Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/10
Page Numbers: 157, 158
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FOCUS ON COMPETITION

Steve Kaluf, Technical Director, will resume his column next month.

NATIONAL RECORDS UPDATE

INDOOR FREE FLIGHT CAT. IV

  • Autogiro: Don Slusarczyk — 15:56 (05/17/97)

FREE FLIGHT CAT. III

  • C Gas: Joseph Mekina — 40:00 (05/17/97)
  • B Gas: Justin Aronholt — 11:45 (05/18/97)
  • CO2: Randall Hopkins — 22:18 (05/18/97)

Key Dates (Events attended by AMA HQ staff and/or officers)

  • July 30–Aug 5 — EAA Convention, Oshkosh, WI
  • August 14–17 — Hobby Country Mid-America Challenge, Muncie, IN
  • August 25–Sept 1 — F2B CL Aerobatics FAI Team Selection, Muncie, IN
  • September 6–7 — FAI Spacemodeling Team Selection, Muncie, IN

(For a complete listing of all events held at the International Aeromodelling Center in Muncie, Indiana, please contact the Competitions Department at AMA HQ, extension 235.)

COMPETITION DIRECTORY

CONTEST COORDINATORS

  • I: Robert Wilkie, 19 Everett St., Rockland, MA 02370
  • II (CL & FF): Richard Sobries, 87-26 88th St., Woodhaven, NY 11421
  • II (RC): Robert Kircher, 9 Shetfield Way, Clark, NJ 07066
  • III (CL, FF & RC): Nelson Snadd, 1044 S. Idaho Street, Allentown, PA 18103
  • East (CL, FF & RC): M. Weisenbach, 4568 W. 146th, Cleveland, OH 44135
  • IV (CL & FF): Jim Cettin, 4664 Hillbrook Dr., Annandale, VA 22003
  • RE: Dave Evans, 6124 Apt E Lexington Ct., Virginia Beach, VA 22464
  • B: Ken Blackwell, 207 W. Sandcreek Rd., Enterprise, AL 36330
  • FF: Rob Junk, 084 Williams Ditch Rd., Cantonment, FL 32533
  • CL: Joseph Mead, 1339 Rensselaer St., Jacksonville, FL 32205
  • VI (RE except Snaring): Jerry Warden, 400 Alden Dr., Normal, IL 61761
  • VI (RE Snaring): Dale Falkening, 1544 Darien Lake Dr., Darien, IL 60559
  • VI (FF): Jim Bennett, 324 Hellenstein Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110
  • VI (CL): William Bedolech Jr., 1600 Trail Ridge St., Arlington Heights, IL 60004
  • VII (FF): AMA Headquarters, Competition Department
  • VII (CL): Marc Warwashana, 11577 N. Shore Dr., Whitmore Lake, MI 48189-0124
  • VII (RE except Michigan): Leon Cordy, N4503 Highway 66, Chilton, WI 53014
  • VII (RE Michigan only): Wayne Teeter, 15307 Forrister Rd., Clayton, MI 49235
  • VIII (CL & FF): Bill Lee, 2200 Rte. 2, Chandler, TX 75758
  • VIII (RE): Douglas Paswell, 5216 Kingston Ave., Wichita Falls, TX 76310
  • IX: Mike Tallman, 3014 Exchange, Wichita, KS 67217
  • IX (RE): Judy Gerken, 2069 S. Raleigh St., Denver, CO 80210
  • X: Ellis Hall, 5543 Willow Oak Way, Fair Oaks, CA 95628
  • X (North): Al Williamson, 445 Westby, Chula Vista, CA 91911
  • Wayne Hamada, 625 Iolani Ave., Apt. 604, Honolulu, HI 96813-1012
  • Hawaii/Utah/Arizona: David Lio, 1111 N. 64th St., #3, Mesa, AZ 85205
  • XI: Rick Salter, 7217 S. 133rd St., Seattle, WA 98178
  • XI (RE WT): Bill Smith, 10625 44th Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98146

INDOOR CONTEST BOARD

(Boldface below indicates chairman or contest board)

  • I: Ray Harlan, 16 Happy Hollow Rd., Wayland, MA 01778
  • II: Doug Barber, 146 Stratton House, Maple Shade, NJ 08052
  • III: Walt VanGorder, 5669 Victory View Ln., Cincinnati, OH 45233
  • IV: Don Srull, 041 Kimberwicke Rd., McLean, VA 22102
  • V: John Martin, 2186 Tigertail, Miami, FL 33133
  • VI: Larry Ceslick, 4202 Valley Crest Hill St., Leesburg, MD 63128
  • VII: Richard Doig, 2136 Sommerville, Oxford, MI 48371
  • VIII: Ralph Bud Teney, PO Box 030945, Richardson, TX 75080
  • IX: K. Stan Chilten, 3010 Grail, Wichita, KS 67211
  • X: Clarence Mather, 2356 Tam O'Shanter Ave., Bishop, CA 93514-1944
  • XI: Andy Taglistico, 10039 SW Quail Post Rd., Portland, OR 97219

CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD

  • I: Dick Wolsey, 112 Haverhill St., N. Reading, MA 01864
  • II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere, NJ 07823
  • III: Lloyd Jackson, 1100 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19107
  • IV: Wayne Fanta, 3184 Turkey Hill Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27106
  • V: Dave Hemstreght, P.O. Box 517, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
  • VI: Ed Rebbert, 349 Hillsboro Ave., Lexington, KY 40511
  • VII: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N. Shore Dr., Whitmore Lake, MI 48189
  • VIII: Dick Perry, 7005 Del Norte Court NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109-2930
  • IX: Michael Tallman, 3014 Exchange, Wichita, KS 67217
  • X: Ben Wisniewski, 3316 Kiowa Road, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
  • XI: John Thomsen, 2458 Dulcimer St., Eugene, OR 97404

FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD

  • I: Henry Struck, 294 Hamburg Rd., Lyme, CT 06371
  • II: Bradley Bane, 60 Lake Ave., Lyndonville, NY 14098
  • III: Rudy Kluber, 2021 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107
  • IV: Jim Beckettuso, 112 Pinecrest Dr., Menota, VA 24121
  • V: Benjek Jeckinn, 3112 E. Racine Rd., Memphis, TN 38110
  • SCALE: John Guenther, 21609 Gordon-Greenville Rd., Borden, IN 47106
  • INDOOR: Richard Onig, 2139 Sommerville Dr., Oxford, MI 48371
  • FREE FLIGHT: Roger Simpson, 6131 Terrin Way, Sacramento, CA 95828
  • SPEED & TEAM RACE: Bill Lee, 2200 Rte. 2, Chandler, TX 75758
  • CL COMBAT: Gary Front, 13 Castlewood Ct., St. Peters, MO 63376
  • CL AEROBATICS: Wynn Paul, 3332 Carriage Ln., Lexington, KY 40517
  • V: Chris Matueno, 8576 Ginger Dr., St. John, MO 63114
  • VI–VIII: Shailer, 2317 Clarendon Avenue, Royal Oak, MI 48073
  • VIII: Russ Snyder, 114 Andora, Universal City, TX 78148
  • IX: Jemid Murphy, PO Box 123, Escondido, CA 92025
  • X: Doug Galbreath, 3498 Topsail Pl., Davis, CA 95616
  • XI: John Crosettin, 14809 SE 54th, Bellevue, WA 98006

CONTEST BOARD (continued and specialty boards)

The page lists many contest boards and their members/chairmen by region and specialty; contact AMA Competitions Department for full details.

CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR

  • Cliff Telford, 1512 S. Greenleaf Ct., Winter Springs, FL 32708

FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

(Additional committee chairmen and contest board contact listings appear on the continuation of this column.)

October 1997

1997 AMA NATIONALS FREE FLIGHT INDOOR RESULTS

201 HL STICK

Open

  1. Lawrence D. Coslick, St. Louis, MO — 1:10
  2. Laurie Barr, England — 40:41
  3. Richard Doig, Oxford, MI — 38:44
  4. Warren J. Williams, Claremont, CA — 32:57
  5. Fred Telfer, Ontario, Canada — 31:08

202 INTERMEDIATE STICK

Ages Combined

  1. Lawrence D. Coslick, St. Louis, MO — 38:51
  2. Laurie Barr, England — 37:45
  3. Mike Thomas, Ontario, Canada — 34:06
  4. John D. Kagan, Cleveland, OH — 33:12
  5. Jack McGillivray, Ontario, Canada — 32:05

203 F1D

Ages Combined

  1. Richard Doig, Oxford, MI — 75:12
  2. William G. Huber, Akron, OH — 71:25
  3. Fred Telfer, Ontario, Canada — 57:25
  4. John D. Kagan, Cleveland, OH — 56:25
  5. Richard R. Hardcastle, Des Peres, MO — 47:26

Best Junior

  • Nicholas A. Leonard Jr., Pipe Creek, TX — 14:17

204 CABIN

Ages Combined

  1. Mike Thomas, Ontario, Canada — 28:16
  2. Larry Loucka, Willoughby Hills, OH — 26:07
  3. Ronald Ganser, Pittsburgh, PA — 24:14
  4. Nick A. Leonard, Pipe Creek, TX — 6:50

Best Junior

  • Nicholas A. Leonard Jr., Pipe Creek, TX — 6:00

205 MANHATTAN

Ages Combined

  1. Walter Van Gorder, Cincinnati, OH — 13:41
  2. Lawrence D. Coslick, St. Louis, MO — 12:17
  3. Mike Thomas, Ontario, Canada — 12:04
  4. James B. Grant, Windsor, CT — 12:00
  5. John Marett, Ontario, Canada — 11:18

206 EASY B

Ages Combined

  1. Lawrence D. Coslick, St. Louis, MO — 30:45
  2. Lawrence L. Cailliau, Westlake Vill., CA — 27:12
  3. Laurie Barr, England — 27:19
  4. Jack McGillivray, Ontario, Canada — 26:10
  5. Walter P. Van Gorder, Cincinnati, OH — 25:37

207 PENNYPLANE

Ages Combined

  1. Dan O’Grady, Ontario, Canada — 19:15
  2. Mike Thomas, Ontario, Canada — 19:01
  3. Peter Oleshevsky, Ontario, Canada — 18:15
  4. Lawrence D. Coslick, St. Louis, MO — 18:14
  5. Gordon Wisniewski, Greendale, WI — 17:57

208 LIMITED PENNYPLANE

Ages Combined

  1. Lawrence L. Cailliau, Westlake Vill., CA — 15:53
  2. Jack McGillivray, Ontario, Canada — 15:48
  3. Jim Cohn, Plano, TX — 15:19
  4. Mike Thomas, Ontario, Canada — 15:13
  5. Walter P. Van Gorder, Cincinnati, OH — 15:09

209 HELICOPTER

Ages Combined

  1. Larry Loucka, Willoughby Hills, OH — 8:39
  2. Warren J. Williams, Claremont, CA — 8:33
  3. H. J. Diebolt, Cary, NC — 7:26
  4. Thomas Valle, Laurel, MD — 7:25
  5. Ed Ripley, Knoxville, TN — 5:28

Best Junior

  • Nicholas A. Leonard Jr., Pipe Creek, TX — 5:23

210 ORNITHOPTER

Ages Combined

  1. Lawrence D. Coslick, St. Louis, MO — 16:07
  2. Ed Ripley, Knoxville, TN — 14:44
  3. Warren J. Williams, Claremont, CA — 8:59
  4. Eugene R. Joshu, Red Bud, IL — 4:43
  5. Kenneth B. Johnson, Granada Hills, CA — 4:43

211 AUTOGIRO

Ages Combined

  1. Ronald Ganser, Pittsburgh, PA — 12:58
  2. H. J. Diebolt, Cary, NC — 10:45
  3. Fred H. Rask, Kingston, TN — 9:54
  4. K. Peter Brooks, Newport News, VA — 8:05

212 HL GLIDER

Ages Combined

  1. Leonard G. Suries, Australia — 151.8
  2. Bernard Boehm, South Bend, IN — 146.3
  3. Robert T. Eberle, Dublin, PA — 126.7
  4. Karl V. Von Bueren, Holland, PA — 110.7
  5. Gerald E. Passman, Newport News, VA — 85.5

Best Senior

  • Robert T. Eberle, Dublin, PA — 126.7

213 KIT/PLAN SCALE

Ages Combined

  1. Jack McGillivray, Ontario, Canada — 291.00
  2. John C. Blair, Warren, NC — 285.00
  3. James B. Grant, Windsor, CT — 285.00
  4. Richard J. Miller, Angola, NY — 282.00
  5. Richard J. MacEntee, Palmetto, FL — 269.00

214 ROG STICK

Ages Combined

  1. Larry Loucka, Willoughby Hills, OH — 17:00
  2. Lawrence D. Coslick, St. Louis, MO — 16:38
  3. Tom J. Sowa, Sylvania, OH — 12:32
  4. Warren J. Williams, Claremont, CA — 12:32
  5. H. J. Diebolt, Cary, NC — 9:12

215 BOSTONIAN

Ages Combined

  1. Lawrence D. Coslick, St. Louis, MO — 763.80
  2. Mike Thomas, Ontario, Canada — 759.60
  3. Richard J. Miller, Angola, NY — 706.25
  4. James B. Grant, Windsor, CT — 689.13
  5. John Marett, Ontario, Canada — 616.05

218 STD CLASS CATAPULT GLIDER

Open

  1. Gerald E. Passman, Newport News, VA — 164.90
  2. Karl F. Von Bueren, Holland, PA — 159.10
  3. Ralph M. Schlab, South Bend, IN — 153.80
  4. Keith Fulmer, Mishawaka, IN — 151.00
  5. W. L. Schlab, South Bend, IN — 151.00

219 UNLIM. CLASS CATAPULT GLIDER

Open

  1. Gerald E. Passman, Newport News, VA — 168.30
  2. Karl F. Von Bueren, Holland, PA — 160.30
  3. Lee Person, Yorktown, VA — 153.70
  4. Ralph M. Schlab, South Bend, IN — 151.00
  5. Keith Fulmer, Mishawaka, IN — 150.20

220 MINISTIC

Ages Combined

  1. Lawrence L. Cailliau, Westlake Vill., CA — 13:10
  2. Nick G. Walton, Fort Atkinson, WI — 11:56
  3. Lawrence D. Coslick, St. Louis, MO — 11:45
  4. Phillip Alvarez, Ontario, Canada — 11:40
  5. Mark C. Bennett, Omaha, NE — 11:40

505 PEANUT SCALE

Ages Combined

  1. Ronald Ganser, Pittsburgh, PA — 248.00
  2. Jack McGillivray, Ontario, Canada — 242.00
  3. Kenneth B. Johnson, Granada Hills, CA — 241.25
  4. Gregory J. Thomas, Yukon, OK — 216.00
  5. Richard J. MacEntee, Palmetto, FL — 191.60

507 RUBBER SCALE

Ages Combined

  1. Ronald Ganser, Pittsburgh, PA — 185.00
  2. Jack McGillivray, Ontario, Canada — 184.00
  3. Kenneth B. Johnson, Granada Hills, CA — 175.00
  4. Richard J. Miller, Angola, NY — 175.00
  5. Gregory J. Thomas, Yukon, OK — 170.50

Balance of Nationals Results in December Model Aviation.

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