December 2003 17
Nats Scrapbook 2003
Contestants carry the Navy Carrier deck to a dry location, on
the new CL Racing circles. Photo by Dick Perry.
Antonio Quesada (Reston VA) won RC Sport Scale Soaring with
his 39-pound, 1⁄2-scale Sroka. Liz Helms photo.
Larson Ringlien, 2, “helps” grandfather Warren Ringlien
(Northfield MN) prepare his Dawn Unlimited model. Joyner photo.
Beautiful airbrushed scene of lower Manhattan in better times on RC Scale Aerobatics
pilot David Moser’s (Lake Worth FL) Extra 330. Ed Alt photo.
Lloyd Roberts, wife Marge (Rockport ME) hold Stearman PT-17
while he runs up engine for flight. Stan Alexander photo.
Junior flier Jonah Coste (Woodbridge
CT) carefully sets the timer on his Li’l Al
F1A model. Louis Joyner photo.
December 2003 19
SOAR club members help Tom Kallevang finish his sailplane
before competition starts later in the week. Jim Bacus photo.
Heavy rains during the Nationals forced the staff to close roads
and move several contest sites. Helms photo.
Don and Naomi Griffin (Roach MO) run the best radio impound in
the business. Photo by Craig Bradley.
Don Cranfill (Lake Jackson TX) judged and provided his own
shade at the same time. Mc Daniel photo.
Harry DeBoer (Sparta MI) put his model in a tree on the first
drive of the Hand-Launched Golf event. Bacus photo.
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Nats Scrapbook 2003
The 3-D colors on Raiko Potter’s (Gulf Shores AL) Silhouette have to be seen to be believed. Henderson photo.
Bill Ritchey (Delano CA) flew to Muncie with his 33% Aeroworks Edge 540T in his fullscale
Beechcraft Bonanza. Alt photo.
Peter Bauer gives his son Jason a guiding hand
in the CL Profile Scale Junior class. Photo by
Steve Ashby.
December 2003 21
How wet was it? Record rainfall couldn’t
stop the Nats. Gall photo.
With his wife Sheila’s help, Terry Nitsch starts his Cessna 182 for the first flight
of the day. Lanterman photo.
RC Director Wayne Yeager tours the Radio Control Pylon Racing site on one
of the staff golf carts. Helms photo.
Event HQ is where it all happens. This converted farmhouse is where Nats
administration is stationed. Henderson photo.
Rob Romash prepares drop gliders for a trip to the
ceiling aboard his helium balloon during Indoor FF.
Buxton photo.
hand
by
22 MODEL AVIATION
Some of the CL Racing old guard during a lighter moment. L-R: Jim
Ricketts Sr., John Ballard, Tom Fluker. Dave McDonald photo.
Kevin Matney (L), Bill Jenkins (in plaid shirt), Ernie Schlumberger (R) with their
timers in Class B Old Timers.
20p9 two-line cutline
goes here
A poststorm rainbow gives hope of better weather as it arches over tarpcovered
RC Scale Aerobatics models. Alt photo.
Hardworking volunteer Jim McKeown enters the
numbers for RC Precision Aerobatics. Henderson photo.
Gary Hull provided a Landing Signal
Officer to guide pilots to the CL Navy
Carrier deck. They needed it during
the high winds. Perry photo.
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/12
Page Numbers: 17,19,20,21,22
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/12
Page Numbers: 17,19,20,21,22
December 2003 17
Nats Scrapbook 2003
Contestants carry the Navy Carrier deck to a dry location, on
the new CL Racing circles. Photo by Dick Perry.
Antonio Quesada (Reston VA) won RC Sport Scale Soaring with
his 39-pound, 1⁄2-scale Sroka. Liz Helms photo.
Larson Ringlien, 2, “helps” grandfather Warren Ringlien
(Northfield MN) prepare his Dawn Unlimited model. Joyner photo.
Beautiful airbrushed scene of lower Manhattan in better times on RC Scale Aerobatics
pilot David Moser’s (Lake Worth FL) Extra 330. Ed Alt photo.
Lloyd Roberts, wife Marge (Rockport ME) hold Stearman PT-17
while he runs up engine for flight. Stan Alexander photo.
Junior flier Jonah Coste (Woodbridge
CT) carefully sets the timer on his Li’l Al
F1A model. Louis Joyner photo.
December 2003 19
SOAR club members help Tom Kallevang finish his sailplane
before competition starts later in the week. Jim Bacus photo.
Heavy rains during the Nationals forced the staff to close roads
and move several contest sites. Helms photo.
Don and Naomi Griffin (Roach MO) run the best radio impound in
the business. Photo by Craig Bradley.
Don Cranfill (Lake Jackson TX) judged and provided his own
shade at the same time. Mc Daniel photo.
Harry DeBoer (Sparta MI) put his model in a tree on the first
drive of the Hand-Launched Golf event. Bacus photo.
20 MODEL AVIATION
Nats Scrapbook 2003
The 3-D colors on Raiko Potter’s (Gulf Shores AL) Silhouette have to be seen to be believed. Henderson photo.
Bill Ritchey (Delano CA) flew to Muncie with his 33% Aeroworks Edge 540T in his fullscale
Beechcraft Bonanza. Alt photo.
Peter Bauer gives his son Jason a guiding hand
in the CL Profile Scale Junior class. Photo by
Steve Ashby.
December 2003 21
How wet was it? Record rainfall couldn’t
stop the Nats. Gall photo.
With his wife Sheila’s help, Terry Nitsch starts his Cessna 182 for the first flight
of the day. Lanterman photo.
RC Director Wayne Yeager tours the Radio Control Pylon Racing site on one
of the staff golf carts. Helms photo.
Event HQ is where it all happens. This converted farmhouse is where Nats
administration is stationed. Henderson photo.
Rob Romash prepares drop gliders for a trip to the
ceiling aboard his helium balloon during Indoor FF.
Buxton photo.
hand
by
22 MODEL AVIATION
Some of the CL Racing old guard during a lighter moment. L-R: Jim
Ricketts Sr., John Ballard, Tom Fluker. Dave McDonald photo.
Kevin Matney (L), Bill Jenkins (in plaid shirt), Ernie Schlumberger (R) with their
timers in Class B Old Timers.
20p9 two-line cutline
goes here
A poststorm rainbow gives hope of better weather as it arches over tarpcovered
RC Scale Aerobatics models. Alt photo.
Hardworking volunteer Jim McKeown enters the
numbers for RC Precision Aerobatics. Henderson photo.
Gary Hull provided a Landing Signal
Officer to guide pilots to the CL Navy
Carrier deck. They needed it during
the high winds. Perry photo.
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/12
Page Numbers: 17,19,20,21,22
December 2003 17
Nats Scrapbook 2003
Contestants carry the Navy Carrier deck to a dry location, on
the new CL Racing circles. Photo by Dick Perry.
Antonio Quesada (Reston VA) won RC Sport Scale Soaring with
his 39-pound, 1⁄2-scale Sroka. Liz Helms photo.
Larson Ringlien, 2, “helps” grandfather Warren Ringlien
(Northfield MN) prepare his Dawn Unlimited model. Joyner photo.
Beautiful airbrushed scene of lower Manhattan in better times on RC Scale Aerobatics
pilot David Moser’s (Lake Worth FL) Extra 330. Ed Alt photo.
Lloyd Roberts, wife Marge (Rockport ME) hold Stearman PT-17
while he runs up engine for flight. Stan Alexander photo.
Junior flier Jonah Coste (Woodbridge
CT) carefully sets the timer on his Li’l Al
F1A model. Louis Joyner photo.
December 2003 19
SOAR club members help Tom Kallevang finish his sailplane
before competition starts later in the week. Jim Bacus photo.
Heavy rains during the Nationals forced the staff to close roads
and move several contest sites. Helms photo.
Don and Naomi Griffin (Roach MO) run the best radio impound in
the business. Photo by Craig Bradley.
Don Cranfill (Lake Jackson TX) judged and provided his own
shade at the same time. Mc Daniel photo.
Harry DeBoer (Sparta MI) put his model in a tree on the first
drive of the Hand-Launched Golf event. Bacus photo.
20 MODEL AVIATION
Nats Scrapbook 2003
The 3-D colors on Raiko Potter’s (Gulf Shores AL) Silhouette have to be seen to be believed. Henderson photo.
Bill Ritchey (Delano CA) flew to Muncie with his 33% Aeroworks Edge 540T in his fullscale
Beechcraft Bonanza. Alt photo.
Peter Bauer gives his son Jason a guiding hand
in the CL Profile Scale Junior class. Photo by
Steve Ashby.
December 2003 21
How wet was it? Record rainfall couldn’t
stop the Nats. Gall photo.
With his wife Sheila’s help, Terry Nitsch starts his Cessna 182 for the first flight
of the day. Lanterman photo.
RC Director Wayne Yeager tours the Radio Control Pylon Racing site on one
of the staff golf carts. Helms photo.
Event HQ is where it all happens. This converted farmhouse is where Nats
administration is stationed. Henderson photo.
Rob Romash prepares drop gliders for a trip to the
ceiling aboard his helium balloon during Indoor FF.
Buxton photo.
hand
by
22 MODEL AVIATION
Some of the CL Racing old guard during a lighter moment. L-R: Jim
Ricketts Sr., John Ballard, Tom Fluker. Dave McDonald photo.
Kevin Matney (L), Bill Jenkins (in plaid shirt), Ernie Schlumberger (R) with their
timers in Class B Old Timers.
20p9 two-line cutline
goes here
A poststorm rainbow gives hope of better weather as it arches over tarpcovered
RC Scale Aerobatics models. Alt photo.
Hardworking volunteer Jim McKeown enters the
numbers for RC Precision Aerobatics. Henderson photo.
Gary Hull provided a Landing Signal
Officer to guide pilots to the CL Navy
Carrier deck. They needed it during
the high winds. Perry photo.
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/12
Page Numbers: 17,19,20,21,22
December 2003 17
Nats Scrapbook 2003
Contestants carry the Navy Carrier deck to a dry location, on
the new CL Racing circles. Photo by Dick Perry.
Antonio Quesada (Reston VA) won RC Sport Scale Soaring with
his 39-pound, 1⁄2-scale Sroka. Liz Helms photo.
Larson Ringlien, 2, “helps” grandfather Warren Ringlien
(Northfield MN) prepare his Dawn Unlimited model. Joyner photo.
Beautiful airbrushed scene of lower Manhattan in better times on RC Scale Aerobatics
pilot David Moser’s (Lake Worth FL) Extra 330. Ed Alt photo.
Lloyd Roberts, wife Marge (Rockport ME) hold Stearman PT-17
while he runs up engine for flight. Stan Alexander photo.
Junior flier Jonah Coste (Woodbridge
CT) carefully sets the timer on his Li’l Al
F1A model. Louis Joyner photo.
December 2003 19
SOAR club members help Tom Kallevang finish his sailplane
before competition starts later in the week. Jim Bacus photo.
Heavy rains during the Nationals forced the staff to close roads
and move several contest sites. Helms photo.
Don and Naomi Griffin (Roach MO) run the best radio impound in
the business. Photo by Craig Bradley.
Don Cranfill (Lake Jackson TX) judged and provided his own
shade at the same time. Mc Daniel photo.
Harry DeBoer (Sparta MI) put his model in a tree on the first
drive of the Hand-Launched Golf event. Bacus photo.
20 MODEL AVIATION
Nats Scrapbook 2003
The 3-D colors on Raiko Potter’s (Gulf Shores AL) Silhouette have to be seen to be believed. Henderson photo.
Bill Ritchey (Delano CA) flew to Muncie with his 33% Aeroworks Edge 540T in his fullscale
Beechcraft Bonanza. Alt photo.
Peter Bauer gives his son Jason a guiding hand
in the CL Profile Scale Junior class. Photo by
Steve Ashby.
December 2003 21
How wet was it? Record rainfall couldn’t
stop the Nats. Gall photo.
With his wife Sheila’s help, Terry Nitsch starts his Cessna 182 for the first flight
of the day. Lanterman photo.
RC Director Wayne Yeager tours the Radio Control Pylon Racing site on one
of the staff golf carts. Helms photo.
Event HQ is where it all happens. This converted farmhouse is where Nats
administration is stationed. Henderson photo.
Rob Romash prepares drop gliders for a trip to the
ceiling aboard his helium balloon during Indoor FF.
Buxton photo.
hand
by
22 MODEL AVIATION
Some of the CL Racing old guard during a lighter moment. L-R: Jim
Ricketts Sr., John Ballard, Tom Fluker. Dave McDonald photo.
Kevin Matney (L), Bill Jenkins (in plaid shirt), Ernie Schlumberger (R) with their
timers in Class B Old Timers.
20p9 two-line cutline
goes here
A poststorm rainbow gives hope of better weather as it arches over tarpcovered
RC Scale Aerobatics models. Alt photo.
Hardworking volunteer Jim McKeown enters the
numbers for RC Precision Aerobatics. Henderson photo.
Gary Hull provided a Landing Signal
Officer to guide pilots to the CL Navy
Carrier deck. They needed it during
the high winds. Perry photo.
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/12
Page Numbers: 17,19,20,21,22
December 2003 17
Nats Scrapbook 2003
Contestants carry the Navy Carrier deck to a dry location, on
the new CL Racing circles. Photo by Dick Perry.
Antonio Quesada (Reston VA) won RC Sport Scale Soaring with
his 39-pound, 1⁄2-scale Sroka. Liz Helms photo.
Larson Ringlien, 2, “helps” grandfather Warren Ringlien
(Northfield MN) prepare his Dawn Unlimited model. Joyner photo.
Beautiful airbrushed scene of lower Manhattan in better times on RC Scale Aerobatics
pilot David Moser’s (Lake Worth FL) Extra 330. Ed Alt photo.
Lloyd Roberts, wife Marge (Rockport ME) hold Stearman PT-17
while he runs up engine for flight. Stan Alexander photo.
Junior flier Jonah Coste (Woodbridge
CT) carefully sets the timer on his Li’l Al
F1A model. Louis Joyner photo.
December 2003 19
SOAR club members help Tom Kallevang finish his sailplane
before competition starts later in the week. Jim Bacus photo.
Heavy rains during the Nationals forced the staff to close roads
and move several contest sites. Helms photo.
Don and Naomi Griffin (Roach MO) run the best radio impound in
the business. Photo by Craig Bradley.
Don Cranfill (Lake Jackson TX) judged and provided his own
shade at the same time. Mc Daniel photo.
Harry DeBoer (Sparta MI) put his model in a tree on the first
drive of the Hand-Launched Golf event. Bacus photo.
20 MODEL AVIATION
Nats Scrapbook 2003
The 3-D colors on Raiko Potter’s (Gulf Shores AL) Silhouette have to be seen to be believed. Henderson photo.
Bill Ritchey (Delano CA) flew to Muncie with his 33% Aeroworks Edge 540T in his fullscale
Beechcraft Bonanza. Alt photo.
Peter Bauer gives his son Jason a guiding hand
in the CL Profile Scale Junior class. Photo by
Steve Ashby.
December 2003 21
How wet was it? Record rainfall couldn’t
stop the Nats. Gall photo.
With his wife Sheila’s help, Terry Nitsch starts his Cessna 182 for the first flight
of the day. Lanterman photo.
RC Director Wayne Yeager tours the Radio Control Pylon Racing site on one
of the staff golf carts. Helms photo.
Event HQ is where it all happens. This converted farmhouse is where Nats
administration is stationed. Henderson photo.
Rob Romash prepares drop gliders for a trip to the
ceiling aboard his helium balloon during Indoor FF.
Buxton photo.
hand
by
22 MODEL AVIATION
Some of the CL Racing old guard during a lighter moment. L-R: Jim
Ricketts Sr., John Ballard, Tom Fluker. Dave McDonald photo.
Kevin Matney (L), Bill Jenkins (in plaid shirt), Ernie Schlumberger (R) with their
timers in Class B Old Timers.
20p9 two-line cutline
goes here
A poststorm rainbow gives hope of better weather as it arches over tarpcovered
RC Scale Aerobatics models. Alt photo.
Hardworking volunteer Jim McKeown enters the
numbers for RC Precision Aerobatics. Henderson photo.
Gary Hull provided a Landing Signal
Officer to guide pilots to the CL Navy
Carrier deck. They needed it during
the high winds. Perry photo.
