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  1.  Tangent Power
  2. MMM 14 Rounder

 

 Tangent Power

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This is getting a little embarasing, although my being embarrased is nothing new. The up coming Tangent Oregon Contests appear to have a good number of fine flyers representing F1 A & B planning to attend. However, where are the C guys? Pierre (smooth talking French guy) seems more adept at recruiting people than the two greasy, noisy CDs running the Tangent Classic. I do not understand why all the high buck F1 Cs from around the world will be sitting comfortably in their model boxes when they could be gently thermaling in Tangent. This is a perfect time of year for freeflight in Oregon and we have a spectacular new field so get off your duff and come to Tangent or once again your big buck toys will spend another weekend without your enjoyment.

Portland has an International airport so call BA, Quantas, United or get in your rig (no extra bag charges)and make your way to Tangent; the land of gentle thermals, no drift and lush green fairways from which to fly.

Regards

Mike & Ron

 

 

MMM 14 Rounder Report

CDs Chuck Etherington & Bill Lovins

 ·   The most touching event of the contest was the symbolic flying of the
 late Willard Smitz’s Nordic.  Among those who towed it up were: George
 Batiuk, Rene Limberger, Lee Hines, Brian Van Nest, Peter Brocks, Marc
 Sisk, Don DeLoach, Mel Gray and even Sue Etherington with Jerry Murphy
 coordinating the activity.  With each flight the mantra, “Run Willard Run”
 could be heard.”  Kurt Smitz, Willard’s son, was on hand for the tribute.
 He brought a memorial book for us to sign and wine and beer so we could
 toast his dad.  Very moving.  There were some emotional stories shared.
 ·   Rene Limberger won F1A becoming only the 4th sportsman in history to
 max out all 14 rounds at the FAI Annual.  Congratulations Rene!
 ·   Brian Van Nest was only 15 seconds behind with a drop in the 8th
 round.
 ·   George Batiuk nearly repeated his 2001 max-out.  Unfortunately, he
 dropped 20 sec in the 3rd round.  Blake Jensen also dropped the 3rd round
 (same air?) but by 13 sec more than George.  Both maxed the remaining 11
 rounds with George hanging on by a thread for the win.
 ·   Tiffaney O’Dell won F1G with a near max-out dropping just 14 sec.
 ·   Mike Thompson maxed-out F1H with Brian Van Nest just 1 sec behind him.
 Ouch!
 ·   Tim Batiuk won HLG with 6 maxes with Todd Reynolds and Lee Hines hot
 on his heels with 5 maxes each.
 ·   Todd Reynolds won CLG with 4 maxes.  Todd has become a superb
 competitor!
 ·   Two youngsters experienced their first flyaways in small glider:
 Ellen Major in Jr. HLG and Raymond Boyd in Jr CLG.  Much thanks to Mel
 Gray for setting them up with gliders.
 ·   It was great to have both Batiuk bros. back in Colorado from whence
 they came.
 ·   Fast Richard drove his new Mini Cooper Clubman up from Louisiana to
 fly F1C with us – it was great having him here.
 ·   Friday night saw a fine barbeque at Mel and Karen Gray’s clubhouse.
 Very enjoyable evening.
 ·   I’d like to thank all who came from out-of-town to fly with us and
 everyone that helped with the contest; especially co-CD Bill Lovins for
 helping to prepare for and run the contest and Sue Etherington for
 volunteering to serve as head scorekeeper.  A more complete report will be
 available in the MaxOut newsletter.
 ·   Finally, Eddie VanLandingham, Peter Brocks and Tim Batiuk had flyaways
 in monster thermals and all recovered their models.  Rick Pangell found
 Tim’s 5.5 miles away in Elbert County.  Following a not-so-successful
 aerial search, Eddie found his model two days later nearly eight miles
 away in a horse corral in Douglas County (it was unhurt).  Peter located
 his model 7.7 miles away near Eddie’s also on horse property.  His ordeal
 went from early afternoon until 10:00 that night and involved a county
 sheriff’s deputy.  All three accounts will be detailed in the next issue
 of the MaxOut newsletter.  My strongest impression of the contest was
 Brigitte Brocks sitting in her lawn chair facing west all afternoon and
 evening with her binoculars, two-way radio and a bottle of water patiently
 waiting for her man to return.

  F1A
  1    Rene Limberger   2520 (max-out)
  2    Brian Van Nest   2505
  3    Lee Hines        2242
  4    Mike Thompson    2005
  5    Randy Reynolds    777
  6    Peter Brocks     681
  7    Rob Romash       308

  F1B
  1    George Batiuk    2500
  2    Blake Jensen     2487
  3    Eddie VanLandingham    1022
  4    Darold Jones     333
  5    Eugene Jensen    237
  6    Mark Hoffman     56

  F1C
  1    Chuck Etherington            2347
  2    Roland Solomon         992
  3    Dick Mathis      851

  F1E
  1    Peter Brocks     500

  F1G
  1    Tiffaney O’Dell  706
  2    Randy Reynolds   690
  3    Don DeLoach      678
  4    Peter Brocks     633
  5    Marc Sisk        615
  6    Eddie VanLandingham    360
  7    Jerry Murphy     214
  8    Rob Romash       166
  9    Mel Gray         122
  10   Todd Reynolds    120

  F1H
  1    Mike Thompson    720 (max-out)
  2    Brian Van Nest   719 (dang near a max-out)
  3    Marc Sisk        663
  4    Lee Hines        597

  F1J
  1    Don DeLoach      274

  HLG
  1    Tim Batiuk        820 (max-out)
  2    Todd Reynolds     716 (max-out)
  3    Lee Hines         624 (max-out)
  4    Mel Gray          373 (max-out)
  5    Randy Reynolds    332
  6    Mark Hoffman      259
  7    Neil Myers        133
  8    Mark Covington    38

  Jr. HLG
  1    Ellen Major       173
  2    Stephen Boyd      49
  3    Raymond Boyd      40

  CLG
  1    Todd Reynolds     553 (max-out)
  2    Lee Hines         410 (max-out)
  3    Tim Batiuk        304
  4    Don DeLoach       289
  5    Mark Covington    246
  6    Neil Myers        222
  7    Marc Sisk         200
  8    Peter Brocks      165
  9    Mel Gray          159
  10   Mark Hoffman      48

  Jr. CLG
  1    Raymond Boyd      165
  2    Ellen Major       133
  3    Stephen Boyd      56

  Classic Towline
  1    Randy Reynolds    622 (max-out)
  2    Don DeLoach       494
  3    Mel Gray          378
  4    Tim Batiuk        286
  5    Troy King         178
  6    Ray Boyd          158
  7    Todd Reynolds     58

  Slow Gas Combo
  1    Bill Lovins       Slow Open Power   490

  Fast Gas Combo
  1    Bill Lovins       B Gas       720 (max-out)
  2    Dave Wineland     A Gas       448
  3    Troy King         ½ A         119

  O/T Rubber Combined
  1    Jim O'Reilly      502
  2    Eugene Jensen     450
  3    Don DeLoach       402

  Nostalgia Wake/Rubber
  1    Herb Kothe        Nos Wake    540 (max-out)
  2    Jim O'Reilly      Nos Wake    450

  P-30
  1    Rob Romash        871 (max-out)
  2    Marc Sisk         825 (max-out)
  3    Don DeLoach       357
  4    Jerry Murphy      335
  5    Neil Myers        333
  6    Darold Jones      108

  Moffett
  1    Jim O'Reilly      273

  Mulvihill
  1    Jim O’Reilly      540 (max-out)
 
 

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Roger Morrell