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  1. Skyscrapers Annual results
  2. W+O Results
  3. Wanted F1H
  4.  Better Planning ...

Skyscrapers Annual results


  Here and in the next email are the results of two Americas Cup contests at Barron Field in Wawayanda, New York.  First here are the results of the Skyscraper Annual June 25-26, 2011. Highlights included max out wins by Kathy Radziunas in F1G, Tom Vaccaro in F1B, Andrei Kirilinko in F1C, Tom Juell in P-30, and Jean Pailet in 1/2 A Gas. Distinctive Junior performances were by the Avla sisters, Rebecca and Jessica in P-30 and Gina Barron in Catapult and three towline glider events.

  An unfortunate wind change Sunday afternoon put two models in trees. Carrol Allen got his back by an amazing climbing effort by him, whereas I resorted to a professional tree climber to get mine.  Both models were retreived without a scratch: well, at least there were no scratches on the models.  We stopped after round 6.

Thermals,
Andrew Barron This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Dave Acton (CD)

Sky Annual F1B
1. 180 180 180 180 180 150 1050 Tom Vaccaro
2. 180 180 180 180 180 144 1044 Carrol Allen
3. 180 180 180 150 170 150 1010 Aram Schlosberg
4. 180 180 180 180 138 150 1008 Ron Felix
5. 180 180 180 036 033 DNF  609 Sarah Radziunas

Sky Annual F1A
1. 180 180 120 180 180 150  990 Andrew Barron
2. 133 142 180 146 180 150  931 Igor Fradkin
3. 180 060 180 180 091 150  841 Peter Barron
4. 063 097 129 036 DNF DNF  256 Gina Barron (J)
5. DNF DNF 075 128 DNF DNF  203 Julie Barron (J)

Sky Annual F1C
1. 180 180 180 180 180 180 1080 Andrei Kirilenko

Sky Annual F1G
1. 120 120 120 120 120  600 Kathy Radziunas
2. 120 120 120 120 098  578 Carrol Allen
3. 120 120 120 091 077  528 Bill Buss
4. 120 120 105 120 031  496 Don Rousseau
5. 120 120 120 DNF DNF  360 Tom Vaccaro

Sky Annual F1H
1. 55 108 61 56 74 354 Jean Pailet
2. 76 067 38 40 64 285 Gina Barron (J)

Sky Annual F1J
1. 100 86 96 116 120 518 Jean Pailet

Sky Annual F1Q
1. 69 150 150 150 10 529 Dave Lacey

Sky Annual P-30
1. 120 120 120 360 Tom Juell
2. 120 107 104 331 Rebecca Avla (J)
3. 120 120 071 311 Al Vollmer
4. 098 120 091 309 Arnold Waldner
5. 120 120 060 300 Al Mkitarian
6. 120 059 120 299 Jessica Avla (J)
7. 120 DNF DNF 120 Vern Goodrich
8. 085 DNF DNF 085 Bill Buss

Sky Annual Catapult Glider (three flight total)
1. 267 Andrew Barron
2. 153 Gina Barron (J)
3. 115 Vito Gagliano
4. 104 Tom Juell
5. 64  Julie Barron (J)
5. 64  Bob Morris

Sky Annual HLG (three flight total)
1. 207 Bob Morris
2. 54  Vito Gagliano

Sky Annual Dawn Unlimited
1. 287 Don Rousseau
2. 207 Carrol Allen

Sky Annual 1/2 A Gas
1. 120 120 120 360 Jean Pailet
2. 120 120 064 304 Arnold Waldner

Sky Annual 1/4 A Nostalgia Gas
1. 120 52 70  242 Al Vollmer

Sky Annual Classic Towline
1. 78 22 76  176 Gina Barron (J)
2. 48 54 50  152 Jean Pailet

Sky Annual Pee-Wee 30
15/120 15/112 15/120  2346 Don Rousseau
15/120 15/056 15/061  1579 Arnold Waldner

Sky Annual Cloud Tramp
1. 56 59 95  210 Bob Morris




Wilbur and Orville Society fall free flight Americas Cup


Free Flight Friends,

  Here are the results of the Wilbur and Orville Society fall free flight Americas Cup contest August 20-21, 2011 (AMA sanction no 11-1654). One highlight includes the tight finish in F1B with only four seconds separating Aram, Ron, and Junior Wes Murrell. Another was the win by young junior flier Gina Barron (Age 9) in F1A against some competitors of considerably more years.  Another junior Brian Pacelli maxed out in F1P.

  Saturday featured gloriously calm conditions for some of the best flying opportunity, and led to nice performance by several including Vic Nippert and Dave Lacey in electric events, Arnold Waldner in P-30, and Don Rousseau in F1G just a few seconds ahead of Bill Buss and Carrol Allen.

  Sunday, an excessively high wind arrived at about 12:30pm
during round 5. Some had already completed their flights for that round. Gina Barron and Aram Schlosberg put up their winning flights in the extreme conditions toward the end of the round.  Sarah Radziunas was able to find her F1B a couple of miles down wind in a stream after a long search.  Unfortunately for Aram, one of his models did not DT in round 1 thermalling into the clouds soon after 7:30am and remains lost after a couple of days of search.

Thermals,
Andrew Barron (CD) and Sarah Radziunas (WO organizer)

W&O F1B
1. 240 178 180 180 150  928 Aram Schlosberg
2. 240 180 180 175 150  925 Ron Felix
3. 240 180 174 180 150  924 Wes Murrell (J)
4. 230 180 180 180 DNF  770 Roger Morrell
5. 240 161 162 180 DNF  743 Carrol Allen
6. 230 180 176 077 DNF  663 John Clapp
7. 178 180 180 DNF DNF  538 Sarah Radziunas

W&O F1A
1. 240 164 180 180 076  840 Gina Barron (J)
2. 240 240 154 096 091  761 Andrew Barron
3. 170 157 071 101 DNF  499 Tzvetan Tzvetkov
4. 137 106 089 085 DNF  417 Michelle Barron (J)

W&O F1P
1. 180 180 180 180 150  870 Brian Pacelli (J)

W&O F1Q
1. 164 170 111 135 147 180 180  1087 Dave Lacey
2. 116 144 180 096 180 027 180  0923 Aram Schlosberg

W&O F1G
1. 120 120 088 120 120  568 Don Rousseau
2. 120 120 083 120 120  563 Carrol Allen
3. 096 115 120 120 110  561 Bill Buss
4. 079 120 091 120 120  530 John Clapp

W&O F1H
1. 62 71 120 120 00 373 Jean Pailet
2. 13 15 026 060 79 193 Gina Barron (J)

W&O F1J
1. 59 097 86 112 101 455 Alan Abriss
2. 63 120 48 080 120 431 Jean Pailet

W&O P-30
1. 120 111 120 351 Arnold Waldner
2. 120 120 DNF 240 Don Rousseau
3. 110 DNF DNF 110 Bill Buss

W&O Catapult Glider (three flight total)
1. 228 Andrew Barron
2. 132 Vic Nippert
3. 096 Gina Barron (J)
4. 061 Rebecca Avla (J)
5. 039 Jessica Avla (J)

W&O HLG (three flight total)
1. 222 Bob Morris

W&O Unlimited Rubber
1. 119 089 095  303 Vic Nippert
2. 076 DNF DNF  076 Bob Morris

W&O 1/2 A Gas
1. 080 047 120  247 Arnold Waldner

W&O 1/4 A Nostalgia Gas
1. 54 37 90  181 Bob Morris

W&O Classic Towline
1. 104 55 75 234 Gina Barron (J)

W&O Pee-Wee 30
1. 13/120 11/053 11/120  1953 Arnold Waldner
2. 20/083 DNF    DNF     415  Bob Morris

W&O Electric B
1. 120 Vic Nippert

W&O E-36
1. 120 118 120  358 Vic Nippert

Thanks for your interest.
Thermals,

 Andrew Barron This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.



Wanted - F1H Bunter

Wanted - competitive pre-loved F1H electronic bunter in good condition.   Didn't have any luck on the last advert but there must be someone who no longer wants his reliable old F1H?  Would prefer fitted Black Magic timer with leads to connect to Ken Bauer RDT.  Details and photo/s to Malcolm Campbell, Queensland, Australia   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
Regards
Malcolm Campbell 
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Better Planning ...

Editorial

You will have seen in a SEN a few issues back Jim Parker talking about the planning for next year's America's Cup.  SCAT manages the sanctions and collates all the results but we do not give guidance on when the events should be or try and resolve date conflicts.

 I was very disappointed to see 3 contests - Tangent, Muncie and Wawayanda on the same date in August, followed by some disappointment from the organizers on attendance and the a similar reaction from some of the attendees on being not enough of the good guys at the event they attended.

When I was working and traveling a lot I found it hard to get to contests but made an effort.  Having a responsible job I could not goof off on Fridays so it was just as well that I did not fly F1A in the big events.  I understand that if you are the real hard core guy you might take a day or two of vacation, but the contests also include normal people, these people make up the numbers.  These are also people who may later degenerate into hard core FAI sportsmen.  We cannot complain about attendance if we make it hard for regular people to get to the events.

It's been good to see young people [Austin, Sarah, Ryan, Evan, John, Cody...] in their 20s come out and fly, but there are some other former junior team members and F1A flyers who are just getting started with their careers. If they are responsible people in these economic times they are going to be careful about the days they have off so probably won't be too keen on Friday contests

This year it has got worse for me in that I'm try to help my grandson, Wes.  I terms of getting off to contests, school is tougher than work.  That's why it was not good  with two eastern events - Muncie and Wawaynda on the same day and in the school holidays.  Note there was  another east coast contest earlier in August but it was in Canada, OK for the America's Cup but not good for USA team selection minutes for either the juniors or seniors. 

We are making an effort to attract people from other countries to fly in our events.  Lost Hills is a great site an people like flying there.  The experts from all over the world enhance our events and the locals benefit from seeing them fly.  But the locals have to be there to see them and for the foreign expert to want to attend he must have the potential to get World Cup bonus points if he wins.  Local flyers make up the numbers and help with upping those bonus point.  Clearly the Free Flight Festivals are helpful for the person who can travel because the optomise the travel spend but that alone is not enough. 

What are some ideas to improve participation?



 

............................
Roger Morrell