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2013 Southwest FAI Challenge                                                             Bill Booth Jr.     

October 26 & 27, 2013                                                                           Contest Director

Boulder City, Nevada

Eldorado Dry Lake, Boulder City, Nevada. There is something about the place that just makes me smile.   The beautiful sunrises, the spectacular sunsets over the jagged red peaks and 5 square miles of dead flat unobstructed free flight nirvana. It has a few quirks, all free flight fields do these days, but add extraordinary weather to the package and it just doesn’t get much better. From Thursday afternoon when we arrived through the completion of flyoffs Sunday afternoon, the wind never gusted over 10 MPH and the 2013 edition of the Southwest FAI Challenge went off without a hitch. There were 39 registered contestants and 60 total entries spread over 10 events.  Rubber and Glider events remain the mainstays.

Newly endowed professional sportsman, Jim Parker topped the field of 10 F1A flyers that took he, Brian Van Nest and Shlomi Rosenzweig to the 7 minute flyoff round. Charlie Jones and Blake Jensen waited until the end of the 5 minute F1B flyoff and snagged the top two spots, with only Charlie making the max. Regular SW FAI competitor John Clapp took home third place besting the other 6 flyers in the flyoff who launched in a gaggle about mid round.   Henning Nyhegn picked up the blue glass for first in F1C for the third straight year. John Oldenkamp collected first place Americas Cup points with a clean score in F1Q with Bernie Crowe and Mike Pykelny on his heels.   We are always glad to see Glenn Schneider who took first (and last!) place in both F1P and Vintage FAI Power.

Sunday saw the local Las Vegas contingent come out to join us and fill up the P-30 field. Regulars Bob Hodes and Gerald Antonucci were pushed down to 2^nd & 3^rd respectively by another local, Bill Ervin who has returned to the hobby and has some nice looking models in his box. With 12 entries, F1G had the second highest entry total of the meet. Somehow or another I managed to eek enough out of an ageing model to best Ryan Jones and his Mom, Geralyn who finished second and third. F1H was the only event that was not resolved by normal flyoff procedure. After Brian Van Nest, Jim Parker & Kyle Jones easily made their 4 minute rounds, the Espresso Flyoff Tiebreaker was invoked leaving Brian atop the list followed by Jim and then Kyle. E-36 continues to be well supported. This year, new Las Vegas resident Mike Richardson took home top honors followed by John Oldenkamp and new SW FAI attendee, Jack Murphy from Salt Lake City.  The early morning Espresso Flyoffs were won by Brian Van Nest in F1H as noted above, Tiffaney O’Dell with an extraordinary flight of 5:13 in F1G and Glenn Schneider in Vintage FAI Power. Once again sadly, no F1J contestants. 

As always, there is much more than the competition that make this contest special. Thanks to Linda Piazza for grilling the dogs for our lunchtime appreciation, and to Bob Beecroft for his management of the scoring table and flyoffs.   Norm Smith is still not able to fly, but it was a special treat to have he and Merry come down from Ione just to visit and help out. Ziggy Limberger who we spent a lot of time with at the World Champs this summer in France stayed in the States long enough after son Rene’s wedding, to take in his first SW FAI Challenge. 

In keeping with tradition, when all the receipts are totaled up, the lion’s share of the profit from the 2013 SW FAI Challenge will be contributed to the Junior Team Fund.   One last note. The vote is complete and Boulder City will be the site for the 2014 FAI Team Selection Finals for the 2015 Team that will represent the USA in Mongolia in 2015. Plans are already underway for the 2014 SW FAI Challenge. 

F1A
Jim Parker          210  180  180  180  180  180  180  300  396 1986
Brian Van Nest      210  180  180  180  180  180  180  300  286 1876
Shlomi Rosenzweig   210  180  180  180  180  180  180  300   63 1653
Kyle Jones          210  180  180  180  180  173  180           1283
Don Zink            210  165  180  180  168  162  180           1245
Lee Hines           150  180  180  180  120  180  141           1131
Sigfried Limberger    0  180  180  180  180  180  180           1080
Peter Brocks        127  180  180  121  180  117  175           1080
Randy Secor         122  180  178  158  180  180   59           1057
Rene Limberger      210  180   83   75  106  180  180           1014

F1B

Charlie Jones       240  180  180  180  180  180  180  300      1620
Blake Jensen        240  180  180  180  180  180  180  266      1586
John  Clapp         240  180  180  180  180  180  180  244      1564
Bill Booth          240  180  180  180  180  180  180  202      1522
George Batiuk       240  180  180  180  180  180  180  200      1520
Jack Emery          240  180  180  180  180  180  180  196      1516
Bob Piserchio       240  180  180  180  180  180  180  159      1479
Tiffaney O’Dell     240  180  180  180  180  180  180  151      1471
Roger Morrell       240  180  180  180  169  174  180           1303
Rich Rohrke         208  180  180  166  180  180  180           1274
Ryan Jones          240  180  180  180  115  180  180           1255
Aram Schlosberg     182  170  180  180  180  180  178           1250
Mike Richardson     163  157  130  135  180  180  150           1095
Jace Pivonka (JR)   123  127   89  180  177  180  180           1056
Tom Ioerger         162  180  180  180  180  162    0           1044
Richard Wood        240  180  180  180  119    0    0            899

F1C

Henning  Nyhegn       0    0  180  180  180  112  180            832
Chuck Etherington

F1Q

John Oldenkamp      180  180  180  180  180  180  180           1260
Bernie Crowe        144  180  180  113  128  180  180           1105
Mike Pykelny        100  180  180   96  180  180  141           1057
Jack Murphy         109  134  180  172   96  180  159           1030

F1P

Glenn Schneider     127  180  180   39  147    0    0            673

F1G

Bill Booth          120  120  120  120  120  180  240           1020
Ryan Jones          120  120  120  120  120  180  234           1014
Geralyn Jones       120  120  120  120  120  171                 771
Blake Jensen        120  120  120  120  120  168                 768
Peter Brocks        120  120  120  120  120  159                 759
Tom Ioerger         120  120  120  120  120  145                 745
Tiffaney O’Dell     120  120  120  120  120  140                 740
John Clapp          120  120  120  120  120  134                 734
Mike Richardson     120  117  120  120  120                      597
George Batiuk       120  103  120   21  116                      480
Bill Holt           120   27    0    0    0                      147
Jace Pivonka (JR)

F1H

Brian Van Nest      120  120  120  120  120  180  240  235      1255
Jim Parker          120  120  120  120  120  180  240  206      1226
Kyle  Jones         120  120  120  120  120  180  240  161      1181
Lee Hines             0    0   67   58   57                      182

E-36

Mike Richardson     120  120  120  120                           480
John Oldenkamp      120  120  120  116                           476
Jack Murphy         120  118  120                                358
Bernie Crowe        120  120   96                                336
Mike Pykelny         82   85  120                                287


P-30

Bill Ervin          120  120  120  143                           503
Robert  Hodes       117  110  118                                345
Gerald Antonucci    120  120  105                                345
Larry Schwarz       120   94   58                                272
Mike Richardson        DNF

VINTAGE   FAI  POWER

Glenn Schneider      90  180  102  180   68                      620

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