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- USA NATs UPDATE
- Lee at The Nats
- NFFS Rising
- Photos of Leeper
- Viktor Pisanny got sick
USA NATs UPDATE
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Lee at The Nats
From:Charles Markos
More Lee
The stories go on and on. One that has not yet been mentioned is the 2001
Nats in Muncie at which Lee won F1A in one of the more
spectator-entertaining flyoffs of all time. Lee and Brian VN were going
for the 9-minute (correct me if not) flight. Lee found late-afternoon air
early in the round and launched quickly. Brian did a bunch of
searching and could find no better air. After several minutes, he launched
under Lee’s airplane that had continued to gain altitude. Lee’s airplane
made the 9 and DTd while still way above towline height Brian’s was
slightly short of the max. The entertaining part of that fly-off was that
both airplanes were easily visible without binoculars for the entire
duration of their flights.
Chuck Markos
NFFS Rising
From:Gene Ulm
Reports of the death if free flight are fake news: National Free Flight Society Membership growth:
2020: 992
2021: 1150
2022: 1172
Thanks Lisa!
Gene Ulm
Photos of Leeper
From: Malcolm Campbell
Hi Roger
Over the period 2011 – 2018 I took photos of many flyers attending Fab Feb so I have a few of Lee Hines, at Lost Hills and also New Zealand. I remember him saying his FO win in F1H at New Zealand was one of his most satisfying wins (9 minute flight). It was a long retrieve on foot for one who normally riode a chase bike.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/motor-racing-photography/albums/72177720298711248
Cheers
Malcolm Campbell
Viktor Pisanny got sick
From:Vasily Beschasny
I’ve got with deep concern to say that our friend well-known free
flight modeller, designer, builder and technologist Viktor Pisanny
(long hair guy) got heavy diagnosis of leukemia right in this hard
time for our country. Right now it is hard to get even dental care
here. Please, pray for this guy, extremely talented F1A flier .Please, if
you have any chance, drop a few bucks for Viktor’s chemo pills which
he is under in hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine. Email or PayPal his wife Tania Myronova at tanantan@i.ua .
Save him God.
Thank you!
Vasily