1985NATS 985 NATS 985 NATSM FE Jndoor Scale Bob Clemens IT WAS 2PM ON SUNDAY July 28 Inside Base Hangar Westover AEB site Indoor Peanut AMA Rubber Scale events temperature risen high 80s last two three Easy B Manhattan Cabin Pennyplane flights floating ever-lowering circles over huge white-painted 200 x 250-ft concrete floor first Indoor Scale models took air out-of-the-box trimming flights Several hundred spectators watched balconies borders floor AMA Scale 28 contestants ready go 27 fliers toed line Peanut would long hot afternoon early evening What field may have lacked quantity certainly made up quality some serious Rubber Scale fliers hand Eggerts father son Jack McGillivray Ken Groves Dave Rees David Aronstein Jim Miller Don Srull name few flying refreshing variety models biplanes WW II fighters canard ultralight some antique pioneer aircraft Laceys Fikes definitely minority always solid threats simple light structures ample wing areas several larger-than-Peanut Fikes compet ing AMA Scale Eggerts entered identical models Fairchild FC-1 monoplane first time aircraft modeled Rubber Scale competition George Clapps three-views historic ship recently published Model Aviation provided basis excellent replicas 1911 Voisin canard pusher biplane unusual subject won first place Open AMA Rubber Scale Don Srull Weighing just 1 oz antique French craft span about 22 Using smooth underhand launch tech nique biplanes can hand-launched Don coaxed splendidly-crafted model near-max max flights 90 sec just under hangar beams 61 feet overhead inadvertently left models scale engine prop unit home able fabricate substitute Saturday night still take home first-place plaque real drama Open AMA Rubber Scale competition came battle second third Jack McGillivrays Isaacs Fury biplane ended tie Dan Dominas veteran Taylor Cub after both completed four official flights Contest officials called unlimited-time flyoff flight simul taneous launch fate intervened Dans mo tor blew during wind-up shattering bottom fuselage nose opening too small allow use winding tube McGillivray already wound launched slow smooth 136 flight Domina no stranger blown motors Cub headed work table hasty repairjob Some time later fuselage once again intact cranked 1328 turns 17-in loop 073-in rubber let go 141 effort nipping Canadian rival scant five seconds Jack denied entered little silver Fury Peanut Scale well outdid Keith Fulmers Lacey nearly 23 points win Jim Miller flying Niagara Falls USIC-winning Bleriot VII finished third just ahead Don Steebs Micro-X Fike Aaron Markos used Lacey take first Junior Peanut Walter Eggert flew silver P-47 fighter second Sadly mere four Juniors three Seniors flew Peanut AMA Scale two Juniors two Seniors competed meet ended 7 pm officials contestants alike ready breath cool outside air Ahead two-day break followed Outdoor Scale competition Wednesday Left Cathy Anne L-R daughters AMA Technical Director Bob Underwood put some serious volunteer time helping FF indoor Outdoor Scale paperwork handling turn-in Outdoor Scale models Tuesday morning Both later helped RC CL Scale well Right AMAs museum curator Hurst Bowers L Bob Kennedy theirwork cut out forthem judges both indoor Outdoor AMA Rubber Scale Theyre scrutinizing Don Sruiis 1911 Voisln biplane want win Open age class Four Hungerford wheels Model foreground Wait Eggert Srs Fairchild FC-1 Both models beautifully detailed says PiperCubsalwayswin mAMA rub ber Scale Don Srulis 1911 VoisIn canard pusher biplane whew comes land 90-sec max enroute first-place finish AMA Indoor Rubber Scale Westovers Base Hangar site has floorares 200 250 feet ceiling height 61 feet ExquIsite detail Lawrence two-cylin derengineon Don SteebsAlcoSportshowsCan identify Peanut Scale biplaneGeorge Meyers Warminster PA makes up nicely Completed just week priorto theflown Dave Rees Finished overall 811-minor repairs Cessna AW lie flew meet its 20-in-span clone Don Sruiisver Italian military markings its Cap-all-red monoplane 6th place indoors entry 1983 Nationals placed 14throni CA 134 Offbeat subject choices for2nd place outdoors On-the-spot repairs indoor Scale took 6th place outdoorssome reason typical year Greatkept planes alive during event November 1985 75