStick with a total time of 8 minutes, 24 seconds.
A different competitor won each AMA event, but Jack McGillivray dominated FAC competition; he earned three first-place finishes and was the overall FAC event winner.
At the end of the day, Kent State University personnel invited everyone to return next year for another indoor meet.
Top three finishers in all categories
- AMA Standard Class Catapult Glider
- Jim Buxton
- John Marett
- Ben Saks
- AMA EZB
- Jim Richmond
- Jim Kagan
- Jeff Hood
- AMA F1L
- Results not available in the source text.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
