Control Line: Speed
FLASH!-FLASH! Attention all Jet Speed fliers! A new Dyna-Jet engine will be given away for first place in the Jet Sport Speed event at the Southwest Model Airplane Championships. This festive event will be held in Dallas, TX on September 19-20, 1987. Jet Sport Speed is designed for the beginner who would like to build and fly a Jet model. The rules for the event are as follows: 1) The engine must be a stock Dyna-Jet with fins. This includes the valve retainer. 2) The only modifications allowed to the Dyna-Jet engine are as follows: a) The last three fins on the head may be machined to a diameter .020 in. less than the fin in front of them in order to accept a mounting strap.
AMA Nats: CL Speed
THANKS to CL Speed Event Director Santo Rizzotto (Fall River, MA) and his staff of volunteers consisting of Frances Garzon and Bob Middleton for the excellent job they performed at this year's Nats. There would not be a Nats if it were not for the dedication and effort of individuals like these. This is the third time that the Nats has been held in Lincoln, NE. The previous two times were in 1979 and 1982. The 1988 Nats will be held in Virginia Beach, VA. Make plans now to attend it! There was strong competition in all events, especially in Jet and Class D. The weather on Monday of Nats week was nice-for half a day. However, on Tuesday a cold front passed through Lincoln bringing a record low temperature in the upper forties. The remainder of the week had temperatures in the upper nineties, with strong winds in the afternoon.
Control Line: Speed
EUROPEAN Speed fliers have a chance to hash things out at the annual European Control Line Championships. I'm going to let Ken Morrisssey (one of my spies from Great Britain) have the whole column this month to tell you what happened in Nykoping, Sweden on July 21-26, 1987. Take it away, Ken! With a lower entry in most classes than for the past several years, we found the quality of the competition higher than ever. The site was situated on the local ex-military Air Force base set in a pine forest-a beautiful location for a championship, and 17 fliers from eight nations competed in the FAI Class F2A (2.5cc engines) with a warm and friendly attitude.
Control Line: Speed
SPEED SCENE. This month's column will cover both Charles Legg's beautiful 1/2 A Speed model and the 1987 Southwest Model Airplane Championships held in Dallas, TX on September 19-20.
Control Line: Speed
DYNA-JET HISTORY will be the subject of this month's column. It will be continued in my next (July) column. Gerald L. ("Jerry") Wiles (Bradford, OH) has graciously taken the task of writing an abridged history of this remarkable power plant for all modelers to enjoy. I have been asked many times how and who developed the Dyna-Jet engine. "At long last, enclosed is my account of some of the history of the Dyna-Jet engine, as we discussed last year by telephone and letter. Also enclosed are a few pictures and descriptions pertinent to that account, selected and copied from the many 8 × 10 originals loaned to me by Bill Tenney and Jerry Nolin . . . Though Bill and Jerry checked my narrative for accuracy, the words and opinions are, for the most part, my own.
