Radio Control Soari ng Dan Pruss LONG OVERDUE Recently proposal submitted establish rules setting national AMA records RC Sailplanes Don Clark Kensington MD made proposal includes following classifications Absolute Duration 2 Thermal Duration 3 Declared Distance 4 Open Distance 5 Closed Course Dis tance 6 Altitude 7 Speed proposal suggested minimums classifications such first established records would have excess 1 Eight hours Absolute Duration 2 Two hours Thermal Du ration 310 kilometers Declared Dis tance 4 20 kilometers Open Distance 5100 kilometers Closed Course Dis tance 6 1000 meters Altitude 7100 kilometers/ hour Speed first three classifications same requirements included LSF program Level V natural jumping off point since just few already have logged ac complishments Some details still need finalized chances soon will some national records shoot addi tion FAI World Records Cross-Country Racing Has Come Age past summer SOAR Club hosted third running ofThe Great Race 76-kilometer event began 1976 distance 76-km selected part bicentennial theme event success two subsequent events have proved event stay year six clubs entered seventh entered withdraw first time entrants finished finished last place teams time would have good enough second place 1976 Indeed cross-country racing has come age Besides total team effort sig Con tinued page 100 Typical scenes along 76-mile course sequence featuring Detroits GDS&HS group Left Pat Flynn Noal Rossow getting ready launch Center Pat Flynns Astro Maggie way up Right Typical flying stance Rosaow calls Flynn Map top cab aids strategy 32 Model Aviation rnoto 1 Lineup ot winches line checking before start Great Race Ill teams used vehicle-mounted winches time SOAR group victor Photo 2 Unique RC winch used Ft Wayne Flying Circuits explained text Shown IL-RI Dick Bouillon Bob Steele Ray Weise Ernie Hurt RC receiver next Steele holes sky find flying and/or work ing model excellent de compression chamber end day full root canals denture adjust ments vast majority letters re ceive imply same type motivation rampant aspect hobby modelers use oldtimer pleas ant secondary back-up model have yet flown stately crates surely missing out lot low-key fun receive several notes week asking recommend first oldtimer dif ficult unbiased objective answering have strong preference several models have published mags possible exception Dennyplane easy build make excellent place start However based plan sales correspondence would appear Kloud King MA plan #103 Ole Reli able MA plan #225 Miss Air piem Model Builder plan #4771 suitable build easily fly well number geographic locations rarely build kits am qual ified recommend Dr D B Mathews 506 South Walnut Greens burg KS 67054 RC Soaring continued page 32 nificant factor teams finishing year launching system 1976 conceivable launching system used soon realized highstarts hand-tow lines drifted across corn fields ate up lot pit time retrieval efforts boys Detroit year fastened winch back station wagonno up wind pulley usedand sat finish line savored first place over two hours before could tell second place team did winch type launch prevailed last year what innovative technique Greater Detroit Soaring Hiking Society 1976 became standard 1978 six teams used winches mounted backs either station wagons pick up trucks four-wheel-drive rigs Picture #1 taken during line measurement before race gives idea basic systems winch lines tied off 300 meters Although winches have become stand ard Flying Circuits Fort Wayne IN clever variation As types racing event can won pits necessarily just track same can said Great Race Since overall time deter mines winner less time spent ground better Most us now accustomed winching models winch controlled us launch ac complished because line runs through upwind turnaround back flier run line through upwind turnaround during cross-country race would too time consuming thus vehicle-mounted winches However system required superbly coordinated team efforts between flier winch operator mention stout wing wing mount ing construction Back 1976 Detroit gang waltzed first place plane Astro-Jeffa sailplane wing structure has integrity fac tor falls somewhere between Golden Gate Bridge Great Wall China wings arent built way foot switchin effectis 300 meters away flier slightest miscue part either launcher launchee can has disastrous results sailplanesnot mention some finest corn Illinois Well Bob Steele Flying Circuits came up system made feel much home back north forty Fort Wayne Picture #2 shows winch mounted transversely pick-up truck Note set spoo1s right picture shows line rigged launching retrievals standard systems used winch mounts picture #1 standard systems werent necessarily trouble-free Backlashing sometimes occurred ve hicles sped unreel 300 meters line relaunch Fort Wayne bunch however winchmaster Dick Bouillon re-rig line spools line being readied relaunch line simply came off winch spoo1 Ia spinning reel fashion fast local speed limits would allow system worked flawlessly over 30 relaunches What made above system clever really heart system fact RC-oper ated winch pictureas mentioned shows line rigged launching After line spun out launching strung through series f spools change line direction 90 degrees re ceiver can seen its whip antenna next Bob Steele transmitter Bob used extra normally unused channel R&S transmitter foot switch plugged teams sequence went something like Bob would land plugging foot switch transmit ter tow line being strung out Ray Weise would retrieve plane hand Bob flag signal Dick Bouillon would indicate winch system 'go~ Bob would launch line re trieved Dick driver Ernie Hurt drove vehicle back pick up Bob Ray system procedure worked perfectly over 30 launches time 35 seconds spent between land ing relaunch Fort Wayne bunch deserved better fourth place received six teams best air time just 2 hours 18 minutes two repairs major cracked fuselage fix took 40 minutesate up clock winning team SOAR Some thing can said about home court ad vantage 47 miles country roads can considered home court fairness SOAR team should noted theyve getting act gether three years efforts like pay off Keith Finkenbiner young Mike McIntyre shared flying borrowed Aquila Grande Jack Hiner acted winchmaster Jim McIntyre did driving winning time3 hours 22 minutes Detroit close second 340 also honors getting long est flight 36 minutes 16 seconds logging shortest ground time37 minutes 9 seconds also flew longest leg82 milesand still hold events record category 17 miles established 1976 Pat Flynn flew Astro-Maggie modified Astro-Jeff year also flew course least number launches23 Milwaukees Suds City team Gregg Sydell Ron Kopp flying Viking third place 4 hrs 44 mm still respectable time As mentioned Fort Wayne fourth Talisman Bob Steele flew proves has cross-country potential re 100 Model Aviation Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Fitting Sets molded lightweight fuelproof polyethylene 1/16 ID fitting set includes two elbows tee pen bladder tee LV Price $125 per set four 3/32 lD fitting set consists el bow tee union plug Price $150 per set four FOURMOST RACING LF 4040 24lt Awenue PRuuuiu Forest Grove OFt 97116 pairs werent needed would have day Fifth Milwaukee Flying Elec trons Jeff Borowski Aquila SAC Chicago Frank Spearman came sixth Paragon Spearman did have second longest flight6l miles corn field time ate up SACs clock Next year Plans making coordinate LSF Tournament Lewis University teams can par ticipate Get act together andwho knowsbesides winning event just could set national cross-country record Dan Pruss Rt 2 Box 490 Plainfleld IL 60544 RC Pylon/Lane continued page 31 RC world could boon IXL Formula class air racing Paul isnt advocating desertion RC addition involvement full scale racing might something think about next time scratching head what next project should Bob Johanus another RC pylon racer part pit crew Circus Circus year Paul would like get involved full-scale air racing look around area race pilot offer serv ices Most pilots always looking additional pit crew help will surprised involvement fullscale air racing will change perspec tive RC racing also gets first hand knowledge aircraft think modelers did come involved full-scale air races could get public recognition RC pylon racing possibly being able put races during qualifying days part air show routine during actual races could something consider future get people interested RC pylon Red Baron Racing Team Idaho Falls Idaho showed unlimited gang way around pylons again year Griffen powered RB-S flown year Steve Hinton Claremont California Steve qualified 427153 mph never looked back during rest races flew very smooth course never really push Red Baron #5 time hope make Reno again next year pray safe week racing Look over pictures month note wheel pants spinner size relation overall airframe IXLs look RC speedster see relationship same Thats month Go fast turn left Dave Lane 4477 W 136th St Haw thorne CA 90250 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 37 subsequently competitor Lets hope Great Britain fliers adopt idea US PAMPA classes have helped put stunters air perhaps kept some fliers game King Orange International Stunt Happen ing After lot griping moaning behalf writer some serious thoughts Gene Martine Joe Mead format annual winter festival Jacksonville has changed quite bit Saturday December 30 1978 will have competition Half-A stunt iSO Profile stunt iSO Extra points will awarded profile sidewinder en gine5 2 no flaps 3 kitted model slight mods allowed5 4 biplaneS Sunday December 31 Expert Advanced will have two rounds Also Sunday will competition Senior-Open novice stunt two rounds experts advanced will add best score Sunday Monday determine placing Monday January 1 1979 will have another two rounds advanced ex pert stunt Also Monday will Junior novice stunt competitors flying advanced expert will thus have four official flights spread over two days Gene has ten rooms reserved January 1979 101
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 32, 100, 101
Radio Control Soari ng Dan Pruss LONG OVERDUE Recently proposal submitted establish rules setting national AMA records RC Sailplanes Don Clark Kensington MD made proposal includes following classifications Absolute Duration 2 Thermal Duration 3 Declared Distance 4 Open Distance 5 Closed Course Dis tance 6 Altitude 7 Speed proposal suggested minimums classifications such first established records would have excess 1 Eight hours Absolute Duration 2 Two hours Thermal Du ration 310 kilometers Declared Dis tance 4 20 kilometers Open Distance 5100 kilometers Closed Course Dis tance 6 1000 meters Altitude 7100 kilometers/ hour Speed first three classifications same requirements included LSF program Level V natural jumping off point since just few already have logged ac complishments Some details still need finalized chances soon will some national records shoot addi tion FAI World Records Cross-Country Racing Has Come Age past summer SOAR Club hosted third running ofThe Great Race 76-kilometer event began 1976 distance 76-km selected part bicentennial theme event success two subsequent events have proved event stay year six clubs entered seventh entered withdraw first time entrants finished finished last place teams time would have good enough second place 1976 Indeed cross-country racing has come age Besides total team effort sig Con tinued page 100 Typical scenes along 76-mile course sequence featuring Detroits GDS&HS group Left Pat Flynn Noal Rossow getting ready launch Center Pat Flynns Astro Maggie way up Right Typical flying stance Rosaow calls Flynn Map top cab aids strategy 32 Model Aviation rnoto 1 Lineup ot winches line checking before start Great Race Ill teams used vehicle-mounted winches time SOAR group victor Photo 2 Unique RC winch used Ft Wayne Flying Circuits explained text Shown IL-RI Dick Bouillon Bob Steele Ray Weise Ernie Hurt RC receiver next Steele holes sky find flying and/or work ing model excellent de compression chamber end day full root canals denture adjust ments vast majority letters re ceive imply same type motivation rampant aspect hobby modelers use oldtimer pleas ant secondary back-up model have yet flown stately crates surely missing out lot low-key fun receive several notes week asking recommend first oldtimer dif ficult unbiased objective answering have strong preference several models have published mags possible exception Dennyplane easy build make excellent place start However based plan sales correspondence would appear Kloud King MA plan #103 Ole Reli able MA plan #225 Miss Air piem Model Builder plan #4771 suitable build easily fly well number geographic locations rarely build kits am qual ified recommend Dr D B Mathews 506 South Walnut Greens burg KS 67054 RC Soaring continued page 32 nificant factor teams finishing year launching system 1976 conceivable launching system used soon realized highstarts hand-tow lines drifted across corn fields ate up lot pit time retrieval efforts boys Detroit year fastened winch back station wagonno up wind pulley usedand sat finish line savored first place over two hours before could tell second place team did winch type launch prevailed last year what innovative technique Greater Detroit Soaring Hiking Society 1976 became standard 1978 six teams used winches mounted backs either station wagons pick up trucks four-wheel-drive rigs Picture #1 taken during line measurement before race gives idea basic systems winch lines tied off 300 meters Although winches have become stand ard Flying Circuits Fort Wayne IN clever variation As types racing event can won pits necessarily just track same can said Great Race Since overall time deter mines winner less time spent ground better Most us now accustomed winching models winch controlled us launch ac complished because line runs through upwind turnaround back flier run line through upwind turnaround during cross-country race would too time consuming thus vehicle-mounted winches However system required superbly coordinated team efforts between flier winch operator mention stout wing wing mount ing construction Back 1976 Detroit gang waltzed first place plane Astro-Jeffa sailplane wing structure has integrity fac tor falls somewhere between Golden Gate Bridge Great Wall China wings arent built way foot switchin effectis 300 meters away flier slightest miscue part either launcher launchee can has disastrous results sailplanesnot mention some finest corn Illinois Well Bob Steele Flying Circuits came up system made feel much home back north forty Fort Wayne Picture #2 shows winch mounted transversely pick-up truck Note set spoo1s right picture shows line rigged launching retrievals standard systems used winch mounts picture #1 standard systems werent necessarily trouble-free Backlashing sometimes occurred ve hicles sped unreel 300 meters line relaunch Fort Wayne bunch however winchmaster Dick Bouillon re-rig line spools line being readied relaunch line simply came off winch spoo1 Ia spinning reel fashion fast local speed limits would allow system worked flawlessly over 30 relaunches What made above system clever really heart system fact RC-oper ated winch pictureas mentioned shows line rigged launching After line spun out launching strung through series f spools change line direction 90 degrees re ceiver can seen its whip antenna next Bob Steele transmitter Bob used extra normally unused channel R&S transmitter foot switch plugged teams sequence went something like Bob would land plugging foot switch transmit ter tow line being strung out Ray Weise would retrieve plane hand Bob flag signal Dick Bouillon would indicate winch system 'go~ Bob would launch line re trieved Dick driver Ernie Hurt drove vehicle back pick up Bob Ray system procedure worked perfectly over 30 launches time 35 seconds spent between land ing relaunch Fort Wayne bunch deserved better fourth place received six teams best air time just 2 hours 18 minutes two repairs major cracked fuselage fix took 40 minutesate up clock winning team SOAR Some thing can said about home court ad vantage 47 miles country roads can considered home court fairness SOAR team should noted theyve getting act gether three years efforts like pay off Keith Finkenbiner young Mike McIntyre shared flying borrowed Aquila Grande Jack Hiner acted winchmaster Jim McIntyre did driving winning time3 hours 22 minutes Detroit close second 340 also honors getting long est flight 36 minutes 16 seconds logging shortest ground time37 minutes 9 seconds also flew longest leg82 milesand still hold events record category 17 miles established 1976 Pat Flynn flew Astro-Maggie modified Astro-Jeff year also flew course least number launches23 Milwaukees Suds City team Gregg Sydell Ron Kopp flying Viking third place 4 hrs 44 mm still respectable time As mentioned Fort Wayne fourth Talisman Bob Steele flew proves has cross-country potential re 100 Model Aviation Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Fitting Sets molded lightweight fuelproof polyethylene 1/16 ID fitting set includes two elbows tee pen bladder tee LV Price $125 per set four 3/32 lD fitting set consists el bow tee union plug Price $150 per set four FOURMOST RACING LF 4040 24lt Awenue PRuuuiu Forest Grove OFt 97116 pairs werent needed would have day Fifth Milwaukee Flying Elec trons Jeff Borowski Aquila SAC Chicago Frank Spearman came sixth Paragon Spearman did have second longest flight6l miles corn field time ate up SACs clock Next year Plans making coordinate LSF Tournament Lewis University teams can par ticipate Get act together andwho knowsbesides winning event just could set national cross-country record Dan Pruss Rt 2 Box 490 Plainfleld IL 60544 RC Pylon/Lane continued page 31 RC world could boon IXL Formula class air racing Paul isnt advocating desertion RC addition involvement full scale racing might something think about next time scratching head what next project should Bob Johanus another RC pylon racer part pit crew Circus Circus year Paul would like get involved full-scale air racing look around area race pilot offer serv ices Most pilots always looking additional pit crew help will surprised involvement fullscale air racing will change perspec tive RC racing also gets first hand knowledge aircraft think modelers did come involved full-scale air races could get public recognition RC pylon racing possibly being able put races during qualifying days part air show routine during actual races could something consider future get people interested RC pylon Red Baron Racing Team Idaho Falls Idaho showed unlimited gang way around pylons again year Griffen powered RB-S flown year Steve Hinton Claremont California Steve qualified 427153 mph never looked back during rest races flew very smooth course never really push Red Baron #5 time hope make Reno again next year pray safe week racing Look over pictures month note wheel pants spinner size relation overall airframe IXLs look RC speedster see relationship same Thats month Go fast turn left Dave Lane 4477 W 136th St Haw thorne CA 90250 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 37 subsequently competitor Lets hope Great Britain fliers adopt idea US PAMPA classes have helped put stunters air perhaps kept some fliers game King Orange International Stunt Happen ing After lot griping moaning behalf writer some serious thoughts Gene Martine Joe Mead format annual winter festival Jacksonville has changed quite bit Saturday December 30 1978 will have competition Half-A stunt iSO Profile stunt iSO Extra points will awarded profile sidewinder en gine5 2 no flaps 3 kitted model slight mods allowed5 4 biplaneS Sunday December 31 Expert Advanced will have two rounds Also Sunday will competition Senior-Open novice stunt two rounds experts advanced will add best score Sunday Monday determine placing Monday January 1 1979 will have another two rounds advanced ex pert stunt Also Monday will Junior novice stunt competitors flying advanced expert will thus have four official flights spread over two days Gene has ten rooms reserved January 1979 101
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 32, 100, 101
Radio Control Soari ng Dan Pruss LONG OVERDUE Recently proposal submitted establish rules setting national AMA records RC Sailplanes Don Clark Kensington MD made proposal includes following classifications Absolute Duration 2 Thermal Duration 3 Declared Distance 4 Open Distance 5 Closed Course Dis tance 6 Altitude 7 Speed proposal suggested minimums classifications such first established records would have excess 1 Eight hours Absolute Duration 2 Two hours Thermal Du ration 310 kilometers Declared Dis tance 4 20 kilometers Open Distance 5100 kilometers Closed Course Dis tance 6 1000 meters Altitude 7100 kilometers/ hour Speed first three classifications same requirements included LSF program Level V natural jumping off point since just few already have logged ac complishments Some details still need finalized chances soon will some national records shoot addi tion FAI World Records Cross-Country Racing Has Come Age past summer SOAR Club hosted third running ofThe Great Race 76-kilometer event began 1976 distance 76-km selected part bicentennial theme event success two subsequent events have proved event stay year six clubs entered seventh entered withdraw first time entrants finished finished last place teams time would have good enough second place 1976 Indeed cross-country racing has come age Besides total team effort sig Con tinued page 100 Typical scenes along 76-mile course sequence featuring Detroits GDS&HS group Left Pat Flynn Noal Rossow getting ready launch Center Pat Flynns Astro Maggie way up Right Typical flying stance Rosaow calls Flynn Map top cab aids strategy 32 Model Aviation rnoto 1 Lineup ot winches line checking before start Great Race Ill teams used vehicle-mounted winches time SOAR group victor Photo 2 Unique RC winch used Ft Wayne Flying Circuits explained text Shown IL-RI Dick Bouillon Bob Steele Ray Weise Ernie Hurt RC receiver next Steele holes sky find flying and/or work ing model excellent de compression chamber end day full root canals denture adjust ments vast majority letters re ceive imply same type motivation rampant aspect hobby modelers use oldtimer pleas ant secondary back-up model have yet flown stately crates surely missing out lot low-key fun receive several notes week asking recommend first oldtimer dif ficult unbiased objective answering have strong preference several models have published mags possible exception Dennyplane easy build make excellent place start However based plan sales correspondence would appear Kloud King MA plan #103 Ole Reli able MA plan #225 Miss Air piem Model Builder plan #4771 suitable build easily fly well number geographic locations rarely build kits am qual ified recommend Dr D B Mathews 506 South Walnut Greens burg KS 67054 RC Soaring continued page 32 nificant factor teams finishing year launching system 1976 conceivable launching system used soon realized highstarts hand-tow lines drifted across corn fields ate up lot pit time retrieval efforts boys Detroit year fastened winch back station wagonno up wind pulley usedand sat finish line savored first place over two hours before could tell second place team did winch type launch prevailed last year what innovative technique Greater Detroit Soaring Hiking Society 1976 became standard 1978 six teams used winches mounted backs either station wagons pick up trucks four-wheel-drive rigs Picture #1 taken during line measurement before race gives idea basic systems winch lines tied off 300 meters Although winches have become stand ard Flying Circuits Fort Wayne IN clever variation As types racing event can won pits necessarily just track same can said Great Race Since overall time deter mines winner less time spent ground better Most us now accustomed winching models winch controlled us launch ac complished because line runs through upwind turnaround back flier run line through upwind turnaround during cross-country race would too time consuming thus vehicle-mounted winches However system required superbly coordinated team efforts between flier winch operator mention stout wing wing mount ing construction Back 1976 Detroit gang waltzed first place plane Astro-Jeffa sailplane wing structure has integrity fac tor falls somewhere between Golden Gate Bridge Great Wall China wings arent built way foot switchin effectis 300 meters away flier slightest miscue part either launcher launchee can has disastrous results sailplanesnot mention some finest corn Illinois Well Bob Steele Flying Circuits came up system made feel much home back north forty Fort Wayne Picture #2 shows winch mounted transversely pick-up truck Note set spoo1s right picture shows line rigged launching retrievals standard systems used winch mounts picture #1 standard systems werent necessarily trouble-free Backlashing sometimes occurred ve hicles sped unreel 300 meters line relaunch Fort Wayne bunch however winchmaster Dick Bouillon re-rig line spools line being readied relaunch line simply came off winch spoo1 Ia spinning reel fashion fast local speed limits would allow system worked flawlessly over 30 relaunches What made above system clever really heart system fact RC-oper ated winch pictureas mentioned shows line rigged launching After line spun out launching strung through series f spools change line direction 90 degrees re ceiver can seen its whip antenna next Bob Steele transmitter Bob used extra normally unused channel R&S transmitter foot switch plugged teams sequence went something like Bob would land plugging foot switch transmit ter tow line being strung out Ray Weise would retrieve plane hand Bob flag signal Dick Bouillon would indicate winch system 'go~ Bob would launch line re trieved Dick driver Ernie Hurt drove vehicle back pick up Bob Ray system procedure worked perfectly over 30 launches time 35 seconds spent between land ing relaunch Fort Wayne bunch deserved better fourth place received six teams best air time just 2 hours 18 minutes two repairs major cracked fuselage fix took 40 minutesate up clock winning team SOAR Some thing can said about home court ad vantage 47 miles country roads can considered home court fairness SOAR team should noted theyve getting act gether three years efforts like pay off Keith Finkenbiner young Mike McIntyre shared flying borrowed Aquila Grande Jack Hiner acted winchmaster Jim McIntyre did driving winning time3 hours 22 minutes Detroit close second 340 also honors getting long est flight 36 minutes 16 seconds logging shortest ground time37 minutes 9 seconds also flew longest leg82 milesand still hold events record category 17 miles established 1976 Pat Flynn flew Astro-Maggie modified Astro-Jeff year also flew course least number launches23 Milwaukees Suds City team Gregg Sydell Ron Kopp flying Viking third place 4 hrs 44 mm still respectable time As mentioned Fort Wayne fourth Talisman Bob Steele flew proves has cross-country potential re 100 Model Aviation Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Fitting Sets molded lightweight fuelproof polyethylene 1/16 ID fitting set includes two elbows tee pen bladder tee LV Price $125 per set four 3/32 lD fitting set consists el bow tee union plug Price $150 per set four FOURMOST RACING LF 4040 24lt Awenue PRuuuiu Forest Grove OFt 97116 pairs werent needed would have day Fifth Milwaukee Flying Elec trons Jeff Borowski Aquila SAC Chicago Frank Spearman came sixth Paragon Spearman did have second longest flight6l miles corn field time ate up SACs clock Next year Plans making coordinate LSF Tournament Lewis University teams can par ticipate Get act together andwho knowsbesides winning event just could set national cross-country record Dan Pruss Rt 2 Box 490 Plainfleld IL 60544 RC Pylon/Lane continued page 31 RC world could boon IXL Formula class air racing Paul isnt advocating desertion RC addition involvement full scale racing might something think about next time scratching head what next project should Bob Johanus another RC pylon racer part pit crew Circus Circus year Paul would like get involved full-scale air racing look around area race pilot offer serv ices Most pilots always looking additional pit crew help will surprised involvement fullscale air racing will change perspec tive RC racing also gets first hand knowledge aircraft think modelers did come involved full-scale air races could get public recognition RC pylon racing possibly being able put races during qualifying days part air show routine during actual races could something consider future get people interested RC pylon Red Baron Racing Team Idaho Falls Idaho showed unlimited gang way around pylons again year Griffen powered RB-S flown year Steve Hinton Claremont California Steve qualified 427153 mph never looked back during rest races flew very smooth course never really push Red Baron #5 time hope make Reno again next year pray safe week racing Look over pictures month note wheel pants spinner size relation overall airframe IXLs look RC speedster see relationship same Thats month Go fast turn left Dave Lane 4477 W 136th St Haw thorne CA 90250 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 37 subsequently competitor Lets hope Great Britain fliers adopt idea US PAMPA classes have helped put stunters air perhaps kept some fliers game King Orange International Stunt Happen ing After lot griping moaning behalf writer some serious thoughts Gene Martine Joe Mead format annual winter festival Jacksonville has changed quite bit Saturday December 30 1978 will have competition Half-A stunt iSO Profile stunt iSO Extra points will awarded profile sidewinder en gine5 2 no flaps 3 kitted model slight mods allowed5 4 biplaneS Sunday December 31 Expert Advanced will have two rounds Also Sunday will competition Senior-Open novice stunt two rounds experts advanced will add best score Sunday Monday determine placing Monday January 1 1979 will have another two rounds advanced ex pert stunt Also Monday will Junior novice stunt competitors flying advanced expert will thus have four official flights spread over two days Gene has ten rooms reserved January 1979 101