District XI Report - 2005/03
Alaska / Idaho / Montana / Oregon / Washington
Vice President
Bruce Nelson Vice President 807 E. Vicksburg St. Spokane, WA 99208 Email: NelsonDXI@aol.com Tel/Fax: (509) 467-1852 Cell: (509) 953-4418
District XI Web site: www.yosemiteflash.com/xiama.htm
Associate Vice Presidents
- Rick Allison — 26405 SE 160th St., Issaquah, WA 98027; Email: joanrick@attbi.com
- Darrell Anderson — 132 Fifteenth Ave NW, Great Falls, MT 59404; Email: d.l.anderson@worldnet.att.net
- Al Culver — Box 86, Wilder, ID 83676; Email: Karol@citlink.net
- Jerry Holcomb — 1010 NE 122nd Ave., Vancouver, WA 98684
- Reeves Lippincott — 4400 Gray Wolf Dr., Wasilla, AK 99654; Email: reeves@mtaonline.net
- Gene LaFond — 840 Stevens St., Wenatchee, WA 98801; Email: rcplanker@nwi.net
- Dave Legard — 3139 Kurt Drive NW, Salem, OR 97304; Email: dlegard@comcast.net
- Mike Mosbrooker — 533 E. Birch St., Oak Harbor, WA 98277; Email: mosbrsr@whidbey.net
Frequency Coordinator
Phil Tallman — Medical Lake, WA; (509) 299-5102
Events and Results
District XI was well represented at the 2004 ScaleMasters Championships. Several fliers from the Pacific Northwest traveled to Gardner, Kansas.
Dick Hansen of Portland, Oregon, finished 15th with his Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter. Bob Heikell of Moses Lake, Washington, finished 19th with his Bellanca Series J — Long Distance, a model of the first aircraft to cross the Pacific. Bob also received Best Golden Age, Best Civilian, and Best Documentation awards. Gene LaFond, associate vice president in District XI, had the test pilot honors on this aircraft about a year ago. Gene, from Wenatchee, Washington, flew his Extra 300 to 23rd place.
In Team Scale, Gary Parker flew Dick Heininge’s Fleet Model 1 biplane to a fourth-place finish. Gene also flew Bob Patterson’s Gee Bee Ascender to 13th place in Team Scale.
The Gee Bee Ascender, built by Bob Patterson and flown by Gene LaFond, won the Best Engineering Achievement Award. Bob and Gene are flying the Ascender; according to pilot Gene, flying the aircraft is "a full-time job."
Gene told me he would have done better at the qualifier if his scheduled caller had been there, but I’m sure he will forgive him (me) someday. Congratulations to all!
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
