Free Flight Friends,

  In June this year were some fine Free Flight competitions at our field in Wawayanda, NY.  The first was the Hatschek International Challenge (previously known as the Skyscraper International Challenge, now renamed in honor of Bob Hatschek), which was ultimately held June 8-9, 2013 (sanction number 13-1758). The second was the Skyscraper Annual held June 22-23, 2013 (sanction 13-1416).  I apologize for not getting these result reports out sooner.

A highlight of these meets was continued dominance by our young adult and youth flyers, plus some older flyers newly returned to the sport in recent years or new to flying at Wawayanda.

At the Hatschek Challenge, F1B was won by Brian Pacelli finishing with a score of 1306 seconds, just two seconds ahead of Carrol Allen, F1H was won by junior Gina Barron ahead of Bob Sifleet, F1G was won by Yuda Avla, just four seconds ahead of Tom Vaccaro, B-30 was won by Tom Juell, ahead of Bill Buss and Don Rousseau, with junior fliers Rebecca Avla and Joel Yori not far behind, and another new to our flying scene, Tony Loomis did fine in catapult posting a nice individual flight of 74 seconds on his way to second place.  The full results are recorded below.

At the Skyscraper Annual, the top two spots in F1B and the top four spots in F1A were by young adult and junior fliers.  They achieved excellent total times (max-out and near max-out) in turbulent and mildly windy conditions that scared off some of the older fliers.  F1B was won by Sarah Radziunas with a near max-out (only 13 seconds drop on one flight) with Brian Pacelli not far behind. F1A was won by Timothy Barron with a max out, with Peter Barron second, junior Joel Yori third and junior Gina Barron fourth, ahead of myself and Bob Sifleet. Other popular events included F1G, won by Tom Vaccaro, P-30 with seven contestants, won by Bill Buss, and the All Gas combined, with six contestant postings, lead by Clark Darling, Al Vollmer, and Arnold Waldner.  For the specifics and for additional event results see the details also below.

An editorial comment: the conditions at the Annual were challenging but not as windy as some who left thought they would be.  For instance, during Timothy's max out win in F1A, only one flight went past the road at the middle of the field.  Those who flew got a chance to learn which models were the best thermal performers.  In my case, seeing other models thermal much better than my hybrid airfoil model led me to make three changes to it (shorter fuselage, 4dm rather than 3.5 dm stab, and thinned the wing airfoil toward the rear to move the high-point forward -- yes, a significant surgery).  Practice sessions alone had not revealed the extend of the need for these improvements.

Here are the results.  I write either Challenge (for the Hatschek International Challenge formerly the Skyscraper Challenge) or I write Annual (for the Skyscpraper Annual) before each event so that the recorders for America's Cup, National Cup, and Team Selection (junior and open) can get it right, along with the rest of us.  The last column reports total. The contestant name is at the end of each line to facilitate column alignment.

Thermals,
Andrew Barron, on behalf of CDs Alan Abriss and Dave Acton

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Hatschek International Challenge (Sanction 13-1758)

Challenge: P-30 Rubber Event

1. 120 099 115  334 Tom Juell
2. 120 120 061  301 Bill Buss
3. 065 072 120  257 Don Rousseau
4. 120 057 079  256 Rebecca Avla
5. 120 060 052  232 Dom Algieri
6. 070 084 062  216 Joel Yori

Challenge: Hand Launch Glider (top three flights out of six)

1. 120 47 38  205 Larry Pelatowski
2. 041 44 39  124 Andrew Barron
3. 026 30 20  076 Brian Pacelli
4. 021 17 34  072 Dom Algieri
5. 037 17 17  068 Al Volmer
6. 017 19 13  049 Tony Loomis

Challenge: Catapult (top three flights out of six)

1. 64 81 28  173 Al Volmer
2. 74 34 42  150 Tony Loomis
3. 51 28 29  108 Larry Pelatowski

Challenge: F1A (towline glider, seven rounds)

1. 210 175 137 180 180 180 180  1242 Bob Sifleet
2. 210 180 068 180 100 180 170  1080 Andrew Barron
3. 194 118 189 180 000 180 180  1032 Timothy Barron
4. 197 180 000 180 098 147 180  0976 Peter Barron
5. 210 000 180 121 145 121 122  0899 Joel Yori JUNIOR
6. 024 125 071 071 063 180 072  0606 Gina Barron JUNIOR

Challenge: F1B (wakefield, rubber power)

1. 240 180 166 180 180 180 180  1306 Brian Pacelli
2. 224 180 180 180 180 180 180  1304 Carrol Allen
3. 240 163 180 180 123 156 ---  1042 Tom Vaccaro

Challenge: F1G (small rubber power)
1. 120 120 063 120 120  543  Yuda Avla
2. 120 120 102 120 059  539  Tom Vaccaro
3. 029 117 120 120 120  506  Carrol Allen
4. 109 105 048 120 120  502  Don Rousseau

Challenge: F1H (small towline)
1. 046 120 120 097 120  503 Gina Barron (junior)
2. 120 090 071 058 039  377 Bob Sifleet

Challenge: F1Q (electric power, seven rounds)
1. 180 180 180 180 153 180 180  1173 Dick Ivers Sr

Challenge: E-36 (small electric power)
1. 120 120 120 (flyoff 120)  480 Dick Ivers Sr
2. 120 120 ---               240 Rich Ivers

Challenge: Dawn Unlimited Rubber
1. 485 Carrol Allen
2. 191 Don Rousseau

Challenge: Gas (local combined, first Al Volmer, second Clark Darling) Separate for National Cup:

1/2 A Early Nostalgia 120 109 120  349 Al Volmer

C Nostalgia Gas   090 120 097  307 Clark Darling

1/2 A Nostalgia Gas 60 120 120  300 Al Volmer

1/4 A Nostalgia Gas 35 52 108  195 Al Volmer

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Skyscraper Annual, Sanction 13-1416, June 22-23, 2013

Annual: F1G
1. 089 120 120 090 120  539 Tom Vaccaro
2. 072 111 120 120 091  514 Bill Buss
3. 112 074 120 120 067  493 Carrol Allen
4. 120 073 081 067 120  461 John Clapp
5. 069 054 120 090 093  426 Don Rousseau
6. 079 --- --- --- ---  079 Yuda Avla

Annual: F1H
1. 092 120 120 063 120  515 Bob Sifleet

Annual: F1Q
1. 161 180 150 082 150  723 Dave Lacey
2. 180 013 150 150 150  643 Dick Ivers
3. 180 --- --- --- ---  180 Aram Schlosberg

Annual: F1A
1. 180 180 180 180 180 150 150  1200 Timothy Barron
2. 161 171 180 123 180 150 150  1115 Peter Barron
3. 180 180 180 060 180 097 150  1027 Joel Yori JUNIOR (team trial)
4. 165 082 180 174 180 150 030  0961 Gina Barron JUNIOR


Annual: F1B
1. 180 167 180 180 180 150 150  1187 Sarah Radziunas
2. 180 172 180 165 136 150 150  1133 Brian Pacelli
3. 180 172 180 165 173 150 103  1123 Carrol Allen
4. 074 172 180 180 180 150 150  1086 Aram Schlosberg
5. 003 --- --- --- --- --- ---  0003 Tom Vaccaro

Annual: HLG
1. 28 55 120  203 Bob Morris
2. 30 56 ---  086 Larry Pelatowski

Annual: Catapult
1. 46 27 16  89 Bob Morris
2. 28 17 17  62 Vito Gagliano
3. 14 11 20  45 Alan McKitarian

Annual: P-30
1. 110 120 117  347 Bill Buss
2. 120 048 120  288 Yuda Avla
3. 097 120 069  286 Tom Juell
4. 082 083 055  220 Alan Mkitarian
5. 062 072 084  218 Don Rousseau
6. 080 048 052  180 Joel Yori (top junior)
7. 049 --- ---  049 Rebecca Avla

Annual: E-36
1. 120 120 120 (flyoff 97)  457 Dick Ivers
2. 120 009 ---              129 Dave Lacey

Annual: PeeWee 30
1. 14/47 (336), 15/50 (333), 15/44 (293) Bob Morris

Annual: All Gas (combined 1.Darling, 2.Vollmer, 3.Waldner)

Separate for National Cup:

C Nostalgia
1. 120 120 091  331 Clark Darling

1/2 A Nostalgia
1. 120 120 089  329 Al Vollmer
2. 120 085 120  325 Arnold Waldner

1/4 A Nostalgia
1. 120 82 39  241 Al Vollmer

1/2 A Early Nostalgia
1. 80 89 49  218 Al Vollmer

020 Old Time Replica
1. 21 44 26  91 Bob Morris