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1. Skyscraper’s Annual 2020
2. Summer Contest – Lost Hills

Skyscraper’s Annual 2020

From: Aram

The Skyscraper’s Annual was originally scheduled for June 27-28 and the consensus on Saturday June 27th was to postpone it by two weeks due to the wind that weeend. Almost two weeks later, tropical storm Fay marched through the region raining buckets on July 10th and it was decided to fly everything on Sunday July 12.

We started at 10 am to allow people to drive in. Flight cards were returned at the end of the contest. It was windy so the max was set at 2:30; the A flyers flew to 2:00 minutes subsequently. The corn to the west is now 5-6 feet tall and we had a few corn group retrievals. Yuda Avla had the foresight to set the DT lever of his G model two groove lower, allowing it to DT at 5+ minutes to avoid DTing into the corn.
Wawaywanda has one more American Cup contest planned for September, to be run by John Clapp. ///

Skycraper's Annual
Wawaywanda NY Jul 12, 2020
Total
A 150 120 120 105 120 615 Gene Ulm
A 55 100 120 120 120 515 Adelaide Ulm J
A 150 120 0 120 120 510 Peter Barron

Q 150 150 150 18 145 613 Aram Schlosberg CD

G 120 120 120 120 120 600 Yuda Avla
G 120 90 120 105 120 555 Johm Clapp
G 120 120 120 21 120 501 Don Rousseau
G 68 dnf dnf dnf dnf 68 Larry Pelatowski

J 75 dnf dnf 75 Drake Hooke

A electric
120 dnf dnf 120 Drake Hooke

Cat Glider
46 106 61 213 Larry Pelatowski
Handlaunch Glider
36 dnf dnf 29 Larry Pelatowski

E36 120 61 120 301 Drake Hooke

P30 91 73 120 284 Don Rousseau
P30 66 48 90 204 Ian Hurley

Editor’s Comment, I did see on the Fri evening ABC News report of “weather” in the North East and did wonder how you guys would get on. Kudos to those for running the event and those taking part.

Summer Contest – Lost Hills

From: Walt

The Summer Contest this past weekend at the Lost Hills flying site had summer like conditions. Friday test flying showed that we would have very calm conditions with a very high temperature for the weekend. We had set up at the north end of the field near a porta potty that had a heated seat according to Lindy Murrell. Several of the FAI flyers had told me they would not be coming due to the high temperature that was forecasted. I had listed several AMA events on the schedule. Jim Kelley come to fly Vintage FAI Power and had said that the heat would keep the AMA flyers at home also. Both days had very little drift which changed directions as the day went along with Saturday afternoon / evening ending with a breeze from the north. Several contestants decided not to stay for the Saturday afternoon flights. We held off the start of the seventh round due to a 110 degree reading. The star of the weekend is Noa Goldstein. She is learning very fast how to flying circle tow models and is getting excellent launches. Shlomi had a leg cramp and was not able to complete the Sunday contest. You will see two new names flying in a gas event. As Jim Parker supports the Junior team and decided to take up F1P to understand the event better. Just maybe a step to F1C when the legs give out. Henry Feistel is on the Junior F1P team for next year World Champs. Un-fortunately his model did not DT in the fourth round and was lost. The rubber contestants had issues with their rubber due to the high heat. Many broken motors along with very few strands left on used motors. We did have one person with some issues from the heat. Staying at Lost Hills was a little different as Denny’s was closed with take out only. The Days Inn rents you a room with no cleaning of the room. If you need clean towels the office will give them to you. The road construction is completed at the freeway intersection also. Overall a good weekend and looking forward to returning for the fall contest.

Saturday

F1A RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 RD 6 RD 7 TOTAL
1 Noa Goldstein 240 240 147 142 180 180 180 1309
2 Enes Pecenkovic 240 240 180 180 92 180 180 1292
3 Shlomi Rosenzweig 240 119 180 180 180 150 180 1229
4 Ken Bauer 240 240 180 180 180 180 0 1200
5 Jim Parker 236 240 180 180 180 180 0 1196
6 Guy Goldstein 240 240 162 159 180 20 180 1181

F1B RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 RD 6 RD 7 TOTAL
1 Walt Ghio 240 240 180 180 180 180 180 1380
2 Jerry Fitch 240 240 180 180 180 180 164 1364
3 Mike Davis 240 215 180 132 180 180 166 1293
4 Roger Morrell 240 240 180 180 180 180 0 1200

F1Q RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 RD 6 RD 7 TOTAL
1 Ben Tracher 240 189 180 180 180 180 180 1329

E36 TOTAL
1 Ken Bauer 120 120 92 332
2 Fred Terzian 106 120 90 316

Vintage FAI Power TOTAL
1 Jim Kelley 180 180 180 180 0 720
2 Bud Romak 180 0 0 0 0 180

F1P TOTAL
1 Jim Parker 240 180 109 67 127 723
2 Henry Feistel 84 180 180 180 0 624

Sunday

F1A Flight RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 TOTAL
1 Noa Goldstein 315 228 240 180 180 180 1008
2 Enes Pecnkovic 322 240 222 180 180 133 955
3 Guy Goldstein 272 212 62 72 180 180 706
4 Shlomi Rosenzwe 294 84 0 0 0 0 84

F1B TOTAL
1 Jerry Fitch 347 240 237 180 180 180 1017
2 Walt Ghio 334 240 240 173 180 180 1013
3 Mike Davis 281 240 173 152 180 180 925

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