HERE WE ARE end 1988 rac ing season have Q-500 Cham pionship Race Rough River Race Quarter Midget Just about last list NMPRA Formula Championship Race Participants must qualify race NMPRA event did re ceived letter years NMPRA President Gary Hover letter begins Congratulations 'You have qualified 1988 NMPRA Formula Championship Race As result efforts 1988 invited participate years race being held October 22 23 Gainesville TX lot Formula fliers go all-out competitive fastest model airplane racing event year Nowhere else world such competitive event Pretty strong wording say Well find out yourself have to qualify finish top 20% NMPRA district NMPRA officer finish top 10 AMA Nats Try us 1989 find out yourself Lets get 1988 races actual races Saturday Sunday lot us started showing up Thursday sunup about 600 pm Friday flying field Gainesville Airport open practiceand wow what crowd took over hour just get two-minute flight Processing static judging sched uled start 600 pm appointed hour came around pretty fast 600 mad dash hotel year stayed Holiday Inn put coat polish special prop Scale judging someone much knowledge model airplanes quite sight motel employee commented didnt know everyone going sleepmost us working planes bed Top Another very fast heats typical years championship race gets under way 48 contestants attendance very busy contest Above right flyoff 2nd piece race horse start both modeis launched simuitsneousiy As can seen both mod els got off pretty eveniy Above ieft Mike Heisel L sets needle Pete Reed holds two have flying together 18 years April 1989 89 -U Left author services Mustang before round Bill says year tried too much iast minute didnt fare well still blast just trying Right Gary Hover L NMPRAs new president gets set go caller chief Samurai Jim Shinohara Len RU kind racing theres always almost much action th pits race course Tony Huber hard work engine between rounds Right Henry Bartle L past NMPRA president fires up engine Lyle Larson holds down processing planes mea sured conformance rules important safety checked looked control surfaces engine installation checked make sure radio properly installed us built new planes just race lastminute rush very easy overlook somethingmaybe screw output arm servo clevis snapped shut held shut piece fuel tubing Al though us have flying years can still overlook some thing Scale judging involves evalu ating planes workmanship finish comparing against Scale cri teria plane picked best over 48 contestants brought two planes judges therefore choose plane out about 90 nominally besta very tough job indeed second year straight Rick Tocci won best show Maybe Rick could write 90 Model Aviation good push inc atari can make aui inc amerence Mere aruce Richmond really puts whole body launching Dub Jeffs plane Dub Jett L past winner always threat chats Bruce Richmond waiting starter set off 90-second clock Len Dave Shadel L Jim Shinohara holding just before ill-fated fiight put Dave out running year Right Norm Johnson puts starter Mustang Lee Von Der Hey holds particular Mustang kitted Jerry Small several flown year us article gets such super fin ishes Racing got under way just after 800 am Saturday morning year Phil Jill Bussell ran contest Setting up contest size no easy chore especially have import help people including Phil Jill live about 60 miles away dont just go out put up pylons race us have hard time local race hats off Phil Jill job well done Dave Shadel turned 1142 Heat 11 Round setting tempo race Several others achieved times 116 117 Heat Three Round Two Norm John son turned winning time 115 Rich ard Verano won Heat Five also 115 Heat Nine saw Gary Hover run 11503 time edge out Mike Helsels 11532good race Heat 10 Dave Sha dels fast time dropped 1118 Heat 11 saw Brian Richmond edging out Henry Bartie fast time 114 some round time year Texas weather can play tricks us front come through meant stopping move course Although helped also forced us take off crosswind creating problems some read Round Three Lee Von der Hey took Heat Four time 117 another heat Brian Richmond edged out Gary Hover 113 Heat Nine saw Dub Jett just beating Mike Helsel 115 time See ing Dave Shadel receive zero shocker Defeated crosswinds nosed over takeoff Dave has won NMPRA Champion ships several times has also Na tional Points Champion several times NMPRA Formula Championships Results P1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Flier Brian Richmond Mike Helsel Bruce Hobbs Dave Shadel Dub Jett Tom Storm Bruce Brown Rusty Van Baren Henry Bartle Gary Hover Richard Verano Rich Tocci Paul Stenberg Dick Ritch Bruce Richmond Herbert Wills Norm Johnson 18 Scott Manning 19 Lyle Larson 20 Lee Von Der Hey Points 32 28 28 27 27 City/State Cocoa FL Walnut CA Austin TX Carlsbad CA Humble TX 26Seattle WA 26San Diego CA 25Hanford CA 25Santa Ana CA 25Visalia CA 23Compton CA 23Coppell TX 22Escondido CA 22Houston TX 21Dallas TX 21Dallas TX 20OkIa City OK 20Sepulveda CA 205 Juan Cap CA 19Toluca Lake CA Plane Toni Cosmic Wind Midget Must Kaze Mustang/ Denight Shoestring Minnow/ Denight Denight/Toni Kaze/Toni Kaze Denight/Toni Poledog/ Mustang Denight Polecat/ Mustang Toni/Mustang Denight Mustang/ Denight Toni Mustang Denight Engine ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST 40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST 40 ST X-40 ST X-40 48 fliers 12 states follows California 19 Texas 17 Washing ton 3 Florida Oklahoma Tennessee Montana New York North Carolina Georgia Rhode Island Massachusetts has won FM World Championships Yes Dave man beat race attends mishap looked like op portunity quite few other contestants Daves disappointment Round Three however Several other pi lots experienced similar mishaps Windy conditions breed crashes Round Four saw few latter well nose-overs Heat Four round close race B Youngs 1157 just winning over Bruce Richmonds 1159 Brian Richmond won heat time 1160 Dave Shadel Paul Stenberg jostled Heat Five Shadel coming out top 113 over Stenbergs 115 still seeing crashes zeros Just about race Round Five nail-biter Heat Brian Rich monds 115 time looked like Brian move Rick Tocci won Heat Two 117 Heat Four saw great Racing Henry Baffle edging out Lee Von der Hey 11454 1146 Heat Five nearly close Gary Hov er turned fast time 1171 B Ol5 Cat April 1989 91 Veranos 1172 Dave Shadel won Heat Six time 11256 Heat Nine Mike Helsel toppled Tony Huber 11619 11630 Heat 10 saw Dick Ritch out score Bruce Brown 1195 1199 Round Six Heat Four went Lee Von der Hey 11274 edged out Gary Hovers 113 Dave Shadels 1128 took Heat Five Heat 10 saw Brian Rich mond win 116 Round Six ended did racing day Wow Only guy Brian Rich mond perfect score Gary Hover Bruce Hobbs tallied three points below Richmond Dave Shadel Mike Hel sel Bruce Brown four points down annual NMPRA banquet held Saturday evening 105 people tendance along such notables Tom Fluker Jr Combat World Champion Nats event director Sandy Frank short business meeting held after dinner announce officers 1989 Gary Hover will president next year also award trophies top 20 rac ers year time yes once again top point winner 88 Dave Shadel great time food ter rific good job Phil Jill Racing resumed just after 800 Sunday morning Everything went smoothly first Dave Shadel racked up 1114 Heat Four After another strong front blew through winds gusting over 30 mph turned race course around again Heat Two Round Eight spectacu lar duel between Lyle Larson Gary Hov er ended abruptly midair meant two zeros record No sooner gotten pieces picked up excitement reached crescendo Heat Three matched Dave Shadel clearly fastest person years race against Brian Richmond contender perfect score far also very fast Brian got jump Dave never let up though Dave came close couple times Some race hey check stopwatches Brian established new fast time win 11061 Dave finished mere 1 1082 decisive climax two days racing timing fortunate After Brian Richmonds crackerjack perform ance winds grew stronger gusting over 35 mph blowing things over pits took vote decided eight rounds enough bringing 1988 Championships season close couple flyoffs position held notably between Mike Helsel Bruce Hobbs second place Flyoffs begin like horse races both planes take off once perfect start first pylon Bruce edge over Mike After several laps Bruce gained fair lead looking like winner Bruce got taste what call dumb thumbs cut third pylon Mike cruised home second-place winner years contest very well run practically organizational mishaps competition second have beyond doubt competi tive fastest model airplanes pilots world want fun spend some time winter building new Py lon Racer join us next year venue will California Im sure race will just competitive well run years contest Build Formula Racer join us 1989 See next years race 92 Model Aviation usry nover ILl awaras urlan Richmond trophies almost can carry won year firmly established himself man beat next year Formula racing Gathered together shot top 10 Formula pylon racers world Back Row L-R Tom Strom 6th Bruce Brown 7th Rusty Van Baren 8th Henry Bartie 9th Kris Wilson Barties caller Gary Hover 10th place Front Row L-R Future racer Joey Tocci Rick Tocci Best Finish builder Brian Richmond 1st Bruce Richmond caller brother Brian Mike Heisel 2nd Pete Reed Heisels caller Bruce Hobbs 3rd Dave Shadel 4th Dub Jett 5th
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/04
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 91, 92
HERE WE ARE end 1988 rac ing season have Q-500 Cham pionship Race Rough River Race Quarter Midget Just about last list NMPRA Formula Championship Race Participants must qualify race NMPRA event did re ceived letter years NMPRA President Gary Hover letter begins Congratulations 'You have qualified 1988 NMPRA Formula Championship Race As result efforts 1988 invited participate years race being held October 22 23 Gainesville TX lot Formula fliers go all-out competitive fastest model airplane racing event year Nowhere else world such competitive event Pretty strong wording say Well find out yourself have to qualify finish top 20% NMPRA district NMPRA officer finish top 10 AMA Nats Try us 1989 find out yourself Lets get 1988 races actual races Saturday Sunday lot us started showing up Thursday sunup about 600 pm Friday flying field Gainesville Airport open practiceand wow what crowd took over hour just get two-minute flight Processing static judging sched uled start 600 pm appointed hour came around pretty fast 600 mad dash hotel year stayed Holiday Inn put coat polish special prop Scale judging someone much knowledge model airplanes quite sight motel employee commented didnt know everyone going sleepmost us working planes bed Top Another very fast heats typical years championship race gets under way 48 contestants attendance very busy contest Above right flyoff 2nd piece race horse start both modeis launched simuitsneousiy As can seen both mod els got off pretty eveniy Above ieft Mike Heisel L sets needle Pete Reed holds two have flying together 18 years April 1989 89 -U Left author services Mustang before round Bill says year tried too much iast minute didnt fare well still blast just trying Right Gary Hover L NMPRAs new president gets set go caller chief Samurai Jim Shinohara Len RU kind racing theres always almost much action th pits race course Tony Huber hard work engine between rounds Right Henry Bartle L past NMPRA president fires up engine Lyle Larson holds down processing planes mea sured conformance rules important safety checked looked control surfaces engine installation checked make sure radio properly installed us built new planes just race lastminute rush very easy overlook somethingmaybe screw output arm servo clevis snapped shut held shut piece fuel tubing Al though us have flying years can still overlook some thing Scale judging involves evalu ating planes workmanship finish comparing against Scale cri teria plane picked best over 48 contestants brought two planes judges therefore choose plane out about 90 nominally besta very tough job indeed second year straight Rick Tocci won best show Maybe Rick could write 90 Model Aviation good push inc atari can make aui inc amerence Mere aruce Richmond really puts whole body launching Dub Jeffs plane Dub Jett L past winner always threat chats Bruce Richmond waiting starter set off 90-second clock Len Dave Shadel L Jim Shinohara holding just before ill-fated fiight put Dave out running year Right Norm Johnson puts starter Mustang Lee Von Der Hey holds particular Mustang kitted Jerry Small several flown year us article gets such super fin ishes Racing got under way just after 800 am Saturday morning year Phil Jill Bussell ran contest Setting up contest size no easy chore especially have import help people including Phil Jill live about 60 miles away dont just go out put up pylons race us have hard time local race hats off Phil Jill job well done Dave Shadel turned 1142 Heat 11 Round setting tempo race Several others achieved times 116 117 Heat Three Round Two Norm John son turned winning time 115 Rich ard Verano won Heat Five also 115 Heat Nine saw Gary Hover run 11503 time edge out Mike Helsels 11532good race Heat 10 Dave Sha dels fast time dropped 1118 Heat 11 saw Brian Richmond edging out Henry Bartie fast time 114 some round time year Texas weather can play tricks us front come through meant stopping move course Although helped also forced us take off crosswind creating problems some read Round Three Lee Von der Hey took Heat Four time 117 another heat Brian Richmond edged out Gary Hover 113 Heat Nine saw Dub Jett just beating Mike Helsel 115 time See ing Dave Shadel receive zero shocker Defeated crosswinds nosed over takeoff Dave has won NMPRA Champion ships several times has also Na tional Points Champion several times NMPRA Formula Championships Results P1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Flier Brian Richmond Mike Helsel Bruce Hobbs Dave Shadel Dub Jett Tom Storm Bruce Brown Rusty Van Baren Henry Bartle Gary Hover Richard Verano Rich Tocci Paul Stenberg Dick Ritch Bruce Richmond Herbert Wills Norm Johnson 18 Scott Manning 19 Lyle Larson 20 Lee Von Der Hey Points 32 28 28 27 27 City/State Cocoa FL Walnut CA Austin TX Carlsbad CA Humble TX 26Seattle WA 26San Diego CA 25Hanford CA 25Santa Ana CA 25Visalia CA 23Compton CA 23Coppell TX 22Escondido CA 22Houston TX 21Dallas TX 21Dallas TX 20OkIa City OK 20Sepulveda CA 205 Juan Cap CA 19Toluca Lake CA Plane Toni Cosmic Wind Midget Must Kaze Mustang/ Denight Shoestring Minnow/ Denight Denight/Toni Kaze/Toni Kaze Denight/Toni Poledog/ Mustang Denight Polecat/ Mustang Toni/Mustang Denight Mustang/ Denight Toni Mustang Denight Engine ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST 40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST 40 ST X-40 ST X-40 48 fliers 12 states follows California 19 Texas 17 Washing ton 3 Florida Oklahoma Tennessee Montana New York North Carolina Georgia Rhode Island Massachusetts has won FM World Championships Yes Dave man beat race attends mishap looked like op portunity quite few other contestants Daves disappointment Round Three however Several other pi lots experienced similar mishaps Windy conditions breed crashes Round Four saw few latter well nose-overs Heat Four round close race B Youngs 1157 just winning over Bruce Richmonds 1159 Brian Richmond won heat time 1160 Dave Shadel Paul Stenberg jostled Heat Five Shadel coming out top 113 over Stenbergs 115 still seeing crashes zeros Just about race Round Five nail-biter Heat Brian Rich monds 115 time looked like Brian move Rick Tocci won Heat Two 117 Heat Four saw great Racing Henry Baffle edging out Lee Von der Hey 11454 1146 Heat Five nearly close Gary Hov er turned fast time 1171 B Ol5 Cat April 1989 91 Veranos 1172 Dave Shadel won Heat Six time 11256 Heat Nine Mike Helsel toppled Tony Huber 11619 11630 Heat 10 saw Dick Ritch out score Bruce Brown 1195 1199 Round Six Heat Four went Lee Von der Hey 11274 edged out Gary Hovers 113 Dave Shadels 1128 took Heat Five Heat 10 saw Brian Rich mond win 116 Round Six ended did racing day Wow Only guy Brian Rich mond perfect score Gary Hover Bruce Hobbs tallied three points below Richmond Dave Shadel Mike Hel sel Bruce Brown four points down annual NMPRA banquet held Saturday evening 105 people tendance along such notables Tom Fluker Jr Combat World Champion Nats event director Sandy Frank short business meeting held after dinner announce officers 1989 Gary Hover will president next year also award trophies top 20 rac ers year time yes once again top point winner 88 Dave Shadel great time food ter rific good job Phil Jill Racing resumed just after 800 Sunday morning Everything went smoothly first Dave Shadel racked up 1114 Heat Four After another strong front blew through winds gusting over 30 mph turned race course around again Heat Two Round Eight spectacu lar duel between Lyle Larson Gary Hov er ended abruptly midair meant two zeros record No sooner gotten pieces picked up excitement reached crescendo Heat Three matched Dave Shadel clearly fastest person years race against Brian Richmond contender perfect score far also very fast Brian got jump Dave never let up though Dave came close couple times Some race hey check stopwatches Brian established new fast time win 11061 Dave finished mere 1 1082 decisive climax two days racing timing fortunate After Brian Richmonds crackerjack perform ance winds grew stronger gusting over 35 mph blowing things over pits took vote decided eight rounds enough bringing 1988 Championships season close couple flyoffs position held notably between Mike Helsel Bruce Hobbs second place Flyoffs begin like horse races both planes take off once perfect start first pylon Bruce edge over Mike After several laps Bruce gained fair lead looking like winner Bruce got taste what call dumb thumbs cut third pylon Mike cruised home second-place winner years contest very well run practically organizational mishaps competition second have beyond doubt competi tive fastest model airplanes pilots world want fun spend some time winter building new Py lon Racer join us next year venue will California Im sure race will just competitive well run years contest Build Formula Racer join us 1989 See next years race 92 Model Aviation usry nover ILl awaras urlan Richmond trophies almost can carry won year firmly established himself man beat next year Formula racing Gathered together shot top 10 Formula pylon racers world Back Row L-R Tom Strom 6th Bruce Brown 7th Rusty Van Baren 8th Henry Bartie 9th Kris Wilson Barties caller Gary Hover 10th place Front Row L-R Future racer Joey Tocci Rick Tocci Best Finish builder Brian Richmond 1st Bruce Richmond caller brother Brian Mike Heisel 2nd Pete Reed Heisels caller Bruce Hobbs 3rd Dave Shadel 4th Dub Jett 5th
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/04
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 91, 92
HERE WE ARE end 1988 rac ing season have Q-500 Cham pionship Race Rough River Race Quarter Midget Just about last list NMPRA Formula Championship Race Participants must qualify race NMPRA event did re ceived letter years NMPRA President Gary Hover letter begins Congratulations 'You have qualified 1988 NMPRA Formula Championship Race As result efforts 1988 invited participate years race being held October 22 23 Gainesville TX lot Formula fliers go all-out competitive fastest model airplane racing event year Nowhere else world such competitive event Pretty strong wording say Well find out yourself have to qualify finish top 20% NMPRA district NMPRA officer finish top 10 AMA Nats Try us 1989 find out yourself Lets get 1988 races actual races Saturday Sunday lot us started showing up Thursday sunup about 600 pm Friday flying field Gainesville Airport open practiceand wow what crowd took over hour just get two-minute flight Processing static judging sched uled start 600 pm appointed hour came around pretty fast 600 mad dash hotel year stayed Holiday Inn put coat polish special prop Scale judging someone much knowledge model airplanes quite sight motel employee commented didnt know everyone going sleepmost us working planes bed Top Another very fast heats typical years championship race gets under way 48 contestants attendance very busy contest Above right flyoff 2nd piece race horse start both modeis launched simuitsneousiy As can seen both mod els got off pretty eveniy Above ieft Mike Heisel L sets needle Pete Reed holds two have flying together 18 years April 1989 89 -U Left author services Mustang before round Bill says year tried too much iast minute didnt fare well still blast just trying Right Gary Hover L NMPRAs new president gets set go caller chief Samurai Jim Shinohara Len RU kind racing theres always almost much action th pits race course Tony Huber hard work engine between rounds Right Henry Bartle L past NMPRA president fires up engine Lyle Larson holds down processing planes mea sured conformance rules important safety checked looked control surfaces engine installation checked make sure radio properly installed us built new planes just race lastminute rush very easy overlook somethingmaybe screw output arm servo clevis snapped shut held shut piece fuel tubing Al though us have flying years can still overlook some thing Scale judging involves evalu ating planes workmanship finish comparing against Scale cri teria plane picked best over 48 contestants brought two planes judges therefore choose plane out about 90 nominally besta very tough job indeed second year straight Rick Tocci won best show Maybe Rick could write 90 Model Aviation good push inc atari can make aui inc amerence Mere aruce Richmond really puts whole body launching Dub Jeffs plane Dub Jett L past winner always threat chats Bruce Richmond waiting starter set off 90-second clock Len Dave Shadel L Jim Shinohara holding just before ill-fated fiight put Dave out running year Right Norm Johnson puts starter Mustang Lee Von Der Hey holds particular Mustang kitted Jerry Small several flown year us article gets such super fin ishes Racing got under way just after 800 am Saturday morning year Phil Jill Bussell ran contest Setting up contest size no easy chore especially have import help people including Phil Jill live about 60 miles away dont just go out put up pylons race us have hard time local race hats off Phil Jill job well done Dave Shadel turned 1142 Heat 11 Round setting tempo race Several others achieved times 116 117 Heat Three Round Two Norm John son turned winning time 115 Rich ard Verano won Heat Five also 115 Heat Nine saw Gary Hover run 11503 time edge out Mike Helsels 11532good race Heat 10 Dave Sha dels fast time dropped 1118 Heat 11 saw Brian Richmond edging out Henry Bartie fast time 114 some round time year Texas weather can play tricks us front come through meant stopping move course Although helped also forced us take off crosswind creating problems some read Round Three Lee Von der Hey took Heat Four time 117 another heat Brian Richmond edged out Gary Hover 113 Heat Nine saw Dub Jett just beating Mike Helsel 115 time See ing Dave Shadel receive zero shocker Defeated crosswinds nosed over takeoff Dave has won NMPRA Champion ships several times has also Na tional Points Champion several times NMPRA Formula Championships Results P1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Flier Brian Richmond Mike Helsel Bruce Hobbs Dave Shadel Dub Jett Tom Storm Bruce Brown Rusty Van Baren Henry Bartle Gary Hover Richard Verano Rich Tocci Paul Stenberg Dick Ritch Bruce Richmond Herbert Wills Norm Johnson 18 Scott Manning 19 Lyle Larson 20 Lee Von Der Hey Points 32 28 28 27 27 City/State Cocoa FL Walnut CA Austin TX Carlsbad CA Humble TX 26Seattle WA 26San Diego CA 25Hanford CA 25Santa Ana CA 25Visalia CA 23Compton CA 23Coppell TX 22Escondido CA 22Houston TX 21Dallas TX 21Dallas TX 20OkIa City OK 20Sepulveda CA 205 Juan Cap CA 19Toluca Lake CA Plane Toni Cosmic Wind Midget Must Kaze Mustang/ Denight Shoestring Minnow/ Denight Denight/Toni Kaze/Toni Kaze Denight/Toni Poledog/ Mustang Denight Polecat/ Mustang Toni/Mustang Denight Mustang/ Denight Toni Mustang Denight Engine ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST 40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST 40 ST X-40 ST X-40 48 fliers 12 states follows California 19 Texas 17 Washing ton 3 Florida Oklahoma Tennessee Montana New York North Carolina Georgia Rhode Island Massachusetts has won FM World Championships Yes Dave man beat race attends mishap looked like op portunity quite few other contestants Daves disappointment Round Three however Several other pi lots experienced similar mishaps Windy conditions breed crashes Round Four saw few latter well nose-overs Heat Four round close race B Youngs 1157 just winning over Bruce Richmonds 1159 Brian Richmond won heat time 1160 Dave Shadel Paul Stenberg jostled Heat Five Shadel coming out top 113 over Stenbergs 115 still seeing crashes zeros Just about race Round Five nail-biter Heat Brian Rich monds 115 time looked like Brian move Rick Tocci won Heat Two 117 Heat Four saw great Racing Henry Baffle edging out Lee Von der Hey 11454 1146 Heat Five nearly close Gary Hov er turned fast time 1171 B Ol5 Cat April 1989 91 Veranos 1172 Dave Shadel won Heat Six time 11256 Heat Nine Mike Helsel toppled Tony Huber 11619 11630 Heat 10 saw Dick Ritch out score Bruce Brown 1195 1199 Round Six Heat Four went Lee Von der Hey 11274 edged out Gary Hovers 113 Dave Shadels 1128 took Heat Five Heat 10 saw Brian Rich mond win 116 Round Six ended did racing day Wow Only guy Brian Rich mond perfect score Gary Hover Bruce Hobbs tallied three points below Richmond Dave Shadel Mike Hel sel Bruce Brown four points down annual NMPRA banquet held Saturday evening 105 people tendance along such notables Tom Fluker Jr Combat World Champion Nats event director Sandy Frank short business meeting held after dinner announce officers 1989 Gary Hover will president next year also award trophies top 20 rac ers year time yes once again top point winner 88 Dave Shadel great time food ter rific good job Phil Jill Racing resumed just after 800 Sunday morning Everything went smoothly first Dave Shadel racked up 1114 Heat Four After another strong front blew through winds gusting over 30 mph turned race course around again Heat Two Round Eight spectacu lar duel between Lyle Larson Gary Hov er ended abruptly midair meant two zeros record No sooner gotten pieces picked up excitement reached crescendo Heat Three matched Dave Shadel clearly fastest person years race against Brian Richmond contender perfect score far also very fast Brian got jump Dave never let up though Dave came close couple times Some race hey check stopwatches Brian established new fast time win 11061 Dave finished mere 1 1082 decisive climax two days racing timing fortunate After Brian Richmonds crackerjack perform ance winds grew stronger gusting over 35 mph blowing things over pits took vote decided eight rounds enough bringing 1988 Championships season close couple flyoffs position held notably between Mike Helsel Bruce Hobbs second place Flyoffs begin like horse races both planes take off once perfect start first pylon Bruce edge over Mike After several laps Bruce gained fair lead looking like winner Bruce got taste what call dumb thumbs cut third pylon Mike cruised home second-place winner years contest very well run practically organizational mishaps competition second have beyond doubt competi tive fastest model airplanes pilots world want fun spend some time winter building new Py lon Racer join us next year venue will California Im sure race will just competitive well run years contest Build Formula Racer join us 1989 See next years race 92 Model Aviation usry nover ILl awaras urlan Richmond trophies almost can carry won year firmly established himself man beat next year Formula racing Gathered together shot top 10 Formula pylon racers world Back Row L-R Tom Strom 6th Bruce Brown 7th Rusty Van Baren 8th Henry Bartie 9th Kris Wilson Barties caller Gary Hover 10th place Front Row L-R Future racer Joey Tocci Rick Tocci Best Finish builder Brian Richmond 1st Bruce Richmond caller brother Brian Mike Heisel 2nd Pete Reed Heisels caller Bruce Hobbs 3rd Dave Shadel 4th Dub Jett 5th
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/04
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 91, 92
HERE WE ARE end 1988 rac ing season have Q-500 Cham pionship Race Rough River Race Quarter Midget Just about last list NMPRA Formula Championship Race Participants must qualify race NMPRA event did re ceived letter years NMPRA President Gary Hover letter begins Congratulations 'You have qualified 1988 NMPRA Formula Championship Race As result efforts 1988 invited participate years race being held October 22 23 Gainesville TX lot Formula fliers go all-out competitive fastest model airplane racing event year Nowhere else world such competitive event Pretty strong wording say Well find out yourself have to qualify finish top 20% NMPRA district NMPRA officer finish top 10 AMA Nats Try us 1989 find out yourself Lets get 1988 races actual races Saturday Sunday lot us started showing up Thursday sunup about 600 pm Friday flying field Gainesville Airport open practiceand wow what crowd took over hour just get two-minute flight Processing static judging sched uled start 600 pm appointed hour came around pretty fast 600 mad dash hotel year stayed Holiday Inn put coat polish special prop Scale judging someone much knowledge model airplanes quite sight motel employee commented didnt know everyone going sleepmost us working planes bed Top Another very fast heats typical years championship race gets under way 48 contestants attendance very busy contest Above right flyoff 2nd piece race horse start both modeis launched simuitsneousiy As can seen both mod els got off pretty eveniy Above ieft Mike Heisel L sets needle Pete Reed holds two have flying together 18 years April 1989 89 -U Left author services Mustang before round Bill says year tried too much iast minute didnt fare well still blast just trying Right Gary Hover L NMPRAs new president gets set go caller chief Samurai Jim Shinohara Len RU kind racing theres always almost much action th pits race course Tony Huber hard work engine between rounds Right Henry Bartle L past NMPRA president fires up engine Lyle Larson holds down processing planes mea sured conformance rules important safety checked looked control surfaces engine installation checked make sure radio properly installed us built new planes just race lastminute rush very easy overlook somethingmaybe screw output arm servo clevis snapped shut held shut piece fuel tubing Al though us have flying years can still overlook some thing Scale judging involves evalu ating planes workmanship finish comparing against Scale cri teria plane picked best over 48 contestants brought two planes judges therefore choose plane out about 90 nominally besta very tough job indeed second year straight Rick Tocci won best show Maybe Rick could write 90 Model Aviation good push inc atari can make aui inc amerence Mere aruce Richmond really puts whole body launching Dub Jeffs plane Dub Jett L past winner always threat chats Bruce Richmond waiting starter set off 90-second clock Len Dave Shadel L Jim Shinohara holding just before ill-fated fiight put Dave out running year Right Norm Johnson puts starter Mustang Lee Von Der Hey holds particular Mustang kitted Jerry Small several flown year us article gets such super fin ishes Racing got under way just after 800 am Saturday morning year Phil Jill Bussell ran contest Setting up contest size no easy chore especially have import help people including Phil Jill live about 60 miles away dont just go out put up pylons race us have hard time local race hats off Phil Jill job well done Dave Shadel turned 1142 Heat 11 Round setting tempo race Several others achieved times 116 117 Heat Three Round Two Norm John son turned winning time 115 Rich ard Verano won Heat Five also 115 Heat Nine saw Gary Hover run 11503 time edge out Mike Helsels 11532good race Heat 10 Dave Sha dels fast time dropped 1118 Heat 11 saw Brian Richmond edging out Henry Bartie fast time 114 some round time year Texas weather can play tricks us front come through meant stopping move course Although helped also forced us take off crosswind creating problems some read Round Three Lee Von der Hey took Heat Four time 117 another heat Brian Richmond edged out Gary Hover 113 Heat Nine saw Dub Jett just beating Mike Helsel 115 time See ing Dave Shadel receive zero shocker Defeated crosswinds nosed over takeoff Dave has won NMPRA Champion ships several times has also Na tional Points Champion several times NMPRA Formula Championships Results P1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Flier Brian Richmond Mike Helsel Bruce Hobbs Dave Shadel Dub Jett Tom Storm Bruce Brown Rusty Van Baren Henry Bartle Gary Hover Richard Verano Rich Tocci Paul Stenberg Dick Ritch Bruce Richmond Herbert Wills Norm Johnson 18 Scott Manning 19 Lyle Larson 20 Lee Von Der Hey Points 32 28 28 27 27 City/State Cocoa FL Walnut CA Austin TX Carlsbad CA Humble TX 26Seattle WA 26San Diego CA 25Hanford CA 25Santa Ana CA 25Visalia CA 23Compton CA 23Coppell TX 22Escondido CA 22Houston TX 21Dallas TX 21Dallas TX 20OkIa City OK 20Sepulveda CA 205 Juan Cap CA 19Toluca Lake CA Plane Toni Cosmic Wind Midget Must Kaze Mustang/ Denight Shoestring Minnow/ Denight Denight/Toni Kaze/Toni Kaze Denight/Toni Poledog/ Mustang Denight Polecat/ Mustang Toni/Mustang Denight Mustang/ Denight Toni Mustang Denight Engine ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST 40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST X-40 ST 40 ST X-40 ST X-40 48 fliers 12 states follows California 19 Texas 17 Washing ton 3 Florida Oklahoma Tennessee Montana New York North Carolina Georgia Rhode Island Massachusetts has won FM World Championships Yes Dave man beat race attends mishap looked like op portunity quite few other contestants Daves disappointment Round Three however Several other pi lots experienced similar mishaps Windy conditions breed crashes Round Four saw few latter well nose-overs Heat Four round close race B Youngs 1157 just winning over Bruce Richmonds 1159 Brian Richmond won heat time 1160 Dave Shadel Paul Stenberg jostled Heat Five Shadel coming out top 113 over Stenbergs 115 still seeing crashes zeros Just about race Round Five nail-biter Heat Brian Rich monds 115 time looked like Brian move Rick Tocci won Heat Two 117 Heat Four saw great Racing Henry Baffle edging out Lee Von der Hey 11454 1146 Heat Five nearly close Gary Hov er turned fast time 1171 B Ol5 Cat April 1989 91 Veranos 1172 Dave Shadel won Heat Six time 11256 Heat Nine Mike Helsel toppled Tony Huber 11619 11630 Heat 10 saw Dick Ritch out score Bruce Brown 1195 1199 Round Six Heat Four went Lee Von der Hey 11274 edged out Gary Hovers 113 Dave Shadels 1128 took Heat Five Heat 10 saw Brian Rich mond win 116 Round Six ended did racing day Wow Only guy Brian Rich mond perfect score Gary Hover Bruce Hobbs tallied three points below Richmond Dave Shadel Mike Hel sel Bruce Brown four points down annual NMPRA banquet held Saturday evening 105 people tendance along such notables Tom Fluker Jr Combat World Champion Nats event director Sandy Frank short business meeting held after dinner announce officers 1989 Gary Hover will president next year also award trophies top 20 rac ers year time yes once again top point winner 88 Dave Shadel great time food ter rific good job Phil Jill Racing resumed just after 800 Sunday morning Everything went smoothly first Dave Shadel racked up 1114 Heat Four After another strong front blew through winds gusting over 30 mph turned race course around again Heat Two Round Eight spectacu lar duel between Lyle Larson Gary Hov er ended abruptly midair meant two zeros record No sooner gotten pieces picked up excitement reached crescendo Heat Three matched Dave Shadel clearly fastest person years race against Brian Richmond contender perfect score far also very fast Brian got jump Dave never let up though Dave came close couple times Some race hey check stopwatches Brian established new fast time win 11061 Dave finished mere 1 1082 decisive climax two days racing timing fortunate After Brian Richmonds crackerjack perform ance winds grew stronger gusting over 35 mph blowing things over pits took vote decided eight rounds enough bringing 1988 Championships season close couple flyoffs position held notably between Mike Helsel Bruce Hobbs second place Flyoffs begin like horse races both planes take off once perfect start first pylon Bruce edge over Mike After several laps Bruce gained fair lead looking like winner Bruce got taste what call dumb thumbs cut third pylon Mike cruised home second-place winner years contest very well run practically organizational mishaps competition second have beyond doubt competi tive fastest model airplanes pilots world want fun spend some time winter building new Py lon Racer join us next year venue will California Im sure race will just competitive well run years contest Build Formula Racer join us 1989 See next years race 92 Model Aviation usry nover ILl awaras urlan Richmond trophies almost can carry won year firmly established himself man beat next year Formula racing Gathered together shot top 10 Formula pylon racers world Back Row L-R Tom Strom 6th Bruce Brown 7th Rusty Van Baren 8th Henry Bartie 9th Kris Wilson Barties caller Gary Hover 10th place Front Row L-R Future racer Joey Tocci Rick Tocci Best Finish builder Brian Richmond 1st Bruce Richmond caller brother Brian Mike Heisel 2nd Pete Reed Heisels caller Bruce Hobbs 3rd Dave Shadel 4th Dub Jett 5th