NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT various thermistors scattered about read anywhere between 104 1140 dash morning humidity thrown Bob Beecrofts Radio Shack unit read 110 four days humidity running 50% down 11 12% afternoons Gatorade habit reliable indicator least gallon per day Quarts quarts water Sunscreen running eyes Nonetheless forced back motel rooms air-conditioned field rigs plenty action challenge diehards among us survived heat-induced lassitude 96 USFFC schedules decontented somewhat four Scale events Peanut AMA Gas Jumbo Rubber axed along several marginally supported categories 95 FAI Old-Timer events spun separate identities management well interest efficiency intended results succeeded quite well Against fine-tuning CD Terry Kerger however USFFC 96 still offered 53 events 25 AMA/FAI 19 Old-Timer nine Specialcertainly enough satisfy anyone showing up dance things considered attendance/participation off too much 125 event entries OT 243 AMA/FAI determined-but-smiling faces three days High Time scorer keeper Ocie Randall Memorial Trophy Bob Beecroft did down path grit gore blowing up two crankcases K&B 19s NosGas Saturday probably old casting deterioration under high heat came back strong next day 23s assembled field parts box some help tweaks Bill Booth Jr grabbed victory jaws else Terry Thorkildsen perennial AMA Gas guru teeny second 2268 2267 nothing else Beecroft wellworn Nostalgia Lucky Lindy proved match modernist Thorkildsen AMA Astrostar Astrostar plans still available MA Saturday eminently flyable came out shade heat John Oian remarkable 211 still air P-30 mass launch others 120 beyond Calrence Mathers 201 among did 150 pleased Two hours after opening gun Oian string six maxes out uncatchable although 22 entrants tried best Nathan Day topped Junior group 546 dropping flight Oian continued win CO2 Duration Several among Mulvihill crowd posted three five-minute maxes George Xenakis prevailed 1822 over Bob Bienensteins 1592 50 Model Aviation Myers Lchecks out Bob Beecrofts B Nostalgia-winning Lucky Lindy also contest high time K&B 23 power John Olan won P-30 Mass Launch 331 won regular event six-maxes-plus Fl B left Bob Norton Bakersfield CA shows unusual German low-aspectratio Fl H Straight-tow model uses offset towhook Open Sweepstakes winner Bob DeShields won C Nostalgia Phil Kraft-designed Upstart Johnson 35 Combat engine An unretired Brian Van Nest paced Nordic FlA competition capping seven-round maxout under ideal conditions very mild drift well-marked thermals high-energy lift completing seven-minute flyoff round plus 308 followed Randy Weiler 202 Ditto maxes Fl C four entrants flyoff went former World Champ Randy Archer slim margin over Doug Joyce stable canards screamers 300 298 Hand-Launch Glider whiz Joe Mekina Ohio relative newcomer FiC did decent 191 flyoff just behind Kenny Happersett 211 Taking full advantage generous boomers present nearly day Saturday Old-Timers also posted share whopper scores Twenty-one contested Small Rubber Stick third largest meet Wakefield first 26 P 30 22 won Bob Langdon San Diego new Casano 1938 edged Stan Buddenbohms Gollywock 1440 1432 Stan falling eight seconds short six minute flight max Hal Covers 990 first promising new Special event PeeWee Antique allows stock 020 Cox 22cc capacity fuel alloted miniature Tambe Texaco drew 10 fliers Wes Funks two-flight total 2918 first Bob DeShields added Sweepstakes-winning effort 696 first 13 020 Replica FAI mini-FAI events continue command attentionparticularly Wakefield 1996 USFFCs top draw 26 despite its proximity October FAI Team Select Finals also Lost Hills Gumband colleague Jon Davis attributes surge FiB popularity its watchableness its socially close contained architecture fliers wind pick air launch pretty much elbow-toelbow Well put rivalries goodnaturedly maintained competition intense flyoffs hard-fought Mass launches common six-to-eightairplane clutches going up once hold too long late morning doldrum rounds disaster lurks half field dropped out Rounds Three Four accompanied selfconscious groans growls left four maxed out Monday 0700 flyoff won John Sessums 382 Larry Norvall second 340 Serge X third 320 Chuck Dorsett fourth 244all huge hunks sevenminute-max target Wakefield primo day Sunday other events suffered somewhat Dawn Mulvihill test went off cool windy launch window causing temporary loss several models permanent loss few others Hal Cover persevered eightminutes-plus out-of-sight happily reunited craft later day after worker spotted among oil rigs Soon after Dawn events however lull set persisted three four hours flew interim fared well nasty wind/dust storm would rise up mid-afternoon chasing sundry tight quarters would no after dust settled stuff Bud Romak out early maxed ASAP B Pylon nail down first place over Bruce Augustus 840 wall thermals around 10 am helped Thomas Greenhalge Paul Herbst flying Crusaders first second OT Small Rubber Cabin 661 455 Paul currently holds AMA Open P-30 record rest action wound down early dinner hour Although winds howled past midnight Sunday no doubt robbing sleep Monday broke crystal clear calm often does Central Valleymuch cheers survivors planned battle mini-FAI Events remaining AMA schedule Coupe dHiver Sacramentos Bruce Hannah us hogtied full house 0930 first place flying potent high-tech Wakefield lookalike Doc Zabelko second San Diego newcomer Gilbert Arroyo third scores being 600 580 554 F1H A-i glider towers finished similarly Stan Buddenbohm 600 Martyn Cowley 592 regular Nordic winner Brian Van Nest holding third 580 Kenny Happersett did 840 FlJ small clone big-bore FiC holding off Bruce Augustus Top Gun high-thrust machine 755 Wes Funk engine overrun flyoff close out third 600 Nice finish minis under continuing benign weather final day brothers Menanno squared off B Gas Guy besting brother Neals Shooting Star II 873 871 Much learn young gentlemen both technically strategically Meanwhile Bud Romak bagged another first showed way others Moffett five maxes 931 Roger Gregory distant 721 Resurgent competitor Jean Andrews two-flight total 3668 1/2A Texaco Scale impressivehis best flight being nearly 34 minutes Jean also second OT Power Scale behind Ron Boots oneflight high 829 Bob DeShields convincing 829 4-Ounce Wakefield over Len Kendys 703 second-place effort So 96 USFFC ended brighter note started solid performances decent temperatures no freeway congestion homewardbound pilots 1997 iteration will 30th Bigger better fun Come see r Cut Rubber Powered Flying Models Kit #201 Over 70 Laser Cut Parts Kit #202 Over 60 Laser Cut Parts \ Kit #203 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts Kit #204 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts 0 Kit #205 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts Introducing five laser cut kits biggest new name Free Flight Aircraft.Dumas Products walnut scale 17-1/2 wing span models come Precision Laser Cut Parts hand selected balsa injection molded propeller PAl Contest rubber plastic wheels vacuum molded plastic parts full color peel stick decal set light weight colored tissue comprehensive plans instructions rubber powered kit Call today 1800-458-2828 Ext 800 ask information packet Dumas line Rubber Powered Flying Models dumas aircraft DUMAS PRODUCTS INC 9O9AMA E 17th St Tucson AZ 85719 Phone 520-623-3742 Fax 520-620-1329 E-MAIL dumas@azstarnetcom January1997 51
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/01
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 50, 51
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/01
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 50, 51
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT various thermistors scattered about read anywhere between 104 1140 dash morning humidity thrown Bob Beecrofts Radio Shack unit read 110 four days humidity running 50% down 11 12% afternoons Gatorade habit reliable indicator least gallon per day Quarts quarts water Sunscreen running eyes Nonetheless forced back motel rooms air-conditioned field rigs plenty action challenge diehards among us survived heat-induced lassitude 96 USFFC schedules decontented somewhat four Scale events Peanut AMA Gas Jumbo Rubber axed along several marginally supported categories 95 FAI Old-Timer events spun separate identities management well interest efficiency intended results succeeded quite well Against fine-tuning CD Terry Kerger however USFFC 96 still offered 53 events 25 AMA/FAI 19 Old-Timer nine Specialcertainly enough satisfy anyone showing up dance things considered attendance/participation off too much 125 event entries OT 243 AMA/FAI determined-but-smiling faces three days High Time scorer keeper Ocie Randall Memorial Trophy Bob Beecroft did down path grit gore blowing up two crankcases K&B 19s NosGas Saturday probably old casting deterioration under high heat came back strong next day 23s assembled field parts box some help tweaks Bill Booth Jr grabbed victory jaws else Terry Thorkildsen perennial AMA Gas guru teeny second 2268 2267 nothing else Beecroft wellworn Nostalgia Lucky Lindy proved match modernist Thorkildsen AMA Astrostar Astrostar plans still available MA Saturday eminently flyable came out shade heat John Oian remarkable 211 still air P-30 mass launch others 120 beyond Calrence Mathers 201 among did 150 pleased Two hours after opening gun Oian string six maxes out uncatchable although 22 entrants tried best Nathan Day topped Junior group 546 dropping flight Oian continued win CO2 Duration Several among Mulvihill crowd posted three five-minute maxes George Xenakis prevailed 1822 over Bob Bienensteins 1592 50 Model Aviation Myers Lchecks out Bob Beecrofts B Nostalgia-winning Lucky Lindy also contest high time K&B 23 power John Olan won P-30 Mass Launch 331 won regular event six-maxes-plus Fl B left Bob Norton Bakersfield CA shows unusual German low-aspectratio Fl H Straight-tow model uses offset towhook Open Sweepstakes winner Bob DeShields won C Nostalgia Phil Kraft-designed Upstart Johnson 35 Combat engine An unretired Brian Van Nest paced Nordic FlA competition capping seven-round maxout under ideal conditions very mild drift well-marked thermals high-energy lift completing seven-minute flyoff round plus 308 followed Randy Weiler 202 Ditto maxes Fl C four entrants flyoff went former World Champ Randy Archer slim margin over Doug Joyce stable canards screamers 300 298 Hand-Launch Glider whiz Joe Mekina Ohio relative newcomer FiC did decent 191 flyoff just behind Kenny Happersett 211 Taking full advantage generous boomers present nearly day Saturday Old-Timers also posted share whopper scores Twenty-one contested Small Rubber Stick third largest meet Wakefield first 26 P 30 22 won Bob Langdon San Diego new Casano 1938 edged Stan Buddenbohms Gollywock 1440 1432 Stan falling eight seconds short six minute flight max Hal Covers 990 first promising new Special event PeeWee Antique allows stock 020 Cox 22cc capacity fuel alloted miniature Tambe Texaco drew 10 fliers Wes Funks two-flight total 2918 first Bob DeShields added Sweepstakes-winning effort 696 first 13 020 Replica FAI mini-FAI events continue command attentionparticularly Wakefield 1996 USFFCs top draw 26 despite its proximity October FAI Team Select Finals also Lost Hills Gumband colleague Jon Davis attributes surge FiB popularity its watchableness its socially close contained architecture fliers wind pick air launch pretty much elbow-toelbow Well put rivalries goodnaturedly maintained competition intense flyoffs hard-fought Mass launches common six-to-eightairplane clutches going up once hold too long late morning doldrum rounds disaster lurks half field dropped out Rounds Three Four accompanied selfconscious groans growls left four maxed out Monday 0700 flyoff won John Sessums 382 Larry Norvall second 340 Serge X third 320 Chuck Dorsett fourth 244all huge hunks sevenminute-max target Wakefield primo day Sunday other events suffered somewhat Dawn Mulvihill test went off cool windy launch window causing temporary loss several models permanent loss few others Hal Cover persevered eightminutes-plus out-of-sight happily reunited craft later day after worker spotted among oil rigs Soon after Dawn events however lull set persisted three four hours flew interim fared well nasty wind/dust storm would rise up mid-afternoon chasing sundry tight quarters would no after dust settled stuff Bud Romak out early maxed ASAP B Pylon nail down first place over Bruce Augustus 840 wall thermals around 10 am helped Thomas Greenhalge Paul Herbst flying Crusaders first second OT Small Rubber Cabin 661 455 Paul currently holds AMA Open P-30 record rest action wound down early dinner hour Although winds howled past midnight Sunday no doubt robbing sleep Monday broke crystal clear calm often does Central Valleymuch cheers survivors planned battle mini-FAI Events remaining AMA schedule Coupe dHiver Sacramentos Bruce Hannah us hogtied full house 0930 first place flying potent high-tech Wakefield lookalike Doc Zabelko second San Diego newcomer Gilbert Arroyo third scores being 600 580 554 F1H A-i glider towers finished similarly Stan Buddenbohm 600 Martyn Cowley 592 regular Nordic winner Brian Van Nest holding third 580 Kenny Happersett did 840 FlJ small clone big-bore FiC holding off Bruce Augustus Top Gun high-thrust machine 755 Wes Funk engine overrun flyoff close out third 600 Nice finish minis under continuing benign weather final day brothers Menanno squared off B Gas Guy besting brother Neals Shooting Star II 873 871 Much learn young gentlemen both technically strategically Meanwhile Bud Romak bagged another first showed way others Moffett five maxes 931 Roger Gregory distant 721 Resurgent competitor Jean Andrews two-flight total 3668 1/2A Texaco Scale impressivehis best flight being nearly 34 minutes Jean also second OT Power Scale behind Ron Boots oneflight high 829 Bob DeShields convincing 829 4-Ounce Wakefield over Len Kendys 703 second-place effort So 96 USFFC ended brighter note started solid performances decent temperatures no freeway congestion homewardbound pilots 1997 iteration will 30th Bigger better fun Come see r Cut Rubber Powered Flying Models Kit #201 Over 70 Laser Cut Parts Kit #202 Over 60 Laser Cut Parts \ Kit #203 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts Kit #204 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts 0 Kit #205 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts Introducing five laser cut kits biggest new name Free Flight Aircraft.Dumas Products walnut scale 17-1/2 wing span models come Precision Laser Cut Parts hand selected balsa injection molded propeller PAl Contest rubber plastic wheels vacuum molded plastic parts full color peel stick decal set light weight colored tissue comprehensive plans instructions rubber powered kit Call today 1800-458-2828 Ext 800 ask information packet Dumas line Rubber Powered Flying Models dumas aircraft DUMAS PRODUCTS INC 9O9AMA E 17th St Tucson AZ 85719 Phone 520-623-3742 Fax 520-620-1329 E-MAIL dumas@azstarnetcom January1997 51
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/01
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 50, 51
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT various thermistors scattered about read anywhere between 104 1140 dash morning humidity thrown Bob Beecrofts Radio Shack unit read 110 four days humidity running 50% down 11 12% afternoons Gatorade habit reliable indicator least gallon per day Quarts quarts water Sunscreen running eyes Nonetheless forced back motel rooms air-conditioned field rigs plenty action challenge diehards among us survived heat-induced lassitude 96 USFFC schedules decontented somewhat four Scale events Peanut AMA Gas Jumbo Rubber axed along several marginally supported categories 95 FAI Old-Timer events spun separate identities management well interest efficiency intended results succeeded quite well Against fine-tuning CD Terry Kerger however USFFC 96 still offered 53 events 25 AMA/FAI 19 Old-Timer nine Specialcertainly enough satisfy anyone showing up dance things considered attendance/participation off too much 125 event entries OT 243 AMA/FAI determined-but-smiling faces three days High Time scorer keeper Ocie Randall Memorial Trophy Bob Beecroft did down path grit gore blowing up two crankcases K&B 19s NosGas Saturday probably old casting deterioration under high heat came back strong next day 23s assembled field parts box some help tweaks Bill Booth Jr grabbed victory jaws else Terry Thorkildsen perennial AMA Gas guru teeny second 2268 2267 nothing else Beecroft wellworn Nostalgia Lucky Lindy proved match modernist Thorkildsen AMA Astrostar Astrostar plans still available MA Saturday eminently flyable came out shade heat John Oian remarkable 211 still air P-30 mass launch others 120 beyond Calrence Mathers 201 among did 150 pleased Two hours after opening gun Oian string six maxes out uncatchable although 22 entrants tried best Nathan Day topped Junior group 546 dropping flight Oian continued win CO2 Duration Several among Mulvihill crowd posted three five-minute maxes George Xenakis prevailed 1822 over Bob Bienensteins 1592 50 Model Aviation Myers Lchecks out Bob Beecrofts B Nostalgia-winning Lucky Lindy also contest high time K&B 23 power John Olan won P-30 Mass Launch 331 won regular event six-maxes-plus Fl B left Bob Norton Bakersfield CA shows unusual German low-aspectratio Fl H Straight-tow model uses offset towhook Open Sweepstakes winner Bob DeShields won C Nostalgia Phil Kraft-designed Upstart Johnson 35 Combat engine An unretired Brian Van Nest paced Nordic FlA competition capping seven-round maxout under ideal conditions very mild drift well-marked thermals high-energy lift completing seven-minute flyoff round plus 308 followed Randy Weiler 202 Ditto maxes Fl C four entrants flyoff went former World Champ Randy Archer slim margin over Doug Joyce stable canards screamers 300 298 Hand-Launch Glider whiz Joe Mekina Ohio relative newcomer FiC did decent 191 flyoff just behind Kenny Happersett 211 Taking full advantage generous boomers present nearly day Saturday Old-Timers also posted share whopper scores Twenty-one contested Small Rubber Stick third largest meet Wakefield first 26 P 30 22 won Bob Langdon San Diego new Casano 1938 edged Stan Buddenbohms Gollywock 1440 1432 Stan falling eight seconds short six minute flight max Hal Covers 990 first promising new Special event PeeWee Antique allows stock 020 Cox 22cc capacity fuel alloted miniature Tambe Texaco drew 10 fliers Wes Funks two-flight total 2918 first Bob DeShields added Sweepstakes-winning effort 696 first 13 020 Replica FAI mini-FAI events continue command attentionparticularly Wakefield 1996 USFFCs top draw 26 despite its proximity October FAI Team Select Finals also Lost Hills Gumband colleague Jon Davis attributes surge FiB popularity its watchableness its socially close contained architecture fliers wind pick air launch pretty much elbow-toelbow Well put rivalries goodnaturedly maintained competition intense flyoffs hard-fought Mass launches common six-to-eightairplane clutches going up once hold too long late morning doldrum rounds disaster lurks half field dropped out Rounds Three Four accompanied selfconscious groans growls left four maxed out Monday 0700 flyoff won John Sessums 382 Larry Norvall second 340 Serge X third 320 Chuck Dorsett fourth 244all huge hunks sevenminute-max target Wakefield primo day Sunday other events suffered somewhat Dawn Mulvihill test went off cool windy launch window causing temporary loss several models permanent loss few others Hal Cover persevered eightminutes-plus out-of-sight happily reunited craft later day after worker spotted among oil rigs Soon after Dawn events however lull set persisted three four hours flew interim fared well nasty wind/dust storm would rise up mid-afternoon chasing sundry tight quarters would no after dust settled stuff Bud Romak out early maxed ASAP B Pylon nail down first place over Bruce Augustus 840 wall thermals around 10 am helped Thomas Greenhalge Paul Herbst flying Crusaders first second OT Small Rubber Cabin 661 455 Paul currently holds AMA Open P-30 record rest action wound down early dinner hour Although winds howled past midnight Sunday no doubt robbing sleep Monday broke crystal clear calm often does Central Valleymuch cheers survivors planned battle mini-FAI Events remaining AMA schedule Coupe dHiver Sacramentos Bruce Hannah us hogtied full house 0930 first place flying potent high-tech Wakefield lookalike Doc Zabelko second San Diego newcomer Gilbert Arroyo third scores being 600 580 554 F1H A-i glider towers finished similarly Stan Buddenbohm 600 Martyn Cowley 592 regular Nordic winner Brian Van Nest holding third 580 Kenny Happersett did 840 FlJ small clone big-bore FiC holding off Bruce Augustus Top Gun high-thrust machine 755 Wes Funk engine overrun flyoff close out third 600 Nice finish minis under continuing benign weather final day brothers Menanno squared off B Gas Guy besting brother Neals Shooting Star II 873 871 Much learn young gentlemen both technically strategically Meanwhile Bud Romak bagged another first showed way others Moffett five maxes 931 Roger Gregory distant 721 Resurgent competitor Jean Andrews two-flight total 3668 1/2A Texaco Scale impressivehis best flight being nearly 34 minutes Jean also second OT Power Scale behind Ron Boots oneflight high 829 Bob DeShields convincing 829 4-Ounce Wakefield over Len Kendys 703 second-place effort So 96 USFFC ended brighter note started solid performances decent temperatures no freeway congestion homewardbound pilots 1997 iteration will 30th Bigger better fun Come see r Cut Rubber Powered Flying Models Kit #201 Over 70 Laser Cut Parts Kit #202 Over 60 Laser Cut Parts \ Kit #203 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts Kit #204 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts 0 Kit #205 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts Introducing five laser cut kits biggest new name Free Flight Aircraft.Dumas Products walnut scale 17-1/2 wing span models come Precision Laser Cut Parts hand selected balsa injection molded propeller PAl Contest rubber plastic wheels vacuum molded plastic parts full color peel stick decal set light weight colored tissue comprehensive plans instructions rubber powered kit Call today 1800-458-2828 Ext 800 ask information packet Dumas line Rubber Powered Flying Models dumas aircraft DUMAS PRODUCTS INC 9O9AMA E 17th St Tucson AZ 85719 Phone 520-623-3742 Fax 520-620-1329 E-MAIL dumas@azstarnetcom January1997 51
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/01
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 50, 51
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT various thermistors scattered about read anywhere between 104 1140 dash morning humidity thrown Bob Beecrofts Radio Shack unit read 110 four days humidity running 50% down 11 12% afternoons Gatorade habit reliable indicator least gallon per day Quarts quarts water Sunscreen running eyes Nonetheless forced back motel rooms air-conditioned field rigs plenty action challenge diehards among us survived heat-induced lassitude 96 USFFC schedules decontented somewhat four Scale events Peanut AMA Gas Jumbo Rubber axed along several marginally supported categories 95 FAI Old-Timer events spun separate identities management well interest efficiency intended results succeeded quite well Against fine-tuning CD Terry Kerger however USFFC 96 still offered 53 events 25 AMA/FAI 19 Old-Timer nine Specialcertainly enough satisfy anyone showing up dance things considered attendance/participation off too much 125 event entries OT 243 AMA/FAI determined-but-smiling faces three days High Time scorer keeper Ocie Randall Memorial Trophy Bob Beecroft did down path grit gore blowing up two crankcases K&B 19s NosGas Saturday probably old casting deterioration under high heat came back strong next day 23s assembled field parts box some help tweaks Bill Booth Jr grabbed victory jaws else Terry Thorkildsen perennial AMA Gas guru teeny second 2268 2267 nothing else Beecroft wellworn Nostalgia Lucky Lindy proved match modernist Thorkildsen AMA Astrostar Astrostar plans still available MA Saturday eminently flyable came out shade heat John Oian remarkable 211 still air P-30 mass launch others 120 beyond Calrence Mathers 201 among did 150 pleased Two hours after opening gun Oian string six maxes out uncatchable although 22 entrants tried best Nathan Day topped Junior group 546 dropping flight Oian continued win CO2 Duration Several among Mulvihill crowd posted three five-minute maxes George Xenakis prevailed 1822 over Bob Bienensteins 1592 50 Model Aviation Myers Lchecks out Bob Beecrofts B Nostalgia-winning Lucky Lindy also contest high time K&B 23 power John Olan won P-30 Mass Launch 331 won regular event six-maxes-plus Fl B left Bob Norton Bakersfield CA shows unusual German low-aspectratio Fl H Straight-tow model uses offset towhook Open Sweepstakes winner Bob DeShields won C Nostalgia Phil Kraft-designed Upstart Johnson 35 Combat engine An unretired Brian Van Nest paced Nordic FlA competition capping seven-round maxout under ideal conditions very mild drift well-marked thermals high-energy lift completing seven-minute flyoff round plus 308 followed Randy Weiler 202 Ditto maxes Fl C four entrants flyoff went former World Champ Randy Archer slim margin over Doug Joyce stable canards screamers 300 298 Hand-Launch Glider whiz Joe Mekina Ohio relative newcomer FiC did decent 191 flyoff just behind Kenny Happersett 211 Taking full advantage generous boomers present nearly day Saturday Old-Timers also posted share whopper scores Twenty-one contested Small Rubber Stick third largest meet Wakefield first 26 P 30 22 won Bob Langdon San Diego new Casano 1938 edged Stan Buddenbohms Gollywock 1440 1432 Stan falling eight seconds short six minute flight max Hal Covers 990 first promising new Special event PeeWee Antique allows stock 020 Cox 22cc capacity fuel alloted miniature Tambe Texaco drew 10 fliers Wes Funks two-flight total 2918 first Bob DeShields added Sweepstakes-winning effort 696 first 13 020 Replica FAI mini-FAI events continue command attentionparticularly Wakefield 1996 USFFCs top draw 26 despite its proximity October FAI Team Select Finals also Lost Hills Gumband colleague Jon Davis attributes surge FiB popularity its watchableness its socially close contained architecture fliers wind pick air launch pretty much elbow-toelbow Well put rivalries goodnaturedly maintained competition intense flyoffs hard-fought Mass launches common six-to-eightairplane clutches going up once hold too long late morning doldrum rounds disaster lurks half field dropped out Rounds Three Four accompanied selfconscious groans growls left four maxed out Monday 0700 flyoff won John Sessums 382 Larry Norvall second 340 Serge X third 320 Chuck Dorsett fourth 244all huge hunks sevenminute-max target Wakefield primo day Sunday other events suffered somewhat Dawn Mulvihill test went off cool windy launch window causing temporary loss several models permanent loss few others Hal Cover persevered eightminutes-plus out-of-sight happily reunited craft later day after worker spotted among oil rigs Soon after Dawn events however lull set persisted three four hours flew interim fared well nasty wind/dust storm would rise up mid-afternoon chasing sundry tight quarters would no after dust settled stuff Bud Romak out early maxed ASAP B Pylon nail down first place over Bruce Augustus 840 wall thermals around 10 am helped Thomas Greenhalge Paul Herbst flying Crusaders first second OT Small Rubber Cabin 661 455 Paul currently holds AMA Open P-30 record rest action wound down early dinner hour Although winds howled past midnight Sunday no doubt robbing sleep Monday broke crystal clear calm often does Central Valleymuch cheers survivors planned battle mini-FAI Events remaining AMA schedule Coupe dHiver Sacramentos Bruce Hannah us hogtied full house 0930 first place flying potent high-tech Wakefield lookalike Doc Zabelko second San Diego newcomer Gilbert Arroyo third scores being 600 580 554 F1H A-i glider towers finished similarly Stan Buddenbohm 600 Martyn Cowley 592 regular Nordic winner Brian Van Nest holding third 580 Kenny Happersett did 840 FlJ small clone big-bore FiC holding off Bruce Augustus Top Gun high-thrust machine 755 Wes Funk engine overrun flyoff close out third 600 Nice finish minis under continuing benign weather final day brothers Menanno squared off B Gas Guy besting brother Neals Shooting Star II 873 871 Much learn young gentlemen both technically strategically Meanwhile Bud Romak bagged another first showed way others Moffett five maxes 931 Roger Gregory distant 721 Resurgent competitor Jean Andrews two-flight total 3668 1/2A Texaco Scale impressivehis best flight being nearly 34 minutes Jean also second OT Power Scale behind Ron Boots oneflight high 829 Bob DeShields convincing 829 4-Ounce Wakefield over Len Kendys 703 second-place effort So 96 USFFC ended brighter note started solid performances decent temperatures no freeway congestion homewardbound pilots 1997 iteration will 30th Bigger better fun Come see r Cut Rubber Powered Flying Models Kit #201 Over 70 Laser Cut Parts Kit #202 Over 60 Laser Cut Parts \ Kit #203 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts Kit #204 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts 0 Kit #205 Over 50 Laser Cut Parts Introducing five laser cut kits biggest new name Free Flight Aircraft.Dumas Products walnut scale 17-1/2 wing span models come Precision Laser Cut Parts hand selected balsa injection molded propeller PAl Contest rubber plastic wheels vacuum molded plastic parts full color peel stick decal set light weight colored tissue comprehensive plans instructions rubber powered kit Call today 1800-458-2828 Ext 800 ask information packet Dumas line Rubber Powered Flying Models dumas aircraft DUMAS PRODUCTS INC 9O9AMA E 17th St Tucson AZ 85719 Phone 520-623-3742 Fax 520-620-1329 E-MAIL dumas@azstarnetcom January1997 51
