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flash nffs one design gas returns for this year

From Bob Hanford – Bill Vanderbeek, sponsor for the One-Design event since its inception, thought it had run its course. Then Bob Sowder saw a picture of Bruce Hannah's Monks design, and asked if he could send the plans for it to him and Mark Vancil (Retro R/C) to possibly kit the design.  A poll was sent out among active NATS participants, and enough responded...

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IKE Info   ISAACSON WINTER CLASSIC February 8–10,  Lost Hills CA. AMA and NFFS Events  – Part of Fab Feb!! In  Conjunction with the Kiwi Cup  World and America's Cup  Events AMA and NFFS EVENTS   Fly any of the three days, unless otherwise stated. May continue if clean on a later day National Cup  Events AMA 1/2 A GAS, Golden Age 1/2 A gas (only)...

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Looking Up F1B - the BIG picture   Looking Up From: gilbert morris I went out flying this morning and as I was looking up there appeared a little airplane in the sky ---- and it was mine! F1B - the BIG picture From: Aram Schlosberg . B-flyers are spaced 10 meters apart and can easily figure out whether an adjacent launched model is climbing...

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2025 KOI Clarification/AmCup NFFS Videos   2025 AmCup Schedule From: Jim Parker I just finished the finally scoring for the 2024 Am Cup season and will be getting out the scores and report soon. I needed to get this message out to correct and avoid any misunderstanding of the 2025 King Orange Invitation (KOI) January 7-9, 2025. The recent Sept- Oct NFFS Digest has a full...

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I'm with Ismet NFFS Symposium Call for Papers   I'm with Ismet From: David Ackery Beautiful F1B flyoff I have to agree with Ismet Yurtseven, in SEN 3292. "Flyoff is the most beautiful part of the competitions, watching the flying models in flyoff or participating in flyoff round is the most exciting part." " ,,,, should not ,,,  deteriorate the beauty of flying of F1B models." There has been...

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World Cup Calendar Quick Analysis of 2024 FAI F1B World Cup Results   World Cup Calendar  From Jeremy Fitch Looking at the 2025 World Cup calendar just out in Free Flight News. The practice of grouping WC contests in twos and threes continues.  I count 17 "two-fers", 5 three-fers, and only 10 singletons.  Having multiple contests on a weekend at the same venue seems like a good...