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1 The Pylon Racer s Official Voice NMPRA HIGH PERFORMANCE NATIONAL MINIATURE PYLON RACING ASSOCIATION SINCE 1965 AMA AFFILIATED FEBRUARY 2017 President s Corner by Trey Witte The building season is in full swing. Winter has gripped most of our areas, but there are still a few spots around for practicing and racing. Winterfest has just finished, and the Q-40 Classic will be here before I know it. Several people have posted their workmanship on the Forum. It is great to see the workmanship others have. Keep up the great work!! 2016 National NMPRA Points Winners The following are the class winners for Congratulations to all for a great season. Winners will receive a cash award and a personalized shirt. The top 5 will get personalized shirts, and the rest of the top 10/20 will get t- shirts. Prizes for the top 20 in 422 & 426 and the top 10 for 424 & EF1 will be mailed out soon. AMA 422: AMA 426: AMA 424: NMPRA EF-1: Richard Verano Dub Jett Craig Korsen Jim Nikodem 2017 NATS Schedule The 2017 Nats schedule has been finalized. I hope everyone will try to attend the Nats this year. It is a great race with all the best pilots the NMPRA has to offer. Let s try to raise the bar this year and make this the best attended Nats in recent history. The schedule is below. If you have any questions, please contact me F3D Team USA The team is preparing for the World Championships in Dala-Jarna, Sweden in July. Help support the team by buying a t-shirt. Go to the Team Facebook page for more information Race Schedule Reminder to all CD s to get your race schedules to Mike Helsel as soon as you lock in your dates with your local clubs. Dates are filling up and let s try not to overlap races that are close together. If you are looking for a date to have a contest, Mike and he will help. Membership Renewal Christmas is over and the New Year has begun!! Now is the time to renew your 2017 membership. Renewing cannot be easier. Fill out the form below and mail it in or get on the website for the link to pay via PayPal Hall of Fame Nominations If you feel that one of your fellow pylon racers deserves to be in the NMPRA Hall of Fame, get on the website and follow the process under the Start Here button. Nominations for the 2017 class are being accepted now. 426 National Points Coordinator We have a new points coordinator for 426. Please welcome Doug Sherrer. All of Doug s contact information is at the end of the newsletter. Lonnie Finch decided to step down after many years. Take time to thank Lonnie for all his work as the 426 coordinator and all the work he has done for the NMPRA, both as an officer and behind the scenes. Until next time. Pull Harder!! Trey New Members The list of new members for 2017: February 2017 Huber, Robert Bodenheimer, Jim Ford, David Mollyhorn, Allan Berardi, Chris 1

2 DISTRICT NEWS District 1: Tom Hegland No article submitted for publication. District 1 District 2: Matt Russell No article submitted for publication. District 2 High Performance is published 6 times per year. Information for publication can be forwarded to: High Performance Information Information Submittal Newsletter Editor Linda Brogdon 5251 Hermitage Drive Powder Springs, GA brogdonlh@comcast.net If possible, please submit information in Microsoft Word format Race Announcement Policy High Performance will publish announcements of upcoming races free of charge, on first come, and space available basis. Also, camera ready copy no larger than 7.5" wide by 2.5" high (border dimension). Copy must be received by the Editor no later than the 25th of the month preceding newsletter publication. Rates are for camera ready artwork. Artwork, composition and typesetting will be charged at cost. Printable are 7.5"x10", lpi=133, halftone permitted. Ads for upcoming issues must be received by no later than the 25th of the month preceding newsletter publication. Advertising Rates Description Size Single Annual Full Page 7.5 x 10" $50 $275 1/2 Page 7.5" x 5" $35 $180 1/4 Page 7.5" x 2.5" $20 $95 Business Card 3.625"x $10 $45 2

3 DISTRICT NEWS District 3: Randy Smith Nothing to Report District 3 District 4: Travis Elbert Hello fellow NMPRA members, We have some race dates set for this season. The Billings (Billings MT) Flying Mustangs will hold their race June 3rd and 4th. Ef1, 424, and 426 will be run. You can contact Shane Elbert for information District 4 Spokane Washington will hold a race July 1st and 2nd. Ef1,424, and 426. Please contact Bryan Batch for information The Helena Flying Tigers (Helena MT) will hold their annual three-day race September 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Ef1,424, and 426 with Monday being a gold, silver, and bronze Ef1 race based on times from the previous two days. This has been very popular over the last few years because it groups pilots of similar skills against one another. You may contact me (Travis A Elbert) Brian Wood of Boise Idaho is also working on putting a race together. If anyone else is planning a race in district 4, please contact me. Travis A Elbert District 4 vp 3

4 DISTRICT NEWS District 5: Jim Nikodem The big news is the schedule for It's another action-packed season for A lot of quality races in District 5. Here is what we have: Kansas City 424/426 race now on April This has been moved up a week, so check your calendar. Held in Lees Summit Missouri and very close to hotels and restaurants. The next weekend, but Friday Saturday May 5-6 (because those were the popular days last year) is the Muncie spring thaw Pylon practice. The poles will be up and there will be experienced racers on hand to help those new to racing. This event is mostly oriented to mentoring new racers, so we encourage experienced racers to help out someone new. This sanctioned practice is also open to anyone who wants to get warmed up for the season or test fly a new airplane. Feedback in the form of hard copy lap times is available. This practice was set up by Tom Melsheimer as a way to generate more interest in racing. A great idea. Thanks, Tom! Muncie Spring race May Cincinnati race June 3-4 Bloomington IL race June NATS July July15 EF1 July July July warbird Baldwin MI Aug 5-6. Put on by Scott Farnsworth last year in October. Held at the Baldwin airport, this is a great place to race with wide open spaces and a very long runway. Scott did a great job last year as his first time being CD and race organizer. Muncie Aug Bloomington IL September 9-10 Many Minnesota 426 races TBD. For dates check the NMPRA web site, under supporting clubs, check the District 5 schedule page. One day races and almost all 426 races. District 5 The Phoenix Winterfest race was well attended by District 5. Making the trip were Tim Lampe, Scott Farnsworth, Tony Seymour, Duane Hulen, Scott Causey, Tim Sparks, and Jim Nikodem. A much bigger representation than normal! Unusual weather, but a great place to race. Well worth the trip. Best of luck to everyone for a great season. Jim Nikodem 22v 4

5 DISTRICT NEWS District 6: Peter Tani Hello all, More good timing! This past weekend was the 2017 annual business meeting for the group of us who race here out of the Northeast in district 6 in Connecticut. Many, many thank you s to all who quietly toil behind the scenes to retain this meeting venue in Avon CT that is fairly centrally located for our local membership. Many thank you s to all who were able to attend including several past racers and race officials that still have great passion and took the time to stay in touch and meet with us. It was good to see you all again. It is during this meeting that any required or desired additions and modifications to our racing procedures and/or racing rules brought by the AMA are discussed and formalized. In general, this keeps the peace for the following race season with future issues and solutions saved for the following year. The 2017 NEPRO leadership slate remained unaltered. Thank you all for your continued work. President Buddy Beaudoin presided over our meeting. He created a new position Director of Competition with the hope of relieving the contest director of some of his work as they are usually directly involved in racing themselves. Buddy did not foresee the role of the new position as an overseer but rather that of a peace maker with the goal of bringing more consistency to our races. Local AMA pylon contest board member and fellow district 6 NMPRA member Lloyd Burnham spoke on a number of 2017 AMA rulings that will affect racing this coming season. Namely, that composite tails will be allowed in AMA 424 competition. Also that if a race heat is re-flown, any pilot who was on the starting line is eligible for the re-fly even if he initially received a zero. In addition, a pilot receiving both a light and a cut while rounding pylon one would be entitled to a re-fly. Lloyd spoke of continued progress being made by our national group for a worker-less racing system. This included a lock-out that would prohibit the occurrence of both a light and a cut. Lloyd noted that we all have benefited from the fact that improvements are a worldwide pylon racing need and that some of this work has been prefunded. Lloyd spoke in some small detail regarding the cost and practical day to day use of a future workerless system transponder. Buddy spoke on a few safety and procedure issues. Namely, the importance of having a caller remain with the pilot until the race s conclusion and until all the craft are on the ground, noting that it is the caller s responsibly to be the eyes and ears of his teammate while he is busy landing. Buddy noted that it is okay to retrieve your plane before everyone lands, however, only when both the pilot and caller agree that it is safe to do so. As before, the starter can overrule your decision. Buddy stressed that common sense and safety should prevail. In the area of district 6 with which I am most familiar, we use the Arizona pylon racing association (APRA) race procedures. This allows for a combined matrix where both standard and expert pilots compete head to head with our experts flying ten laps to our standard pilots nine. In 2016, we had a standard pilot win the year-end standard championship two years in a row. Congratulations to Ola Nordell. There is not a member who doesn t know that you gave it your all in your victory. You broke out into expert in the last possible moments of our 2016 Date: Event Venue 4/30/2017 Ellington Early Spring Sunday 424, /04/2017 Salem Spring Saturday EF-1 06/05/2017 Salem Spring Sunday 424, /25/2017 Ellington Late Spring Sunday 424, /05/2017 Ellington Two-Day Saturday 424, /06/2017 Ellington Two-Day Sunday 424, /10/2017 Wintonbury Saturday 424, EF-1 09/24/2017 Salem Fall Saturday 424, 426 District 6 season and qualified to race in our expert class in You go! A discussion regarding this practice resulted in our standard championship racing procedures being appended on January 24, 2017 to expressly allow a standard pilot to receive a standard championship for multiple year provided they do not break out into our expert class with three sub-1:20 times. Most important was the formal announcement and presentation of our 2017 racing schedule which appeared on our website on January 3, 2017 with no changes to date. Here is a link: Please join us if you are able. Some thought and preparation has gone into this year s schedule with effort spent to avoid other national racing events. May is a very busy month so we will get started April 30, Please come join us always, but especially for our signature event, the Ellington Two-Day Race. As always there will be a free picnic on Saturday. I understand we may already have a few planning to travel to make the date; please mark your calendars. Thanks to all in advance. Peter Tani NMPRA 23J 5

6 DISTRICT NEWS District 7: Scotty Smithwick Well, I am pleased to report the SEMPRA transition is complete and settling nicely! The lights worked great at Tangerine with only one needed repair. God Bless Tom Scott! Scotty and Maureen learned the two race computer programs, and with the completion of their first race as CD in March, they will be pretty much On Board :-) SEMPRA, however, is very much in financial difficulty, so a word from our Treasurer: Hello Everyone I am Maureen, Scotty Smithwick s wife and caller. I am also the Treasurer of SEMPRA. Somehow I volunteered for this wonderful position in the world of model pylon racing. I am honored to be able to be a part of such a longrunning organization. And, from what I have been told, SEMPRA has done much for the world of Pylon Racing. Clearly, the financials of SEMPRA currently do not support the organization. We are truly In The Hole as they say. Regardless, Scotty & I will keep the lights on the field and the race fueled & flourishing as best we can. That said, we can sure use your help! Scotty and I would like to invite y all to join our modest membership, become part of SEMPRA so it can flourish once again and give all new and current racers the memories we have. Speaking of NEW Members," don t miss Scotty s updates of Joshua, Dean Stone s grandson :-) The fee for membership is $25 and with that you will get a Mulberry discount of $5 on one event per day. You can find the application form below and the address to send your dues is there also. While we are having great winter Florida weather, we are not racing because everyone is recovering from Santa Claus and getting ready for Phoenix! Back in the 90 s we left California for Arizona, and without question, Az in the winter is THE ONLY place to be - Gorgeous Sunsets :-) Our next SEMPRA race is scheduled for March 25 & 26 at Mulberry! Yours Truly just received his CD license, the race sanction is granted, redesigned trophies are ordered, lights are working, pylon flags are new, fuel is in hand, so all that remains is - Lunch! Is anyone up for Saturday Publix Subs w/ fresh bread, Boars Head meat and cheese, then KFC on Sunday, with ride home left overs - your thoughts? We are going to try to run all three classes! However, due to SEMPRA s poor financial status, I have requested & required that a minimum of pilots pre-register with paid entry fees to me no later than February 24. According to the AMA trophy person, I can still order 424 trophies and get them on time, given I have the money as of the 24th of February :-) Our normal April Ft. Lauderdale race has suffered scheduling conflicts and is currently trying to be moved to August! In addition, the race will be a two-day QM-40 Race! So hopefully, after Julian we get to head to Ft. Lauderdale and see how the really fast equipment holds up to a two day-errrrr! :-) :-) Now for the MOST important part of this column, Our newest arrival to Pylon Racing - In Training Mr. Joshua Helms! As most of you know, Joshua is Dean s grandson and at Tangerine, Joshua received a Quik-V6 kit - God Bless Rocket! And then a brand new Evolution NX46 happened to appear under the Christmas tree - Now, what are the chances of that? Needless to say, Grampa has been busy squeezing in flight lessons in-between endless winter storms! Since Tangerine, Grampa dusted off a Sig Cadet Sr., put a new plug in a Saito 65, charged up the batteries, and off to Old Julian they went! District 7 I just love this heart-warming stuff :-) :-) Like all of us flight instructors of old, Dean is using the Arms Around The Student method, and, I might add - quite successfully! As of the last flight, Grampa took off and just handed over the transmitter! While Josh is flying big left hand circles around the field, Grampa is taking pictures :-) See Grampa s Shadow :-) :-) :-) The one thing I have always so loved about kids is that regardless of the task, once they commit, they have no fear and Without Pause just know that they can do it. With proper support (our job:-), they just go off & Do It - So Cool! Until next time, good luck in Phoenix. Be safe & God bless! Scotty & Maureen 6

7 DISTRICT NEWS SEMPRA Annual Membership Application Annual dues are $25.00 USD (January 1 December 31 of the current year) Please fill out all the information below and mail the completed application with your yearly membership dues to the address below. Name: (First, MI, Last) Street Address: City: State: Zip Code: Address: Phone Number: NMPRA #: (IF APPLICABLE) AMA #: Shirt Size: Where do you purchase your fuel? Ritch s Race Other Classes competing in: (SEMPRA considers anyone who flies in multiple classes to be an EXPERT, and thus will not be eligible for prizes in 424 STANDARD class, but will be eligible to compete in 424 as an EXPERT for national points.) E-F1 C-40 All checks should be made payable to and sent in with the above information to: SEMPRA Shiloh Acres Drive Clermont, FL

8 DISTRICT NEWS District 8: Ben Hobbs No article submitted for publication. District 8 District 9: Alejandro Vazquez No article submitted for publication. District 9 District 10: Joe Luxford No article submitted for publication. District 10 INTERNATIONAL 8

9 NMPRA# Flown NMPRA# Flown NMPRA# Flown NMPRA HIGH PERFORMANCE FEBRUARY 2017 FEBRUARY Points: Gary James AMA 422 Q40 Location Date 1 Q-40 Classic 2/26/16 2/27/16 2 Southern 500 3/20/16 3 Dennis Lyon Memorial 3/19/16 4 Dennis Lyon Memorial 3/20/16 5 Fred Bergdorf Memorial 4/23/16 6 Fred Bergdorf Memorial 4/24/16 7 Markham Park 4/24/16 8 OJA 5/7/16 9 Muncie 5/22/16 10 Whittier 5/21/16 11 Whittier 5/22/16 12 Moon Shot 6/5/16 13 HSF Spring 6/26/16 14 Edmonton 6/26/16 15 NATS A 7/19/16 16 NATS B 7/20/16 17 NATS Final 7/21/16 18 Mile High 8/6/16 19 Mile High 8/7/16 20 Muncie CAPS 8/21/16 21 Calgary 8/6/16 22 Calgary 8/7/16 23 Saskatoon 8/28/16 24 Tallman Legacy 9/16/16 9/17/16 25 Basin Jun Sat 6/11/16 26 Basin Jun Sun 6/12/16 27 NMPRA Champs 10/08/16 10/09/16 28 Tangerine 12/4/16 NAME Total Points Best 6 1 Verano, Richard 22B Holik, Robert 23A Andraka, Chuck 11H Andrassy, Roy 31X Jett, Dub 1I Frazier, Terry 37P Flynn, Travis 55A Coe, Dan 42C Helsel, Mike 5A Hulen, Duane 12V Beers, Richard 22I Witte, Trey 23R Allen, Jim 17D Scott, Tom 26P Brown, Ray 15T Thordarson, Dan 53C Robinson, Jeff 27B Killebrew, Doug 10C Ama-422: q40 Points & Standings NAME Total Points Best 6 19 Coffey, Joanne 83B Kane, Dan 1V Cranfill, Dennis 29I Van Baren, Rusty 77D McDermott, John 2R Hodgin, Joe 14Q Bridge, Randy 58B Lloyd, David 15C Johanson, Bill 52P Lucero, Gilbert 16C Finch, Lonnie 21V Von Der Hey, Lee 7C Oliver, Richard 26H Brogdon, Bob 1S Yousey, Tim 58S Seaholm, AJ 17V Fehling, Matthew 59S Barrios, Salvador 26Y Stone, Dean 19R Van Baren, Matthew Umbach, Al 32X Hartman, Scott 30H Vaclav, Steven 48T Smith, Randy 22X Kaufmann, Hank 12X DeLateur, Joe 15B Blanchard, Bryan 16P Gavin, Dave 27C Tahhan, Gabriel 22Z Hemken, Anthony 24W Jump, Eddie 20G Redekop, Henry 30X Langlois, Mike 12R Umbach, Kevin 34X DelPonte, Gino 42D Blanchard, Marcus 15P VanTuyl, Ken 25F Duda, Jason 2W Diepenbroek, Hank 24F Korsen, Craig 16J Batch, Bryan 79E Salar, Matias 88C Tucker, Richard 14S Flood, Marty 15D Baker, Steve 15R Masi, Mike 37J Martin, Jeff 26X Burnham, Lloyd 22J Causey, Scott 20V Houston, Doug 14X Linsagan, Joe 52T Salazar, Mario 18C DeNeve, Mike 21P NAME 9 Total Points Best 6 72 Farnsworth, Scott 25W Vereecke, Maurice 23V Hobbs, Ben 21G Scherrer, Doug 35G Small, Jerry 5H Gall, Duane 23F Parker, Mark 24I Vess, Robert 14R Richmond, Brian 85S Colletto, Ray 53S Melvile, Eddie 40Z Seymore, Anthony 32V Bleacher, Kurt 27T Thompson, Taylor 26C Galerneault, Pat 95W Lopez, Anthony 23B Vogelsang, Rick 29P Smith, Bob 51C Russell, Matt 5E Owens, Laird 8A Katz, Jim 4Q Reade, Barry 14T Coffey, Bruce 81B Malo, Bill 3C Sattler, Harold 59X Lime, Jim 41D Rau, Robert 19D Oioli, Flavio 29Z James, Gary 15I Neff, Brian 11F Lampe, Tim 16U Panzardi, Santiago 18P Tropea, Joe 28J Baker, Lyle 19X Strom Jr., Tom 23E Baker, Eric 49C Triggs, Robert 21J Grim, Adam 20S Richmond, Alex 86S Moorehouse, Kevin 36X Strom, Timothy 26E McWilliams, Gordon 4G Coronado, Oscar 22Y LaValley, Lee 33W Smithwick, Scotty 8C Hegland, Tom 37C Vanderleest, Bernie 7W Gage, Ronald 12W

10 NMPRA # Flown NMPRA HIGH PERFORMANCE FEBRUARY 2017 FEBRUARY Points: Doug Scherrer AMA 426 SS Quickie Location Date 1 Phoenix, AZ 1/14/2017 Ama-426: ss Quickie Points & Standings NAME Total Points Best 6 1 DelPonte, Gino 42D Allen, Jim 17D Beers, Richard 22I Lopez, Tony 23B Seaholm, AJ 17V Causey, Scott 20V Coe, Dan 42C Nickodem, Jim 22V Verano, Richard 22B Farnsworth, Scott 25W Houston, Doug 14X Gardner, Dave Helsel, Mike 5A Andrassy, Roy 31X Thompson, Taylor 26C Salazar, Mario 18C Jett, Dub 4I DeLateur, Joe 15B VanTuyl, Ken 25F Andraka, Chuck 11H Sattler, Harold 59X Lampe, Tim 16U Padelt, Jim Coffey, Joanne 83B Barrie, Darwin 92D Gardner, Jason Martin, Mark 37G Yost, Dave 34C Van Zuidam, Dirk 32Z Hulen, Duane 12V San, Sam Seymore, Tony 32V Martin, Neal 38G McDonald, Tony 20A Russo, Jim West, Mitch Von Der Hey, Lee 7C Nenzel, Chris 28D Redig, Pat 23W Wylie Walters 26B Lime, Jim 41D Dooley, Tom 14D Thordarson, Dan 53C Gavin, Dave 27C Thompson, Chuck 28C Coffey, Bruce 81B

11 Flown NMPRA HIGH PERFORMANCE FEBRUARY 2017 FEBRUARY Points: Dave Gavin AMA 424 Quickie Location Date 1 DenisLyonSat 3/19/16 2 DenisLyonSun 3/20/16 3 WhittierSprSat 5/21/16 4 WintonburySat 6/8/16 5 KCRCSprSat 5/23/16 6 KCRCSprSun 5/24/16 7 IndyShootout Sat 5/21/16 8 IndyShootourtsSun 5/22/16 9 SalemSpr 5/21/16 10 OJASpr 4/30/16 11 BasinJuneSun 6/12/16 12 Bloomington 6/26/16 13 BloomingtonSun 6/27/16 14 MoonShotSat 6/4/16 15 MoonShotSun 6/5/16 16 EllingtonSpr 6/4/16 17 BenMartinSat 8/20/16 18 BenMartinSun 8/21/16 19 BloomingtonFall 9/10/ thParallelSat 10/1/ thParallelSun 10/2/16 22 RiversideSat 10/29/16 23 Riverside Sun 10/30/16 24 EllingtonSat 8/6/16 25 EllingtonSun 8/7/16 26 SalemfallSat 9/10/16 27 SalemFallSun 9/11/16 28 EllingtonSpringMakup 10/12/16 29 Bloomington Sun 9/11/16 30 TangerineSat 12/3/16 31 TangerineSun 12/4/16 Ama-424: Quickie Points & Standings NAME Total Points Best 6 1 Korsen, Craig Nikodem, Jim Burnham, Lloyd Triggs, Bob Melsheimer, Tom Farnsworth, Scott Burns, Ted King, Robert Tani, Peter Tropea, Joe Larson, Darwin Masi, Mike Seymore, Anthony Clayton, Brad Burrows, John Beaudoin, Guy Wondolowski, Conrad Scherrer, Doug Fehling, Jack Elkouby, Benny Coe, Dan Witte, Trey Warming, Mick Mazuicki, Mike Doe, Greg Rue, Joe Baker, Steve DeLateur, Joe Hobbs, Ben Lloyd, Dave McWilliams, Gordon VonDerHey, Lee Kane, Dan Cyr, Kevin Johnansson, Bill Etkin, Randy Vogelsang, Rick Stewert, Calvin James, Gary Frazer, Terry Gosnell, Barry Harris, Bob Haxhi, Jessica Hulen, Duane Lucero, Gil Gload, Bill Stotts, Larry Flood, Marty Lisowski,Larry DeNeve,Mike Stewart, Michael Thordarson, Dan Warden, Justin Salazar, Mario

12 NMPRA# Flown NMPRA HIGH PERFORMANCE FEBRUARY 2017 FEBRUARY 2017 EF1 Points: Trey Witte NMPRA EF-1 Location Date 1 Winterfest - Sat & Sun 1/14/17 NMPRA EF-1 Points & Standings NAME Total Points Best 6 1 Mike Helsel 5A Jim Nikodem 22V Dub Jett 4I Tim Sparks 22U Roy Adndrassy 31X Tony McDonald 20A Mark Martin 37G Neil Martin 38G Tony Lopez 23B Chris Nenzel 28D Jacob McDonald 19A Dave Yost Wylie Walters 26B Eric Huffman 25D Scott Compton Allen Mollyhorn 32D Kevin Yost

13 National Contest Coordinator: Mike Helsel NMPRA : 2017 RACE SCHEDULE Please contact Mike Helsel (mhelsel65@gmail.com) for any corrections, changes, additional entries, or schedule conflicts. Thanks If I don't have your races listed please send me a copy of your schedule and I will get them added to the master schedule NMPRA Master Race Schedule 12/05/2016 Date Location Events Comments Contact Other Info March 4th - 5th 11th - 12th 18th -19th 25th - 26th Whittier, CA 424,426,422 Denis Lion Mem drthord@ca.rr.com 25th - 26th Mulberry, FL 424,426,422 Southern 500 April 1st - 2nd 8th - 9th 15th - 16th 22nd - 23rd Woodland, CA 426, 422, EF1 Fred Burgorf Mem Robert Holik info@apcprop.com 29th - 30th May 6th - 7th Liberty, NC 424, 426, 422 OJA Jim Katz 13th - 14th 20th - 21st 27th -28th June 3rd - 4th Moon Shot EF-1, 424,426,422 Tom Scott askus@scottmodels.com 10th - 11th Sepulvedia Basin 424,426,423 17th - 18th 24th - 25th July 1st - 2nd 8th - 9th 14th - 21st NATS 424, EF1,426,422 22nd - 23rd 29th 30th July 1st - 2nd 8th - 9th 14th - 21st NATS 424, EF1,426,422 22nd - 23rd September 2nd - 3rd 9th - 10th 16th - 17th 23rd - 24th October 30th - 1st 7th - 8th 14th - 15th Julian NC 422 NMPRA Champ Race 21st - 22nd 28th - 29th Whittier, CA 424,426,422 West Coast Series Champ drthord@ca.rr.com 13

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16 2017 NMPRA Membership Application Please check all appropriate boxes. New Member Renewal Change Address I am a Current Contest Director Donate Excess Remitted Monies to the FAI Team Fund Name: Mail Address: Phone (Home): Phone (Cell): City: State: ZIP: Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy) : AMA Number: NMPRA Number: Occupation: Address: I Currently Fly: Q40 I am purchasing: Renewal membership with Internet Newsletter $25 Q500 New membership with Internet Newsletter $15 FAI Club 40 USA membership with Mailed Newsletter $40 Electric E-F1 Outside USA membership with Mailed Newsletter $50 Additional NMPRA Sticker Sheet(s) (Red) $2 each Make Check Payable to : NMPRA Additional NMPRA Sticker Sheet(s) (White)----- $2 each I Currently Wear size shirt Mail to: Secretary / Treasurer Scott Hartman I Would Like the Following NMPRA Sticker Red 912 Plains Drive Sheet with my 2017 Paid Membership: White Fritch, TX NMPRA OFFICERS President District 4 VP District 9 VP Q Points Coordinator Trey Witte Travis Elbert Alex Vazquez Gary James Bexley Place Box 53 Carr. Guadalajara-Colotlan PO Box 1474 Mint Hill, NC Jefferson City, MT No. 7, 201Colonia Extramuros Weatherford, TX Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico treywitte1@gmail.com gsjames@earthlink.net District 5 VP alejandro@temosa.com.mx Secretary/Treasurer Jim Nikodem SS Quickie 426 Points Coordinator Scott Hartman 736 Silk Oak Lane District 10 VP Doug Scherrer 912 Plains Drive Crystal Lake, IL Joe Luxford W 150th Terrace Fritch, TX Olathe, KS sahartman21@hotmail.com jdnikodem@juno.com Jluxford@luxford.com.au happyinbwg@hotmail.com District 1 VP District 6 VP NMPRA Webmaster Tom Hegland Peter Tani Bernie Vanderleest Quickie 424 Points Coordinator 3430 May Lane PO Box Heinze Drive Dave Gavin San Jose, CA Vernon, CT Racine, WI Golden Yarrow Lane peter@peterdavidtani.com Rancho Cucamonga, CA t.hegland@sbcglobal.net web@nmpra.org dgavin9448@aol.com District 2 VP District 7 VP Newsletter Editor Matt Russell Scotty Smithwick Linda Brogdon NMPRA EF1 National Points N. Perry Road Shiloh Acres Drive 5251 Hermitage Drive Trey Witte Chattaroy, WA Clermont, FL Powder Springs, GA Bexley Place Mint Hill, NC matt@warusells.com airplanescotty@gmail.com brogdonlh@comcast.net treywitte1@gmail.com District 3 VP District 8 VP Newsletter Publisher Randy Smith Ben Hobbs Ben Hobbs 111 Hawkhill Place NW 807 Candia Circle 807 Candia Circle Calgary, AB Canada Rose Hill, KS Rose Hill, KS pylon.guy@shaw.ca ben.hobbs5@gmail.com ben.hobbs5@gmail.com

17 Academy of Model Aeronautics Attention: NMPRA P.O. Box 3028 Muncie, IN First Class Dated Material To: The Pylon Racer s Official Voice NMPRA HIGH PERFORMANCE ENGINES PARTS ACESSORIES JETTENGR@SBCGLOBAL.NET