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ALES Photos by Jenni Alderman
F3J THERMAL SOARING Photos by Jenni Alderman
ALES Round 3 Combined - 07/29/2016 Plc Pilot 1 2 3 Total 1 JOLLLY, LARRY 1041.67 1045.00 1050.00 3136.67 2 SCHLITZKUS, PETER 1046.67 1041.67 1045.00 3133.33 3 ROPKE, LANCE 1041.67 1038.33 1050.00 3130.00 4 RUSSO, GUY 1040.00 1043.33 1045.00 3128.33 5 PROSEUS, RICHARD 1045.00 1023.33 1045.00 3113.33 6 BATES, KENNETH 1030.00 1038.33 1040.00 3108.33 7 MARCICKI, JAMES 1045.00 1020.00 1026.66 3091.66 8 IAFRET, JOHN 1023.33 1038.33 1021.66 3083.33 9 COCHRELL, KERRY 995.00 1038.33 1040.00 3073.33 10 ANDERSEN, BARRY 991.62 1025.00 1045.00 3061.62 11 BEACH, DAVID 954.52 1038.33 1030.00 3022.86 12 MARCICKI, GERALD 975.00 1015.00 1031.65 3021.65 13 STAHL, GORDON 1045.00 1039.99 928.14 3013.13 14 MCGOWAN, MICHAEL 1000.00 1010.00 993.33 3003.33 15 BRISTER, PHILIP 932.43 1035.00 1026.66 2994.09 16 CLEVELAND, DON 976.67 996.66 1014.99 2988.32 17 KUKRAL, RONALD 1000.00 986.67 998.33 2984.99 18 GROVES, MARK 921.67 1000.00 1028.33 2950.00 19 PERRET, PAUL 855.00 1050.00 1039.99 2944.99 20 WHYTE, NELSON 905.00 993.33 1000.00 2898.33 21 BAUMELER, PETER 756.67 1033.33 1021.66 2811.66 22 KALLEVANG, THOMAS 651.67 1036.66 1043.33 2731.66 23 SHAW, KENNETH 710.07 991.65 996.66 2698.38 24 REISINGER, DAVID 671.69 996.67 994.98 2663.34 25 OLSON, ROBERT 659.92 998.33 1000.00 2658.25 26 RICHMOND, DONALD 933.33 1048.33 580.00 2561.66 27 MARCUM, MARC 781.99 996.67 742.90 2521.56 28 HARRIS, DONALD 841.22 596.67 1006.66 2444.54 29 PITCHKITES, BEN 656.52 953.33 779.21 2389.06 30 BROESKI, TOM 671.67 1031.66 461.54 2164.87 31 MAIER, FREDERICK 785.00 473.33 898.14 2156.47 32 SWANSON, STEWART 795.00 981.64 358.89 2135.53 33 NOGY, KENT 1043.33 1025.00 0.00 2068.33 34 BAUER, BARNEY 10.00 980.00 991.67 1981.67 35 VAN ELSLANDER, ROGER 502.91 680.00 622.07 1804.98 36 WOEBKENBERG, RYAN 648.24 391.67 565.94 1605.85 37 WOEBKENBERG, KATHAR 121.67 65.11 212.37 399.15 38 ADASCZIK, WALTER 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
FREE FLIGHT ends I cannot remember a week that has gone as fast as my first Free Flight Nats in Muncie, Indiana. Some people might question the time management pressures that some Free Flighters put on themselves by flying so many events. Just flying the number of events that a guy like Dan Berry does would be a challenge if everything went well, but when you have difficult retrieves to do, time spent waiting for the good air, hard-starting motors, and field repairs, the time to turn in your scorecard can come way too fast. The final morning started beautiful, but what little wind there was changed directions requiring that everyone and everything be moved. Free Flighters take this in stride because they have been through this so many times before. Today was the big Super D Gas Free Flights which are not only Text and photos by Bill Kuhl expensive, but require a lot of room for a typical flight. I had some of my best flying today in the P30 rubber event. My plane is a simple NJAPF airplane but, no doubt, I would have had max flights if I had set the DT properly. I watched other people take this event serious by using a bubble machine to detect thermals coming through; it might have helped. The point I try to get across to other modelers, not just for Free Flight (as I do Radio Control Soaring as well), is that winning isn t everything. I know at a more local level that many RC glider fliers have quit going to contests because they did not have the latest and greatest sailplane. That has not stopped me from entering. Flying with others who enjoy a common interest is more important. An NJAPF P30 model. Dan Berry s D Gas model. Remote DT and fuselage backup on a D Gas model. A K&B.61 engine in a D Gas model. A wing folded in flight.
F1P 158 1 Hanford, Robert 1216 1 Ashworth, Hayden 1134 Junior HL Glider 140 1 Batiuk, Tim 532 2 McKeever, Mike 524 3 Gerspacher, David 357 4 Krempetz, Kurt 347 5 Berry, Dan 338 6 Buddenbohm, Stan 336 7 Gagliano, Charles 319 8 Langelius, Jan 295 9 Surguine, Skeeter 285 10 Simon, Evan 253 11 Jones, Charlie 197 12 Schlarb, Bill 194 13 Hack, Jr, James 170 14 Van Nest, Brian 151 15 Kuhl, William 139 16 Hack, James 100 17 Loomis, W 47 1 Reuter, Will 135 Junior 2 Wicks, Willilam 49 Junior 3 Mattson, Hailey 68 Junior 1 Gerspacher, Kyle 229 Senior F1G 153 1 Matsuno, Chris 870 Fly Off 2 Ladislav, Horak 863 Fly Off 3 Allen, Carrol 825 Fly Off 4 Van Nest, Brian 814 Fly Off 5 Ioerger, Tom 764 Fly Off 6 Simon, Greg 582 7 Guest, Bernard 582 8 Jones, Charlie 581 9 Jones, Geralyn 581 10 Jones, Darold 580 11 Markos, Charles 578 12 Richardson, Mike 577 13 Clapp, John 558 14 Richardson, Marty 552 15 Masterman, Paul 494 16 Pivitt, Richard 219 17 Mathews, Tony 137 1 Mattson, Hailey 142 Junior 1 Gerspacher, Kyle 189 Senior NFFS 1 Design 1 Hanford, Bob 600 2 Kluber, Rudy 448 3 Malin, Brian 413 4 Bell, tom 349 5 Smith, Gene 345 6 Schneider, Glenn 342 7 Dock, Denny 326 Large Nos Rubber 1 Sneed, Ed 1238 2 Sechrist, David 1227 3 Williams, Joe 703 4 Oreilly, Jim 657 5 Brown, Gerald 529 6 Romak, Bud 120 Dawn Unlimited 122 1 Schlosberg, Aram 398 2 Allen, Carrol 355 3 Sneed, Ed 335 4 Sechrist, David 241 5 Jones, Darold 195 6 Powell, Chuck 121 OT ABC Pylon 1 Romak, Bud 840 2 Bocckinfuso, James 802 3 Seymour, Zach 412 Senior 4 Edmonson, Dave 347 5 Edelstein, Robert 195 6 Kacmarsky, Richard 190 Electric A 160 1 Covalt, Dick 1920 2 Brooks, Clinton 928 3 McBride, Duncan 826 4 Elder, Dale 685 5 Hooke, Drake 669 6 Freeland, Mark 494 7 Murphy, Jack 457 8 Ivers, Richard 447 9 Jennings, Jim 440 10 Ashworth, Hayden 437 Junior 11 Jennings, James 385 12 Murphy, Jerry 355 13 Wegener, Richard 351 14 Coffin, James 336 15 Crawford, Dohrman 335 16 Perkins, Frank 327 17 Jones, Jennifer 324 18 Tomasch, Andrew 297 19 Tarcher, Ben 294
A Gas 102 1 Thompson, Ronnie 1497 2 Mollendorf, Joseph 1462 3 Hanford, Bob 1195 4 Marsh, Jack 727 5 Parker, Jim 583 6 Berry, Daniel 567 7 Marsh, Doug 480 8 Scott, Guy 473 9 Bell, Tom 388 10 Brown, Gerald 368 11 Dock, Denny 350 12 Morris, Gil 343 13 Surguine, Skeeter 340 14 Darling, Clark 328 15 Pailet, Jean 312 C Nos Gas 1 Davidson, Larry 949 2 Smith, Roy 786 3 Hack, James 760 4 Dock, Denny 709 5 Bane, Bradley 700 6 Sowder, Bob 599 7 Marsh, Jack 583 8 Hanford, Robert 460 9 Schneider, Glenn 360 10 Blake, Simon 357 11 Erridge, Roger 346 12 Bell, Tom 276 13 Smith, Gene 208 14 Kacmarsky, Richard 152
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