Thus what happens winners Mere Uwight liolley surrounded well wishers modelers want good look tne winning snip RC Soaring World Championships DWIGHT HOLLEY USA new RC Soaring F3B World Champion As team USA finished second behind West Germany ahead South Africa took team honors Belgium 1979 contest went four rounds lasted four days Simple survival should have worth some sort bonus score temperature pushed 100-degree mark three four days Twenty-two countries entered 66 contestants participated Several con testants third F3B World Championships including Sean Bannister England Roif Decker Germany Joris Ten Holt Netherlands Roy Spavins Nord Gerneke South Africa US team showed up week early practice sessions sharing site teams Italy Australia Holland Besides official assistant Steve Work USA luxury five other sup porters ground crew Jim Blake aided Isis son Carl Tim Lee Renaud assisted Don Edberg Terry Luckenbach Paul Wedeking helped Dwight Holley Practice long hard five six days fliers ground crew put task Just about anything could go wrong during contest simulated relaunches winch malfunctions line breaks pay off later Official practice held Monday July 13 country given 30-minute time slot Tuesday contest began should noted anyone takes duties running contest especially unknowns unrealized pit falls can expect proceedings go slower planned first day l3B World Championships no exception Only two tasks flown contestants grumbled would three-round con test turned out better went Tuesday July 14 Blake thc first fly US team scratches six laps relaunches gets 12 official lap counter isnt around Carl stays course just case tlsere question about count does 16 12 official Don Edberg gets eight laps relaunches does easy 12 Dwight gets six first attempt gets involved line crossing second attempt gets 12 laps during reflight end task USA has 3000 points 26 other fliers Brazil Germany Switzerland USA have perfect scores second task speed Blake has poor launch line breaks hut relaunch backup winch gives him height good enough 105 speed run Edberg turns 95 Holley 97 Bannister England has best time 88 Schaeffer Germaisy has 92 Binkert Switzerland 94 Day ends six fliglsts per 30 Model Aviation S Houlberg Trophy its new owner Dwight Holley worked hard smile Teams 22 countries descended Sacramento CA 3rd RC Soaring World Champion ships July 12-17 USAs Dwight Holley Bethel CT claimed Individual World Champion title close finish West Germany took Team World Cham pionship US second RC Soaring World Championships special breed Sailplane fly tasks duration spot landing distance speed Dan Pruss team yet feel tired did practice days logged over 60 flights Wednesday July 15 Duration first task flown order finish round USA hits hard heavy Blake gets 601 95-point landing Edberg 603 100 Holley 6O[ 100 Edberg Holley Blake third fourth October1981 31 winning team Germany Left right Werner Vauth fifth place Helmut Quabeck Team Manager Roif Decker fourth place Wilhelm Schaeffer fifth place Dassel influence seen European designs Manuel Torres Spain iolds version popular ship Open canopy acts speed brake George Miller irst World Champion Skip Mil lers father acted official four very hot days Fabien Ottoy daughter Belgian e nth places USA team first place 84 points over Germany officials have flight groups double up next duration task nine planes launching once max also nine landings once nine landing zones flat ground because flying site itself rolls dips slopes luck draw three US fliers get landing spots not-so-flat land slope combined mowed hay acts like needle bearings landing Sailplane cushion has Holley getting 85-point landing Blake winds up 45 ship touches 80 slides through 100 out backside towards Carl kid Carl Blake leaps out way bird comes rest 45 Edberg plays slope manages 80 three fliers max will three tasks today speed scheduled Edberg cuts turn recovers gets 177 good enough 508 points Holley hits 11 seconds Blake gets 103 Best time 90 Carl Wasner Jr member all-new Austrian team Flying ends 745 pm less two rounds have flown yet contest half over calendar Thursday July 16 Transmitters impound ed 715 am fliers short night Edberg first go USA distance After eight-lap flight relaunches good air streaks 12-lap course 203 Holley has play out lift order get 12 does 350 Blake does easy 12 end round two USA finds itself second place 1005 points behind Germanys 167715 South Africa third Australia fourth Bannister England holds 15-point lead over Vauth Germany Holley third 146 points out first Its turning close next duration task has three USA fliers max again Holley sloped landing zone again gets him 75 Blake gets 90 Edberg perfect 100 Blakes flight dramatic its result relaunch 615 left working time Speed ends another long day Edberg 32 Model Aviation Carl Blake USA team holds entry wing kevlar over foam fuselage epoxy glass Zvi Nave Israel left discusses features ship former World Champion Skip Miller Carl VJasner ot Austria shows innards 0 entry Austria sent all-new team finished twelfth Helper name unknown holds plane up identification Base B Andy Keil South Africa entered mis beautirul aii-giass ship ne us team iett right Uwaght ilolley Carl make Uon 0bCrg INDIVIDUAL RC SOARING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS DurationDistanceSpeedRound Contest P1 Name CountryRd SecondsLandingRaw PtPointsLapsPointsSecondsPointsPointsTotal 13611004599978 121000969167 29145 1 DwIght Halley2367904439651 1210001108182 27833 USA3360804409586 11759792968854 28232 113609 43611004599978 1210001148421 28399 1358904489739 12100088100029739 2 Sean Bannister2360854459695 1210001009000 28695 England3284653497603 1210001068019 25622 112830 353904439630121000105914328773 1360100460100012100092956529565 3 WIlhelm Schaeffer2364904469717121000148608125798 Germany W335790447973912100098867328412112747 43601004601000121000107892228972 360904509783121000113778827570 4 RaIl Decker2362403988671121000102882427495 Germany W33571004579956121000107794427900112640 4359100459997812100099969729675 36395452982612100010187132i 19 5 Werner Vauth235485439956412100098918421 I8 Germany W3355954509804121000102833328137110337 4131 952264913 12100096100024913 1363100457993512100095926329198 7 Don Edberg2361854449673121000177508524758 USA33641004569935121000122696726902109421 43451004459674121000108888928563 54549870121000106830228171 19 Carl Blake2363504078867121000103873827605 USA33609045098046500094904323846103107 4363357776186667106905723484 Team Results 1 Germany W 3357252 USA 3261373 South Africa 3211114 Italy 3089075 Australia 308186 turns 123 Holley 96 Blake 94 Fastest time 85 Dave Wright Canada unorthodox remote launch Wright Base winch plane 200 meters downwind Vauth now first place six-tenths point ahead Holley Blake third 80 points away Vauth Come Friday Friday July 17 officials announce will four-task day thereby making four-round contest After three days 100degree weather early morning tempera ture 56 degrees Theres thin overcast will burn off 1030 will get warm again meantime three German fliers max early morning air Edberg maxes Holley ekes out 1 134-lapper Blake takes three attempts get six laps ever argument man-on-man scoring Germany now opened lead 647 points South Africa behind USA 488 points Vauth now 21 points ahead Holley Austrian Team Manager Fridolin Fritz left discusses Base sight ing device Dwight Holley Terry Lukenbach October 1981 33 Fernando Lyra Brazil entry Brazilian entries showed outstanding construction finishes George Steiner left talking Hans Schlapfer manager Swiss team George lent facilities radio repair tuning Albert Herzog Belgium typical European transmitter tray last round begins noon Blake has another rough task two attempts eight laps Holley chases lift across course classic display flying gets 12 So does Edberg 28 minutes USA has picked up 2666 points Speed relatively slow round except Vauth Decker Germany turn 96 99 nines board Blake Holley Edberg turn 105 114 108 respectively Vauth opens lead 179 points over Holley going last flight contest last task far USA con cerned nail down second place because South Africa close behind Germanys 1200 point lead impossible overcome unless team went home early After Decker Schaeffer both maxed really clinched team spot Ger Vauth needed protect lead committed greatest tactical error event Having flight needed land claim World Championship title Vauth circled downwind down air No pits grandstands could lieve what watching brought ship land out landing zone landed 100 meters away zero flight score Vauth landed assistant ran recover ship relaunch made little oVer two minutes left working time just seconds left landed 211 95 landing sad note end after such consistently good performance such fine gentleman time Vauths flight ended Blake max Edberg reflight coming due line entanglement launch Because no official flight posted Vauth could guess what flight worth Holleys flight go broke did 601 100 professional flight could ever witness dozens pho tographers covered Dwight picked up plane roar came galleries knew worldmore importantly USAhad new F3B RC Soaring World Champion Heres hoping can meet him wont have compete against him Sidelights US team well-prepared Germans better tuned planes theyve flying over two years Swiss brought over 12 Sparta kuses Spartaki molded wings T-tail split rudder airbrake changeable CG air lack flying experience cause sixth place showing watch two years same fliers stay planes no theyre will available commer cially Winches dominated launching equip ment country relied hand-towing primary method launch Monofilament line used nearly countries ex cept US-A Canada breakage con stant problem Germany replaced line after flight Polyhedral definitely way out Spavins Gerneke still hung thcre Austrian team new still managed Fridolin Fritz 34 Model Aviation Abrahauu ueie 0u usrdui Will ills entry Israel Tielaing sneir sirsi seam Karl Wasner Austria wellbuilt design Siriusin event finished seventeenth bean annsser ngiana nis Algebra Sean came second overall Swiss entered identical models designed built team effort birds called Spartakus featured in-flight adjustable center gravity flawless glass work flags 22 nations decorated field Wackerle did fly defend title Stretched monofilament zoom tech niques tow accounted for low times speed Sailplane design breakthrough practice three US fliers turned eights speed officially measured course to appreciate teamwork Steve Work Paul Wedeking setting up winches get ting ready relaunches Its shame six rounds couldnt have flown order have throwawayfor lot teams lot inexperienced darn good help did best could Friday ran contest worthy World Championship label anywhere Key people like Ray Marvin Rae Fritz Rich Schrameck made work Scoring best ever seen thanks Dave Peltz c9 Gratitude site 1981 RC Thermal Soaring World Championships owned Mr George Waegell also regular flying site Sierra Eagles Free Flight Club Two members clubDoug Galbreath Ken Oliverwere particularly helpful arranging site made available World Cham pionships Mr Waegell admitted having some prior misgivings about letting event take place land Permitting relatively few Free Flights fly thing coping several hundred people cars tents mobile homes mnd trailers quite anotherhe visions another Woodstock aftermath garbage left property clean however except hay mowed accommodate contest now little sign major competition held Mr Waegell said enjoyed activity people also said should donate money going pay him renting property against expenses running event great gesture hospitality truly appreciated publicly say thanks spirit generosity Mr Waegell has shown model flying Likewise another figure behind scenes should publicly recognized Don Dahm Foster City CA worked long er harder other single individu al World Championships did everything imaginable hauling garbage putting fence posts setting up tents putting up flagpoles providing drinking water delivering lunches running er rands hundreds items bought borrowed driving hundreds miles process worked hard physically also solved dozens logistical problems insight wit made seem easy effort simply beyond what volunteer should expected ever event reflected what pos sible single individual achieve werent others helpedthere manybut Dons effort clearly biggest very end As Gisele Jackson Comptroller AMA HO left field after helping clean up day after event ended Don Dahm dumping last load trash hand officially turned site back its quiet life pasture say thanks Don us appreciate what did RC Soaring last July John Worth AMA Executive Director K / I. J II tl/ IjIiv~ ber 1981 35 Jury comprised left right John Grigg USA AMA president Tony Aarts Netherlands Chris Olsen England Olsen pressed service last minute Jury member its chairman Sandy Pimenoff found couldnt attend wife Sylvia waited patiently some fitting Don field week before World Championships still rest us gone Im proud say shake ~41i7 f 7 II -/- Fivcop Foor 77-j~r- 41 //c PIAV OR -/
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/10
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Thus what happens winners Mere Uwight liolley surrounded well wishers modelers want good look tne winning snip RC Soaring World Championships DWIGHT HOLLEY USA new RC Soaring F3B World Champion As team USA finished second behind West Germany ahead South Africa took team honors Belgium 1979 contest went four rounds lasted four days Simple survival should have worth some sort bonus score temperature pushed 100-degree mark three four days Twenty-two countries entered 66 contestants participated Several con testants third F3B World Championships including Sean Bannister England Roif Decker Germany Joris Ten Holt Netherlands Roy Spavins Nord Gerneke South Africa US team showed up week early practice sessions sharing site teams Italy Australia Holland Besides official assistant Steve Work USA luxury five other sup porters ground crew Jim Blake aided Isis son Carl Tim Lee Renaud assisted Don Edberg Terry Luckenbach Paul Wedeking helped Dwight Holley Practice long hard five six days fliers ground crew put task Just about anything could go wrong during contest simulated relaunches winch malfunctions line breaks pay off later Official practice held Monday July 13 country given 30-minute time slot Tuesday contest began should noted anyone takes duties running contest especially unknowns unrealized pit falls can expect proceedings go slower planned first day l3B World Championships no exception Only two tasks flown contestants grumbled would three-round con test turned out better went Tuesday July 14 Blake thc first fly US team scratches six laps relaunches gets 12 official lap counter isnt around Carl stays course just case tlsere question about count does 16 12 official Don Edberg gets eight laps relaunches does easy 12 Dwight gets six first attempt gets involved line crossing second attempt gets 12 laps during reflight end task USA has 3000 points 26 other fliers Brazil Germany Switzerland USA have perfect scores second task speed Blake has poor launch line breaks hut relaunch backup winch gives him height good enough 105 speed run Edberg turns 95 Holley 97 Bannister England has best time 88 Schaeffer Germaisy has 92 Binkert Switzerland 94 Day ends six fliglsts per 30 Model Aviation S Houlberg Trophy its new owner Dwight Holley worked hard smile Teams 22 countries descended Sacramento CA 3rd RC Soaring World Champion ships July 12-17 USAs Dwight Holley Bethel CT claimed Individual World Champion title close finish West Germany took Team World Cham pionship US second RC Soaring World Championships special breed Sailplane fly tasks duration spot landing distance speed Dan Pruss team yet feel tired did practice days logged over 60 flights Wednesday July 15 Duration first task flown order finish round USA hits hard heavy Blake gets 601 95-point landing Edberg 603 100 Holley 6O[ 100 Edberg Holley Blake third fourth October1981 31 winning team Germany Left right Werner Vauth fifth place Helmut Quabeck Team Manager Roif Decker fourth place Wilhelm Schaeffer fifth place Dassel influence seen European designs Manuel Torres Spain iolds version popular ship Open canopy acts speed brake George Miller irst World Champion Skip Mil lers father acted official four very hot days Fabien Ottoy daughter Belgian e nth places USA team first place 84 points over Germany officials have flight groups double up next duration task nine planes launching once max also nine landings once nine landing zones flat ground because flying site itself rolls dips slopes luck draw three US fliers get landing spots not-so-flat land slope combined mowed hay acts like needle bearings landing Sailplane cushion has Holley getting 85-point landing Blake winds up 45 ship touches 80 slides through 100 out backside towards Carl kid Carl Blake leaps out way bird comes rest 45 Edberg plays slope manages 80 three fliers max will three tasks today speed scheduled Edberg cuts turn recovers gets 177 good enough 508 points Holley hits 11 seconds Blake gets 103 Best time 90 Carl Wasner Jr member all-new Austrian team Flying ends 745 pm less two rounds have flown yet contest half over calendar Thursday July 16 Transmitters impound ed 715 am fliers short night Edberg first go USA distance After eight-lap flight relaunches good air streaks 12-lap course 203 Holley has play out lift order get 12 does 350 Blake does easy 12 end round two USA finds itself second place 1005 points behind Germanys 167715 South Africa third Australia fourth Bannister England holds 15-point lead over Vauth Germany Holley third 146 points out first Its turning close next duration task has three USA fliers max again Holley sloped landing zone again gets him 75 Blake gets 90 Edberg perfect 100 Blakes flight dramatic its result relaunch 615 left working time Speed ends another long day Edberg 32 Model Aviation Carl Blake USA team holds entry wing kevlar over foam fuselage epoxy glass Zvi Nave Israel left discusses features ship former World Champion Skip Miller Carl VJasner ot Austria shows innards 0 entry Austria sent all-new team finished twelfth Helper name unknown holds plane up identification Base B Andy Keil South Africa entered mis beautirul aii-giass ship ne us team iett right Uwaght ilolley Carl make Uon 0bCrg INDIVIDUAL RC SOARING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS DurationDistanceSpeedRound Contest P1 Name CountryRd SecondsLandingRaw PtPointsLapsPointsSecondsPointsPointsTotal 13611004599978 121000969167 29145 1 DwIght Halley2367904439651 1210001108182 27833 USA3360804409586 11759792968854 28232 113609 43611004599978 1210001148421 28399 1358904489739 12100088100029739 2 Sean Bannister2360854459695 1210001009000 28695 England3284653497603 1210001068019 25622 112830 353904439630121000105914328773 1360100460100012100092956529565 3 WIlhelm Schaeffer2364904469717121000148608125798 Germany W335790447973912100098867328412112747 43601004601000121000107892228972 360904509783121000113778827570 4 RaIl Decker2362403988671121000102882427495 Germany W33571004579956121000107794427900112640 4359100459997812100099969729675 36395452982612100010187132i 19 5 Werner Vauth235485439956412100098918421 I8 Germany W3355954509804121000102833328137110337 4131 952264913 12100096100024913 1363100457993512100095926329198 7 Don Edberg2361854449673121000177508524758 USA33641004569935121000122696726902109421 43451004459674121000108888928563 54549870121000106830228171 19 Carl Blake2363504078867121000103873827605 USA33609045098046500094904323846103107 4363357776186667106905723484 Team Results 1 Germany W 3357252 USA 3261373 South Africa 3211114 Italy 3089075 Australia 308186 turns 123 Holley 96 Blake 94 Fastest time 85 Dave Wright Canada unorthodox remote launch Wright Base winch plane 200 meters downwind Vauth now first place six-tenths point ahead Holley Blake third 80 points away Vauth Come Friday Friday July 17 officials announce will four-task day thereby making four-round contest After three days 100degree weather early morning tempera ture 56 degrees Theres thin overcast will burn off 1030 will get warm again meantime three German fliers max early morning air Edberg maxes Holley ekes out 1 134-lapper Blake takes three attempts get six laps ever argument man-on-man scoring Germany now opened lead 647 points South Africa behind USA 488 points Vauth now 21 points ahead Holley Austrian Team Manager Fridolin Fritz left discusses Base sight ing device Dwight Holley Terry Lukenbach October 1981 33 Fernando Lyra Brazil entry Brazilian entries showed outstanding construction finishes George Steiner left talking Hans Schlapfer manager Swiss team George lent facilities radio repair tuning Albert Herzog Belgium typical European transmitter tray last round begins noon Blake has another rough task two attempts eight laps Holley chases lift across course classic display flying gets 12 So does Edberg 28 minutes USA has picked up 2666 points Speed relatively slow round except Vauth Decker Germany turn 96 99 nines board Blake Holley Edberg turn 105 114 108 respectively Vauth opens lead 179 points over Holley going last flight contest last task far USA con cerned nail down second place because South Africa close behind Germanys 1200 point lead impossible overcome unless team went home early After Decker Schaeffer both maxed really clinched team spot Ger Vauth needed protect lead committed greatest tactical error event Having flight needed land claim World Championship title Vauth circled downwind down air No pits grandstands could lieve what watching brought ship land out landing zone landed 100 meters away zero flight score Vauth landed assistant ran recover ship relaunch made little oVer two minutes left working time just seconds left landed 211 95 landing sad note end after such consistently good performance such fine gentleman time Vauths flight ended Blake max Edberg reflight coming due line entanglement launch Because no official flight posted Vauth could guess what flight worth Holleys flight go broke did 601 100 professional flight could ever witness dozens pho tographers covered Dwight picked up plane roar came galleries knew worldmore importantly USAhad new F3B RC Soaring World Champion Heres hoping can meet him wont have compete against him Sidelights US team well-prepared Germans better tuned planes theyve flying over two years Swiss brought over 12 Sparta kuses Spartaki molded wings T-tail split rudder airbrake changeable CG air lack flying experience cause sixth place showing watch two years same fliers stay planes no theyre will available commer cially Winches dominated launching equip ment country relied hand-towing primary method launch Monofilament line used nearly countries ex cept US-A Canada breakage con stant problem Germany replaced line after flight Polyhedral definitely way out Spavins Gerneke still hung thcre Austrian team new still managed Fridolin Fritz 34 Model Aviation Abrahauu ueie 0u usrdui Will ills entry Israel Tielaing sneir sirsi seam Karl Wasner Austria wellbuilt design Siriusin event finished seventeenth bean annsser ngiana nis Algebra Sean came second overall Swiss entered identical models designed built team effort birds called Spartakus featured in-flight adjustable center gravity flawless glass work flags 22 nations decorated field Wackerle did fly defend title Stretched monofilament zoom tech niques tow accounted for low times speed Sailplane design breakthrough practice three US fliers turned eights speed officially measured course to appreciate teamwork Steve Work Paul Wedeking setting up winches get ting ready relaunches Its shame six rounds couldnt have flown order have throwawayfor lot teams lot inexperienced darn good help did best could Friday ran contest worthy World Championship label anywhere Key people like Ray Marvin Rae Fritz Rich Schrameck made work Scoring best ever seen thanks Dave Peltz c9 Gratitude site 1981 RC Thermal Soaring World Championships owned Mr George Waegell also regular flying site Sierra Eagles Free Flight Club Two members clubDoug Galbreath Ken Oliverwere particularly helpful arranging site made available World Cham pionships Mr Waegell admitted having some prior misgivings about letting event take place land Permitting relatively few Free Flights fly thing coping several hundred people cars tents mobile homes mnd trailers quite anotherhe visions another Woodstock aftermath garbage left property clean however except hay mowed accommodate contest now little sign major competition held Mr Waegell said enjoyed activity people also said should donate money going pay him renting property against expenses running event great gesture hospitality truly appreciated publicly say thanks spirit generosity Mr Waegell has shown model flying Likewise another figure behind scenes should publicly recognized Don Dahm Foster City CA worked long er harder other single individu al World Championships did everything imaginable hauling garbage putting fence posts setting up tents putting up flagpoles providing drinking water delivering lunches running er rands hundreds items bought borrowed driving hundreds miles process worked hard physically also solved dozens logistical problems insight wit made seem easy effort simply beyond what volunteer should expected ever event reflected what pos sible single individual achieve werent others helpedthere manybut Dons effort clearly biggest very end As Gisele Jackson Comptroller AMA HO left field after helping clean up day after event ended Don Dahm dumping last load trash hand officially turned site back its quiet life pasture say thanks Don us appreciate what did RC Soaring last July John Worth AMA Executive Director K / I. J II tl/ IjIiv~ ber 1981 35 Jury comprised left right John Grigg USA AMA president Tony Aarts Netherlands Chris Olsen England Olsen pressed service last minute Jury member its chairman Sandy Pimenoff found couldnt attend wife Sylvia waited patiently some fitting Don field week before World Championships still rest us gone Im proud say shake ~41i7 f 7 II -/- Fivcop Foor 77-j~r- 41 //c PIAV OR -/
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/10
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Thus what happens winners Mere Uwight liolley surrounded well wishers modelers want good look tne winning snip RC Soaring World Championships DWIGHT HOLLEY USA new RC Soaring F3B World Champion As team USA finished second behind West Germany ahead South Africa took team honors Belgium 1979 contest went four rounds lasted four days Simple survival should have worth some sort bonus score temperature pushed 100-degree mark three four days Twenty-two countries entered 66 contestants participated Several con testants third F3B World Championships including Sean Bannister England Roif Decker Germany Joris Ten Holt Netherlands Roy Spavins Nord Gerneke South Africa US team showed up week early practice sessions sharing site teams Italy Australia Holland Besides official assistant Steve Work USA luxury five other sup porters ground crew Jim Blake aided Isis son Carl Tim Lee Renaud assisted Don Edberg Terry Luckenbach Paul Wedeking helped Dwight Holley Practice long hard five six days fliers ground crew put task Just about anything could go wrong during contest simulated relaunches winch malfunctions line breaks pay off later Official practice held Monday July 13 country given 30-minute time slot Tuesday contest began should noted anyone takes duties running contest especially unknowns unrealized pit falls can expect proceedings go slower planned first day l3B World Championships no exception Only two tasks flown contestants grumbled would three-round con test turned out better went Tuesday July 14 Blake thc first fly US team scratches six laps relaunches gets 12 official lap counter isnt around Carl stays course just case tlsere question about count does 16 12 official Don Edberg gets eight laps relaunches does easy 12 Dwight gets six first attempt gets involved line crossing second attempt gets 12 laps during reflight end task USA has 3000 points 26 other fliers Brazil Germany Switzerland USA have perfect scores second task speed Blake has poor launch line breaks hut relaunch backup winch gives him height good enough 105 speed run Edberg turns 95 Holley 97 Bannister England has best time 88 Schaeffer Germaisy has 92 Binkert Switzerland 94 Day ends six fliglsts per 30 Model Aviation S Houlberg Trophy its new owner Dwight Holley worked hard smile Teams 22 countries descended Sacramento CA 3rd RC Soaring World Champion ships July 12-17 USAs Dwight Holley Bethel CT claimed Individual World Champion title close finish West Germany took Team World Cham pionship US second RC Soaring World Championships special breed Sailplane fly tasks duration spot landing distance speed Dan Pruss team yet feel tired did practice days logged over 60 flights Wednesday July 15 Duration first task flown order finish round USA hits hard heavy Blake gets 601 95-point landing Edberg 603 100 Holley 6O[ 100 Edberg Holley Blake third fourth October1981 31 winning team Germany Left right Werner Vauth fifth place Helmut Quabeck Team Manager Roif Decker fourth place Wilhelm Schaeffer fifth place Dassel influence seen European designs Manuel Torres Spain iolds version popular ship Open canopy acts speed brake George Miller irst World Champion Skip Mil lers father acted official four very hot days Fabien Ottoy daughter Belgian e nth places USA team first place 84 points over Germany officials have flight groups double up next duration task nine planes launching once max also nine landings once nine landing zones flat ground because flying site itself rolls dips slopes luck draw three US fliers get landing spots not-so-flat land slope combined mowed hay acts like needle bearings landing Sailplane cushion has Holley getting 85-point landing Blake winds up 45 ship touches 80 slides through 100 out backside towards Carl kid Carl Blake leaps out way bird comes rest 45 Edberg plays slope manages 80 three fliers max will three tasks today speed scheduled Edberg cuts turn recovers gets 177 good enough 508 points Holley hits 11 seconds Blake gets 103 Best time 90 Carl Wasner Jr member all-new Austrian team Flying ends 745 pm less two rounds have flown yet contest half over calendar Thursday July 16 Transmitters impound ed 715 am fliers short night Edberg first go USA distance After eight-lap flight relaunches good air streaks 12-lap course 203 Holley has play out lift order get 12 does 350 Blake does easy 12 end round two USA finds itself second place 1005 points behind Germanys 167715 South Africa third Australia fourth Bannister England holds 15-point lead over Vauth Germany Holley third 146 points out first Its turning close next duration task has three USA fliers max again Holley sloped landing zone again gets him 75 Blake gets 90 Edberg perfect 100 Blakes flight dramatic its result relaunch 615 left working time Speed ends another long day Edberg 32 Model Aviation Carl Blake USA team holds entry wing kevlar over foam fuselage epoxy glass Zvi Nave Israel left discusses features ship former World Champion Skip Miller Carl VJasner ot Austria shows innards 0 entry Austria sent all-new team finished twelfth Helper name unknown holds plane up identification Base B Andy Keil South Africa entered mis beautirul aii-giass ship ne us team iett right Uwaght ilolley Carl make Uon 0bCrg INDIVIDUAL RC SOARING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS DurationDistanceSpeedRound Contest P1 Name CountryRd SecondsLandingRaw PtPointsLapsPointsSecondsPointsPointsTotal 13611004599978 121000969167 29145 1 DwIght Halley2367904439651 1210001108182 27833 USA3360804409586 11759792968854 28232 113609 43611004599978 1210001148421 28399 1358904489739 12100088100029739 2 Sean Bannister2360854459695 1210001009000 28695 England3284653497603 1210001068019 25622 112830 353904439630121000105914328773 1360100460100012100092956529565 3 WIlhelm Schaeffer2364904469717121000148608125798 Germany W335790447973912100098867328412112747 43601004601000121000107892228972 360904509783121000113778827570 4 RaIl Decker2362403988671121000102882427495 Germany W33571004579956121000107794427900112640 4359100459997812100099969729675 36395452982612100010187132i 19 5 Werner Vauth235485439956412100098918421 I8 Germany W3355954509804121000102833328137110337 4131 952264913 12100096100024913 1363100457993512100095926329198 7 Don Edberg2361854449673121000177508524758 USA33641004569935121000122696726902109421 43451004459674121000108888928563 54549870121000106830228171 19 Carl Blake2363504078867121000103873827605 USA33609045098046500094904323846103107 4363357776186667106905723484 Team Results 1 Germany W 3357252 USA 3261373 South Africa 3211114 Italy 3089075 Australia 308186 turns 123 Holley 96 Blake 94 Fastest time 85 Dave Wright Canada unorthodox remote launch Wright Base winch plane 200 meters downwind Vauth now first place six-tenths point ahead Holley Blake third 80 points away Vauth Come Friday Friday July 17 officials announce will four-task day thereby making four-round contest After three days 100degree weather early morning tempera ture 56 degrees Theres thin overcast will burn off 1030 will get warm again meantime three German fliers max early morning air Edberg maxes Holley ekes out 1 134-lapper Blake takes three attempts get six laps ever argument man-on-man scoring Germany now opened lead 647 points South Africa behind USA 488 points Vauth now 21 points ahead Holley Austrian Team Manager Fridolin Fritz left discusses Base sight ing device Dwight Holley Terry Lukenbach October 1981 33 Fernando Lyra Brazil entry Brazilian entries showed outstanding construction finishes George Steiner left talking Hans Schlapfer manager Swiss team George lent facilities radio repair tuning Albert Herzog Belgium typical European transmitter tray last round begins noon Blake has another rough task two attempts eight laps Holley chases lift across course classic display flying gets 12 So does Edberg 28 minutes USA has picked up 2666 points Speed relatively slow round except Vauth Decker Germany turn 96 99 nines board Blake Holley Edberg turn 105 114 108 respectively Vauth opens lead 179 points over Holley going last flight contest last task far USA con cerned nail down second place because South Africa close behind Germanys 1200 point lead impossible overcome unless team went home early After Decker Schaeffer both maxed really clinched team spot Ger Vauth needed protect lead committed greatest tactical error event Having flight needed land claim World Championship title Vauth circled downwind down air No pits grandstands could lieve what watching brought ship land out landing zone landed 100 meters away zero flight score Vauth landed assistant ran recover ship relaunch made little oVer two minutes left working time just seconds left landed 211 95 landing sad note end after such consistently good performance such fine gentleman time Vauths flight ended Blake max Edberg reflight coming due line entanglement launch Because no official flight posted Vauth could guess what flight worth Holleys flight go broke did 601 100 professional flight could ever witness dozens pho tographers covered Dwight picked up plane roar came galleries knew worldmore importantly USAhad new F3B RC Soaring World Champion Heres hoping can meet him wont have compete against him Sidelights US team well-prepared Germans better tuned planes theyve flying over two years Swiss brought over 12 Sparta kuses Spartaki molded wings T-tail split rudder airbrake changeable CG air lack flying experience cause sixth place showing watch two years same fliers stay planes no theyre will available commer cially Winches dominated launching equip ment country relied hand-towing primary method launch Monofilament line used nearly countries ex cept US-A Canada breakage con stant problem Germany replaced line after flight Polyhedral definitely way out Spavins Gerneke still hung thcre Austrian team new still managed Fridolin Fritz 34 Model Aviation Abrahauu ueie 0u usrdui Will ills entry Israel Tielaing sneir sirsi seam Karl Wasner Austria wellbuilt design Siriusin event finished seventeenth bean annsser ngiana nis Algebra Sean came second overall Swiss entered identical models designed built team effort birds called Spartakus featured in-flight adjustable center gravity flawless glass work flags 22 nations decorated field Wackerle did fly defend title Stretched monofilament zoom tech niques tow accounted for low times speed Sailplane design breakthrough practice three US fliers turned eights speed officially measured course to appreciate teamwork Steve Work Paul Wedeking setting up winches get ting ready relaunches Its shame six rounds couldnt have flown order have throwawayfor lot teams lot inexperienced darn good help did best could Friday ran contest worthy World Championship label anywhere Key people like Ray Marvin Rae Fritz Rich Schrameck made work Scoring best ever seen thanks Dave Peltz c9 Gratitude site 1981 RC Thermal Soaring World Championships owned Mr George Waegell also regular flying site Sierra Eagles Free Flight Club Two members clubDoug Galbreath Ken Oliverwere particularly helpful arranging site made available World Cham pionships Mr Waegell admitted having some prior misgivings about letting event take place land Permitting relatively few Free Flights fly thing coping several hundred people cars tents mobile homes mnd trailers quite anotherhe visions another Woodstock aftermath garbage left property clean however except hay mowed accommodate contest now little sign major competition held Mr Waegell said enjoyed activity people also said should donate money going pay him renting property against expenses running event great gesture hospitality truly appreciated publicly say thanks spirit generosity Mr Waegell has shown model flying Likewise another figure behind scenes should publicly recognized Don Dahm Foster City CA worked long er harder other single individu al World Championships did everything imaginable hauling garbage putting fence posts setting up tents putting up flagpoles providing drinking water delivering lunches running er rands hundreds items bought borrowed driving hundreds miles process worked hard physically also solved dozens logistical problems insight wit made seem easy effort simply beyond what volunteer should expected ever event reflected what pos sible single individual achieve werent others helpedthere manybut Dons effort clearly biggest very end As Gisele Jackson Comptroller AMA HO left field after helping clean up day after event ended Don Dahm dumping last load trash hand officially turned site back its quiet life pasture say thanks Don us appreciate what did RC Soaring last July John Worth AMA Executive Director K / I. J II tl/ IjIiv~ ber 1981 35 Jury comprised left right John Grigg USA AMA president Tony Aarts Netherlands Chris Olsen England Olsen pressed service last minute Jury member its chairman Sandy Pimenoff found couldnt attend wife Sylvia waited patiently some fitting Don field week before World Championships still rest us gone Im proud say shake ~41i7 f 7 II -/- Fivcop Foor 77-j~r- 41 //c PIAV OR -/
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/10
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Thus what happens winners Mere Uwight liolley surrounded well wishers modelers want good look tne winning snip RC Soaring World Championships DWIGHT HOLLEY USA new RC Soaring F3B World Champion As team USA finished second behind West Germany ahead South Africa took team honors Belgium 1979 contest went four rounds lasted four days Simple survival should have worth some sort bonus score temperature pushed 100-degree mark three four days Twenty-two countries entered 66 contestants participated Several con testants third F3B World Championships including Sean Bannister England Roif Decker Germany Joris Ten Holt Netherlands Roy Spavins Nord Gerneke South Africa US team showed up week early practice sessions sharing site teams Italy Australia Holland Besides official assistant Steve Work USA luxury five other sup porters ground crew Jim Blake aided Isis son Carl Tim Lee Renaud assisted Don Edberg Terry Luckenbach Paul Wedeking helped Dwight Holley Practice long hard five six days fliers ground crew put task Just about anything could go wrong during contest simulated relaunches winch malfunctions line breaks pay off later Official practice held Monday July 13 country given 30-minute time slot Tuesday contest began should noted anyone takes duties running contest especially unknowns unrealized pit falls can expect proceedings go slower planned first day l3B World Championships no exception Only two tasks flown contestants grumbled would three-round con test turned out better went Tuesday July 14 Blake thc first fly US team scratches six laps relaunches gets 12 official lap counter isnt around Carl stays course just case tlsere question about count does 16 12 official Don Edberg gets eight laps relaunches does easy 12 Dwight gets six first attempt gets involved line crossing second attempt gets 12 laps during reflight end task USA has 3000 points 26 other fliers Brazil Germany Switzerland USA have perfect scores second task speed Blake has poor launch line breaks hut relaunch backup winch gives him height good enough 105 speed run Edberg turns 95 Holley 97 Bannister England has best time 88 Schaeffer Germaisy has 92 Binkert Switzerland 94 Day ends six fliglsts per 30 Model Aviation S Houlberg Trophy its new owner Dwight Holley worked hard smile Teams 22 countries descended Sacramento CA 3rd RC Soaring World Champion ships July 12-17 USAs Dwight Holley Bethel CT claimed Individual World Champion title close finish West Germany took Team World Cham pionship US second RC Soaring World Championships special breed Sailplane fly tasks duration spot landing distance speed Dan Pruss team yet feel tired did practice days logged over 60 flights Wednesday July 15 Duration first task flown order finish round USA hits hard heavy Blake gets 601 95-point landing Edberg 603 100 Holley 6O[ 100 Edberg Holley Blake third fourth October1981 31 winning team Germany Left right Werner Vauth fifth place Helmut Quabeck Team Manager Roif Decker fourth place Wilhelm Schaeffer fifth place Dassel influence seen European designs Manuel Torres Spain iolds version popular ship Open canopy acts speed brake George Miller irst World Champion Skip Mil lers father acted official four very hot days Fabien Ottoy daughter Belgian e nth places USA team first place 84 points over Germany officials have flight groups double up next duration task nine planes launching once max also nine landings once nine landing zones flat ground because flying site itself rolls dips slopes luck draw three US fliers get landing spots not-so-flat land slope combined mowed hay acts like needle bearings landing Sailplane cushion has Holley getting 85-point landing Blake winds up 45 ship touches 80 slides through 100 out backside towards Carl kid Carl Blake leaps out way bird comes rest 45 Edberg plays slope manages 80 three fliers max will three tasks today speed scheduled Edberg cuts turn recovers gets 177 good enough 508 points Holley hits 11 seconds Blake gets 103 Best time 90 Carl Wasner Jr member all-new Austrian team Flying ends 745 pm less two rounds have flown yet contest half over calendar Thursday July 16 Transmitters impound ed 715 am fliers short night Edberg first go USA distance After eight-lap flight relaunches good air streaks 12-lap course 203 Holley has play out lift order get 12 does 350 Blake does easy 12 end round two USA finds itself second place 1005 points behind Germanys 167715 South Africa third Australia fourth Bannister England holds 15-point lead over Vauth Germany Holley third 146 points out first Its turning close next duration task has three USA fliers max again Holley sloped landing zone again gets him 75 Blake gets 90 Edberg perfect 100 Blakes flight dramatic its result relaunch 615 left working time Speed ends another long day Edberg 32 Model Aviation Carl Blake USA team holds entry wing kevlar over foam fuselage epoxy glass Zvi Nave Israel left discusses features ship former World Champion Skip Miller Carl VJasner ot Austria shows innards 0 entry Austria sent all-new team finished twelfth Helper name unknown holds plane up identification Base B Andy Keil South Africa entered mis beautirul aii-giass ship ne us team iett right Uwaght ilolley Carl make Uon 0bCrg INDIVIDUAL RC SOARING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS DurationDistanceSpeedRound Contest P1 Name CountryRd SecondsLandingRaw PtPointsLapsPointsSecondsPointsPointsTotal 13611004599978 121000969167 29145 1 DwIght Halley2367904439651 1210001108182 27833 USA3360804409586 11759792968854 28232 113609 43611004599978 1210001148421 28399 1358904489739 12100088100029739 2 Sean Bannister2360854459695 1210001009000 28695 England3284653497603 1210001068019 25622 112830 353904439630121000105914328773 1360100460100012100092956529565 3 WIlhelm Schaeffer2364904469717121000148608125798 Germany W335790447973912100098867328412112747 43601004601000121000107892228972 360904509783121000113778827570 4 RaIl Decker2362403988671121000102882427495 Germany W33571004579956121000107794427900112640 4359100459997812100099969729675 36395452982612100010187132i 19 5 Werner Vauth235485439956412100098918421 I8 Germany W3355954509804121000102833328137110337 4131 952264913 12100096100024913 1363100457993512100095926329198 7 Don Edberg2361854449673121000177508524758 USA33641004569935121000122696726902109421 43451004459674121000108888928563 54549870121000106830228171 19 Carl Blake2363504078867121000103873827605 USA33609045098046500094904323846103107 4363357776186667106905723484 Team Results 1 Germany W 3357252 USA 3261373 South Africa 3211114 Italy 3089075 Australia 308186 turns 123 Holley 96 Blake 94 Fastest time 85 Dave Wright Canada unorthodox remote launch Wright Base winch plane 200 meters downwind Vauth now first place six-tenths point ahead Holley Blake third 80 points away Vauth Come Friday Friday July 17 officials announce will four-task day thereby making four-round contest After three days 100degree weather early morning tempera ture 56 degrees Theres thin overcast will burn off 1030 will get warm again meantime three German fliers max early morning air Edberg maxes Holley ekes out 1 134-lapper Blake takes three attempts get six laps ever argument man-on-man scoring Germany now opened lead 647 points South Africa behind USA 488 points Vauth now 21 points ahead Holley Austrian Team Manager Fridolin Fritz left discusses Base sight ing device Dwight Holley Terry Lukenbach October 1981 33 Fernando Lyra Brazil entry Brazilian entries showed outstanding construction finishes George Steiner left talking Hans Schlapfer manager Swiss team George lent facilities radio repair tuning Albert Herzog Belgium typical European transmitter tray last round begins noon Blake has another rough task two attempts eight laps Holley chases lift across course classic display flying gets 12 So does Edberg 28 minutes USA has picked up 2666 points Speed relatively slow round except Vauth Decker Germany turn 96 99 nines board Blake Holley Edberg turn 105 114 108 respectively Vauth opens lead 179 points over Holley going last flight contest last task far USA con cerned nail down second place because South Africa close behind Germanys 1200 point lead impossible overcome unless team went home early After Decker Schaeffer both maxed really clinched team spot Ger Vauth needed protect lead committed greatest tactical error event Having flight needed land claim World Championship title Vauth circled downwind down air No pits grandstands could lieve what watching brought ship land out landing zone landed 100 meters away zero flight score Vauth landed assistant ran recover ship relaunch made little oVer two minutes left working time just seconds left landed 211 95 landing sad note end after such consistently good performance such fine gentleman time Vauths flight ended Blake max Edberg reflight coming due line entanglement launch Because no official flight posted Vauth could guess what flight worth Holleys flight go broke did 601 100 professional flight could ever witness dozens pho tographers covered Dwight picked up plane roar came galleries knew worldmore importantly USAhad new F3B RC Soaring World Champion Heres hoping can meet him wont have compete against him Sidelights US team well-prepared Germans better tuned planes theyve flying over two years Swiss brought over 12 Sparta kuses Spartaki molded wings T-tail split rudder airbrake changeable CG air lack flying experience cause sixth place showing watch two years same fliers stay planes no theyre will available commer cially Winches dominated launching equip ment country relied hand-towing primary method launch Monofilament line used nearly countries ex cept US-A Canada breakage con stant problem Germany replaced line after flight Polyhedral definitely way out Spavins Gerneke still hung thcre Austrian team new still managed Fridolin Fritz 34 Model Aviation Abrahauu ueie 0u usrdui Will ills entry Israel Tielaing sneir sirsi seam Karl Wasner Austria wellbuilt design Siriusin event finished seventeenth bean annsser ngiana nis Algebra Sean came second overall Swiss entered identical models designed built team effort birds called Spartakus featured in-flight adjustable center gravity flawless glass work flags 22 nations decorated field Wackerle did fly defend title Stretched monofilament zoom tech niques tow accounted for low times speed Sailplane design breakthrough practice three US fliers turned eights speed officially measured course to appreciate teamwork Steve Work Paul Wedeking setting up winches get ting ready relaunches Its shame six rounds couldnt have flown order have throwawayfor lot teams lot inexperienced darn good help did best could Friday ran contest worthy World Championship label anywhere Key people like Ray Marvin Rae Fritz Rich Schrameck made work Scoring best ever seen thanks Dave Peltz c9 Gratitude site 1981 RC Thermal Soaring World Championships owned Mr George Waegell also regular flying site Sierra Eagles Free Flight Club Two members clubDoug Galbreath Ken Oliverwere particularly helpful arranging site made available World Cham pionships Mr Waegell admitted having some prior misgivings about letting event take place land Permitting relatively few Free Flights fly thing coping several hundred people cars tents mobile homes mnd trailers quite anotherhe visions another Woodstock aftermath garbage left property clean however except hay mowed accommodate contest now little sign major competition held Mr Waegell said enjoyed activity people also said should donate money going pay him renting property against expenses running event great gesture hospitality truly appreciated publicly say thanks spirit generosity Mr Waegell has shown model flying Likewise another figure behind scenes should publicly recognized Don Dahm Foster City CA worked long er harder other single individu al World Championships did everything imaginable hauling garbage putting fence posts setting up tents putting up flagpoles providing drinking water delivering lunches running er rands hundreds items bought borrowed driving hundreds miles process worked hard physically also solved dozens logistical problems insight wit made seem easy effort simply beyond what volunteer should expected ever event reflected what pos sible single individual achieve werent others helpedthere manybut Dons effort clearly biggest very end As Gisele Jackson Comptroller AMA HO left field after helping clean up day after event ended Don Dahm dumping last load trash hand officially turned site back its quiet life pasture say thanks Don us appreciate what did RC Soaring last July John Worth AMA Executive Director K / I. J II tl/ IjIiv~ ber 1981 35 Jury comprised left right John Grigg USA AMA president Tony Aarts Netherlands Chris Olsen England Olsen pressed service last minute Jury member its chairman Sandy Pimenoff found couldnt attend wife Sylvia waited patiently some fitting Don field week before World Championships still rest us gone Im proud say shake ~41i7 f 7 II -/- Fivcop Foor 77-j~r- 41 //c PIAV OR -/
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/10
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Thus what happens winners Mere Uwight liolley surrounded well wishers modelers want good look tne winning snip RC Soaring World Championships DWIGHT HOLLEY USA new RC Soaring F3B World Champion As team USA finished second behind West Germany ahead South Africa took team honors Belgium 1979 contest went four rounds lasted four days Simple survival should have worth some sort bonus score temperature pushed 100-degree mark three four days Twenty-two countries entered 66 contestants participated Several con testants third F3B World Championships including Sean Bannister England Roif Decker Germany Joris Ten Holt Netherlands Roy Spavins Nord Gerneke South Africa US team showed up week early practice sessions sharing site teams Italy Australia Holland Besides official assistant Steve Work USA luxury five other sup porters ground crew Jim Blake aided Isis son Carl Tim Lee Renaud assisted Don Edberg Terry Luckenbach Paul Wedeking helped Dwight Holley Practice long hard five six days fliers ground crew put task Just about anything could go wrong during contest simulated relaunches winch malfunctions line breaks pay off later Official practice held Monday July 13 country given 30-minute time slot Tuesday contest began should noted anyone takes duties running contest especially unknowns unrealized pit falls can expect proceedings go slower planned first day l3B World Championships no exception Only two tasks flown contestants grumbled would three-round con test turned out better went Tuesday July 14 Blake thc first fly US team scratches six laps relaunches gets 12 official lap counter isnt around Carl stays course just case tlsere question about count does 16 12 official Don Edberg gets eight laps relaunches does easy 12 Dwight gets six first attempt gets involved line crossing second attempt gets 12 laps during reflight end task USA has 3000 points 26 other fliers Brazil Germany Switzerland USA have perfect scores second task speed Blake has poor launch line breaks hut relaunch backup winch gives him height good enough 105 speed run Edberg turns 95 Holley 97 Bannister England has best time 88 Schaeffer Germaisy has 92 Binkert Switzerland 94 Day ends six fliglsts per 30 Model Aviation S Houlberg Trophy its new owner Dwight Holley worked hard smile Teams 22 countries descended Sacramento CA 3rd RC Soaring World Champion ships July 12-17 USAs Dwight Holley Bethel CT claimed Individual World Champion title close finish West Germany took Team World Cham pionship US second RC Soaring World Championships special breed Sailplane fly tasks duration spot landing distance speed Dan Pruss team yet feel tired did practice days logged over 60 flights Wednesday July 15 Duration first task flown order finish round USA hits hard heavy Blake gets 601 95-point landing Edberg 603 100 Holley 6O[ 100 Edberg Holley Blake third fourth October1981 31 winning team Germany Left right Werner Vauth fifth place Helmut Quabeck Team Manager Roif Decker fourth place Wilhelm Schaeffer fifth place Dassel influence seen European designs Manuel Torres Spain iolds version popular ship Open canopy acts speed brake George Miller irst World Champion Skip Mil lers father acted official four very hot days Fabien Ottoy daughter Belgian e nth places USA team first place 84 points over Germany officials have flight groups double up next duration task nine planes launching once max also nine landings once nine landing zones flat ground because flying site itself rolls dips slopes luck draw three US fliers get landing spots not-so-flat land slope combined mowed hay acts like needle bearings landing Sailplane cushion has Holley getting 85-point landing Blake winds up 45 ship touches 80 slides through 100 out backside towards Carl kid Carl Blake leaps out way bird comes rest 45 Edberg plays slope manages 80 three fliers max will three tasks today speed scheduled Edberg cuts turn recovers gets 177 good enough 508 points Holley hits 11 seconds Blake gets 103 Best time 90 Carl Wasner Jr member all-new Austrian team Flying ends 745 pm less two rounds have flown yet contest half over calendar Thursday July 16 Transmitters impound ed 715 am fliers short night Edberg first go USA distance After eight-lap flight relaunches good air streaks 12-lap course 203 Holley has play out lift order get 12 does 350 Blake does easy 12 end round two USA finds itself second place 1005 points behind Germanys 167715 South Africa third Australia fourth Bannister England holds 15-point lead over Vauth Germany Holley third 146 points out first Its turning close next duration task has three USA fliers max again Holley sloped landing zone again gets him 75 Blake gets 90 Edberg perfect 100 Blakes flight dramatic its result relaunch 615 left working time Speed ends another long day Edberg 32 Model Aviation Carl Blake USA team holds entry wing kevlar over foam fuselage epoxy glass Zvi Nave Israel left discusses features ship former World Champion Skip Miller Carl VJasner ot Austria shows innards 0 entry Austria sent all-new team finished twelfth Helper name unknown holds plane up identification Base B Andy Keil South Africa entered mis beautirul aii-giass ship ne us team iett right Uwaght ilolley Carl make Uon 0bCrg INDIVIDUAL RC SOARING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS DurationDistanceSpeedRound Contest P1 Name CountryRd SecondsLandingRaw PtPointsLapsPointsSecondsPointsPointsTotal 13611004599978 121000969167 29145 1 DwIght Halley2367904439651 1210001108182 27833 USA3360804409586 11759792968854 28232 113609 43611004599978 1210001148421 28399 1358904489739 12100088100029739 2 Sean Bannister2360854459695 1210001009000 28695 England3284653497603 1210001068019 25622 112830 353904439630121000105914328773 1360100460100012100092956529565 3 WIlhelm Schaeffer2364904469717121000148608125798 Germany W335790447973912100098867328412112747 43601004601000121000107892228972 360904509783121000113778827570 4 RaIl Decker2362403988671121000102882427495 Germany W33571004579956121000107794427900112640 4359100459997812100099969729675 36395452982612100010187132i 19 5 Werner Vauth235485439956412100098918421 I8 Germany W3355954509804121000102833328137110337 4131 952264913 12100096100024913 1363100457993512100095926329198 7 Don Edberg2361854449673121000177508524758 USA33641004569935121000122696726902109421 43451004459674121000108888928563 54549870121000106830228171 19 Carl Blake2363504078867121000103873827605 USA33609045098046500094904323846103107 4363357776186667106905723484 Team Results 1 Germany W 3357252 USA 3261373 South Africa 3211114 Italy 3089075 Australia 308186 turns 123 Holley 96 Blake 94 Fastest time 85 Dave Wright Canada unorthodox remote launch Wright Base winch plane 200 meters downwind Vauth now first place six-tenths point ahead Holley Blake third 80 points away Vauth Come Friday Friday July 17 officials announce will four-task day thereby making four-round contest After three days 100degree weather early morning tempera ture 56 degrees Theres thin overcast will burn off 1030 will get warm again meantime three German fliers max early morning air Edberg maxes Holley ekes out 1 134-lapper Blake takes three attempts get six laps ever argument man-on-man scoring Germany now opened lead 647 points South Africa behind USA 488 points Vauth now 21 points ahead Holley Austrian Team Manager Fridolin Fritz left discusses Base sight ing device Dwight Holley Terry Lukenbach October 1981 33 Fernando Lyra Brazil entry Brazilian entries showed outstanding construction finishes George Steiner left talking Hans Schlapfer manager Swiss team George lent facilities radio repair tuning Albert Herzog Belgium typical European transmitter tray last round begins noon Blake has another rough task two attempts eight laps Holley chases lift across course classic display flying gets 12 So does Edberg 28 minutes USA has picked up 2666 points Speed relatively slow round except Vauth Decker Germany turn 96 99 nines board Blake Holley Edberg turn 105 114 108 respectively Vauth opens lead 179 points over Holley going last flight contest last task far USA con cerned nail down second place because South Africa close behind Germanys 1200 point lead impossible overcome unless team went home early After Decker Schaeffer both maxed really clinched team spot Ger Vauth needed protect lead committed greatest tactical error event Having flight needed land claim World Championship title Vauth circled downwind down air No pits grandstands could lieve what watching brought ship land out landing zone landed 100 meters away zero flight score Vauth landed assistant ran recover ship relaunch made little oVer two minutes left working time just seconds left landed 211 95 landing sad note end after such consistently good performance such fine gentleman time Vauths flight ended Blake max Edberg reflight coming due line entanglement launch Because no official flight posted Vauth could guess what flight worth Holleys flight go broke did 601 100 professional flight could ever witness dozens pho tographers covered Dwight picked up plane roar came galleries knew worldmore importantly USAhad new F3B RC Soaring World Champion Heres hoping can meet him wont have compete against him Sidelights US team well-prepared Germans better tuned planes theyve flying over two years Swiss brought over 12 Sparta kuses Spartaki molded wings T-tail split rudder airbrake changeable CG air lack flying experience cause sixth place showing watch two years same fliers stay planes no theyre will available commer cially Winches dominated launching equip ment country relied hand-towing primary method launch Monofilament line used nearly countries ex cept US-A Canada breakage con stant problem Germany replaced line after flight Polyhedral definitely way out Spavins Gerneke still hung thcre Austrian team new still managed Fridolin Fritz 34 Model Aviation Abrahauu ueie 0u usrdui Will ills entry Israel Tielaing sneir sirsi seam Karl Wasner Austria wellbuilt design Siriusin event finished seventeenth bean annsser ngiana nis Algebra Sean came second overall Swiss entered identical models designed built team effort birds called Spartakus featured in-flight adjustable center gravity flawless glass work flags 22 nations decorated field Wackerle did fly defend title Stretched monofilament zoom tech niques tow accounted for low times speed Sailplane design breakthrough practice three US fliers turned eights speed officially measured course to appreciate teamwork Steve Work Paul Wedeking setting up winches get ting ready relaunches Its shame six rounds couldnt have flown order have throwawayfor lot teams lot inexperienced darn good help did best could Friday ran contest worthy World Championship label anywhere Key people like Ray Marvin Rae Fritz Rich Schrameck made work Scoring best ever seen thanks Dave Peltz c9 Gratitude site 1981 RC Thermal Soaring World Championships owned Mr George Waegell also regular flying site Sierra Eagles Free Flight Club Two members clubDoug Galbreath Ken Oliverwere particularly helpful arranging site made available World Cham pionships Mr Waegell admitted having some prior misgivings about letting event take place land Permitting relatively few Free Flights fly thing coping several hundred people cars tents mobile homes mnd trailers quite anotherhe visions another Woodstock aftermath garbage left property clean however except hay mowed accommodate contest now little sign major competition held Mr Waegell said enjoyed activity people also said should donate money going pay him renting property against expenses running event great gesture hospitality truly appreciated publicly say thanks spirit generosity Mr Waegell has shown model flying Likewise another figure behind scenes should publicly recognized Don Dahm Foster City CA worked long er harder other single individu al World Championships did everything imaginable hauling garbage putting fence posts setting up tents putting up flagpoles providing drinking water delivering lunches running er rands hundreds items bought borrowed driving hundreds miles process worked hard physically also solved dozens logistical problems insight wit made seem easy effort simply beyond what volunteer should expected ever event reflected what pos sible single individual achieve werent others helpedthere manybut Dons effort clearly biggest very end As Gisele Jackson Comptroller AMA HO left field after helping clean up day after event ended Don Dahm dumping last load trash hand officially turned site back its quiet life pasture say thanks Don us appreciate what did RC Soaring last July John Worth AMA Executive Director K / I. J II tl/ IjIiv~ ber 1981 35 Jury comprised left right John Grigg USA AMA president Tony Aarts Netherlands Chris Olsen England Olsen pressed service last minute Jury member its chairman Sandy Pimenoff found couldnt attend wife Sylvia waited patiently some fitting Don field week before World Championships still rest us gone Im proud say shake ~41i7 f 7 II -/- Fivcop Foor 77-j~r- 41 //c PIAV OR -/
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/10
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Thus what happens winners Mere Uwight liolley surrounded well wishers modelers want good look tne winning snip RC Soaring World Championships DWIGHT HOLLEY USA new RC Soaring F3B World Champion As team USA finished second behind West Germany ahead South Africa took team honors Belgium 1979 contest went four rounds lasted four days Simple survival should have worth some sort bonus score temperature pushed 100-degree mark three four days Twenty-two countries entered 66 contestants participated Several con testants third F3B World Championships including Sean Bannister England Roif Decker Germany Joris Ten Holt Netherlands Roy Spavins Nord Gerneke South Africa US team showed up week early practice sessions sharing site teams Italy Australia Holland Besides official assistant Steve Work USA luxury five other sup porters ground crew Jim Blake aided Isis son Carl Tim Lee Renaud assisted Don Edberg Terry Luckenbach Paul Wedeking helped Dwight Holley Practice long hard five six days fliers ground crew put task Just about anything could go wrong during contest simulated relaunches winch malfunctions line breaks pay off later Official practice held Monday July 13 country given 30-minute time slot Tuesday contest began should noted anyone takes duties running contest especially unknowns unrealized pit falls can expect proceedings go slower planned first day l3B World Championships no exception Only two tasks flown contestants grumbled would three-round con test turned out better went Tuesday July 14 Blake thc first fly US team scratches six laps relaunches gets 12 official lap counter isnt around Carl stays course just case tlsere question about count does 16 12 official Don Edberg gets eight laps relaunches does easy 12 Dwight gets six first attempt gets involved line crossing second attempt gets 12 laps during reflight end task USA has 3000 points 26 other fliers Brazil Germany Switzerland USA have perfect scores second task speed Blake has poor launch line breaks hut relaunch backup winch gives him height good enough 105 speed run Edberg turns 95 Holley 97 Bannister England has best time 88 Schaeffer Germaisy has 92 Binkert Switzerland 94 Day ends six fliglsts per 30 Model Aviation S Houlberg Trophy its new owner Dwight Holley worked hard smile Teams 22 countries descended Sacramento CA 3rd RC Soaring World Champion ships July 12-17 USAs Dwight Holley Bethel CT claimed Individual World Champion title close finish West Germany took Team World Cham pionship US second RC Soaring World Championships special breed Sailplane fly tasks duration spot landing distance speed Dan Pruss team yet feel tired did practice days logged over 60 flights Wednesday July 15 Duration first task flown order finish round USA hits hard heavy Blake gets 601 95-point landing Edberg 603 100 Holley 6O[ 100 Edberg Holley Blake third fourth October1981 31 winning team Germany Left right Werner Vauth fifth place Helmut Quabeck Team Manager Roif Decker fourth place Wilhelm Schaeffer fifth place Dassel influence seen European designs Manuel Torres Spain iolds version popular ship Open canopy acts speed brake George Miller irst World Champion Skip Mil lers father acted official four very hot days Fabien Ottoy daughter Belgian e nth places USA team first place 84 points over Germany officials have flight groups double up next duration task nine planes launching once max also nine landings once nine landing zones flat ground because flying site itself rolls dips slopes luck draw three US fliers get landing spots not-so-flat land slope combined mowed hay acts like needle bearings landing Sailplane cushion has Holley getting 85-point landing Blake winds up 45 ship touches 80 slides through 100 out backside towards Carl kid Carl Blake leaps out way bird comes rest 45 Edberg plays slope manages 80 three fliers max will three tasks today speed scheduled Edberg cuts turn recovers gets 177 good enough 508 points Holley hits 11 seconds Blake gets 103 Best time 90 Carl Wasner Jr member all-new Austrian team Flying ends 745 pm less two rounds have flown yet contest half over calendar Thursday July 16 Transmitters impound ed 715 am fliers short night Edberg first go USA distance After eight-lap flight relaunches good air streaks 12-lap course 203 Holley has play out lift order get 12 does 350 Blake does easy 12 end round two USA finds itself second place 1005 points behind Germanys 167715 South Africa third Australia fourth Bannister England holds 15-point lead over Vauth Germany Holley third 146 points out first Its turning close next duration task has three USA fliers max again Holley sloped landing zone again gets him 75 Blake gets 90 Edberg perfect 100 Blakes flight dramatic its result relaunch 615 left working time Speed ends another long day Edberg 32 Model Aviation Carl Blake USA team holds entry wing kevlar over foam fuselage epoxy glass Zvi Nave Israel left discusses features ship former World Champion Skip Miller Carl VJasner ot Austria shows innards 0 entry Austria sent all-new team finished twelfth Helper name unknown holds plane up identification Base B Andy Keil South Africa entered mis beautirul aii-giass ship ne us team iett right Uwaght ilolley Carl make Uon 0bCrg INDIVIDUAL RC SOARING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS DurationDistanceSpeedRound Contest P1 Name CountryRd SecondsLandingRaw PtPointsLapsPointsSecondsPointsPointsTotal 13611004599978 121000969167 29145 1 DwIght Halley2367904439651 1210001108182 27833 USA3360804409586 11759792968854 28232 113609 43611004599978 1210001148421 28399 1358904489739 12100088100029739 2 Sean Bannister2360854459695 1210001009000 28695 England3284653497603 1210001068019 25622 112830 353904439630121000105914328773 1360100460100012100092956529565 3 WIlhelm Schaeffer2364904469717121000148608125798 Germany W335790447973912100098867328412112747 43601004601000121000107892228972 360904509783121000113778827570 4 RaIl Decker2362403988671121000102882427495 Germany W33571004579956121000107794427900112640 4359100459997812100099969729675 36395452982612100010187132i 19 5 Werner Vauth235485439956412100098918421 I8 Germany W3355954509804121000102833328137110337 4131 952264913 12100096100024913 1363100457993512100095926329198 7 Don Edberg2361854449673121000177508524758 USA33641004569935121000122696726902109421 43451004459674121000108888928563 54549870121000106830228171 19 Carl Blake2363504078867121000103873827605 USA33609045098046500094904323846103107 4363357776186667106905723484 Team Results 1 Germany W 3357252 USA 3261373 South Africa 3211114 Italy 3089075 Australia 308186 turns 123 Holley 96 Blake 94 Fastest time 85 Dave Wright Canada unorthodox remote launch Wright Base winch plane 200 meters downwind Vauth now first place six-tenths point ahead Holley Blake third 80 points away Vauth Come Friday Friday July 17 officials announce will four-task day thereby making four-round contest After three days 100degree weather early morning tempera ture 56 degrees Theres thin overcast will burn off 1030 will get warm again meantime three German fliers max early morning air Edberg maxes Holley ekes out 1 134-lapper Blake takes three attempts get six laps ever argument man-on-man scoring Germany now opened lead 647 points South Africa behind USA 488 points Vauth now 21 points ahead Holley Austrian Team Manager Fridolin Fritz left discusses Base sight ing device Dwight Holley Terry Lukenbach October 1981 33 Fernando Lyra Brazil entry Brazilian entries showed outstanding construction finishes George Steiner left talking Hans Schlapfer manager Swiss team George lent facilities radio repair tuning Albert Herzog Belgium typical European transmitter tray last round begins noon Blake has another rough task two attempts eight laps Holley chases lift across course classic display flying gets 12 So does Edberg 28 minutes USA has picked up 2666 points Speed relatively slow round except Vauth Decker Germany turn 96 99 nines board Blake Holley Edberg turn 105 114 108 respectively Vauth opens lead 179 points over Holley going last flight contest last task far USA con cerned nail down second place because South Africa close behind Germanys 1200 point lead impossible overcome unless team went home early After Decker Schaeffer both maxed really clinched team spot Ger Vauth needed protect lead committed greatest tactical error event Having flight needed land claim World Championship title Vauth circled downwind down air No pits grandstands could lieve what watching brought ship land out landing zone landed 100 meters away zero flight score Vauth landed assistant ran recover ship relaunch made little oVer two minutes left working time just seconds left landed 211 95 landing sad note end after such consistently good performance such fine gentleman time Vauths flight ended Blake max Edberg reflight coming due line entanglement launch Because no official flight posted Vauth could guess what flight worth Holleys flight go broke did 601 100 professional flight could ever witness dozens pho tographers covered Dwight picked up plane roar came galleries knew worldmore importantly USAhad new F3B RC Soaring World Champion Heres hoping can meet him wont have compete against him Sidelights US team well-prepared Germans better tuned planes theyve flying over two years Swiss brought over 12 Sparta kuses Spartaki molded wings T-tail split rudder airbrake changeable CG air lack flying experience cause sixth place showing watch two years same fliers stay planes no theyre will available commer cially Winches dominated launching equip ment country relied hand-towing primary method launch Monofilament line used nearly countries ex cept US-A Canada breakage con stant problem Germany replaced line after flight Polyhedral definitely way out Spavins Gerneke still hung thcre Austrian team new still managed Fridolin Fritz 34 Model Aviation Abrahauu ueie 0u usrdui Will ills entry Israel Tielaing sneir sirsi seam Karl Wasner Austria wellbuilt design Siriusin event finished seventeenth bean annsser ngiana nis Algebra Sean came second overall Swiss entered identical models designed built team effort birds called Spartakus featured in-flight adjustable center gravity flawless glass work flags 22 nations decorated field Wackerle did fly defend title Stretched monofilament zoom tech niques tow accounted for low times speed Sailplane design breakthrough practice three US fliers turned eights speed officially measured course to appreciate teamwork Steve Work Paul Wedeking setting up winches get ting ready relaunches Its shame six rounds couldnt have flown order have throwawayfor lot teams lot inexperienced darn good help did best could Friday ran contest worthy World Championship label anywhere Key people like Ray Marvin Rae Fritz Rich Schrameck made work Scoring best ever seen thanks Dave Peltz c9 Gratitude site 1981 RC Thermal Soaring World Championships owned Mr George Waegell also regular flying site Sierra Eagles Free Flight Club Two members clubDoug Galbreath Ken Oliverwere particularly helpful arranging site made available World Cham pionships Mr Waegell admitted having some prior misgivings about letting event take place land Permitting relatively few Free Flights fly thing coping several hundred people cars tents mobile homes mnd trailers quite anotherhe visions another Woodstock aftermath garbage left property clean however except hay mowed accommodate contest now little sign major competition held Mr Waegell said enjoyed activity people also said should donate money going pay him renting property against expenses running event great gesture hospitality truly appreciated publicly say thanks spirit generosity Mr Waegell has shown model flying Likewise another figure behind scenes should publicly recognized Don Dahm Foster City CA worked long er harder other single individu al World Championships did everything imaginable hauling garbage putting fence posts setting up tents putting up flagpoles providing drinking water delivering lunches running er rands hundreds items bought borrowed driving hundreds miles process worked hard physically also solved dozens logistical problems insight wit made seem easy effort simply beyond what volunteer should expected ever event reflected what pos sible single individual achieve werent others helpedthere manybut Dons effort clearly biggest very end As Gisele Jackson Comptroller AMA HO left field after helping clean up day after event ended Don Dahm dumping last load trash hand officially turned site back its quiet life pasture say thanks Don us appreciate what did RC Soaring last July John Worth AMA Executive Director K / I. J II tl/ IjIiv~ ber 1981 35 Jury comprised left right John Grigg USA AMA president Tony Aarts Netherlands Chris Olsen England Olsen pressed service last minute Jury member its chairman Sandy Pimenoff found couldnt attend wife Sylvia waited patiently some fitting Don field week before World Championships still rest us gone Im proud say shake ~41i7 f 7 II -/- Fivcop Foor 77-j~r- 41 //c PIAV OR -/