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- Victor Stamov
- F1A on Final approach at Poitiers
- Squatter on 7
- FFF
- W+O Results
Victor Stamov
It is with great sorrow that we report the passing today of Victor Stamov. Victor suffered a heart attack while at a World Cup contest in Bosnia. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to his wife Luda and their family.
Victor was a person who was so well known and made such a great contribution to Free Flight it is difficult to know where to start talking about him. All of us have our own Victor stories and memories.
Victor grew up under the the Soviet system and made a very successful transition to life in the modern world. He lived in Kyiv in the Ukraine. He was a World Champion and a thought leader in the F1A world for over 20 years. He took part in events all over the world with great success both on and off the field. He had an engaging and outgoing personality that connected with people everywhere. In addition Victor was the organizer of World Championship events hosted in the Ukraine.
While Victor had many personal competition successes both as a sportsman and organizer of events I feel than an important measure of his greatness is the joy that he gave to others with the designs, parts and airplanes that originated in his mind and in his workshop. Ours is a participant sport and those who help us participate better bring us joy and happiness. One small indication of that to me was at the USA Team selection contest for the France World Champs. When I was supervising the processing of the models after the contest I noted that each of the 3 members of the USA team had at least one Stamov model in their model box.
For those of you who are Facebook users there is a Victor Stamov Memorial group where you can post your photos and memories of Victor. We would be honored to post your memories on SEN too.
F1A on Final Approach at Poitiers
Dear friends
A very nice free flight story:
During the French championship in Moncontour, just after the WC, the F1A of Francois Moreau did not DT.
It was possible to hear the beacon during more than one hour.
Francois tried to find again the signal with his car but without success.
One hour later, he receives a phone call: "Control tower of Poitiers international airport, can you explain us why your model is flying in the airport?"
The distance between the field and the airport is about 60 kms and the F1A has landed at 200m of the control tower!!! just incredible
Regards
Frederic Aberlenc
Squatter on 7
The death of #7 causes mixed emotions in one Squatter, whose unbeaten record of 15 years was cast aside with such panache in 2009. May her wake and subsequent send-off be accorded the honor she so richly deserves, and may her pilot be equally honored!
Tom Coussens
Free Flight Forever
As I get older and none the wiser, I am prone to reflect on my life, and on looking back, the one constant in it that I have never regretted is a committment and lifelong passion for free flight in all of it's many facets.
W+O Results
Dear Free Flight Friends,
The Wilbur and Orville freeflight meet last weekend is the highlight of our contest season in the north-east so far. The weather was perfect, light and variable winds, typically only about 1 mph. The best results were in E-36 and F1B where most competitors maxed out and went into flyoffs. Tom Vaccaro came out on top in F1B in a flyoff against Brian Pacelli, Sarah Radziunas, and Ron Felix, with a dramatic seven minute max with very little drift. Rich Ivers won E-36 in a flyoff against Jim Coffin, Dave Lacey and Dick Ivers (with only four seconds difference between Jim, Dave, and Dick). Other Max out wins were by Bob Sifleet in F1H and Peter Barron in F1A (just ahead of an excellent Junior performance by Bob's grandson Joel Yori, who is competing for a spot on the Junior free flight team). See photos of the meet at brooklynskyscrapers.org
Wilbur and Orville Society Meet, August 17-18
F1H (small towline glider)
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Robert Sifleet
2. 120 079 120 000 120 439 Dennis Phelan
3. 050 120 060 057 120 407 Andrew Barron
4. 120 064 083 022 110 399 Jean Pailet
F1G (small rubber power)
1. 120 110 120 120 120 590 Tom Vaccaro
2. 120 120 105 120 120 585 John Clapp
3. 101 105 120 120 120 566 Carrol Allen
4. 120 120 120 077 --- 437 Kathy Radziunas
F1J (small gas power)
1. 120 061 072 120 120 493 Jean Pailet
2. 062 120 118 120 030 450 Alan Abriss
F1Q (electric power)
1. 180 155 180 180 180 180 153 1208 David Lacey
2. 180 151 180 180 180 180 143 1194 Dick Ivers
3. 102 142 115 110 075 180 180 0904 Rich Ivers
4. 134 092 180 180 027 180 103 0896 Aram Schlosberg
F1A (towline glider)
1. 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 1290 Peter Barron
2. 210 180 180 180 171 180 180 1281 Joel Yori (Junior competitor)
3. 203 180 138 180 180 180 180 1241 Bob Sifleet
4. 210 180 128 180 180 180 180 1238 Andrew Barron
5. 210 161 120 011 180 180 180 1042 Tzvetan Tzvetkov
F1B (rubber power)
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 420 2040 Tom Vaccaro
2. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 360 1980 Ron Felix
3. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 288 1608 Bian Pacelli
4. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 270 1590 Sarah Radziunas
5. 240 180 180 180 180 103 180 1283 Carrol Allen
6. 076 180 180 180 180 180 180 1156 Aram Schlossberg
E-36 (small electric power)
1. 120 120 120 120 78 558 Rich Ivers
2. 120 120 120 101 461 Jim Coffin
3. 120 120 120 098 458 Dave Lacey
4. 120 120 120 097 457 Dick Ivers
5. 078 120 120 318 Alan Abriss
P-30 (small rubber power)
1. 120 120 095 335 Bill Buss
2. 107 120 105 332 Joel Yori
3. 065 116 087 268 Yuda Avla
4. 070 077 120 267 Dominic Algieri
Mulvihill
1. 101 176 240 517 Jim Coffin
2. 076 167 105 Dominic Algieri
Classic Towline
84 180 171 Andrew Barron
AB Classic Gas
058 110 078 246 Bob Geyer
1/2A Classic Gas
87 Ron Monkriss
Hand Launch Glider (top three flights each)
1. 120 71 36 227 Larry Pelatowski
2. 063 50 46 159 Robert Morris
3. 076 37 33 146 Dennis Phelan
4. 008 Andrew Barron
Catapult Glider (top three flights)
1. 61 56 49 166 Vic Nippert
2. 33 32 26 091 Vito Gagliano
Andrew Barron
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Roger Morrell
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