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  1. Dave Anderson
  2. Southwest FAI Challenge
  3. Free Ride?
  4. Fab Feb More Stuff
  5. World Cup Results Link

 


Dave Anderson 

 
From:     Adrian Bryant
 
 
Good morning  Roger.

             Dave Anderson passed  away on the morning of the 27th. He was 74.

Dave was a  well known Australian a/2  flyer { didn't like the new name of F1A].  Dave
was well known on flying fields all over the  world.

Adrian Bryant

Even though Dave had a number of medical issues in recent years he was still very generous in his support for A/2 flying including wonderful trophies and sponsoring leading international sportsmen to come and take part in events down under.


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2014 Southwest FAI Challenge                                                           Bill Booth Jr.     

October 19 & 20, 2014                                                                       Contest Director

Boulder City, Nevada

 

The 2014 edition of the Southwest FAI Challenge had a different buzz. The US Team Selection Finals for the 2015 World Championships was scheduled to begin on this same field later in the week. To accommodate those competitors who had never been to the El Dorado Lakebed, we shifted our schedule to a Sunday/Monday format.  The mini events were held on Sunday per tradition, but F1A, B, C & Q were flown on Monday to give the new visitors a day to travel and a day to acclimate.  While there was no significant increase in entries in most events, we were very pleased to have (5) entries in F1C. Some used this meet as a tune-up, others chose to preserve their models for the Finals and sat on the sidelines.

The format was not the only unusual factor this year. Negative weather is almost never an issue at this wonderful venue, but the hurricanes off the coast of Mexico and California created some challenges. Fifteen years of experience have given us the confidence to make the claim that at Boulder City, even if the wind blows, it always blows the long direction of the lakebed which makes continuing a contest possible albeit difficult, all the way up to the FAI limit.   What we had never encountered was strong wind across the SHORT dimension of the field. I vaguely remember this condition on a practice day about 12 or 13 years ago, but never on a contest day. The unusual wind directions and velocities proved a much bigger challenge later in the week for Finals CD Norm Furatani but for us, the only impact was it delayed our F1B flyoff until Wednesday morning. Otherwise Boulder City for the most part was what we have come to expect, calm and beautiful. Fortunately, all F1B flyoff participants were also Finals participants and were on the field for the entire week.

Sunday is the day that the local modelers come out and join us for P-30 and this year was no exception. Regulars Gerald Antonucci & Robert Hodes had to settle for second & third with newcomer Larry Schwarz taking top honors although a flyoff was required to break an unusual non-max out tie with Gerald. Mike Kellar filled out the local P-30 contingent. It was great to meet Drake Hooke of Newfoundland, PA who was a first time SW FAI competitor and the winner in E-36 over Jack Murphy & Mike Richardson. Faust Parker put up a card of full of maxes as our first F1J contestant in a few years. Mike McKeever posted a 196 in the 5-minute F1H flyoff to best Jim Parker who was unable to get in a flight. Kyle Jones was third with 190 in the 4-minute round. Tiffaney O’Dell & Ryan Jones flew flawlessly through the 5-minute flyoff round in F1G. Tiffaney prevailed on the strength of her Espresso Flyoff tie-breaker flight of a whopping 291. Boulder City resident Tom Ioerger nearly squeaked out a max in the 4-minute round, but fell 6 seconds short and claimed third place. Jim Parker at 235 and Faust Parker at 300 were the other Espresso Flyoff winners in F1H & F1J respectively.

Monday saw (12) F1A, (17) F1B, (5) F1C and (5) F1Q flyers line up for a shot at the glassware and the Mikasa vases that are the perpetual trophies. Don Chesson was the only F1C flyer to max out, with Ron McBurnett 6 seconds back and Faust Parker claiming third. The F1B flyoff that was postponed until Wednesday ended with Alex Andriukov at the top of the list of (9) flyoff participants followed by Tom Vacarro and yours truly in third. In F1A, Kyle Jones topped Jim Parker by 2 seconds and Andrew Barron by several more in the first flyoff that included just those three. Mike Pykelny missed a perfect score by just 2 seconds but still took home top honors in F1Q. Matt Gewain & Jack Murphy followed.

We are grateful to those “regulars” that come to this meet every year. It is always nice to see new faces as well. With the Finals coming up later in the week, there were many. Pete McQuade, Bob Sifleet, Steve Spence and Peter Allnutt were new names on the F1A list. Add Tom Vacarro, Carrol Allen, Walt Ghio & Paul Crowley in F1B, Don Chesson, Ron McBurnett, Faust Parker & Charlie Stiles in F1C and Drake Hooke & Julie Parker in F1Q. Thanks to the Clapps, the Barrons, Blake Jensen & Tiffaney O’Dell and the Jones family who all travel farther than normal to come to this meet. Nice to see Vasyl Bezchasnny again and Chuck Etherington & Jace Pivonka just back from the Junior World Champs.  

Finally, a very special thank you to Henning Nyhegn for standing in and providing “table duty” as my usual sidekick and contest manager Bob Beecroft was unable to attend this year. Without Henning’s help, I would not have been able to compete.

In keeping with tradition, when all the receipts are totaled up, the lion’s share of the profit from the 2014 Southwest  FAI Challenge will be contributed to the Junior Team Fund.  

 

 

 F1A Kyle Jones 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 282 1572 Jim Parker 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 280 1570 Andrew Barron 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 195 1485 Pete McQuade 191 180 180 176 180 180 180 1267 Bob Sifleet 210 156 180 180 180 180 180 1266 Brian Van Nes 210 180 180 180 180 180 140 1250 Peter Brocks 200 180 130 180 180 180 180 1230 Mike McKeever 210 180 167 180 180 131 180 1228 Steve Spence 210 180 180 155 96 177 180 1178 Don Zink 202 180 180 180 180 0 0 922 Peter Allnutt 202 180 180 98 180 0 0 840 Vasyl B 210 180 127 97 0 0 0 614 F1B Alex Andriuko 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 446 1766 Tom Vaccaro 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 384 1704 Bill Booth 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 355 1675 Charlie Jones 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 340 1660 Blake Jensen 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 313 1633 Carrol Allen 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 306 1626 Walt Ghio 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 306 1626 Ryan Jones 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 252 1572 John Clapp 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 0 1320 Jace Piv 210 180 180 180 180 180 157 1297 Roger Morrell 240 180 180 180 123 180 180 1263 Bill Gannon 210 180 180 180 180 180 118 1258 Mike Ric 177 180 180 180 180 180 180 1257 Paul Crowley 181 180 180 168 180 180 180 1249 Rich Rohrke 210 180 180 180 180 180 0 1140 Al Ulm 185 174 179 180 180 180 0 1078 Tom Ioerger 240 180 180 180 180 118 0 1078 F1C Don Chesson 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320 Ron McBurnett 240 174 180 180 180 180 180 1314 Faust Parker 240 180 180 180 107 180 180 1247 Charlie Stile 206 180 180 180 180 180 32 1138 Mike Roberts 240 180 180 0 0 0 0 600 F1Q Mike Pykelny 178 180 180 180 180 180 180 1258 Matt Gewain 180 180 180 148 180 180 160 1208 Jack Murphy 103 180 180 142 180 149 180 1114 Drake Hooke 173 175 180 142 180 135 0 985 Julie Parker 101 115 122 0 0 0 0 338 F1G Tiffaney O’Dell120 120 120 120 120 240 300 291 1431 Ryan Jones 120 120 120 120 120 240 300 261 1401 Tom Ioerger 120 120 120 120 120 234 834 Geralyn Jones 120 120 120 120 120 122 722 Peter Brocks 120 120 120 120 120 120 720 Mike Pykelny 120 120 120 114 120 594 John Clapp 120 120 120 97 120 577 Bill Booth 120 120 120 120 94 574 Mike Ric 120 109 102 120 108 559 Jon Zeisloft 0 120 42 22 0 184 Charlie Jones DNF 0 Carroll Allen DNF 0

 

 


Free Team ?
 
From Mike Roberts

I might be missing something; although some people think prior cycle team members get a free ride for the next cycle, this is not the case.  You still must pay the fee to enter the program and pay the finals fee, but you are exempt from the necessary accumulation of the 75 minutes.  This means only  some contests where you would normally pay an entry to gain minutes could financially be affected.  The Team Selection Program is unaffected in terms of dollars committed.  Colleen P squared me around about the fee requirements this past cycle.

Mike

   Fab Feb Packet version 3The following link has version 3 of the Fab Feb packet with latest updated Ike/Kiwi, North American  and Maxmen  World Cup Flyers and Entry Information.Info.  Get them and send in your entries.  This packet has information from FAI Model; Supply about Rubber at Lost Hills. ( No the trees in our neighbor's orchard are not Rubber, it has to be imported from Ohio) For FAI Model Supply like the other suppliers that will be at Lost Hills you should contact them before hand to be sure they will have what you are looking for. This is specially important for rubber that you must order it well before the contest so that sufficient quantities can be sent to Lost Hills well in advance of the events.
 



World Cup Results Link

   The link to the full World Cup results is at http://www.freeflightnews.org.uk/wcup/WC14/WCP14F1.HTM

 

  

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Roger Morrell