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The AMA reports that Modeler and Legend, Bill Northrop, Passes.

Champion Free Flight and Radio Control Modeler Bill Northrop: 1922-2012

Bill Northrop, one of the Academy of Model Aeronautics and aeromodeling legends has passed away at the age of 89.

Bill Northrop was a champion free flight and radio control competitor, columnist, publisher and model builder in an aeromodeling career that began in 1936, the same year AMA was founded, when he was 14 years old.

Northrop was honored for his lifetime achievements with an induction into the Academy’s Hall of Fame in 1988.

One of his notable accomplishments was in the World Radio Control Record Trials in 1965 at the Dahlgren, Virginia, Naval Weapons Lab. He set a record of 16,610 feet, considered a world record for all model aircraft, previously held by a Russian free flight model at slightly more than 14,000 feet.

While working as an architectural engineer for Hercules, Bill was a regular contributor to Model Airplane News and Air Trails, including contest reports and construction articles. He became the radio control editor for four years for Model Airplane News in the mid-late 1960s. In 1971 he established Model Builder magazine, which was published for the next 25 years. He also owned and operated Bill Northrop’s Plans Service, which featured the plans from Model Builder.

Northrop and his wife, Anita, founded the International Modeler Show, which began at the Los Angeles Convention Center in 1978. They moved the annual exposition to Pasadena where it was held for the next 20 years. In 1998, the Northrops sold the show to the AMA. The Academy continues to hold the West Coast exposition to this day, convening at the Ontario CA Convention Center every January.

Northrop’s aeromodeling career spanned the full organizational life of the AMA and has left an indelible mark on the evolution of the hobby and sport now pursued by more than 143,000 AMA members across the nation.

Funeral arrangements for Bill are pending at this time.

          F1A      RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 FO 1        TOTAL
 1  Jim Parker      120  180  180  180  180  315         1155
 2  Logan Tetrick   120  180  180  180  180  264         1104
 3  Ken Bauer       120  180  180  180  180  218         1058
 4  Don Zink        120  180  180  180  180  77          917
 5  Lee Hines       120  180  180  180  158              818
 6  Mike McKeever   120  127  180  180  180              787
 7  Shlomi Rosenzwe 60   180  180  180  180              780
 8  Pierre Brun     120  180  105  180  180              765
 9  Brian  VanNest  120  180  79   180  180              739
 10 Ben Coussens    78   180  180  96   180              714
 11 Norm Smith      120  180  110  89   180              679
 12 Peter Brocks    51   180  180  55   180              646

          F1B      RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 FO 1        TOTAL
 1  Richard Wood    120  180  180  180  180  433         1273
 2  Alex Andriukov  120  180  180  180  180  376         1216
 3  Rich Rohrke     120  180  180  180  180  301         1141
 4  Mike Davis      118  180  180  180  180              838
 5  William Gannon  77   180  180  180  180              797
 6  Roger Morrell   120  180  180  180  109              769
 7  Blake Jensen    96   180  103  180  180              739
 8  Sevak Malkhasya 120  180  180  120  127              727
 9  Bob Piserchio   120  180  75   180  137              692
 10 Peyton Tetrick   0   109  178  159   0               446
 11 Jack Emery      120  180  26    0    0               326
 12 Tom Ioerger     112  180   0    0    0               292

          F1C      RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5             TOTAL
 1  Guy Menanno     120  180  180  180  180              840
 2  Ron McBurnett   120  180  140  180  180              800
 3  Lynn Pulley     120  180  180  180  113              773
 4  Ed Carroll      120  171  180  20    0               491
 5  Jeff Ellington  38    0    0    0    0                38

          F1G      Tie BRD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 FO 1   TOTAL
 1  Tiffaney O'Dell 172  120  120  120  120  120  180    780
 2  Peter Brocks    411  120  120  120  120  120  139    739
 3  Blake Jensen    283  120  120  120  120  120  123    723
 4  Tom Ioerger     272  120  120  120  120  98          578
 5  Kurt VanNest    131  131  120  87   120   0          458

          F1H      Tie BRD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5        TOTAL
 1  Mike McKeever   195  120  120  120  120  120         600
 2  Norm Smith      288  120  117  120  68   120         545
 3  Lee Hines       218  120  120  120  47   120         527
 4  Ben Tarcher     109  49   87    0    0    0          136
 5  Brian VanNest   99    0    0    0    0    0           99




          F1P      RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5             TOTAL
 1  Glenn Schneider 48   180  77   180  180              665
 2  Taron Malkhasya 120   0   180  180  180              660
 3  Sevak Malkhasya 81    0    0    0    0                81

          F1Q      Tie BRD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5        TOTAL
 1  John Oldenkamp  35   180  64   76   180  102         602
 2  Mike Pykelyny   24   107  52   48   101  162         470

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