Nats Scrapbook 2003
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- Junior flier Jonah Coste (Woodbridge, CT) carefully sets the timer on his Li'l Al F1A model. Photo: Louis Joyner.
- Beautiful airbrushed scene of lower Manhattan in better times on RC Scale Aerobatics pilot David Moser's Extra 330 (Lake Worth, FL). Photo: Ed Alt.
- Lloyd Roberts and his wife Marge (Rockport, ME) hold a Stearman PT-17 while he runs up the engine for flight. Photo: Stan Alexander.
- Larson Ringlien, 2, "helps" his grandfather Warren Ringlien (Northfield, MN) prepare his Dawn Unlimited model. Photo: Louis Joyner.
- Contestants carry the Navy carrier deck to a dry location on the new CL Racing circles. Photo: Dick Perry.
- Antonio Quesada (Reston, VA) won RC Sport Scale Soaring with his 39-pound, half-scale Sroka. Photo: Liz Helms.
- SOAR club members help Tom Kallevang finish his sailplane before competition starts later in the week. Photo: Jim Bacus.
- Heavy rains during the Nationals forced the staff to close roads and move several contest sites. Photo: Liz Helms.
- Don and Naomi Griffin (Roach, MO) run the best radio impound in the business. Photo: Craig Bradley.
- Harry DeBoer (Sparta, MI) put his model in a tree on the first drive of the Hand‑Launched Golf event. Photo: Jim Bacus.
- Don Cranfill (Lake Jackson, TX) judged and provided his own shade at the same time. Photo: McDaniel.
- The 3-D colors on Raiko Potter's Silhouette (Gulf Shores, AL) have to be seen to be believed. Photo: Henderson.
- Bill Ritchey (Delano, CA) flew to Muncie with his 33% Aeroworks Edge 540T in his full‑scale Beechcraft Bonanza. Photo: Ed Alt.
- Peter Bauer gives his son Jason a guiding hand in the CL Profile Scale Junior class. Photo: Steve Ashby.
- How wet was it? Record rainfall couldn't stop the Nats. Photo: Gall.
- Rob Romash prepares drop gliders for a trip to the ceiling aboard his helium balloon during Indoor FF. Photo: Buxton.
- With his wife Sheila's help, Terry Nitsch starts his Cessna 182 for the first flight of the day. Photo: Lanterman.
- Event HQ is where it all happens — this converted farmhouse is where Nats administration is stationed. Photo: Henderson.
- RC Director Wayne Yeager tours the Radio Control Pylon Racing site on one of the staff golf carts. Photo: Liz Helms.
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