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2017 Photos from OZ
From : Malcolm Campbell
Hope you enjoy these photos. Thanks to Percy Wright who took the earlier shots at West Wyalong. I usually never get in any of the photos I take!
WEST WYALONG 1 – 2 May 2017:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/motor-racing-photography/albums/72157682331709860
NARRANDERA 4 – 12 May 2017:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/motor-racing-photography/albums/72157682332603160
Cheers
Malcom Campbell
2017 Big Al’s Contest Report
From: Walt Ghio
As last year, we flew the contest from the middle of the Holloway land to the North to stay away from the trees to the South. We used the new road that was made during the February contest. The grass was not too tall in this area and made for a good site to hold the contest. In the past the ground was very soft and the winter rain has compacted the dirt into a good sold condition for riding motorcycles on and setting up winding stooges for F1B models.
Saturday had very pleasant conditions in the morning with thermals present in the first round. The drift as forecasted was from the North all day. The fourth round had very difficult conditions with periods of calm with very strong thermals. The remaining rounds had these conditions also with big thermals and a long time for the models to return back to Mother Earth after the DT. Mike Davis’s flight in the sixth round made the trees with no damage to the model after using a pole to retrieve it from the top of a tree.
The F1A event had six entries. Jim Parker had a perfect day with a max out and claimed the Big Al’s perpetual trophy. Mike Davis did a excellent job of selecting when to fly in the difficult conditions with a max out in F1B and won the F1B perpetual trophy. The rest of us dropped one or two rounds in the difficult conditions. F1C had four entries and each of them had model issues during the day. Ed Carroll was the winner and claimed the perpetual trophy. The two F1Q entries ended up with Mike Pykelny the winner. Randy Secor made one flight in F1P and then had some engine/model issues.
Sunday had a light drift from the North. With a very low entry we decided to fly the first flight to the ground just in case we had a tie and then went to a very relaxed round system to end the contest. Mike Richardson and Mike Davies made all maxes and had a two round flyoff. Mike Davis dropped the second flyoff round which made Mike Richardson the winner. Mike McKeever was the only entry in F1H. Ben Tracher won F1S with Matt Gewain coming in second place.
Ron McBurnett again had Bissonnette Memorial T-shirts with a “Goodbye” note as this was the last Bissonnette Memorial due to low attendance.
F1A RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 RD 6 RD 7 TOTAL
1 Jim Parker 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 1290
2 Sholmi Rosenzweig 210 180 180 180 180 105 143 1178
3 Mike McKeever 129 180 180 180 180 111 180 1140
4 Risto Pukakka 210 180 180 175 67 137 77 1026
5 Don Zink 210 180 180 180 0 106 0 856
6 Pierre Brun 130 0 86 180 180 180 78 834
F1B RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 RD 6 RD 7 TOTAL
1 Mike Davis 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320
2 Walt Ghio 240 180 180 164 164 180 180 1288
3 Mike Richardson 164 163 180 180 180 180 180 1227
4 Roger Morrell 240 180 180 180 180 84 180 1224
5 Bill Gannon 173 180 180 0 0 0 0 533
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F1C RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 Rd 6 RD 7 TOTAL
1 Ed Carroll 240 180 180 180 180 85 0 1045
2 Ron McBurnett 152 180 180 180 180 0 0 872
3 Dick Mathis 141 180 150 180 0 0 0 651
4 Don Chesson 42 164 40 0 0 0 0 246
F1G RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 FO 1 FO 2 TOTAL
1 Mike Rrichardson 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 840
2 Mike Daviis 120 120 120 120 120 120 66 786
3 Mike Pykelny 120 105 120 120 120 585
F1H RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 TOTAL
1 Mike McKeever 120 120 120 120 120 600
F1Q RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 RD 6 RD 7 TOTAL
1 Mike Pykelny 128 180 173 180 180 180 74 1095
2 Ben Tracher 75 180 160 154 73 180 69 891
F1P RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 TOTAL
1 Randy Secor 220 0 0 0 0 220
F1S RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 TOTAL
1 Ben Tracher 91 120 120 80 120 531
2 Matt Gewain 0 120 109 120 120 469
F1B For SALE…
Hello everyone i am selling all my Free Flight stuff.
1- Full Alex Andriukov F1B 180 wing with poliester covered, VP Front end and Simplicity Timer with altimeter(never Used), all in awesome shape only 3 flights on it. $1570 or best offer .all components are original
2- Full Alex Adriukov F1b 180 6 PANEL WING factory ikarex covered, with Simplicity timer with altimeter ( never used) No front end but ready for VP. this plane never have flown. 1100 or best offer. all components are original
3-Full Alex Andriukov F1B 152 ikarex covered DPR front end with mechanical timer brand new $750.
4- simplicity companion brand new only 270
if you need more detail of any item or pictures
Please contact Alejandro Rosso
alef1a@outlook.com or +13866757290
i am in Florida United States.
In the Press
In the latest (June 2017) Model Aviation magazine an excellent interview with John Lorbiecki Jnr. John was Junior World Champ in F1J/P in 2004 and is now an F-16 pilot for the US Air Force.