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- Hank Cole
- World cup Trophée Belge and Poitou
- The 2023 FAI Southwest Regionals Model Airplane Championships
- Wanted to buy:MTK9xx timer.
Hank Cole
A few days ago the well known flyer Hank Cole passed away. Hank was not only a fabulous model flyer but worked as NASA in the Apollo and other programs. We have information on this but it is not in form that can be easily published yet. We are working on it. Besides notable achievements in our model flying world as well in space we publish below something from Peter Brocks that talks about why we all liked him so much.
Hank Cole
From: Peter Brocks
I am sad that Hank passed away. He was one of the nicest, friendliest fliers I know. He was a good person to be around, to explain his inventions and to discuss the science of aeromodelling. He always liked talking about Pfenninger strips.
He became my freeflight hero when in 1956 the German Flugmodelbau magazine had Hank with his Webra 1.5cc Diesel powered flapper on the title page with the 3-view inside.
More than 20 years ago I was flying Coupe with Hank at Lost Hills and Tangent. He was working on his 4 and then 5-minute Coupe. The wings had plenty of 0.7mm dia. carbon rod diagonals. I remember taking apart a Gorban F1G variable pitch front end so he could make sketches to then build his own version. At a Tangent Classic on the day that Hank had his 80th birthday he had a F1G fly-off with Bob White. We were rooting for Hank to win and celebrate his birthday. His model was flying really well, but then Bob’s model caught a small thermal over the outhouse and won.
I like that Hank wrote “to my flying buddy” in his great book “the Fascination of Flight” and put a photo of him and me in there. I miss flying with Hank.
Peter Brocks 2023
World cup Trophée Belge and Poitou
From: Aéro POITOU
Dear Roger,
Two World Cup competitions the Belgian Trophy and the Poitou are organized from 7 to 10 August 2023 a few kilometers from Moncontour in France.
Registration is open on link : poitou-aero.com
Can pass on the SEN info.
Thanks in advance.
The 2023 FAI Southwest Regionals Model Airplane Championships
The first America’s Cup contest of 2023, the FAI SWR, was held on Saturday, January 14 at Eloy, Arizona.
Weeks before the SWR the weather forecast showed some a possibility of precipitation. Friday before the contest was perfect for test flying, blue skies, 75°F (24°C). But then the clouds were rolling in, and the forecast was for likely showers, rain and strong winds for Sunday and Monday. I made the decision to fly all FAI events on Saturday, Jan. 14, and to make each of the 5 rounds 1.5 hours long to give contestants time to fly more than one event.
Saturday was a bit windy (7mph/3m/s) in the morning with a wind out of SSE. Later the wind direction was variable and often not more than 0mph with a temperature of up to 64°F (18°C) when the sun came through the clouds.
We had 28 competitors flying in the 8 FAI events. The contestants were from AZ, CA, CO, OH, OK, OR, PA, TX, and UT. Mike Woodhouse flew again in from Merry Old England to fly F1B. We had 5 ladies flying FAI events, Julie Parker (F1Q, F1S), Janna Van Nest (F1S), Lynn Edmondson (F1S), Tiffaney O’Dell (F1G) and Jasminka Pecenkovic (F1A).
At 3:30pm the 5th round was over and for 3 events no fly-offs were required. In F1C/P Guy Menanno won by maxing out with his F1C folder. Mike Fedor was 2nd and Bob Hanford was 3rd, both flying F1P models. In F1J Faust Parker maxed out and won the Bear with Mike Fedor in 2nd place. In F1H Blake Jensen maxed out and won the F1H Bear, with Jim Parker in 2nd place and Mike Fedor in 3rd. In F1A we had a fly-off with 6 fliers trying to make 6 minutes, two made that time. In this second fly-off Enes Pecenkovic won with over 5 minutes. Andrew Barron was 2nd in F1A when his flapper stalled badly. Risto Puhakka flew well in the first F1A fly-off and was 3rd overall. In F1B there were 7 fliers in the 6-minute fly-off. Four made it into the second fly-off, which Jerry Fitch won with over 7 minutes, Charlie Jones was 2nd and Walt Ghio was 3rd. The F1Q fly-off was won by Julie Parker, with Jack Murphy in 2nd place. F1G had 3 fliers in the fly-off with Jerry Fitch winning the Bear, Tiffaney O’Dell in 2nd and Geralyn Jones in 3rd place. In the small electric event F1S there were 6 clean from the initial 13 fliers. It took 2 fly-offs with 5-second motor run to find the winner of the F1S Bear, who was George Morris, 2nd place went to Charlie Morris and 3rd to Frank Menanno.
A big thank you to all participants and to Mike Fruciano and my wife Brigitte who all made this contest a memorable event.
Peter Brocks, CD
RESULTS 2023 FAI SOUTHWEST REGIONALS AT ELOY, ARIZONA
Jan. 14-16, 2023 Peter Brocks, CD A 13722
F1A 1 2 3 4 5 F/O F/O Total
1 Enes Pecenkovi 180 180 180 180 180 360 304 1564
2 Andrew Barron 180 180 180 180 180 360 76 1336
3 Risto Puhakka 180 180 180 180 180 316 1216
4 Ken Bauer 180 180 180 180 180 278 1178
5 Jim Parker 180 180 180 180 180 222 1122
6 Jasminka Pecen 180 180 180 180 180 173 1073
7 Jennifer Donne 180 180 180 180 131 851
8 Brian VanNest 180 180 180 0 0 540
8 Peter Barron 180 180 180 0 0 540
10 George Morris 149 45 DNF DNF DNF 194
11 Peter Brocks 142 DNF DNF DNF DNF 142
F1B 1 2 3 4 5 F/O F/O Total
1 Jerry Fitch 180 180 180 180 180 360 425 1685
2 Charlie Jones 180 180 180 180 180 360 360 1620
3 Walt Ghio 180 180 180 180 180 360 350 1610
4 Larry Norval 180 180 180 180 180 360 320 1580
5 Bill Booth 180 180 180 180 180 345 1245
6 Blake Jensen 180 180 180 180 180 316 1216
7 Ron Felix 180 180 180 180 180 305 1205
8 Mike Woodhouse 180 24 180 171 180 735
F1C/P 1 2 3 4 5 F/O F/O Total
1 Guy Menanno 180 180 180 180 180 900
2 Mike Fedor 167 180 180 159 139 825
3 Bob Hanford 133 162 76 157 180 708
F1G 1 2 3 4 5 F/O F/O Total
1 Jerry Fitch 120 120 120 120 120 240 840
2 Tiffaney O’Del 120 120 120 120 120 221 821
3 Geralyn Jones 120 120 120 120 120 180 780
4 Walt Ghio 120 DNF DNF DNF DNF 120
5 Darold Jones DNF 21 56 DNF DNF 77
F1H 1 2 3 4 5 F/O F/O Total
1 Blake Jensen 120 120 120 120 120 600
2 Jim Parker 120 120 120 120 107 587
3 Mike Fedor 60 DNF DNF DNF DNF 60
F1J 1 2 3 4 5 F/O F/O Total
1 Faust Parker 120 120 120 120 120 600
2 Mike Fedor 120 106 120 44 120 510
F1Q 1 2 3 4 5 F/O F/O Total
1 Julie Parker 180 180 180 180 180 280 1180
2 Jack Murphy 180 180 180 180 180 207 1107
F1S 1 2 3 4 5 F/O F/O Total
1 George Morris 120 120 120 120 120 120 183 903
2 Charlie Morris 120 120 120 120 120 120 158 878
3 Frank Menanno 120 120 120 120 120 120 135 855
4 Rick Pangell 120 120 120 120 120 120 102 822
4 Jack Murphy 120 120 120 120 120 120 102 822
6 Julie Parker 120 120 120 120 120 116 716
7 Guy Menanno 120 115 120 120 120 595
8 Janna VanNest 120 120 60 105 120 525
9 Allan Mecham 120 120 120 120 40 520
10 Larry Norval 120 97 98 103 80 498
11 Lynn Edmondson 68 120 120 DNF DNF 308
12 Robert Donnell 78 78 DNF DNF DNF 156
13 Jerry Murphy 7 22 DNF DNF DNF 29
Wanted to buy: MTK9xx timer.
From: Paul Noble-Campbell
Wanted to buy:
MTK9xx timer.
It would be great if I could pick it up at Lost Hills during Fab Feb.
New or good condition used.
Please email me at pauljnc@gmail.com
Paul Noble-Campbell
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