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Winch row Eight winches would launch planes seconds apart sounds like logisti cal monster system ran well 22 other winches stood Terrain marked effects ARMED WITH plane earned him title World Champion Skip Miller invaded California AMA Nation als won class out scored other competitors sitewhich far ideal Death Valley Shangri-La challenge fliers ganizers well desert-like area about ten miles west March Air Force Basewas flanked west 2600foot hills east another series 2300-foot peaks later about what effects would have flying Contest director Ray Marvin same gent engineered FAI team finals last September combined ef forts southern California clubs con tributed heavily logistics would serve 147 fliers Terry Koplan Skip Miller Dave Thornburg Bird Time Tom Jones after winning heat Thornburg Skip overall winner scored 15750 points out possible 16OOOl 18 Model Aviation Tuesday morning August 9 first launch scheduled seven oclock briefing session previous evening tried condition everybody 13-hour day one-on-one concept would flown eight fliers launch ing within seconds other num ber planes would also same class ie Standard modified Standard Unlimited Kirby Parker CD 1976 LSF Tournament provided series com puterized read-outs 147 fliers broken down 25 heats sheets allowed everyone know sequence heats Al though convenience contestant field seven o clock shortcoming Ray Marvin company didnt provide surplus timers normally avail able contestants present tasks would same scheduled nine rounds Seven-minute pre cision duration point per second earned up maximum 420 points hundred-point bonus landing based well-proven point-per-three-inches used utilizing four circles two winches best flight time BFT heat less seven minutes converted 1900 points individual contestant flight time CFT formu lated way CFT/BFT X 1900 LP P equates flight points LP land points FS final score Simply stated max score attainable 2000 points score achieved included landing value five percent total score Weatherwise three days prac tically identical mornings cool enough lightweight jacket air would absolutely calm con dition would remain until about ten o clock first heats definitely flights tested planes fliers proved could out-minimum sink other Iron man Rick Pearson maintained stance about 10 hours day Somehow managed fly managed finish fourth Ray Marvin left toughest assignment ever al oft New Zealand Reg Fleet brought streamlined Olympic II Rick Norwood assistant CD stating thought best clean-looking machine equipped flying stabilizer site ever mike hand Rick being sardonic seven heats definitely best interest observer some countrys best fliers pitted nerves against another 10 am lightest thermals began generate original concept one-on-one its best Strategies varied simplest lift found circle luck less came piggy-backed hope out-land psyching out competition ploy of experienced competi tors respect same fliers prowess also displayed less ex perienced Looking down flight line see included Mark Smith Rick Pearson last years top trophy winner Don Edberg often indirect com pliment fliers However look down line-up winches see Skip Miller Dave Thornburg LSFs recent level-V honor holder Neil Nolte also enough get adrenalin November1977 19 Also hand-launch glider champion Ron Witman beautifullyconstructed Shaker II 99-in. 37-oz craft rudder elevator spoilers Wing tips distinctively shaped upturned award Replogle Globe made world champions Globe lights up also has light mark sitein Skip Millers case Pretoria South Africa Holding globe aloft Skip aware presentation either globe winning Nats Cecil Haga readies nis Leglonalr NSS president Dr Stan Pfost assists Tape player Stans hand plays soft soaring music includes 30-seconds time marks last 15-second count-down Flier about cross official flight area Landing outside area resulted zero flight points Gusty winds caused flowing otherwise relaxed Sun day flier outscore aforemen tioned just heat would enough euphoria least day contest happened Don Edberg went left instead right mentor Lee Renaud went right outfiew Don five one-half minutes Lorin Blewett Californian Tom Williams Texas Tom also launched early morning heats flying Sailaire time Tom definitely money Winning heat would have kept him However Loren outlasted fel low club member Tom couple min utes cant accuse above collusion Another strategy seek lift followed because reputation hawks envied flew through recognized lift hoped fake pursuers Sometimes worked suddenly realized also human went back thermal maxed would-be freeloaders grabbed air way back landing circles 121 5and could almost set watch changethe wind came up out west blew 10 15 knots Occasional gusts uprooted tents flipped models everybody eating sand dirt until sundown wind also blew against eastern range hills transformed thermal contest slope duration event firstalthough wind condition predictedslope flying going permitted uncontrollable effort although ther mal activity still existed wave gener ated western range hills once wave via thermal seven minutes matter counting So about noon day com mon sight see up eight sailplanes peel off winch lines race downwind play slope about six minutes last 60 seconds flock planes streaking towards landing cir cles resembling flock mar tins coming home evenings roost landings automatic 420 seconds strong gusts wind would occur inopportune times timing late afternoon scribe watched eight max flights coming home have wind come up cause seven eight fall short landing zone Only heat some insurance altitude able weather brief blow gain bonus points happened few fliers eventual difference tween winning gold just being Wednesday first day competition ended about 8 pm two complete rounds flown eight 25 heats flown round three meant heat nine honors 7 am start Thursday fliers first eight could sleep figured turns wouldnt come up again until 10 am Thursday momentum picked up Rick Pearson came scene bull-horned commands ready line winch line Once system got step went like heat called ready area up eight fliers would appear planes Timers would take transmit ters same area along score cards During time eight other fliers checking respective winches waiting timers now frequency control tent awaiting transmitter clips As soon last plane heat landed Rick would launch winch line fliers would immedi ately ushered back towards landing zone ready area moved Continued page 88 Blame Rawdons original featured vertical fin spliced fuselages left side quick acces sibility linkages Blame claims plane doesnt know difference About take off its protective covering Lee Renaud steadies Olympic II 20-mph wind tries make official flight GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN15$700 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT HAND221000 ROTATION241300 3/8 BORE AT YOUR DEALER USE TO PROPEL AIR CREATE THRUST AND RE PROPELLED BY AIR AT DISCRETION OF PURCHASER PROPELLERS ALL GRISH PROPELLERS ARE ENGINEERED TO TRUE HELICAL PITCH FOR EFFICIENCY 52 2 Blade Tractoreach 5 45W35A-4304 6-36-4354 7-47-67-8504 8-48-68-8654 9-49-69-7 9-810-410-6854 1-411-611-8Si 2-412-512-6$150 2 Blade Pusher 5A-4 6-36-4354 8-6854 9-610-6Si 3 Blade Tractor 5-3 6-3 6-4 504 0 Plade polyesterMetallic Al boil coloruminum 78 854 86 88 Si 9-6 10-6 10-4 S150 line Formula still two-engine event almost evenly split between Supertigre K&B dont believe front rotor K&Bs Nats variety aircraft down about eight different types popu lar type Terry Prathers Toni several Jeff Bertken Brown Bag Min nows Bob Violetts Polecat few Stegal Minnows boys Canada flying modified Peletts Bob Brog don flies Funderberk Bandit modi fied wing makes look like Miss Cosmic Wind Bob Root flying own design Stinger consid ering kitting Dan McCan showed up old Miss Dara flew before went Air Force couple years ago Dan now flying F-4 Phantoms Ed Hotelling finished three days F-l racing near perfect score 43 out 44 possible points 11 rounds Rusty Van Baren second 40 points after outlasting Tom Christopher fly-off second place Gary Hover finished fourth lonesome 38 points Bob Smith 5 Dave Pearce 6 Clay Moncrief 7 Dave Shadel 8 tied fifth spot 37 points After smoke cleared Bob put finished fifth Bill Preis 9th 36 points Whit Stockwell 10th 34 points think everyone got enough racing especially raced both Q-M F-I Six days heat smog com bined noise enough stoutest heart exception some minor prob lems think Mike Atzie Sr pylon crew did commendable job run ning Pylon show 77 hard satisfy people time N ats/Pruss continued page 20 to the winch area next heat called rotation went Thurs day Friday Rick handing over bullhorn long enough put Para gon through its paces mid-afternoon thermometers field pegged 120 degrees have effect some fliers especially workers/fliers realized Ricks short landing round six result eight hours stand ing middle field keeping contest flowing Rick earned respect pattern three gruel ing days Heats highlighted seeing similar planes air different ones claimed through ads better others chance draw own opinion heat saw three Sailaires three Legionaires two Aquila X-Ls flight brought smile Sid Axelrods face seeing acres Monokote shade provided three days end round four some familiar names top 10 Blewett Miller Thornburg Potega Nolte near top Singelis Pearson time already evident missed landing might just well pack up Mishaps occurred also Dr Stan Pfost lift found contests very first heat someone turned transmitter caused Aquila spin Entitled reflight back-up ship readied went no apparent reason heckuva way start day after 2600 mile trip scribe enjoying thermal la bled max other Aquila two collided Let record show two sailplanes joined wings thermal half well plane itself Both separated failed recover spun Oh well its hobby As competition whittled size round six following fliers lead Class Bob Freymuth 11609 Scott Miller 11538 Class B Skip Miller 11817 P Parszik Jr 11677 Dave Thornburg led Class C 11738 mere 17 points over Pat Potega time evident eight rounds would flown scheduled nine looked like Skip Miller could win class top winner overall Only mistake bad luck would knock him off top spot didnt look like going happen smoothness consistency just extension Pretoria feat four months earlier note about Millers Aquila modi fied has no secret wasnt meant However rumors did persist time Skip went Caifornia wouldnt have recognized model built rumored specifications did have foam wing wing does have symmetrical airfoil modification can done evening two follows Peel Monokote off bottom wing Glue 1/16 sheeting over cap strips main spar forward leading edge leaves step main spar cap strips now begin no doubt leaves pure aerodynamicists cringing leading edge back 3/s inch sand Phillips entrythat leading edge raised viewed profile re-Monokoting bridge step sheeting edge very rear trailing edge dear reader modification has caused mod eling world rotate opposite direc tion Incidentally Skip handing out sheets included changes sheets will also included upcoming Aquila kits Back desert Scores posted after round 88 Model Aviation 3 \ BLADE AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 Thp KINNER 39wsgspan 09 power tar op 3 channels rc great sport trainer 1930N $1295 FAIRCHILD 22 48 Wingspan 09 1025 Power 3Channel RJC $2995 see local hobby dealer left few guessing stood exactly Second guess ing abounded fliers exchanged what thought individual heat results Round eight ended result certain Dave Thornburg has bridesmaid often bride Class C won wasnt eighth heat releasable tow hook failed during tow flight over almost before others released give idea close standings Dave went first place 35th hollow spot meet AMERICAN CLASSICS worlds finest models Send tor Ire brochure TST Aristocrat Scearm6n C3B SRRCOSPO0 040 VI sow PUNSCO 50200 010 TOWED *101o tel 703 2739593 SR OIOOOPOS 020 PORAR FOR PULSE 050 WOLLOOTI-SO0O LYLINE MODELS 2020 0000 AVCFAIOFAX VA 22500 because lack awards presentation After almost 34 hours fierce dramatic competition meet ended second-guessing winners might Models tents disassembled camp sites left Ill see next year good-byes made no knowing Scott Miller overtook Class pack SD-l00 Pat Potega maintained consistent pace won Class C Paragon Skip Miller no relation Scott won Class B highest overall score 15570 points out possible 16000 add AMA Nationals Soaring Cham pion title Soaring World Champion Sidenotes Class C extremely close scored 15000 points would have 16th. points separated Potega 15th-place Bill Davidson. two Thermal Sniffers seen Potegas Denny Darnells Aquila X-L e 30 winches available three days. 12 lads retrieved lines foot no motorized vehicles permitted percentile groups placed 13th B 23rd C. Pearsons on-field efforts matched Buzz Waltz Rex Powell kept call-up board up date. Scale saw Loren Blewett win ASW-l7. static points available time flights made second through fifth finishers Bob Elliott Bob Thacker Denny Darnell Bill Davidson -on-man equalizer time consuming class 40 class B 67 Class C out 167 pre-registered ncluded five Mexico New Zealander outside Cali fornia. nine fliers 27 MHZ definitely indicating trend away CB writing advertisers mention read about MA 90 Model Aviation Above Jim Janteen Murphys Law V rudder elevator spoilers 44 oz Above lining up componentsincluding split ting battery packhe achieved cross section slightly larger servos Fuselage construction resembles Wakefield Unlimited rubber Helping supply some mighty scarce shade Bill Davidson 12-1/2-ft Aquila X-1 huge aircraft has four-section wing

Winch row Eight winches would launch planes seconds apart sounds like logisti cal monster system ran well 22 other winches stood Terrain marked effects ARMED WITH plane earned him title World Champion Skip Miller invaded California AMA Nation als won class out scored other competitors sitewhich far ideal Death Valley Shangri-La challenge fliers ganizers well desert-like area about ten miles west March Air Force Basewas flanked west 2600foot hills east another series 2300-foot peaks later about what effects would have flying Contest director Ray Marvin same gent engineered FAI team finals last September combined ef forts southern California clubs con tributed heavily logistics would serve 147 fliers Terry Koplan Skip Miller Dave Thornburg Bird Time Tom Jones after winning heat Thornburg Skip overall winner scored 15750 points out possible 16OOOl 18 Model Aviation Tuesday morning August 9 first launch scheduled seven oclock briefing session previous evening tried condition everybody 13-hour day one-on-one concept would flown eight fliers launch ing within seconds other num ber planes would also same class ie Standard modified Standard Unlimited Kirby Parker CD 1976 LSF Tournament provided series com puterized read-outs 147 fliers broken down 25 heats sheets allowed everyone know sequence heats Al though convenience contestant field seven o clock shortcoming Ray Marvin company didnt provide surplus timers normally avail able contestants present tasks would same scheduled nine rounds Seven-minute pre cision duration point per second earned up maximum 420 points hundred-point bonus landing based well-proven point-per-three-inches used utilizing four circles two winches best flight time BFT heat less seven minutes converted 1900 points individual contestant flight time CFT formu lated way CFT/BFT X 1900 LP P equates flight points LP land points FS final score Simply stated max score attainable 2000 points score achieved included landing value five percent total score Weatherwise three days prac tically identical mornings cool enough lightweight jacket air would absolutely calm con dition would remain until about ten o clock first heats definitely flights tested planes fliers proved could out-minimum sink other Iron man Rick Pearson maintained stance about 10 hours day Somehow managed fly managed finish fourth Ray Marvin left toughest assignment ever al oft New Zealand Reg Fleet brought streamlined Olympic II Rick Norwood assistant CD stating thought best clean-looking machine equipped flying stabilizer site ever mike hand Rick being sardonic seven heats definitely best interest observer some countrys best fliers pitted nerves against another 10 am lightest thermals began generate original concept one-on-one its best Strategies varied simplest lift found circle luck less came piggy-backed hope out-land psyching out competition ploy of experienced competi tors respect same fliers prowess also displayed less ex perienced Looking down flight line see included Mark Smith Rick Pearson last years top trophy winner Don Edberg often indirect com pliment fliers However look down line-up winches see Skip Miller Dave Thornburg LSFs recent level-V honor holder Neil Nolte also enough get adrenalin November1977 19 Also hand-launch glider champion Ron Witman beautifullyconstructed Shaker II 99-in. 37-oz craft rudder elevator spoilers Wing tips distinctively shaped upturned award Replogle Globe made world champions Globe lights up also has light mark sitein Skip Millers case Pretoria South Africa Holding globe aloft Skip aware presentation either globe winning Nats Cecil Haga readies nis Leglonalr NSS president Dr Stan Pfost assists Tape player Stans hand plays soft soaring music includes 30-seconds time marks last 15-second count-down Flier about cross official flight area Landing outside area resulted zero flight points Gusty winds caused flowing otherwise relaxed Sun day flier outscore aforemen tioned just heat would enough euphoria least day contest happened Don Edberg went left instead right mentor Lee Renaud went right outfiew Don five one-half minutes Lorin Blewett Californian Tom Williams Texas Tom also launched early morning heats flying Sailaire time Tom definitely money Winning heat would have kept him However Loren outlasted fel low club member Tom couple min utes cant accuse above collusion Another strategy seek lift followed because reputation hawks envied flew through recognized lift hoped fake pursuers Sometimes worked suddenly realized also human went back thermal maxed would-be freeloaders grabbed air way back landing circles 121 5and could almost set watch changethe wind came up out west blew 10 15 knots Occasional gusts uprooted tents flipped models everybody eating sand dirt until sundown wind also blew against eastern range hills transformed thermal contest slope duration event firstalthough wind condition predictedslope flying going permitted uncontrollable effort although ther mal activity still existed wave gener ated western range hills once wave via thermal seven minutes matter counting So about noon day com mon sight see up eight sailplanes peel off winch lines race downwind play slope about six minutes last 60 seconds flock planes streaking towards landing cir cles resembling flock mar tins coming home evenings roost landings automatic 420 seconds strong gusts wind would occur inopportune times timing late afternoon scribe watched eight max flights coming home have wind come up cause seven eight fall short landing zone Only heat some insurance altitude able weather brief blow gain bonus points happened few fliers eventual difference tween winning gold just being Wednesday first day competition ended about 8 pm two complete rounds flown eight 25 heats flown round three meant heat nine honors 7 am start Thursday fliers first eight could sleep figured turns wouldnt come up again until 10 am Thursday momentum picked up Rick Pearson came scene bull-horned commands ready line winch line Once system got step went like heat called ready area up eight fliers would appear planes Timers would take transmit ters same area along score cards During time eight other fliers checking respective winches waiting timers now frequency control tent awaiting transmitter clips As soon last plane heat landed Rick would launch winch line fliers would immedi ately ushered back towards landing zone ready area moved Continued page 88 Blame Rawdons original featured vertical fin spliced fuselages left side quick acces sibility linkages Blame claims plane doesnt know difference About take off its protective covering Lee Renaud steadies Olympic II 20-mph wind tries make official flight GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN15$700 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT HAND221000 ROTATION241300 3/8 BORE AT YOUR DEALER USE TO PROPEL AIR CREATE THRUST AND RE PROPELLED BY AIR AT DISCRETION OF PURCHASER PROPELLERS ALL GRISH PROPELLERS ARE ENGINEERED TO TRUE HELICAL PITCH FOR EFFICIENCY 52 2 Blade Tractoreach 5 45W35A-4304 6-36-4354 7-47-67-8504 8-48-68-8654 9-49-69-7 9-810-410-6854 1-411-611-8Si 2-412-512-6$150 2 Blade Pusher 5A-4 6-36-4354 8-6854 9-610-6Si 3 Blade Tractor 5-3 6-3 6-4 504 0 Plade polyesterMetallic Al boil coloruminum 78 854 86 88 Si 9-6 10-6 10-4 S150 line Formula still two-engine event almost evenly split between Supertigre K&B dont believe front rotor K&Bs Nats variety aircraft down about eight different types popu lar type Terry Prathers Toni several Jeff Bertken Brown Bag Min nows Bob Violetts Polecat few Stegal Minnows boys Canada flying modified Peletts Bob Brog don flies Funderberk Bandit modi fied wing makes look like Miss Cosmic Wind Bob Root flying own design Stinger consid ering kitting Dan McCan showed up old Miss Dara flew before went Air Force couple years ago Dan now flying F-4 Phantoms Ed Hotelling finished three days F-l racing near perfect score 43 out 44 possible points 11 rounds Rusty Van Baren second 40 points after outlasting Tom Christopher fly-off second place Gary Hover finished fourth lonesome 38 points Bob Smith 5 Dave Pearce 6 Clay Moncrief 7 Dave Shadel 8 tied fifth spot 37 points After smoke cleared Bob put finished fifth Bill Preis 9th 36 points Whit Stockwell 10th 34 points think everyone got enough racing especially raced both Q-M F-I Six days heat smog com bined noise enough stoutest heart exception some minor prob lems think Mike Atzie Sr pylon crew did commendable job run ning Pylon show 77 hard satisfy people time N ats/Pruss continued page 20 to the winch area next heat called rotation went Thurs day Friday Rick handing over bullhorn long enough put Para gon through its paces mid-afternoon thermometers field pegged 120 degrees have effect some fliers especially workers/fliers realized Ricks short landing round six result eight hours stand ing middle field keeping contest flowing Rick earned respect pattern three gruel ing days Heats highlighted seeing similar planes air different ones claimed through ads better others chance draw own opinion heat saw three Sailaires three Legionaires two Aquila X-Ls flight brought smile Sid Axelrods face seeing acres Monokote shade provided three days end round four some familiar names top 10 Blewett Miller Thornburg Potega Nolte near top Singelis Pearson time already evident missed landing might just well pack up Mishaps occurred also Dr Stan Pfost lift found contests very first heat someone turned transmitter caused Aquila spin Entitled reflight back-up ship readied went no apparent reason heckuva way start day after 2600 mile trip scribe enjoying thermal la bled max other Aquila two collided Let record show two sailplanes joined wings thermal half well plane itself Both separated failed recover spun Oh well its hobby As competition whittled size round six following fliers lead Class Bob Freymuth 11609 Scott Miller 11538 Class B Skip Miller 11817 P Parszik Jr 11677 Dave Thornburg led Class C 11738 mere 17 points over Pat Potega time evident eight rounds would flown scheduled nine looked like Skip Miller could win class top winner overall Only mistake bad luck would knock him off top spot didnt look like going happen smoothness consistency just extension Pretoria feat four months earlier note about Millers Aquila modi fied has no secret wasnt meant However rumors did persist time Skip went Caifornia wouldnt have recognized model built rumored specifications did have foam wing wing does have symmetrical airfoil modification can done evening two follows Peel Monokote off bottom wing Glue 1/16 sheeting over cap strips main spar forward leading edge leaves step main spar cap strips now begin no doubt leaves pure aerodynamicists cringing leading edge back 3/s inch sand Phillips entrythat leading edge raised viewed profile re-Monokoting bridge step sheeting edge very rear trailing edge dear reader modification has caused mod eling world rotate opposite direc tion Incidentally Skip handing out sheets included changes sheets will also included upcoming Aquila kits Back desert Scores posted after round 88 Model Aviation 3 \ BLADE AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 Thp KINNER 39wsgspan 09 power tar op 3 channels rc great sport trainer 1930N $1295 FAIRCHILD 22 48 Wingspan 09 1025 Power 3Channel RJC $2995 see local hobby dealer left few guessing stood exactly Second guess ing abounded fliers exchanged what thought individual heat results Round eight ended result certain Dave Thornburg has bridesmaid often bride Class C won wasnt eighth heat releasable tow hook failed during tow flight over almost before others released give idea close standings Dave went first place 35th hollow spot meet AMERICAN CLASSICS worlds finest models Send tor Ire brochure TST Aristocrat Scearm6n C3B SRRCOSPO0 040 VI sow PUNSCO 50200 010 TOWED *101o tel 703 2739593 SR OIOOOPOS 020 PORAR FOR PULSE 050 WOLLOOTI-SO0O LYLINE MODELS 2020 0000 AVCFAIOFAX VA 22500 because lack awards presentation After almost 34 hours fierce dramatic competition meet ended second-guessing winners might Models tents disassembled camp sites left Ill see next year good-byes made no knowing Scott Miller overtook Class pack SD-l00 Pat Potega maintained consistent pace won Class C Paragon Skip Miller no relation Scott won Class B highest overall score 15570 points out possible 16000 add AMA Nationals Soaring Cham pion title Soaring World Champion Sidenotes Class C extremely close scored 15000 points would have 16th. points separated Potega 15th-place Bill Davidson. two Thermal Sniffers seen Potegas Denny Darnells Aquila X-L e 30 winches available three days. 12 lads retrieved lines foot no motorized vehicles permitted percentile groups placed 13th B 23rd C. Pearsons on-field efforts matched Buzz Waltz Rex Powell kept call-up board up date. Scale saw Loren Blewett win ASW-l7. static points available time flights made second through fifth finishers Bob Elliott Bob Thacker Denny Darnell Bill Davidson -on-man equalizer time consuming class 40 class B 67 Class C out 167 pre-registered ncluded five Mexico New Zealander outside Cali fornia. nine fliers 27 MHZ definitely indicating trend away CB writing advertisers mention read about MA 90 Model Aviation Above Jim Janteen Murphys Law V rudder elevator spoilers 44 oz Above lining up componentsincluding split ting battery packhe achieved cross section slightly larger servos Fuselage construction resembles Wakefield Unlimited rubber Helping supply some mighty scarce shade Bill Davidson 12-1/2-ft Aquila X-1 huge aircraft has four-section wing