Here's a look at some of the sidelights of the '92 Tournament of Champions
Dan Bott
Sidelights
- Steve Stricker is caught visualizing his upcoming 'Unknown' sequence with the aid of a tiny, hand-held "stick" model.
- A turbine-powered Rafale makes an emergency landing on an emergency vehicle; no damage to the car and only minor damage to the model.
- Contest director and 1984 TOC winner Steve Rojecki ran a flawless event.
- Japan's Hajime Hatta and his crew intently watch a performance of an 'Unknown' sequence on Saturday before the rain washed out competition for the day.
- TOC winner Chip Hyde's Ultimate 300 is off for a high-scoring flight.
- The famed Cloud Dancers air-show fliers prepare their twin ducted-fan planes for a demonstration flight.
- The Cloud Dancers taxi out of the pits in formation as the planes head for the runway and a formation takeoff.
- The TOC first-place trophy stands 67 inches tall and weighs 70 pounds.
- David von Linsowe displays aerial artistry.
- Debbie Ellis was 1992's Miss TOC.
- William Bennett (hand on the steering wheel), chairman of Circus Circus Enterprises, provides support for this RC aerobatic spectacular — the TOC.
- Jack Buchoux's minijet (France's JPX Turbines) produces 8.8 pounds of thrust.
- The Cloud Dancers are off — just like the full-scale flight demo teams.
- A Cloud Dancer flyby in an easy, loose two-plane formation.
- See? They can get in close, too. A one-of-a-kind act, they're true showmen.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
