Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/12
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 58, 59
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AMA 1996 Nats Scrapbook

Credits

  • Photos by Matthew Usher except as noted.
  • Graphic design by Carla Kunz.

Event

  • 70th Nationals — Muncie, Indiana

Photo captions

  • Jack Lafret launches his sailplane.
  • David Shulman (L) holds for Jason Shulman prior to Jason's pattern flight.
  • Jim Sandquist entered his P-51D in RC Scale. (Troy photo)
  • Bill Logan and Frank Beatty discuss center of gravity. (Ehlen photo)
  • Improved pylon cages helped protect course workers.
  • Austin (L) and Taylor Gunder help track a free flight model.
  • New York's Bill Prensky launches his free flight nostalgia model.
  • Tommy Brown (L) flew Frank Puleo's .21 Sport Speed model to second place. (Lee photo)
  • Roy, Utah's Carl Redlin launches his Korda Wakefield.
  • Catapult glider contestant Nick Walton, from Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin.
  • Brett Buck practices C/L stunt with his Imitation XL.
  • Larry Norvall looks for thermals during F1B Wakefield.
  • Open House I winners (l–r): Mcintyre, Manfredi, Smith, Goff, and Maccarthy.
  • District flags were flown in front of AMA's Muncie headquarters.
  • Junior C/L scale racing winners (l–r): King, Westerheim, and Peters. (Willoughby photo)
  • "Oh, #$%&*!"
  • An on-site farmhouse was converted into the Nats headquarters building.
  • Class B electric sailplane — Steve Moskal (L) times, Glen Poole (center) flies, and Wayne Fredette (R) launches.
  • AMA's technical director Steve Kaluf double-checks the weather from Nats headquarters.

Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.