Contest results

Here are the results from the Brooklyn Skyscraper Dave Acton Annual Free Flight Meet held with nice weather November 4 and 5, 2023 at Barron Field in Wawayanda, NY. Saturday was calm all day. Sunday was also reasonably calm, and we set maxes at 240 seconds for the first four rounds of F1A. A wind shift and associated turbulence necessitated switching to 150 second maxes for the subsequent rounds. I think Peter's win will move him up into fifth place in the America's Cup standing (I am currently fourth). Aram maxed out in F1B. Larry and Vic enjoyed the Catapult Launch Glider flying, plus Hand Launch Glider for Larry. Yuda, flying both days, enjoyed A and B electric, plus E-36. We are also grateful to Bill Buss who attended, adding to the social value, and assisted with time keeping. A total of 50 official flights were flown by this fine group.

F1A (Flown Sunday Nov 5)
1st 240 240 236 240 078 150 150: 1329 Peter Barron
2nd 240 240 240 240 150 053 150: 1313 Andrew Barron

Catapult Launch Glider [Top 3 flights] (Flown Saturday)
1st 31 40 32: 103 Larry Pelatowski
2nd 33 30 24: 87 Vic Nippert

Unlimited Rubber (Fun Flying Sunday with a Praire Bird scaled up to 24 inch wing span)
45 71 70 Tom Hampshire
P-30 (Saturday)
10 sec: Larry Pelatowski

Here are the results of the Hatschek International Challenge from May and the Skyscraper Annual from July. The CD Dave Acton promptly emailed me scans of the score sheets. Sorry I was slow to transcribe them. There were some superb performances. At the Hatschek Challenge max-out wins by Tom Vaccaro (F1B), Dick Ivers (F1Q), and Drake Hook (E-36), an F1G flyoff between John Clapp, Carrol Allen, and Don Rousseau, and near max-out wins by Oliver Cai (F1A), Drake Hook (F1S), and first time Wawayanda flier Jan Langelius (with 356 second total in HLG). At the Skyscraper Annual maxouts by Sarah Radziunas and Carrol Allen (F1B), John Clapp F1G, and Dick Ivers (E-36), Report from Andrew Barron...

F1A (Hatschek International Challenge)
1. 230 157 180 180 180 180 150 1267 Oliver Cai
2. 211 180 180 180 180 057 150 1138 Igor Fradkin
3. 240 180 005 097 180 180 150 1032 Andrew Barron
4. 170 000 180 000 000 180 150 0680 Joel Yuri (junior flier)
5. 000 000 180 180 051 180 083 0674 Bob Sifleet

F1B (Hatschek Internat Challenge)
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 150 1290 Tom Vaccaro
2. 240 164 180 180 180 180 150 1274 Ron Felix
3. 218 180 180 180 180 180 150 1268 Carrol Allen

F1Q (Hatschek Internat Challenge
1. 180 180 180 180 150 870 Dick Ivers
2. 180 180 180 180 018 738 Joel Yuri (junior flier)
3. 136 131 150 154 131 702 Drake Hooke
4. 129 180 166 ___ ___ 475 Rich Wegener

F1G (Hatschek Internat Challenge)
1. 120 120 120 120 120 Flyoff 193 John Clapp
2. 120 120 120 120 120 Flyoff 184 Carrol Allen
3. 120 120 120 120 120 Flyoff 167 Don Rousseau

F1H (Hatchek Internat Challenge)
1. 120 058 120 120 082 Robert Sifleet

F1S (Hatschek Internat Challenge)
1. 120 120 100 120 120 Drake Hooke
2. 120 120 120 120 027 Dick Ivers

E36 (Hatschek Challenge)
1. 120 120 120 120 86 Drake Hooke
2. 120 120 120 120 60 Dick Ivers
3. 078 ___ ___ ___ __ Rich Wegener

HLG (top three flights)
1. 120 116 120 Total 356 Jan Langelius
2. 047 051 048 Total 146 Larry Pelatowski
3. 024 017 029 Total 091 Vito Gagliano

Classic Towline (Hatschek Challenge)
107 120 97 Rich Wegener

P-30 (Hatschek Challenge)
117 116 93 Ian Hurley
120 105 88 Tom Juell

Dawn (Hatschek Challenge)
302 John Clapp
148 Don Rousseau

F1B (Skyscraper Annual)
1. 180 180 150 150 150 Total 810 Sarah Radziunas
1. 180 180 150 150 150 Total 810 Carrol Allen
3. 180 180 147 150 150 Total 807 Aram Schlosberg
4. 153 167 150 ___ ___ Total 470 Tom Vaccaro

F1A (Skyscaper Annual)
180 118 150 101 143 Total 692 Peter Barron
F1G (Skyscraper Annual)
1. 120 120 120 120 120 John Clapp
2. 093 110 108 089 120 Don Rousseau
3. 109 ___ ___ ___ ___ Larry Pelatowski

F1Q (Skyscraper Annual)
1. 180 180 180 165 180 Dick Ivers
2. 180 180 145 137 108 Rich Wegner
3. 107 000 062 148 098 Drake Hooke

F1S (Skyscraper Annual)
1. 120 096 087 120 120 Total 543 Drake Hook III (son)
2. 120 054 120 091 120 Total 505 Drake Hook (father)
3. 120 102 082 081 120 Total 505 Dick Ivers [Tie resolved by placing at Nats]

P-30 (Sky Annual)
1. 115 116 120 Tom Juell
2. 095 120 120 Ian Hurley
3. 050 062 120 Ed Pelatowski
4. 101 058 ___ Don Rousseau

HLG (Sky Annual, best three flights)
1. 39 31 17 Larry Pelatowski
2. 26 27 31 Ed Pelatowski
3. 14 16 16 Vito Gagliano

Here are the results from the Bob Hatschek International Challenge, May 30-31, 2015, from contest director Alan Abriss.
We had five competitors in each of F1A, F1B, and F1Q, four in F1G, plus tenin other AMA and FAI events, and many others flew FAC events.
Highlights included the max-out win by Carrol Allen in F1B, and the performances by Peter Barron winning F1A, Dick Ivers winning F1Q, Tom Juell winning P-30, Tom Vaccaro winning Coupe, and Drake Hooke maxing out in electricB. Strong Saturday afternoon winds led to a decision to a deciding five minute max round at 6am Sunday morning. This pitted Peter with his latest flapper against Jama Danier with his high-climbing LDA. Peter still had good height when he DT'ed at 5 minutes for the win.

F1A
Peter Barron 180 180 171 95 300 --------926
Andrew Barron 179 120 162 180 218 ---859
Jama Damier 108 180 58 180 248 -------774
Joel Yuri 99 180 65 58 ----------------------402
Bob Silfleet 112 109 120 9 -----------------350

F1B
Carrol Allen 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 ---------1320
Tom Vaccaro 240 142 180 180 180 180 180 -------1282
Joel Yuri 239 180 174 180 180 178 137 -------------1268
Aram Schlosberg 170 180 180 180 180 180 180 --1250
Sarah Radziunas 240 144 123 180 180 180 180 --1227

F1G
Tom Vaccaro 91 120 85 120 120 --------536
Don Rousseau 120 84 53 59 106 ---------422
Bill Buss 120 120 120 -----------------------360
Yuda Avla 90- - - - -----------------------------90

F1Q
Dick Ivers 165 180 150 142 150 ---------787
Dave Lacey 124 180 150 150 150 -------754
Joel Yuri 180 112 150 150 147 ----------739
Jim Coffin 130 180 128 76 87 ------------601
Drake Hooke 164 97 89 101 86 ----------537

P-30
Tom Juell 110 120 120 -----350
Dave Acton 102 120--------- 222
Larry Pelatowski 106 -------106

Catapult Glider
Larry Pelatowski 28 30 53 --111
Al Vollmer 35 29 33 -------------97
Vito Gagliano 26 29 22 ---------77

The weather was sunny, warm, and calm both days, with little drift. One highlight is the reemergence of gas fliers Ron Mongres (with his first win in classic gas) and Drake Hooke, so that along with Clarke Darling, Gene Pailet, and Al Vollmer, we have a more substantial presence in Free Flight Gas. Another highlight is the dominance of Carrol Allen, both Coupe (F1G), with a max-out, and Wakefield (F1B), just one second ahead of Tom Vacarro. Bob Sifleet maxed out to win F1H, and Igor Fradkin came from behind to win Nordic (F1A). Yuda Avla won E-36 in a flyoff against Dick Ivers. Larry Pelatowski maxed-out to win P-30. Bob Sifleet's grandson Joel Yuri flies well in F1A and F1Q, with an especially good performance in Electric (F1Q), as second overall and top Junior.

Reported by Andrew Barron.

F1G
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Carrol Allen
2. 120 120 120 120 102 582 Yuda Avla
3. 120 120 097 120 120 577 Bill Buss
4. 120 078 070 023 120 411 Don Rousseau
5. 120 000 120 120 xxx 360 Larry Pelatowski

F1H
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Bob Sifleet
2. 120 046 120 075 058 418 Andrew Barron
3. 054 076 071 120 026 347 Jean Pailet

F1J
1. 120 120 095 120 120 575 Jean Pailet

F1Q
1. 180 180 145 180 180 180 165 1210 Dick Ivers
2. 180 180 134 153 180 180 180 1187 Joel Yuri (Jr)
3. 180 180 129 180 180 180 152 1181 Dave Lacey
4. 138 113 118 171 180 180 180 1080 Aram Schlosberg

F1A
1. 210 180 180 180 180 130 180 1240 Igor Fradkin
2. 210 127 083 180 180 180 180 1190 Bob Sifleet
3. 210 180 180 180 180 180 033 1143 Andrew Barron
4. 063 120 103 180 180 180 093 1016 Joel Yuri (Jr)

F1B
1. 240 180 180 180 180 167 180 1307 Carrol Allen
2. 240 180 180 180 180 166 180 1306 Tom Vaccaro
3. 218 180 164 180 138 128 180 1188 Aram Schlosberg
4. 164 180 180 120 180 180 129 1133 Ron Felix
5. 240 180 148 118 xxx xxx xxx 0686 Brian Pacelli

E-36
1. 120 120 120 120 68 548 Yuda Avla
2. 120 120 120 113 473 Dick Ivers
3. 120 120 116 356 Drake Hooke
4. 120 080 120 320 Dave Lacey

P-30
1. 120 120 120 360 Larry Pelatwowski
2. 120 092 120 332 Vic Nippert
3. 120 101 106 327 Tom Juel
4. 099 107 102 308 Don Rousseau
5. 120 063 120 303 Dom Algieri
6. 087 120 067 274 Bill Buss
7. 054 048 090 192 Ian Hurley

Mullvihill
1. 120 158 278 Vic Nippert
2. 063 107 170 Dom Algieri
3. 077 077 Don Rousseau

Dawn Unlimited Rubber
1. 157 Don Rousseau

Electric B
1. 120 120 115 Rich Wegener

PeeWee-30
1. 526 493 473 1492 Bob Morris

1/2 A Classic
1. 117 120 120 357 Ron Monkres
2. 120 087 xxx 207 Jean Pailet

A Classic
1. 083 065 060 208 Drake Hook

C Nostalgia Gas
1. 055 120 xxx 175 Clarke Darling

1/2 A Early Nostalgia
1. 58 79 120 257 Al Vollmer

1/4 A Nostalgia
1. 120 054 120 294 Al Vollmer

Hand Launch Glider
1. 35 33 97 165 Bob Morris
2. 44 43 46 133 Larry Pelatowski

Catapult Glider
1. 120 83 43 246 Vic Nippert
2. 120 60 45 225 Al Vollmer
3. 058 43 32 133 Larry Pelatowski

Here are the results of the Hatschek International Challenge May 31 and June 1, 2014 at Barron Field (AMA sanction number 1080) for FAI, AMA, and Nostaglia free-flight events, with Dave Acton CD. Concurrently there was a fine meet of FAC flying run by Eddie Pelatowski. The weather was gorgeous Sunday (sunny, very calm, and mild temperature), but Saturday it was too windy for some of the fliers (e.g. Don Rousseau's first round F1G flight whisked off in a windy thermal and landed in a distant tree causing it to take a while to extract). All other flights stayed comfortably on the field, leading to keen competition in F1H and F1Q and in Sunday's events. Here we show the placing, the round scores and the totals for each event. Leading zeros are used to maintain simple formatting. Likewise names (which are variable in length) are placed at the end of each line.

F1A (large towline gliders):
1. 210 164 180 180 180 180 180 1274 Andrew Barron
2. 162 180 180 180 180 180 180 1242 Bob Sifleet
3. 156 180 180 180 180 180 180 1236 Peter Barron
4. 165 180 165 150 080 153 165 1058 Joel Yori (Junior)
5. 182 122 160 095 058 180 180 0977 Gina Barron (Junior)

F1B (large rubber powered):
1. 236 180 180 180 180 180 180 1316 Aram Schlosberg
2. 240 150 180 180 180 180 180 1290 Sarah Radziunas
3. 240 180 180 180 180 131 180 1271 Ron Felix
4. 205 180 180 180 144 176 180 1245 Carrol Allen
5. 164 180 180 180 180 180 180 1244 Brian Pacelli
6. 240 180 180 173 180 086 xxx1039 Tom Vaccaro

F1H (small towline gliders):
1. 071 106 057 120 114 468 Andrew Barron
2. 109 120 059 120 046 454 Jean Pailet
3. 039 120 053 074 120 406 Bob Sifleet

F1Q (electric powered):
1. 180 088 132 180 180 760 Aram Schlosberg
2. 180 138 154 147 120 739 Joel Yori
3. 108 180 118 133 xxx 539 Dick Ivers, Sr.

F1G (small rubber powered):
1. 120 0 0 0 106 226 Don Rousseau
2. 120 x x x xx 120 Louis Joyner
3. 102 9 x x xx 111 Carrol Allen
4. 094 x x x xx 094 Bill Buss

P-30 (small rubber powered):
1. 105 120 120 345 Bill Buss
2. 115 105 103 323 Don Rousseau
3. 101 xxx xxx 101 Vern Goodrich

Catapult Glider:
1. 49 120 62 231 Al Vollmer
2. 34 36 55 125 Larry Pelatowski
3. 17 14 23 054 Bob Morris

Electric B (large electric powered):
1. 120 119 115 354 Rich Wegener
2. 072 071 120 263 Drake Hooke

E-36 (small electric powered):
1. 120 120 120 120 99 579 Dick Ivers, Sr
2. 120 120 120 120 65 545 Yuda Avla

The following AMA and Nostalgia Gas events were combined for local scoring and separate for National Cup
1/2 A Classic
1. 105 074 120 229 Ronald Monkres

In June this year were some fine Free Flight competitions at our field in Wawayanda, NY. The first was the Hatschek International Challenge (previously known as the Skyscraper International Challenge, now renamed in honor of Bob Hatschek), which was ultimately held June 8-9, 2013 (sanction number 13-1758). The second was the Skyscraper Annual held June 22-23, 2013 (sanction 13-1416). I apologize for not getting these result reports out sooner.

A highlight of these meets was continued dominance by our young adult and youth flyers, plus some older flyers newly returned to the sport in recent years or new to flying at Wawayanda.
At the Hatschek Challenge, F1B was won by Brian Pacelli finishing with a score of 1306 seconds, just two seconds ahead of Carrol Allen, F1H was won by junior Gina Barron ahead of Bob Sifleet, F1G was won by Yuda Avla, just four seconds ahead of Tom Vaccaro, B-30 was won by Tom Juell, ahead of Bill Buss and Don Rousseau, with junior fliers Rebecca Avla and Joel Yori not far behind, and another new to our flying scene, Tony Loomis did fine in catapult posting a nice individual flight of 74 seconds on his way to second place. The full results are recorded below.
At the Skyscraper Annual, the top two spots in F1B and the top four spots in F1A were by young adult and junior fliers. They achieved excellent total times (max-out and near max-out) in turbulent and mildly windy conditions that scared off some of the older fliers. F1B was won by Sarah Radziunas with a near max-out (only 13 seconds drop on one flight) with Brian Pacelli not far behind. F1A was won by Timothy Barron with a max out, with Peter Barron second, junior Joel Yori third and junior Gina Barron fourth, ahead of myself and Bob Sifleet. Other popular events included F1G, won by Tom Vaccaro, P-30 with seven contestants, won by Bill Buss, and the All Gas combined, with six contestant postings, lead by Clark Darling, Al Vollmer, and Arnold Waldner. For the specifics and for additional event results see the details also below.

An editorial comment: the conditions at the Annual were challenging but not as windy as some who left thought they would be. For instance, during Timothy's max out win in F1A, only one flight went past the road at the middle of the field. Those who flew got a chance to learn which models were the best thermal performers. In my case, seeing other models thermal much better than my hybrid airfoil model led me to make three changes to it (shorter fuselage, 4dm rather than 3.5 dm stab, and thinned the wing airfoil toward the rear to move the high-point forward -- yes, a significant surgery). Practice sessions alone had not revealed the extend of the need for these improvements.

Here are the results. I write either Challenge (for the Hatschek International Challenge formerly the Skyscraper Challenge) or I write Annual (for the Skyscpraper Annual) before each event so that the recorders for America's Cup, National Cup, and Team Selection (junior and open) can get it right, along with the rest of us. The last column reports total. The contestant name is at the end of each line to facilitate column alignment.

Thermals,
Andrew Barron, on behalf of CDs Alan Abriss and Dave Acton
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Hatschek International Challenge (Sanction 13-1758)
Challenge: P-30 Rubber Event
1. 120 099 115 334 Tom Juell
2. 120 120 061 301 Bill Buss
3. 065 072 120 257 Don Rousseau
4. 120 057 079 256 Rebecca Avla
5. 120 060 052 232 Dom Algieri
6. 070 084 062 216 Joel Yori
Challenge: Hand Launch Glider (top three flights out of six)
1. 120 47 38 205 Larry Pelatowski
2. 041 44 39 124 Andrew Barron
3. 026 30 20 076 Brian Pacelli
4. 021 17 34 072 Dom Algieri
5. 037 17 17 068 Al Volmer
6. 017 19 13 049 Tony Loomis
Challenge: Catapult (top three flights out of six)
1. 64 81 28 173 Al Volmer
2. 74 34 42 150 Tony Loomis
3. 51 28 29 108 Larry Pelatowski
Challenge: F1A (towline glider, seven rounds)
1. 210 175 137 180 180 180 180 1242 Bob Sifleet
2. 210 180 068 180 100 180 170 1080 Andrew Barron
3. 194 118 189 180 000 180 180 1032 Timothy Barron
4. 197 180 000 180 098 147 180 0976 Peter Barron
5. 210 000 180 121 145 121 122 0899 Joel Yori JUNIOR
6. 024 125 071 071 063 180 072 0606 Gina Barron JUNIOR
Challenge: F1B (wakefield, rubber power)
1. 240 180 166 180 180 180 180 1306 Brian Pacelli
2. 224 180 180 180 180 180 180 1304 Carrol Allen
3. 240 163 180 180 123 156 --- 1042 Tom Vaccaro
Challenge: F1G (small rubber power)
1. 120 120 063 120 120 543 Yuda Avla
2. 120 120 102 120 059 539 Tom Vaccaro
3. 029 117 120 120 120 506 Carrol Allen
4. 109 105 048 120 120 502 Don Rousseau
Challenge: F1H (small towline)
1. 046 120 120 097 120 503 Gina Barron (junior)
2. 120 090 071 058 039 377 Bob Sifleet
Challenge: F1Q (electric power, seven rounds)
1. 180 180 180 180 153 180 180 1173 Dick Ivers Sr
Challenge: E-36 (small electric power)
1. 120 120 120 (flyoff 120) 480 Dick Ivers Sr
2. 120 120 --- 240 Rich Ivers
Challenge: Dawn Unlimited Rubber
1. 485 Carrol Allen
2. 191 Don Rousseau
Challenge: Gas (local combined, first Al Volmer, second Clark Darling) Separate for National Cup:
1/2 A Early Nostalgia 120 109 120 349 Al Volmer
C Nostalgia Gas 090 120 097 307 Clark Darling
1/2 A Nostalgia Gas 60 120 120 300 Al Volmer
1/4 A Nostalgia Gas 35 52 108 195 Al Volmer
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Skyscraper Annual, Sanction 13-1416, June 22-23, 2013
Annual: F1G
1. 089 120 120 090 120 539 Tom Vaccaro
2. 072 111 120 120 091 514 Bill Buss
3. 112 074 120 120 067 493 Carrol Allen
4. 120 073 081 067 120 461 John Clapp
5. 069 054 120 090 093 426 Don Rousseau
6. 079 --- --- --- --- 079 Yuda Avla
Annual: F1H
1. 092 120 120 063 120 515 Bob Sifleet
Annual: F1Q
1. 161 180 150 082 150 723 Dave Lacey
2. 180 013 150 150 150 643 Dick Ivers
3. 180 --- --- --- --- 180 Aram Schlosberg
Annual: F1A
1. 180 180 180 180 180 150 150 1200 Timothy Barron
2. 161 171 180 123 180 150 150 1115 Peter Barron
3. 180 180 180 060 180 097 150 1027 Joel Yori JUNIOR (team trial)
4. 165 082 180 174 180 150 030 0961 Gina Barron JUNIORAnnual: F1B
1. 180 167 180 180 180 150 150 1187 Sarah Radziunas
2. 180 172 180 165 136 150 150 1133 Brian Pacelli
3. 180 172 180 165 173 150 103 1123 Carrol Allen
4. 074 172 180 180 180 150 150 1086 Aram Schlosberg
5. 003 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0003 Tom Vaccaro
Annual: HLG
1. 28 55 120 203 Bob Morris
2. 30 56 --- 086 Larry Pelatowski
Annual: Catapult
1. 46 27 16 89 Bob Morris
2. 28 17 17 62 Vito Gagliano
3. 14 11 20 45 Alan McKitarian
Annual: P-30
1. 110 120 117 347 Bill Buss
2. 120 048 120 288 Yuda Avla
3. 097 120 069 286 Tom Juell
4. 082 083 055 220 Alan Mkitarian
5. 062 072 084 218 Don Rousseau
6. 080 048 052 180 Joel Yori (top junior)
7. 049 --- --- 049 Rebecca Avla
Annual: E-36
1. 120 120 120 (flyoff 97) 457 Dick Ivers
2. 120 009 --- 129 Dave Lacey
Annual: PeeWee 30
1. 14/47 (336), 15/50 (333), 15/44 (293) Bob Morris
Annual: All Gas (combined 1.Darling, 2.Vollmer, 3.Waldner)
Separate for National Cup:
C Nostalgia
1. 120 120 091 331 Clark Darling
1/2 A Nostalgia
1. 120 120 089 329 Al Vollmer
2. 120 085 120 325 Arnold Waldner
1/4 A Nostalgia
1. 120 82 39 241 Al Vollmer
1/2 A Early Nostalgia
1. 80 89 49 218 Al Vollmer
020 Old Time Replica
1. 21 44 26 91 Bob Morris

The Wilbur and Orville freeflight meet on August 17 & 18 was the highlight of our contest season in the north-east so far. The weather was perfect, light and variable winds, typically only about 1 mph. The best results were in E-36 and F1B where most competitors maxed out and went into flyoffs. Tom Vaccaro came out on top in F1B in a flyoff against Brian Pacelli, Sarah Radziunas, and Ron Felix, with a dramatic seven minute max with very little drift. Rich Ivers won E-36 in a flyoff against Jim Coffin, Dave Lacey and Dick Ivers (with only four seconds difference between Jim, Dave, and Dick). Other Max out wins were by Bob Sifleet in F1H and Peter Barron in F1A (just ahead of an excellent Junior performance by Bob's grandson Joel Yori, who is competing for a spot on the Junior free flight team). See photos of the meet here.

F1H (small towline glider)
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Robert Sifleet
2. 120 079 120 000 120 439 Dennis Phelan
3. 050 120 060 057 120 407 Andrew Barron
4. 120 064 083 022 110 399 Jean Pailet

F1G (small rubber power)
1. 120 110 120 120 120 590 Tom Vaccaro
2. 120 120 105 120 120 585 John Clapp
3. 101 105 120 120 120 566 Carrol Allen
4. 120 120 120 077 --- 437 Kathy Radziunas

F1J (small gas power)
1. 120 061 072 120 120 493 Jean Pailet
2. 062 120 118 120 030 450 Alan Abriss

F1Q (electric power)
1. 180 155 180 180 180 180 153 1208 David Lacey
2. 180 151 180 180 180 180 143 1194 Dick Ivers
3. 102 142 115 110 075 180 180 0904 Rich Ivers
4. 134 092 180 180 027 180 103 0896 Aram Schlosberg

F1A (towline glider)
1. 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 1290 Peter Barron
2. 210 180 180 180 171 180 180 1281 Joel Yori (Junior competitor)
3. 203 180 138 180 180 180 180 1241 Bob Sifleet
4. 210 180 128 180 180 180 180 1238 Andrew Barron
5. 210 161 120 011 180 180 180 1042 Tzvetan Tzvetkov

F1B (rubber power)
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 420 2040 Tom Vaccaro
2. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 360 1980 Ron Felix
3. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 288 1608 Bian Pacelli
4. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 270 1590 Sarah Radziunas
5. 240 180 180 180 180 103 180 1283 Carrol Allen
6. 076 180 180 180 180 180 180 1156 Aram Schlossberg

E-36 (small electric power)
1. 120 120 120 120 78 558 Rich Ivers
2. 120 120 120 101 461 Jim Coffin
3. 120 120 120 098 458 Dave Lacey
4. 120 120 120 097 457 Dick Ivers
5. 078 120 120 318 Alan Abriss

P-30 (small rubber power)
1. 120 120 095 335 Bill Buss
2. 107 120 105 332 Joel Yori
3. 065 116 087 268 Yuda Avla
4. 070 077 120 267 Dominic Algieri

Hand Launch Glider (top three flights each)
1. 120 71 36 227 Larry Pelatowski
2. 063 50 46 159 Robert Morris
3. 076 37 33 146 Dennis Phelan
4. 008 Andrew Barron

Catapult Glider (top three flights)
1. 61 56 49 166 Vic Nippert
2. 33 32 26 091 Vito Gagliano

Here is a report on the Wilbur and Orville America's Cup and National Cup meet August 25 - 26 at Barron Field in Wawayanda, New York.
Sarah and Kathy Radziunas did a great job with organization and score keeping. It made the CD job easy. Both days the winds were light and variable in the mornings, so we flew from the middle of the field. In the afternoons the winds were steady from the East, South-East. We made a whole strip of the sod be the flight line, so those that used the golf carts to go sufficiently up-wind before launching would usually avoid landing in the neighboring crops, while those who did not venture as far up-wind would then need to do some crop retrieves.
There were max-out wins by Dick Ivers in E-36 and in F1Q, by Andrew Barron in F1A, and by Tom Vaccaro in F1B and F1G. Carrol Allen also maxed out in F1G, finishing second behind Tom in the flyoff.
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Wilbur & Orville Summer 2012 Contest (Class AA, santion number 12-1506)
America Cup and National Cup Contest
CD: Andrew Barron Coordinator: Sarah Radziunas

F1A
1 Andrew Barron 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320
2 Peter Barron 240 180 120 100 180 180 180 1180
3 Gina Barron 124 180 180 122 46 180 180 1012
4 Tzvetan Tzvetkov162 79 43 32 55 0 0 371

F1B
1 Tom Vaccaro 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320
2 Sarah Radziunas 240 180 180 143 180 180 180 1283
3 Carrol Allen 240 167 180 180 180 115 180 1242
4 Aram Schlosberg 240 180 180 180 0 180 177 1137
5 John Clapp 240 152 180 71 153 120 180 1096

F1Q
1 Dick Ivers 180 180 180 180 180 150 150 1200
2 Dave Lacey 180 180 98 180 180 150 64 1032
3 Aram Schlosberg 20 152 71 60 122 142 93 660

F1G
1 Tom Vaccaro 120 120 120 120 120 180 780
2 Carrol Allen 120 120 120 120 120 96 696
3 John Clapp 120 120 120 110 120 - 590
4 Yuda Avla 120 102 120 92 120 - 554
5 Don Rousseau 120 27 120 120 120 - 507
6 Bill Buss 96 120 89 0 0 - 305

Catupult Glider
1 Vito Gagliano 40 34 23 15 17 81 155
2 Alex Mott 19 26 26 35 8 16 87
3 Miriam Morris 6 22 27 31 0 0 80

P-30
1 Don Rousseau 120 120 71 311
2 Yuda Avla 35 120 120 275
3 Rebecca Avla(Jr)63 24 26 113

Here are the results of the SkyScraper Annual June 23-24, 2012 at Barron and Ford Fields, Wawayanda, NY, with CD Dave Acton. Saturday the winds were consistently from the West-Northwest, so we set up on the Ford Fields so that the longer flights would drift to Barron field. Sunday the winds were mostly light and variable so we set up in the center of thecollection of fields. We kept the maxes for FAI at 3 minutes, though we did need to deal with field boundary issues for one of the rounds (when briefly stronger winds took some of the models to the Suback field on the other side of the Walkill river). Unfortunely one of the models landed in a tree along the river. A thirty minute delay gave time for model recovery. Subsequently, the wind switched to more favorable conditions. Highlights of the flying include the max out win by Sarah Radziunas in F1B with Tom Vaccaro and Brian Pacelli were just six seconds back (their tie was broken by the timing of the first round flight to the ground as aprovisional flyoff). Tom's still-air time was 6 minutes and 28 seconds. Note how strong the field of competition was in F1B, with Aram Schlosberg, Carrol Allen, Roger Morrell and Wes Murrell not far behind. In F1P Brian Pacelli continued his string of max-outs, as he prepares for the Junior World Champs (in F1P and F1B). Yuda Avla maxed-out to win F1G with Don Rousseau just six seconds back. Arnold Waldner maxed-out in 1/2A Nostalgia and Vic Nippert maxed-out to win 2Bit+1. Bill Buss bested Larry Pelatowski in a flyoff to win P-30 after both maxed out. Here are the details of these Skyscraper Annual results, per the score sheets Dave Acton passed to me. Here (Jr) denotes FAI junior in FAI events and AMA junior in AMA events.

F1B
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320 Sarah Radziunas
2. 240 180 180 180 174 180 180 1314 Tom Vaccaro
3. 240 177 177 180 180 180 180 1314 Brian Pacelli (Jr)
4. 240 151 180 180 180 180 180 1291 Aram Schlosberg
5. 211 180 180 180 180 180 180 1291 Carrol Allen
6. 207 152 125 180 098 180 180 1122 Roger Morrell
7. 194 172 126 180 180 047 125 1024 Wes Murrell (Jr)

F1A
1. 240 180 146 180 180 180 180 1286 Bob Sifleet
2. 240 180 180 127 137 180 180 1224 Andrew Barron
3. 127 180 180 180 180 086 180 1113 Gina Barron (Jr)
4. 203 180 180 001 DNF DNF DNF 0564 Tzvetan Tzvetkov

F1Q
1. 120 137 180 180 120 120 120 1092 Dave Lacey
2. 120 180 180 180 120 077 120 1079 Dick Ivers
3. DNF DNF DNF 026 034 064 020 0144 Aram Schlosberg

F1G
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Yuda Avla
2. 114 120 120 120 120 594 Don Rousseau
3. 093 120 120 120 120 573 Kathy Radziunas
4. 120 120 087 120 120 567 Tom Vaccaro
5. 111 109 065 120 120 525 Carrol Allen
6. 044 DNF DNF DNF DNF 044 Bill Buss

F1H
1. 090 079 095 120 101 485 Jean Pailet
2. 036 052 120 120 065 393 Andrew Barron
3. 120 120 000 DNF DNF 240 Bob Sifleet

P-30
1. Bill Buss 120 120 120 flyoff 150 076
2. Larry Pelatowski 120 120 120 flyoff 092
3. Jessica Avla 120 109 081 (Jr)
4. Rebecca Avla 120 120 047 (Jr)
5. Don Rousseau 064 097 120

Catapult Glider (top three flights and total)
1. 49 54 98 tot.201 Vito Gagliano
2. 58 79 41 tot.178 Larry Pelatowski
3. 24 45 24 tot.093 Andrew Barron
4. 42 25 23 tot.090 Vic Nippert
5. 27 26 32 tot.085 Bob Morris
5. 20 12 23 tot.055 Al Mkatarian

HLG
1. 36 33 43 Andrew Barron
2. 57 42 -- Larry Pelatowski
3. 16 10 25 Vito Gagliano

Gas Power (combined for local awards, separate for National Cup)
1. 1/2A Nostalgia 120 120 120 tot.360 Arnold Waldner
1. 1/2A Classic 080 120 120 tot.320 Jean Pailet

Pee Wee
1. 15/91 (606), 15/61 (406), 15/120 (800), total 1812, Don Rousseau
2. 15/120 (800), 15/86 (573), 15/55 (366), total 1739, Arnold Waldner

Below are the results of the Skyscraper International Challenge from May 26-27 at our field near Middletown, New York. I highlight first the performances of Junior fliers Jessica and Rebbeca Avla who finished 3rd and 4th in P-30 with good scores and only four seconds between them, and ahead of their dad and able assistant Yuda Avla. Jessica is our Bryton Barron perpectual award winner this year for excellent Junior performance with a model of her own construction. We are also proud of Timothy Barron (age 18) maxing out to win F1A. Also noteworthy are max-out wins by Tom Vaccaro in F1G, Dick Ivers in F1Q, Jean Pailet in F1J, Al Vollmer in 1/2 A Nostalgia Gas and Vic Nippert in Catapult Glider. Gina Barron (age 9) flew well in F1A and F1H (besting Jean Pailet by just one second). Note also Brian Pacelli's near max-out in F1B as he and Gina get ready for the up-coming Junior World Champs.
Teammate Michelle Barron (age 16) stayed home this week due to health concerns.

The weather was great Saturday morning and all day Sunday (calm and warm), though it did turn windy on Saturday afternoon. It calmed again Saturday evening as all six F1A fliers were out to practice the evening before their official flying Sunday. A range of capabilities were shown with both cambered wing models (that glide better) and low-drag-airfoil models (that show surprisingly height gain for the same launch energy).

P-30
1. 113 100 120 333 Dave Lacey
2. 120 120 077 317 Bill Buss
3. 109 120 065 294 Jessica Avla (Jr)
4. 075 120 095 290 Rebecca Avla (Jr)
5. 054 071 095 220 Yuda Avla
6. 120 DNF DNF 120 James Mayes
7. 099 DNF DNF 099 Don Rousseau

F1A
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320 Timothy Barron
2. 173 180 180 180 180 180 180 1252 Tzvetan Tzvetkov
3. 240 180 180 180 180 029 180 1169 Todd Boyadjev (Toronto)
4. 114 180 180 180 180 180 086 1100 Gina Barron (Jr)
5. 240 180 180 180 024 085 180 1069 Peter Barron
6. 240 148 180 036 180 162 057 1003 Andrew Barron

F1B
1. 240 180 180 159 120 180 134 1193 Tom Vaccaro
2. 240 180 180 156 092 180 085 1113 Carrol Allen

F1Q
1. 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 840 Dick Ivers
2. 120 120 117 120 120 120 120 837 Dave Lacey
3. 120 120 120 076 DNF DNF DNF 436 James Mayes

F1G
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Tom Vaccaro
2. 112 120 120 120 120 592 Don Rousseau
3. 078 120 120 DNF DNF 318 Bill Buss
4. 075 070 DNF DNF DNF 145 James Mayes
5. 120 DNF DNF DNF DNF 120 Carrol Allen

F1H
1. 056 055 039 120 120 390 Gina Barron (Jr)
2. 066 120 073 075 055 389 Jean Pailet

F1J
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Jean Pailet
2. 073 062 DNF DNF DNF 135 Alan Abriss

E-36
1. 120 120 120 120 070 550 Vic Nippert
2. 120 120 120 120 046 526 Dick Ivers

1/2A Gas
1. 120 120 106 346 Jean Pailet
[1/2A Nos and 1/2A Gas were separate for America's Cup and combined for local
awards with Al Vollmer first and Jean Pailet second.]

Catapult Glider (best three of six)
1. 120 120 120 360 Vic Nippert
2. 059 067 120 246 Al Vollmer
3. 059 039 035 133 Larry Pelatowski
4. 044 023 020 087 Bill Colish

Handlaunch Glider (best three of six)
1. 074 120 054 248 Bob Morris
2. 037 026 021 063 Larry Pelatowski

Classic Towline Glider
1. 120 180 DNF 300 Larry pelatowski
2. 120 070 109 299 Jean Pailet

Here are the results of the Wilbur and Orville Society fall free flight Americas Cup contest August 20-21, 2011 (AMA sanction no 11-1654). One highlight includes the tight finish in F1B with only four seconds separating Aram, Ron, and Junior Wes Murrell. Another was the win by young junior flier Gina Barron (Age 9) in F1A against some competitors of considerably more years. Another junior Brian Pacelli maxed out in F1P.Saturday featured gloriously calm conditions for some of the best flying opportunity, and led to nice performance by several including Vic Nippert and Dave Lacey in electric events, Arnold Waldner in P-30, and Don Rousseau in F1G just a few seconds ahead of Bill Buss and Carrol Allen. Sunday, an excessively high wind arrived at about 12:30pm during round 5. Some had already completed their flights for that round. Gina Barron and Aram Schlosberg put up their winning flights in the extreme conditions toward the end of the round. Sarah Radziunas was able to find her F1B a couple of miles down wind in a stream after a long search. Unfortunately for Aram, one of his models did not DT in round 1 thermalling into the clouds soon after 7:30am and remains lost after a couple of days of search. Thermals, Andrew Barron (CD) and Sarah Radziunas (WO organizer)

F1B
1. 240 178 180 180 150 928 Aram Schlosberg
2. 240 180 180 175 150 925 Ron Felix
3. 240 180 174 180 150 924 Wes Murrell (J)
4. 230 180 180 180 DNF 770 Roger Morrell
5. 240 161 162 180 DNF 743 Carrl Allen
6. 230 180 176 077 DNF 663 John Clapp
7. 178 180 180 DNF DNF 538 Sarah Radziunas

F1A
1. 240 164 180 180 076 840 Gina Barron (J)
2. 240 240 154 096 091 761 Andrew Barron
3. 170 157 071 101 DNF 499 Tzvetan Tzvetkov
4. 137 106 089 085 DNF 417 Michelle Barron (J)

F1Q
1. 164 170 111 135 147 180 180 1087 Dave Lacey
2. 116 144 180 096 180 027 180 0923 Aram Schlosberg

F1G
1. 120 120 088 120 120 568 Don Rousseau
2. 120 120 083 120 120 563 Carrol Allen
3. 096 115 120 120 110 561 Bill Buss
4. 079 120 091 120 120 530 John Clapp

P-30
1. 120 111 120 351 Arnold Waldner
2. 120 120 DNF 240 Don Rousseau
3. 110 DNF DNF 110 Bill Buss

Catapult Glider (three flight total)
1. 228 Andrew Barron
2. 132 Vic Nippert
3. 096 Gina Barron (J)
4. 061 Rebecca Avla (J)
5. 039 Jessica Avla (J)

Pee-Wee 30
1. 13/120 11/053 11/120 1953 Arnold Waldner
2. 20/083 DNF DNF 415 Bob Morris

Here are the results of the Skyscraper Annual June 25-26, 2011. Highlights included max out wins by Kathy Radziunas in F1G, Tom Vaccaro in F1B, Andrei Kirilinko in F1C, Tom Juell in P-30, and Jean Pailet in 1/2 A Gas. Distinctive Junior performances were by the Avla sisters, Rebecca and Jessica in P-30 and Gina Barron in Catapult and three towline glider events. An unfortunate wind change Sunday afternoon put two models in trees. Carrol Allen got his back by an amazing climbing effort by him, whereas I resorted to a professional tree climber to get mine. Both models were retreived without a scratch: well, at least there were no scratches on the models. We stopped after round 6. Thermals, Andrew Barron

F1B
1. 180 180 180 180 180 150 1050 Tom Vaccaro
2. 180 180 180 180 180 144 1044 Carrol Allen
3. 180 180 180 150 170 150 1010 Aram Schlosberg
4. 180 180 180 180 138 150 1008 Ron Felix
5. 180 180 180 036 033 DNF 609 Sarah Radziunas

F1A
1. 180 180 120 180 180 150 990 Andrew Barron
2. 133 142 180 146 180 150 931 Igor Fradkin
3. 180 060 180 180 091 150 841 Peter Barron
4. 063 097 129 036 DNF DNF 256 Gina Barron (J)
5. DNF DNF 075 128 DNF DNF 203 Julie Barron (J)

F1C
1. 180 180 180 180 180 180 1080 Andrei Kirilenko
F1G
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Kathy Radziunas
2. 120 120 120 120 098 578 Carrol Allen
3. 120 120 120 091 077 528 Bill Buss
4. 120 120 105 120 031 496 Don Rousseau
5. 120 120 120 DNF DNF 360 Tom Vaccaro

P-30
1. 120 120 120 360 Tom Juell
2. 120 107 104 331 Rebecca Avla (J)
3. 120 120 071 311 Al Vollmer
4. 098 120 091 309 Arnold Waldner
5. 120 120 060 300 Al Mkitarian
6. 120 059 120 299 Jessica Avla (J)
7. 120 DNF DNF 120 Vern Goodrich
8. 085 DNF DNF 085 Bill Buss

Catapult Glider (three flight total)
1. 267 Andrew Barron
2. 153 Gina Barron (J)
3. 115 Vito Gagliano
4. 104 Tom Juell
5. 64 Julie Barron (J)
5. 64 Bob Morris

Pee-Wee 30
15/120 15/112 15/120 2346 Don Rousseau
15/120 15/056 15/061 1579 Arnold Waldner

Here are results from the Skyscraper International Challenge. Highlights were the F1G battle in which Tom Vaccaro edged Kathy Radziunas with
last flight drama, as both were maxed out heading into that round. In F1B, Ron Felix maxed out to finish ahead of Aram Schlossberg, while last flight woes pushed back Tom Vaccaro and Sarah Radziunas and prevented an anticipated flyoff. In F1Q Dave Lacey had an impressive performance maxing out for the win, ahead of Rich Ivers for whom damage to his model prevented continuing his string of maxes. In F1C Andrei Kirilenko continued his steady flying with a max-out, likewise for Brian Pacelli with a max-out in F1P. These and other results are shown below including flying in F1A, F1H, HLG, Catapult, P-30, Nos. Gas and PeeWee30.

I wish to acknowledge Bob Hatschek, a driving force and commanding presence for many years of Skyscraper Challenge organization and flying. In this last year he has needed to cut back on his flying and it is the first year in my recollection that we have not had the dynamic of him at the flight-line in the hunt for F1G or other events. What is that dynamic of Bob Hatschek in Free Flight? Consider part of his 1962 poem in which he writes that Free Flight is ''A thrill, a challenge, a puzzlement. It's other guys like you, the world around, striving for the same graceful beauty of flight. It's comradeship across all human barriers. It's bull sessions through the wee hours. It's fierce competition with the highest of sportsmanship... 'Free as a bird' describes God's most unchained creation. Man's is a model airplane soaring birdlike in a thermal... Vicariously you soar with it...with its freedom.'' Here are the results for the challenge this year.

Andrew Barron

F1B
1. 240 180 180 180 150 150 150 1230 Ron Felix
2. 226 180 180 136 150 150 150 1172 Aram Schlosberg
3. 240 180 166 180 150 150 096 1162 Tom Vaccaro
4. 240 180 180 180 150 150 030 1110 Sarah Radziunas
5. 240 180 120 088 ... ... ... 0628 Carrol Allen

F1A
1. 240 180 174 180 150 129 150 1203 Andrew Barron
2. 240 180 180 129 150 133 150 1162 Igor Fradkin
3. 188 180 180 180 150 130 103 1111 Timothy Barron (Jr)
4. 240 180 180 054 126 085 150 1015 Ranan Lachman
5. 240 180 180 115 150 020 024 0909 Peter Barron
6. 133 072 070 086 150 ... ... 0514 Gina Barron (Jr)

F1G
1. 120 120 120 120 108 588 Tom Vaccaro
2. 120 120 120 120 089 569 Kathy Radziunas
3. 027 120 120 114 120 501 Don Rousseau
4. 120 106 116 120 004 466 Carrol Allen
5. 120 120 000 ... ... 240 Bill Buss

F1Q
1. 180 180 150 150 150 150 150 1110 Dave Lacey
2. 180 180 150 150 150 150 ... 0960 Richard (Rich) Ivers Jr
3. 162 180 091 143 032 060 009 0677 Aram Schlosberg
4. 114 052 150 150 150 046 004 0666 Richard (Dick) Ivers Sr

Catapult Open (best three of six flights)
1. 91 34 61 186 Larry Pelatowski
2. 28 34 60 122 Andrew Barron
3. 33 29 40 102 Al Vollmer

Catapult Junior
1. 17 26 26 69 Taylor Pelatowski
2. 21 17 24 62 Gina Barron
3. 19 22 15 56 Riley Pelatowski

P30
1. 120 108 ... 228 Bill Buss
2. 051 076 080 207 Dave Lacey
3. 047 ... ... 047 Don Rousseau

Here are the results of the W&O meet at Barron Field, September 11-12, 2010, in Wawayanda, NY. Run by the Wilbur and Orville Society of New Haven, CT, Dennis Phelan, CD (substituting for Art Ellis). It was an America Cup event for FAI and National Cup for AMA and NFFS. We enjoyed calm morning conditions and some afternoon breezes. Highlights were maxouts by Kathy Radziunas in F1G, Timothy Barron in F1A (ahead of Peter by just nine seconds), Aram Schlosberg in F1B (ahead of Brian by just two seconds), Brian Pacelli in F1P, and Bill Buss in P-30. The scores are below.

F1B
1 240 180 180 180 150 120 120 1170 Aram Schlosberg
2 240 180 178 180 150 120 120 1168 Brian Pacelli (J)
3 186 180 180 155 150 120 120 1091 Sarah Radziunas
4 240 180 180 080 150 120 120 1070 Carrol Allen
5 240 180 140 180 150 120 dnf 1010 Brede Doerner (J)

F1A
1 240 180 180 180 150 120 120 1170 Timothy Barron (J)
2 240 180 180 171 150 120 120 1161 Peter Barron
3 038 180 180 107 150 120 120 0895 Andrew Barron
4 240 180 176 120 069 dnf dnf 0785 Tzvetan Tzvetkov

F1G
1 120 120 120 120 120 600 Kathy Radziunas
2 120 120 120 120 106 586 David Lacey
3 120 120 099 120 120 579 Bill Buss
4 074 120 077 120 120 511 Don Rousseau
5 111 114 120 dnf dnf 345 Carrol Allen

P30
1 120 120 120 150 510 Bill Buss
2 084 068 098 250 Don Rousseau
3 071 075 051 197 Arnold Waldner

HLG (top three flights and total)
1 120 63 50 233 Larry Pelatowski
2 035 27 26 088 Bob Morris

We are pleased to report on the Brooklyn Sky-Scraper Annual held June 26-27, 2010 at Barron Field in Wawayanda, New York. The winds were primarily from the southwest and light both days, allowing us to stay on the sod, with minimal use of adjoining farm fields. It was one of the most pleasant contests we have had at our field. We again had 40 contestants, matching the number from the previous month (the Sky-Scraper Challenge in May had 40 contestants in FAI/AMA/NFFS, plus 24 flyers in Flying Aces events). Among the hotly contested events were F1A, F1B, and World Cup F1Q.

In F1Q we used 15 second engine runs with 180 second maxes. Dick and Rich Ivers and David Lacey had impressive spiral climbs with models with generous wing area (corresponding to classic AB gas models) allowing for gentle floating glides. A brisk and powerful fourth round thermal took Rich's F1Q and Brian Pacelli's F1J off-property to an onion field where Brian was able to retrieve his quickly, but Rich was not. So we subsequently reduced to 10 second engine runs and 150 second maxes in F1Q. Otherwise on Saturday (except for a fly-away by Carrol Allen in F1G) conditions were calm enough that models stayed on-field. Dick Ivers previously won the Sky-Scraper Challenge and the Wilbur and Orville meets with max-outs and he continued his streak with a max-out win in this World cup F1Q.

Sunday the conditions were similar with light winds of variable direction so we set up in the middle of the field, and used a 240 second max for F1A and F1B for the 7:30am first round. In these still conditions nine out of eleven F1B contestants and four out of nine F1A contestants achieved the first round max. It stayed calm for most of the day, though the wind picked up for rounds six and seven making for some long retrieves (especially by Tom Vaccaro and Carrol Allen in F1B and by Tzvetan Tzvetkov and Michelle, Timothy and Andrew Barron in F1A). In F1B Ron Felix flew a model with a new variable diameter propellor for all seven rounds. Canadian Ladi Horak put in a good performance in his first trip to Wawayanda, dropping only 10 seconds in round six. Meanwhile Junior team member Brede Doerner dropped only 13 seconds in a stellar performance. Tom Vaccaro and Aram Schlosberg maxed out with Tom winning in the fly-off. This is the same order of first and second in F1B as in the Sky-Scraper Challenge last month. In recent weeks I have heard several notable flyers marvel at the level of torque that Tom is routinely able to wind into his rubber motors with the latest rubber from FAI Model Supply (John Clapp).

Other recent noteworthy F1B performances were Brede Doerner and Sarah Radziunas maxing out at the Wilbur and Orville meet (June 12-13). In F1A Junior Timothy Barron flew especially well for the win in this Sky-Scraper Annual. With consistent flying Igor Fradkin picked up second place (which pairs with his first at the Sky-Scraper Challenge for a nice start to the America's Cup) and Peter Barron won third. Gene Ulm and Junior team member Oliver Cai were flying well but were derailed by a tough round six. A mysterious electronic failure under tow in the first round impaired Andrew Barron. An encouraging level of performance was put in by Michelle Barron (age 14) who finished just 27 seconds behind second place.

Also noteworthy was Dave Rounsaville maxing out in F1P; Jean Pailet maxing out in F1J with Dave Rounsaville and Brian Pacelli not far behind; John Clapp maxing out in F1G to beat Tom Vaccaro by just 1 second, with Dave Lacey and Carrol Allen not far behind; seven year old Gina Barron pushing eventual winner Jean Pailet in F1H; Al Vollmer's dominance in catapult and Al maxing out in P-30 just ahead of Bill Buss and Vern Goodrich; Vic Nippert maxing out in E-36; and CD Don Rousseau nearly perfect in Mulvihill. I mention that Brian Pacelli also maxed out in F1P at the Wilbur and Orville meet two weeks earlier and focussed on his other event F1B at the SkyScraper Annual. He and fellow F1B flyer Brede Doerner appear specially well-prepared for the upcoming Junior World Champs. Brede was awarded the Dorothy Waddington Trophy for the best Junior Performance at the Sky-Scraper Annual with 1307 seconds in F1B.

Thermals,
Don Rousseau (CD) and Andrew Barron (Field Marshall)
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World Cup F1Q (June 26, Aram Schlosberg organizer and A. Barron event CD)
1. 180 180 180 180 150 150 150 1170 Dick Ivers (Richard Ivers, Sr)
2. 180 180 119 112 148 112 150 1001 David Lacey
3. 180 180 180 dnf dnf dnf 130 0670 Rich Ivers (Richard Ivers, Jr)
4. 094 098 040 025 088 150 059 0554 Aram Schlosberg
5. 163 180 dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 0343 Ed Luparelli

Sky-Scraper Annual F1A
1. 240 180 147 180 180 180 180 1287 Timothy Barron (Junior)
2. 170 180 180 180 152 180 177 1219 Igor Fradkin
3. 240 180 096 148 180 180 180 1204 Peter Barron
4. 152 180 180 180 180 180 151 1203 Andrew Barron
5. 214 180 159 180 180 100 180 1193 Michelle Barron (Junior)
6. 214 073 180 180 180 180 180 1187 Tzvetan Tzvetkov
7. 240 180 180 180 180 034 139 1133 Gene Ulm
8. 240 180 162 180 180 dnf dnf 0942 Oliver Cai (Junior)
9. 082 123 055 180 149 178 dnf 0767 Julie Barron (Junior)

Sky-Scraper Annual F1B
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320+180 Tom Vaccaro
2. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320+162 Aram Schlosberg
3. 240 180 180 180 180 170 180 1310 Ladi Horak
4. 240 180 180 180 180 167 180 1307 Brede Doerner (Junior)
5. 240 180 180 180 130 180 180 1270 Carrol Allen
6. 240 180 180 180 133 177 134 1224 Brian Pacelli (Junior)
7. 161 180 180 180 180 180 124 1146 Ron Felix
8. 240 180 180 180 180 180 dnf 1140 John Clapp
9. 240 180 180 180 180 dnf dnf 0960 Jerry McGlashan
10.240 158 180 098 090 dnf dnf 0766 Sarah Radziunas
11.120 dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 0120 David Lacey

F1G
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 John Clapp
2. 120 120 120 120 119 599 Tom Vaccaro
3. 120 120 120 120 101 581 Dave Lacey
4. 120 120 120 090 120 570 Carrol Allen
5. 120 120 dnf dnf dnf 240 Bill Buss

F1H
1. 120 109 112 048 120 509 Jean Pailet
2. 064 073 120 021 120 398 Gina Barron (Junior)

F1J
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Jean Pailet
2. 120 111 120 120 120 591 Dave Rounsaville
3. 120 120 120 120 081 561 Brian Pacelli
4. 000 042 052 097 dnf 191 Tom Kerr

AMA and NFFS events
P-30
1. 120 120 120 360 Al Vollmer
2. 120 120 107 347 Bill Buss
3. 120 120 099 339 Vern Goodrich
4. 107 105 084 296 Alan Mkitarian

Catapult Glider (top three times)
1. 80 120 76 276 Al Vollmer
2. 51 120 58 229 Vic Nippert
3. 27 033 46 106 Andrew Barron
4. 34 029 39 102 Robert Morris

Hand Launch Glider (top three times)
1. 45 46 54 Vic Nippert
2. 14 12 14 Julie Barron (Junior)

Local SkyScraper Events
Cloud Tramp
1. 35 84 120 239 Vic Nippert
2. 60 86 040 186 Robert Morris
3. 45 56 dnf 101 Bob Langelius

Here are results from last week's Skyscraper Challenge. Performances to highlight include Igor Fradkin just ahead of Peter Barron in F1A and Tom Vaccaro Just ahead of Aram Schlosberg in F1B. Note also that junior team member Brian Pacelli was in contention for the F1B win even until the last flight and that junior team member Brede Doerner had several good F1B flights as well, finishing fourth. Dave Rounsaville in F1P and Bob Sifleet in F1H had dominating performances. Note how close the finishes
were in F1G with Bill Buss maxing out to edge Tom Vaccaro by 4 seconds and in the hotly contested F1Q with Dick Ivers finishing not more than 10 seconds ahead of Rich Ivers and Dave Lacey.

To mention some of the outcomes of other well-contested events, Bob Sowder finished tops in the classic gas events, Al Vollmer beat Bob Sowder by 1 second in 1/4A Nostalgia, Bill Buss won P-30, Michelle Barron had a flyaway max to win Junior catapult glider, consistently strong Larry Pelatowski bested several in Open catapult, and Bob Morris accomplished a rare feat by besting Larry Pelatowski with his discus-launched HLG.It was great to see the young Juniors Taylor and Riley Pelatowski (Larry's grand-kids) flying junior catapult and junior HLG (won by Taylor), Gina Barron flying her classic towline, and Julie Barron competing well in F1A.We had 64 paid contestants (40 in FAI/AMA/NFFS and 24 in FAC with a little overlap). Eddie Pelatowski is thanked for well-run Flying Aces activity which has a growing number of participants.
Here are the scores from the scorebook provided by Lisa Paceli and Dave Acton -- Thanks, Andrew Barron

F1A (Nordic, Towline Glider)
MAX240 180 180 180 180 180 150 TOTAL CONTESTANT
1. 240 153 170 180 150 180 109 1182 Igor Fradkin
2. 240 180 138 180 105 180 150 1173 Peter Barron
3. 190 180 113 139 099 127 150 0998 Andrew Barron
4. 149 115 072 051 180 134 150 0851 Julie Barron (J)
5. 240 180 180 106 080 DNF DNF 0786 Oliver Cai (J)
6. 128 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 0128 Dennis Phelan

F1B (Wakefield, Rubber)
MAX240 180 180 180 180 180 150 TOTAL CONTESTANT
1. 240 180 137 167 149 180 150 1203 Tom Vacarro
2. 132 180 180 180 180 180 150 1182 Aram Schlosberg
3. 173 180 180 180 175 180 102 1170 Brian Pacelli (J)
4. 240 174 058 102 180 180 150 1084 Brede Doerner (J)
5. 118 180 133 180 170 046 029 0856 Carol Allen
6. 123 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 0123 Dave Lacey

F1P (Small Power)
1. 240 170 180 180 180 180 150 1280 Dave Rounsaville
2. 197 180 162 DNF DNF DNF DNF 0539 Brian Pacelli (J)

F1G (Small Rubber)
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Bill Buss
2. 120 120 120 116 120 596 Tom Vaccaro
3. 120 104 130 095 120 559 Carrol Allen
4. 120 039 083 120 120 482 Don Rousseau
5. 120 DNF DNF DNF DNF 120 Dave Lacey

F1H (Small Towline Glider)
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Bob Sifleet
2. 036 039 120 076 059 330 Jean Pailet
3. 032 014 051 094 101 302 Andrew Barron

F1Q (Electric)
1. 120 110 120 120 120 120 120 830 Dick Ivers
2. 120 120 120 120 120 118 104 822 Rich Ivers
3. 100 120 120 120 120 120 120 820 David Lacey
4. 059 065 073 049 088 120 066 520 Aram Schlosberg

[Classic and Nost Gas events separate for National Cup,
Combined for Skyscraper Award]

AB Classic
NC1. 120 120 057 297 Bob Sowder
NC2. 077 038 042 157 Mal Maclean (Sky 3)

[Nat Cup standings are marked based on flying on the specified day.
Other standings are for Skyscraper award purposes only.]

P-30 (Small Rubber)
Sky1. 120 120 102 Bill Buss
Sky2. 104 120 111 Alan Mkitarian [NC 1]
Sky3. 120 120 DNF Tom Fennell [NC 2]
Sky4. 078 064 066 Don Rousseau

Catapult Glider Junior (All juniors flew on the day specified for NC)
[Top three flights and their totals shown, plus tie breakers]
1 120 15 14 149 Michelle Barron
2. 15 18 32 065 Julie Barron
3. 21 14 14 049 Taylor Pelatowski (tiebreakers 14, 13 sec)
4. 19 16 14 049 Gina Barron (tiebreakers 14, 11)
5. 16 12 12 040 Riley Pelatowski

Catapult Glider (Sr,Open)
Sky1. 52 110 38 200 Larry Pelatowski (NC1)
Sky2. 65 53 55 173 Andrew Barron (NC2)
Sky3. 89 50 30 169 Allan Vollmer (NC3)
Sky4. 26 35 29 090 Alan Mkitarian
Sky5. 38 30 15 083 Bill Colish
Sky6. 22 28 14 064 Miriam Morris
Sky7. 35 NF NF 035 Bob Morris (NC4)

Hand Launch Glider (Sr,Open)
1. 120 116 094 330 Bob Morris
2. 120 059 076 255 Larry Pelatowski

Dave Acton was CD and single-handedly ran the entry and scorekeepers table. The scores I provide are copied from his sheets. If you see any corrections let us know. We had 41 competitors flying FAI,AMA,NFFS events and 15 competitors in FAC events, separately run by Ed Pelatowski. We held 10 rounds in F1A,F1B,F1C,F1P. Saturday morning after the first round the wind shifted to be from the west, forcing flights from a turbulent area. Maxes Saturday were reduced to 150 after the second round. Sunday morning for the four minute max round at 7am, many did not take advantage of early calm at the start of the round and met challenging conditions when the wind picked up. Noteworthy performances in F1B were by Aram Schlosberg and Tom Vacarro with nearly perfect scores and young Brede Dofrner who had perfect scores on all five flights Saturday afternoon. Noteworthy in F1A were junior competitor Timothy B., who finished ahead of Bob Sifleet and Tzvetan Tvetkov, and Michelle B. who had the lead at the end of the first day. In F1C we were very pleased to have had a superlative effort by Andrei Kirilenko with a near max-out. F1P featured a tight race between junior Brian Pacelli and Skyscraper-of-the-year Dave Rounsaville; with Brian putting in the two days of flying to get the win.Rich Ivers and his father Dick Ivers (Sr) took the lead in the electric events with long strings of maxes, with Dick finishing on top after seven maxes in electric B, and five near-maxes in F1Q. Sunday saw some calming in the early afternoon. John Clapp and Don Rousseau took advantage of it in F1G to max four out of five flights, with John getting the win. Al Volmer won catapult glider both days. Vic Nippert thermalled for the win in hand launch glider. Bob Sowder and Gene Pailet battled it out in classic gas events. Bill Buss maxed two of three to win P-30. Carrol Allen posted top score in Dawn Unlimited. These and additional outcomes are shown below.

A fly-away noon Sunday by Julie Barron in Classic Towline with her rainbow colored Brilliant (designed and kitted by Denis Phalen) kept some of the Barrons occupied with the chase. It failed to DT and rose into the clouds heading northeast. Peter, Julie and I chased its signal by van along Interstate 84 past Middletown, Walden, and Newburgh. In Newburgh it changed direction now heading east, now two hours into the flight. We twice saw it as it decended to below line height. We hoped for a landing but it rose again over the Newburgh golf course and headed out over the wide Hudson river near the Newburgh-Beacon Hamilton Fish Bridge. We lost the signal at two and a half hours as it headed past Fishkill over mountains to the east-southeast. Aerial search the next day over those parts of New York and on into Connecticut was unsuccessful in part due to some unexplained interference precisely at her frequency. If it managed to fly another three hours it might have made it to the Atlantic. The flight and search we will long remember. Our apologies to any we may have inconvenienced by our absence Sunday afternoon in looking after field matters.

I hope to see many at next weeks Wilber and Orville competition (June 13-14) at our field. My next email will distribute word of its schedule. We certainly do not want to shortchange recognition of the winners and other very good flying in last weeks competiton. Here are the results of the Skyscraper Challenge.

F1B
1. 180 180 150 147 150 135 150 239 180 180 1691 Aram Schlosberg
2. 180 180 150 150 150 150 150 201 176 180 1667 Tom Vacarro
3. 099 160 117 150 150 139 150 172 180 180 1497 Carrol Allen
4. 180 098 150 150 113 117 124 148 133 170 1383 Sarah Radzunis
5. 144 113 150 150 150 150 150 147 121 084 1359 Brede Dofrner (Jr)
6. 180 116 150 150 150 116 138 Ron Felix
7. 073 096 097 081 080 093 000 Dave Lacey
8. 180 112 126 Jerry McGlashan

F1A
1. 180 180 150 116 150 150 110 240 160 180 1616 Timothy Barron (Jr)
2. 180 180 150 101 135 073 150 145 167 180 1461 Bob Sifleet
3. 180 093 069 150 150 144 092 183 180 178 1419 Steve (Tsvetan) Tsvetkov
4. 172 058 150 150 073 150 000 240 180 151 1388 Andrew Barron
5. 132 180 150 041 150 150 150 116 112 180 1361 Peter Barron
6. 180 180 150 141 150 150 097 100 106 000 1254 Michelle Barron (Jr)
7. 180 076 150 076 119 082 021 083 180 111 1078 Gene Ulm
8. 180 162 150 Igor Fradkin

F1P
1. 135 180 150 150 150 143 150 143 164 180 Brian Pacelli (Jr)
2. 180 180 128 150 150 150 150 Dave Rounsaville

F1G
1. 059 120 120 120 120 John Clapp
2. 120 047 120 120 120 Don Rousseau
3. 114 120 106 037 086 Dave Lacey
4. 095 120 120 Bill Buss
5. 120 Tom Vaccaro
6. 073 Carrol Allen
F1Q
1. 120 120 120 120 119 Dick Ivers
2. 120 120 120 120 079 Rich Ivers
3. 090 064 063 120 120 Aram Scholsberg
F1J
1. 077 086 083 083 120 Jean Pailet
2. 120 059 Brian Pacelli
3. 100 ATT ATT Tom Kerr

F1H
1. 060 093 093 070 120 Bob Sifleet
2. 120 064 061 040 036 Jean Pailet
3. 079 041 Gina Barron (Jr)

Catapult Glider Sunday [National Cup] (best three of six flights)
1. 116 075 054 Al Vollmer
2. 065 030 040 Gene Ulm
3. 023 048 023 Alan Mkitarian
4. 012 010 Taylor Pelatowski (Jr?)

Hand Launch Glider (best three of six flights)
1. 063 120 041 Vic Nippert
2. 033 072 067 Larry Pelatowski
3. 029 061 029 Al Vollmer

Electric B
1. 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 840 Dick Ivers
2. 120 120 120 120 120 120 015 735 Rich Ivers
3. 120 120 088 328 Ed Luparelli

P-30
1. 084 120 120 Bill Buss
2. 120 075 075 Larry Pelatowski
3. 070 120 050 Alan Mkitarian
4. 061 Don Rousseau

Here are the results of the Skyscraper Annual from July 5 and 6 at Barron Field in Wawayanda, New York. Winds were calm and variable both days so we were able to set up mid-field. The FAI results and the AMA/NFFS results (courtesy of Lisa Pacelli) are listed below.

Highlights include the max-out by Sarah Radziunas in F1B (keeping pace with her younger sister Michelle Radziunas who won the previous contest), the max-out by junior Brian Pacelli in F1P, the three flight max-out in hand launch glider by junior Miles Johnson with no additional attempts needed to reach his perfect score, and Julie Barron's first max-out to win classic glider.

The calm conditions also facilitated good performances by open fliers inF1G, F1H, and F1J as you can see below. F1Q (electric) featured what may have been the first flyoff in this fascinating event. The classic spiral climb of the models by father and son, Richard (Dick) Ivers and Richard (Rich) Ivers were a joy to watch. We permitted 15 seconds motor run and two minute max for the five main rounds, 10 seconds for the first flyoff and 5 seconds for the second flyoff, which resulted in identical scores as they both dropped the same amount. A third flyoff flight (again with 5 seconds motor run) resolved matters.

The CD leadership of Dave Acton and able recording by Lisa Pacelli are appreciated. Thermals -- Andrew Barron

1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320 Sarah Radziunas
2. 240 166 180 180 854 180 180 1280 Tom Vaccaro
3. 240 180 180 180 180 085 180 1225 Carrol Allen
4. 213 180 032 072 179 --- --- 676 Michelle Radziunas [J]
5. 200 108 174 180 --- --- --- 662 Tom Ioerger
6. 240 180 151 021 --- --- --- 592 Aram Schlosberg
7. 240 003 --- --- --- --- --- 243 Jerry McGlashan

1. 240 180 180 180 121 133 180 1214 Andrew Barron
2. 240 134 102 180 180 180 180 1196 Tzvetan Tvetkov
3. 240 048 180 175 180 180 180 1183 Timothy Barron [J}
4. 240 154 180 049 180 180 180 1163 Marion Whitney [J]
5. 240 180 180 180 180 072 125 1157 Miles Johnson [J]
6. 240 180 112 089 120 180 180 1101 Bob Sifleet
7. 114 116 --- 180 112 180 180 0882 Dennis Phelan

1. 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 102 1362 Brian Pacelli
2. 180 180 180 180 138 133 180 1171 Dave Rounsaville

1. 104 120 120 120 120 584 Carrol Allen
2. 080 120 120 120 120 560 Bob Hatschek
3. 120 120 120 073 120 553 Bill Buss
4. 120 120 120 073 113 546 Tom Ioerger
5. 105 120 101 120 097 543 Don Rousseau
6. 120 120 087 --- --- 327 Larry Pelatowski

1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Bob Sifleet
2. 088 120 120 107 120 555 Dennis Phelan
3. 120 054 120 030 120 444 Kathy Radziunas
4. 084 055 115 080 091 425 Jean Pailet

1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Jean Pailet
2. 101 120 120 120 120 581 Dave Rounsaville
3. --- 120 120 120 120 480 Brian Pacelli
4. --- 032 034 024 --- 090 Tom Kerr

1. 120 120 120 120 120 120 100 092 912 Dick Ivers
2. 120 120 120 120 120 120 100 080 900 Rich Ivers
3. Att --- 102 120 114 336 Vic Nippert

1 Johnson, Miles 120 120 120 360
2 Pelatowski, Larry 76 64 107 39 33 66 249
3 Whitney, Marian 68 61 101 230
4 Nippert, Vic 72 27 29 68 40 80 220
5 Vollmer, Al 43 42 34 9 13 4 119

HLG (J)

1 Pacelli, Brian (J) 50 32 39 68 28 26 157
2 Barron, Gina (J) 3 2 1 1 1 2 7

CLG (S/O)

1 Pelatowski 120 31 120 120 360
2 Vollmer, Al 35 74 120 79 90 50 289
3 Phelan, Dennis 48 120 95 27 263
4 Nippert, Vic 44 26 81 29 38 95 220
5 Barron, Andrew 42 39 28 69 150
6 Morris, Mirriam 9 41 25 34 29 37 112
7 Waldner, Arnold 17 31 21 31 29 49 111

CLG (J)

1 Pelatowski, Larry 120 120 120 360
2 Buss, Bill 120 116 120 356
3 Rousseau, Don 120 94 120 334
4 Waldner, Arnold 120 82 120 322
5 Nippert, Vic 66 120 83 269

1 Barron, Julie (J) 120 180 240 87 627
2 Barron, Michelle 105 180 79 364
3 Barron, Andrew 95 180 80 355
4 Pelatowski, Larry 117 73 133 323
5 Rousseau, Don 75 77 84 236
6 Waldner, Arnold 70 DNF DNF 70

Pee Wee 30

1 Waldner, Arnold 380 406 800 1586
2 Abriss, Alan 360 373 204 937
2 Rousseau, Don 268 DNF DNF 268

Here are the results from the SkyScraper International Challenge May 31/June 1, 2008. The conditions were difficult with much wind both days and some rain Saturday. The weather was not as good as we usually experience. Nevertheless, a reasonable number of competitors came and rose to the challenge. Sunday we were able to start with a 240 second max and then after two rounds of 180 we dropped the max to 150 seconds, and moved further west for the launches, landing primarily on the sod. As far as I am aware, none of the models landed in the line of trees downwind.I mention first some highlights. One is junior team flier Michelle Radziunas's near perfect performance winning F1B ahead of nine other fine competitors. An amazing level of flying given the conditions. Join with me in congratulating her! Also note the fine efforts by first time F1B fliers Jon Carothers and Brede Doerner from Connecticut! They are certainly sticking with it -- Friday at the weekly W&O building sessionBrede and his mom were making up many new motors!

Another highlight was the competition with California flier Brian van Nest, in his second meet in Wawayanda, NY. In very challenging conditions (needing a last round max to win) he was edged out by Bob Sifleet in F1H (congrats Bob!). While in F1A, when the tough turbulence caused every flier to experience attempts in tow, Brian closed with steady non-max flights (he said at the time that they were the hardest he had to work for) sufficient to pull out the victory among 11 competitors. (Both of these flights came after attempts, and the threat of second attempts leading to zero were very much present).Also impressive where the max outs in F1G and F1Q by Bill Buss and Rich Ivers respectively and the steady flying by Dave Rounsaville in F1J and F1P. Reported by Andrew Barron.

F1B (Wakefield Rubber):
1. 184 180 180 150 150 150 150 1144 Michelle Radziunas (Jr)
2. 208 180 180 120 150 150 150 1138 John Clapp
3. 169 143 180 150 133 150 150 1075 Tom Vaccaro
4. 240 135 086 150 150 150 086 0997 Aram Schlosberg
5. 085 122 180 141 131 117 150 0926 Brede Doerner (Jr)
6. 081 157 088 150 149 150 150 0925 Carrol Allen
7. 180 126 122 150 150 044 150 0922 Sarah Radziunas
8. 076 180 131 038 150 071 150 0796 Jon Carothers (Jr)
9. 240 180 086 150 092 --- --- 0748 Tom Ioerger
10 204 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0204 Jerry McGlashan

F1A (Towline Glider):
1. 240 180 180 150 150 124 107 1131 Brian Van Nest
2. 240 180 180 150 085 081 150 1066 Andrew Barron
3. 140 180 180 125 107 150 150 1032 Peter Barron
4. 118 180 145 150 150 101 150 0994 Ben Thomson
5. 165 067 158 130 150 150 150 0970 Tzvetan Tzvetkov
6. 240 117 180 150 077 150 055 0969 Omer Erguner
7. 164 170 131 150 150 121 039 0925 Oliver Cai (Jr)
8. 172 127 180 080 056 060 150 0825 Michelle Barron (Jr)
9. 056 065 000 150 058 150 150 0629 Timothy Barron (Jr)
10 086 139 108 150 129 000 000 0612 Ranan Lachman
11 209 180 180 035 --- --- --- 0604 Bob Sifleet

F1G (Small Rubber):
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Bill Buss
2. 120 092 120 116 050 498 Caroll Allen
3. 120 081 120 120 009 450 John Clapp
4. 056 087 120 055 --- 318 Dave Lacey
5. 108 120 --- --- --- 228 Bob Hatscheck
6. 065 069 --- --- --- 134 Tom Ioerger

F1H (Small Towline Glider):
1. 120 120 120 115 098 573 Bob Sifleet
2. 120 120 120 094 115 569 Brian Van Nest
3. 120 120 120 068 084 512 Jean Pailet
4. 120 --- --- --- --- 120 Dennis Phelan

F1J (Small Gas Power)
1. 120 120 109 120 120 589 Dave Rounsaville
2. 032 067 038 --- --- 137 Jean Pailet

F1Q (Electric, used 15 second engine run)
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Rich Ivers
2. 109 --- --- --- --- 109 Dick Ivers

F1P (Another Small Gas Power)
1. 186 180 180 150 150 136 126 1108 Dave Rounsaville
2. --- 084 --- --- --- --- --- 0084 Brian Pacelli

HLG (Open)
1. PELATOWSKI, Larry 120 71 60 33 30 35 251
2. ELLIS, Art 22 33 46 58 137
3. NIPPERT, Vic 10 60 30 17 32 39 129
4. VOLLMER, Al 29 20 5 40 22 29 98

CLG (Open)
1. VOLLMER, Al 41 99 35 41 44 74 217
2. NIPPERT, Vic 51 56 24 27 32 63 170
3. WALDNER, Arnold 26 31 21 56 14 26 113
4. PELATOWSKI, Larry 38 13 12 34 22 34 106
5. MKITARIAN, Alan 22 33 34 15 17 24 91

P-30 (Open)
1. WALDNER, Arnold 120 76 120 316
2. BUSS, Bill 120 74 120 314
3. MKITARIAN, Alan 120 120 45 285
4. PELATOWSKI, Larry 99 93 53 245
5. ROUSSEAU, Don 90 46 - 136

1/2A Nostalgia
1. VOLLMER, Al 116 109 81 306
2. LIPORI, Bob 40 43 5 88
3. MacLEAN, Mal 47 - - 47

Pee-Wee 30
1. ROUSSEAU, Don 800 320 260 1380
2. ABRISS, Alan 686 586 - 1272
3. WALDNER, Arnold 666 546 - 1212

Classic Towline
1. BARRON, Michelle (Jr) 94 - - 94
2. CAROTHERS, Jonathan (Sr) 36 39 - 75

Here below are results from the Skyscraper Annual held June 30 and July 1 at Barron Field in Wawayanda, NY, directed by Dave Acton with assistance from Lisa Pacelli. Of special note was the performance by the Radziunas women! Sarah finished first in F1B Wakefield just ahead of Ron Felix and others. Her mother Kathy finished first in F1H Towline glider. Bob Gutai returned to the competition scene here and won F1J. Carrol Allen ended up on top in F1G. Dick Ivers maxed out in both the electric events F1Q and E-36, Don Rousseau maxed out in P-30, and yours truly in F1A. Larry Pelatowski won both open handlaunch and catapult glider (308 seconds), with Mike Shaw and Al Vollmer very close. Junior performances by Miles Johnson (second ahead of 8 others in F1A), and Brian Pacelli (first in four events) were also noteworthy. I take special pride in young Julie Barron's performance with her newly completed Brilliant towline glider designed by Dennis Phelan.The wind was from the Northwest both days so we flew from the adjoining Dean Ford field. There was some notable turbulence, but also some strong thermals. Non-maxes sometimes landed in Ford corn, most three minute maxes landed in our Barron Field sod beyond. I heard some complaints about having to deal with the corn and lack of golf carts (I just bought another that Saturday -- anyone want to help with the expenses for the ones we have or to buy more? if so contact me), but most participants made an effort to express their enjoyment and gratitude! Thanks! We retrieved Bob Hatschek's flyaway coupe from Mount Adam on the other side of the valley. Unfortunately Marian Whitney's flyaway nordic glider
never got another signal after about 25 minutes in the air, despite multiple ground and aerial searches for many miles on the line of flight.

F1B (Wakefield)
1. 240 180 180 112 180 180 158 1230 Sarah Radziunas
2. 166 130 180 180 180 180 180 1206 Ron Felix
3. 240 180 127 180 102 180 180 1189 John Clapp
4. 198 048 180 180 180 180 180 1146 Carrol Allen
5. 240 180 180 180 085 180 095 1140 Bob Biedron
6. 224 139 180 135 075 101 149 1003 Tom Vaccaro
7. 109 180 052 180 098 180 090 0889 Dave Lacey
8. 164 180 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 0344 Aram Scholsberg
9. 116 180 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 0296 Jerry McGlashan

F1A (Towline glider)
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320 Andrew Barron
2. 176 086 180 180 180 180 180 1162 Miles Johnson [J]
3. 240 095 180 180 120 072 180 1067 Oliver Cai [J]
4. 096 180 180 043 180 174 180 1033 Igor Fradkin
5. 059 100 117 180 180 161 180 0977 Peter Barron
6. 220 180 052 052 180 051 180 0915 Julie Barron [J]
7. 214 051 180 080 142 180 DNF 0847 Marian Whitney [J]
8. 081 180 071 174 070 148 081 0805 Timothy Barron [J]
9. 132 056 067 136 120 123 143 0777 Ben Thomson
10 012 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 0012 Ranan Lachman

F1G (Small rubber power)
1. 120 120 120 120 074 554 Carrol Allen
2. 120 080 120 120 091 531 Don Rousseau
3. 088 105 120 107 108 528 Bill Buss
4. 120 095 120 101 070 506 Dave Lacey
5. 091 120 120 095 000 426 John Clapp
6. 120 120 DNF DNF DNF 240 Bob Hatschek
7. 120 044 DNF DNF DNF 164 Larry Pelatowski

F1H (Small towline glider)
1. 119 067 120 120 109 535 Kathy Radziunas
2. 057 083 120 120 120 500 Jean Pailet [Corrected]

F1J (Small gas power)
1. 093 120 120 120 120 573 Bob Gutai
2. 109 120 106 095 120 550 Jean Pailet
3. 120 120 DNF DNF 120 360 Brian Pacelli
4. 023 DNF DNF DNF DNF 023 Tom Kerr

F1Q (electric power)
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Dick Ivers
2. 080 120 DNF DNF DNF 200 Vic Nippert
3. DNF 037 120 DNF DNF 157 Aram SchlosbergHLG (S/O)
1. Larry Pelatowski 4 11 28 46 60 30 136
2. Al Vollmer 11 36 10 27 20 29 92
3. Alan Mkitarian 14 21 17 19 20 25 66
4. Vito Gagliano 19 15 19 12 26 16 64

CLG (S/O)
1. Larry Pelatowski 85 103 120 41 62 48 308
2. Mike Shaw 34 120 83 49 102 31 305
3. Al Vollmer 29 120 90 30 92 48 302
4. Vic Nippert 40 78 28 24 120 32 238
5. Vito Gagliano 26 17 7 26 120 5 172
6. Alan Mkitarian 7 9 19 22 29 120 171
7. Peter Barron 39 28 25 21 32 16 99

CLG (J)
1. Brian Pacelli (J) 104 11 21 8 32 120 256
2. Timothy Barron (J) 25 31 17 38 23 23 94
3. Gina Barron (J) 10 3 3 4 3 7 21

P-30 (S/O)
1. Don Rousseau 120 120 120 360
2. Ed Pelatowski 120 103 64 287
3. Alan Mkitarian 40 57 69 166

Classic Towline
1. Larry Pelatowski 120 64 146 330
2. Arnold Waldner 82 110 67 259
3. Don Rousseau 104 76 53 233
4. Julie Barron (J) 120 51 54 225

E-36
1. Dick Ivers 120 120 120 360
2. Vic Nippert 94 68 110 272
3. Dave Acton 59 DNF DNF 59

F1A
1. 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 1260 Andrew Barron
2. 180 180 165 180 180 180 180 1245 Peter Barron
3. 180 180 180 154 180 180 180 1234 Marian Whitney (J)
4. 98 140 180 180 180 180 180 1138 Michelle Barron (J)
5. 166 93 154 180 99 180 180 1052 Miles Johnson (J)
6. 180 104 180 180 180 180 68 1072 Timothy Barron (J)
7. 61 94 91 97 91 89 120 643 Gene Ulm

F1B
1. 175 180 145 180 118 180 124 1102 Carrol Allen
2. 145 180 DNF 180 180 180 153 1018 Tom Vaccaro
3. 21 180 DNF 180 180 180 147 888 Aram Schlosberg

F1P
1. 179 180 180 180 180 180 180 1259 Brian Pacelli (J)

F1G
1. 120 120 120 120 114 594 Carrol Allen
2. 106 120 89 116 113 544 Tom Vaccaro

F1H
1. 120 100 106 DNF DNF 326 Vic Nippert

F1Q
1. 107 120 94 DNF DNF 321 Vic Nippert

Dawn Unlimited
1. 328 Carrol Allen
2. 207 Red Lauffler
3. 68 Brian Pacelli (J)

HLG (S/O)
1. 39 4 75 20 26 58 172 Marian Whitney
2. 18 5 49 32 49 24 130 Al Vollmer
3. 9 25 31 4 24 4 80 Peter Barron
4. 24 15 8 0 32 13 76 Andrew Barron

HLG (J)
1. 5 15 10 14 9 15 44 Brian Pacelli (J)
2. 10 6 6 8 16 12 38 Michelle Barron (J)
3. 10 7 2 7 2 7 24 Julie Barron (J)

CLG (S/O)
1. 30 75 24 49 120 32 244 Vic Nippert
2. 40 22 120 30 55 DNF 215 Andrew Barron
3. 63 44 79 32 52 37 194 Al Vollmer
4. 41 30 84 24 56 25 181 Robert Morris
5. 23 39 24 42 27 44 125 Peter Barron
6. 27 14 33 24 30 52 112 Vito Gagliano

CLG (J)
1. 36 33 44 23 41 95 180 Timothy Barron (J)
2. 6 120 13 16 24 18 162 Michelle Barron (J)

P-30 (S/O)
1. 120 120 120 125 485 Bill Buss
2. 120 72 120 DNF 312 Don Rousseau
3. 79 108 86 DNF 273 Bob Hatschek

Mulvihill (JSO)
1. 87 52 72 211 Julie Barron (J)
2. 73 3 9 85 Michelle Barron (J)
3. 8 2 45 55 Gina Barron (J)

Here are the results from the Skyscaper Challenge May 26-27 (AMA sanction 07-0674), America Cup and National Cup competition. We had 38 competitors in FAI, AMA, SAM and Nostalgia events. Plus Eddie Pelatowski had 18 competitors in FAC. Conditions were superb both days.

F1A Nordic, Towline Glider
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320 Bob Sifleet
2. 204 180 180 180 180 180 180 1284 Ben Thomson
3. 212 180 180 171 180 174 180 1277 Peter Barron
4. 240 180 180 180 180 107 180 1247 Andrew Barron
5. 240 180 180 180 180 180 080 1220 Tzvetan Tzvetkov
6. 227 180 180 162 180 083 180 1192 Oliver Cai (Junior)
7. 137 158 148 107 138 180 085 0953 Dennis Phelan
8. 130 142 110 115 128 180 063 0868 Michelle Barron (Junior)
9. 075 112 092 102 180 002 050 0617 Julie Barron (Junior)

Nice max out by Bob Sifleet. Ben Thomson (inadvertant early DT in first round), Tzevtan Tzvetkov, and myself were one flight away from joining him in a flyoff. We have 6 juniors from the North East trying for a spot on the junior F1A team including Oliver, Michelle, and Julie listed above. Three other juniors (Marion Whitney, Miles Johnson, and Timothy Barron)were not able to compete in the Challenge, but you will learn more about their exploits at the Wilber and Orville contest from June 9 and 10 in a later email. Here is more about the Skyscraper Challenge.

F1B Wakefield, Rubber Power
1. 240 180 180 180 180 169 180 1309 Aram Schlosberg
2. 240 180 180 180 148 180 180 1292 Sarah Radziunas
3. 240 180 180 156 145 180 180 1261 Carrol Allen
4. 177 180 180 152 180 166 180 1225 Tom Vaccaro
5. 187 180 180 180 --- --- --- 0727 Tom Ioerger

Note the close finish amon the top three. Both Aram and Sarah maxed all but one flight. Carrol Allen has returned to the FAI scene after a long
hiatus. Tom Vaccaro from Connecticut is a newcomer to FAI free flight. We are pleased to see them performing well.

F1G Coupe, Small Rubber Power
1. 117 120 120 120 120 597 Tom Ioerger
2. 120 088 103 120 120 551 John Clapp
3. 120 064 100 120 120 524 Carrol Allen
4. 120 070 112 120 101 523 Don Rousseau
5. 120 085 042 095 120 462 Bob Hatschek
6. 116 082 --- --- --- Dick Ivers

Coupe is our most contested Saturday FAI event. Tom Ioerger continues his dominance though John Clapp and others came close. Note the 1 second
difference between Carrol Allen and Don Rousseau for third and fourth.

F1H Small Towline Glider
1. 085 120 120 120 120 565 Dennis Phelan
2. 080 120 120 120 120 560 Bob Sifleet
3. 120 120 062 062 092 456 Jean Pailet

Dennis Phelan (designer of the Yeah But and Brilliant towline gliders built by Connecticut youth) edged out venerable Bob Sifleet.

F1J Small Power
1. 076 120 120 120 120 556 Jean Pailet
2. 067 080 090 071 067 372 Alan Abriss

F1Q Electric Power
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Dick Ivers
2. --- --- 081 --- --- 081 Vic Nippert

Below are the scores from NFFS, AMA, and SAM events relayed by Lisa Pacelli. Note the max-outs by Bob Sowder in the ABC Classic and 1/2A Gas events. He only missed by 2 seconds in 1/2A Nostalgia. Nice to see the competition in PAA-Load and PeeWee 30. Good flying.

PeeWee 30
1 Arnold Waldner 733 687 600 2020
2 Alan Abriss 313 293 800 1406
3 Don Rousseau 506 326 513 1345

Another close finish in P-30. Don Rousseau edges Dick Ivers by 4 seconds with Arnold Waldner close as well.

P-30
1 Don Rousseau 99 120 120 339
2 Dick Ivers 105 110 120 335
3 Arnold Waldner 78 120 120 318

Congrats to our hand launch and catapult launch glider champs Larry, Charlie, Dennis, and Michelle.

HLG (S/O)
1 Larry Pelatowski 51 0 37 60 36 0 148
2 Marian Whitney 52 45 38 33 41 31 138
3 Dennis Phelan 16 5 51 48 26 4 125

HLG (J)
1 Charles Philips 33 30 33 26 33 43 109
2 Michelle Barron 4 12 4 3 1 7 23
3 Julie Barron 1 7 4 1 4 7 18

CLG (S/O)
1 Dennis Phelan 27 7 9 47 116 75 238
2 Al Vollmer 52 60 82 72 42 56 214
3 Larry Pelatowski 47 65 56 51 36 75 196
4 Andrew Barron 17 13 33 35 26 56 124
5 Tom Philips 24 22 5 25 35 22 82

CLG (J)
1 Michelle Barron 14 18 23 39 16 23 88
2 Julie Barron 14 16 15 29 28 9 73
3 Charles Philips 12 9 19 7 25 21 65

We had a superb weekend May 27 and 28 for the Skyscraper Challenge, with light and variable winds both days. Lots of flying in FAI, also a fun time of flying in AMA, Nostalgia, Old Timer and FAC.Especially noteworthy is Ben Thomson maxing out to win F1A against a strong field of competitors. Ben has completed his first year of college in Toronto and is back home for the summer in Connecticut where he has been mentored by Art Ellis and FAI CD Dennis Phelan. Other college students who were present and did well include Sara Radziunas (from Connecticut at Renssaleer), Philip Scheiman (from Oregon or Washinton state going to school in Pennsylvania), and Peter Barron (from Connecticut at Purdue). We need to do all we can to celebrate their academic and modeling efforts. Bob Beidron from Virginia won F1B and there is a max-out tie in F1C between Andrei Kirilenko and Craig Gunder. Craig mentioned that his son (and former multi-time junior world champ) Austin built him a nice starter box when he was back from spring break at Stanford University (so that they can both be competing). I noted on SEN that Austin recently put in a good showing in Sacramento. Way to go.Andrei and Craig will resolve their tie at this coming weekend before the start of F1C at the Eastern U.S. Free Flight Championships (EUSFFC).

F1A
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320 Ben Thomson
2. 216 180 180 180 180 180 180 1296 Andrew Barron
3. 240 180 180 180 180 136 180 1276 Bob Sifleet
4. 240 159 180 180 114 180 180 1233 Omer Erguner
5. 194 151 180 148 180 180 180 1213 Tzvetan Tzvetkov
6. 171 114 180 180 180 180 136 1141 Peter Barron
7. 240 180 180 180 043 180 120 1123 Oliver Cai (Top Junior)
8. 240 095 180 180 093 109 180 1077 Timothy Barron (J)
9. 172 165 125 180 040 180 180 1042 Michelle Barron (J)
10 194 093 180 180 180 180 --- 1007 Igor Fradkin
11 --- --- --- --- --- --- 180 0180 Aram Schlosberg
12 141 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0141 Dennis Phelan

F1B
1. 184 180 180 180 180 180 180 1264 Bob Biedron
2. 223 180 112 180 180 180 180 1235 Aram Schlosberg
3. 240 180 180 180 180 180 083 1223 Jerry McGlashan
4. 113 180 180 180 176 180 180 1189 Sara Radziunas
5. 159 019 155 160 171 180 155 0999 Philip Scheiman
6. 091 129 171 180 180 091 --- 0842 David Lacey
7. 128 000 075 --- --- --- --- 0203 Tom Ioerger

F1C
240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320 Andrei Kirilenko
240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320 Gunder CraigF1G
1. 120 120 120 120 120 160 760 Dick Ivers
2. 120 120 120 120 120 132 724 Ioerger Tom
3. 120 120 120 120 120 122 722 Buss Bill
4. 120 116 120 058 060 474 David Lacey
5. 120 120 120 073 --- 433 Larry Pelatowski
6. 120 000 --- --- --- 120 Don Rousseau

F1H
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Bob Sifleet
2. 120 117 043 120 120 520 Rich Ivers
3. 000 086 120 074 107 387 Marion Whitney (J)
4. 045 030 098 055 120 348 Kathy Radziunas
5. 075 047 083 049 032 285 Jean Pailet

HLG
1. 360 Larry Pelatowski
2. 255 Al Vollmer
3. 100 Brian Pacelli (Top Junior)
3. 100 Peter Barron
073 Andrew Barron
065 Vito Gagliano

Junior HLG
1. 100 Brian Pacelli
2. 080 Timothy Barron
3. 017 Julie Barron
4. 013 Michelle Barron

CATAPULT GLIDER
1. 259 Al Volmer
2. 225 Vic Nippert
3. 144 Larry Pelatowski
4. 141 Vito Gagliano
5. 117 Andrew Barron

P-30 Rubber
1. 120 120 120 360 Dick Ivers
2. 120 120 105 345 Bob Lipori
3. 116 000 059 175 Don Rousseau
4. 069 006 054 129 Julie Barron (J)

Classic Towline
1. 061 180 111 352 Andrew Barron
2. 026 059 052 137 Don Rousseau
3. 086 --- --- 086 Dennis Phelan

E-36 ELECTRIC (new entry level event)
1. 95 54 75 224 Dave Acton
2. 57 54 65 176 Vic Nippert

PeeWee 30 Power
1. 566 733 800 2099 Alan Abriss
2. 142 393 360 0993 Don Rousseau

Skyscraper's Challenge
Wawayanda NY, May 28-29, 2005
America Cup/ National Cup

Here are the results from our contest last weekend at Barron Field. Participation was good. Weather was very nice most of Saturday (very calm except for one round). Sunday was mixed with wind sometimes turbulent interspersed with calm periods. AMA CD Tom Fennel and FAICD Aram Schlosberg ran the events well. Several flyers came from as far as Virginia, including Bob Sowderwho had fine performances in several gas events, Bob Biedron who oneF1B, and Gene Ulm who flew F1A in his first contest at our field. There were several max-outs in FAI including Tom Ioerger in F1G, Bob Sifleet in F1H, and Omer Erguner in F1A.Sarah Radziunas had all maxes except for 210 seconds in the four minute max first round. Great flying! Ben Thomson had a fine showing in F1A finishing 2nd overall with perhaps his best performance to date. (Sarah Radziunas, Ben Thomson, and Peter Barron are heading to college this fall -- wish them well.) The best single flight was by Krine Laffler: 726 seconds in Dawn Unlimited on Sunday morning.

Saturday May 28

F1G
Tom Ioerger 120 120 120 120 120 600
Bill Buss 120 120 120 120 64 544
Dick Ivers 120 120 120 69 99 528
Bob Hatschek 120 120 120 120 3 483
Josh Revkin [J] 120 120 120 - - 360
Don Rousseau 120 43 118 - - 281
Red Laffler 120 - - - - 120
Sarah Radziunas[J] - - 71 - - 71

F1H
Bob Sifleet 120 120 120 120 120 600
Oliver Cai [J] 32 80 71 78 120 381
Jean Pailet 95 120 35 40 62 352

F1J
Tom Kerr 120 101 108 120 120 569
Jean Pailet 120 120 120 84 120 564
Alan Abriss 111 77 79 - - 267

AMA A/B electric
Vic Nippet 60 77 68 205
Dick Ivers 76 - - 76

HLG
Larry Pelatowski 176
Ed Pelatowski 137
Mark Houck 119
Peter Barron 101
Vito Gagliano 70

HLG Junior
Oliver Cai [J] 39
Brian Pacelli [J] 34
Michelle Barron [J] 19

Mulvihill
Andrew Barron 118 73 97 288
Mulvihill Junior
Margaret Dobroth [J] 69 52 - 121
Julie Barron [J] 20 42 33 95

AMA Classic Towline
Bob Sowder 120 120 120 360
Bob Sifleet 62 120 89 271
Oliver Cai [J] 120 63 72 255
Larry Pelatowski 45 77 36 158
Dennis Phelan 120 - - 120

AB Classic Gas
Bob Sowder 120 120 120 360

1/2A Gas
Jean Pailet 120 120 120 360
Bob Sowder 120 120 72 312

1/2A Gas Junior
Brian Pacelli [J] 57 40 28 125

Nost. Rubber/Wakefield
Don Rousseau 43 112 117 272

Sunday, May 29

Dawn Unlimited
Red Laffler 726
Don Rousseau 167
Dave Acton 7

F1A
Omer Erguner 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320
Ben Thompson 178 180 180 150 180 180 180 1228
Igor Fradkin 240 180 180 138 180 180 119 1217
Aram Schlosberg 240 175 106 180 180 180 56 1117
Joshua Revkin[J] 64 180 180 109 180 180 180 1073
Andrew Barron 117 180 159 180 180 180 75 1071
Tzvetan Tzvetkov 122 180 122 180 180 180 60 1024
Peter Barron[J] 240 76 180 121 180 86 83 966
Bob Sifleet 114 180 180 180 120 123 62 959
Timothy Barron[J] 39 70 180 180 76 180 36 761
Gene Ulm 14 180 19 180 180 180 - 753
Art Ellis 240 180 41 - 105 22 114 702
Oliver Cai [J] 80 180 170 36 39 180 - 685
Michelle Barron[J]172 65 117 43 76 23 180 676
Bill Colish 84 73 57 180 0 80 122 596
Dennis Phelan - - - - - 90 - 90

F1B
Bob Biedron 240 151 180 180 180 180 180 1291
Sarah Radziunas[J]210 180 180 180 180 180 180 1290
Ron Felix 240 180 180 152 180 151 123 1206
Ton Ioerger 174 180 180 180 103 180 180 1177

F1C
Joe Wagner 112 158 180 180 180 75 - 885

F1Q
Vic Nippert 150 150 93 95 150 638
Dave Acton 60 109 150 - - 319

P-30
Dick Ivers 120 120 120 150 510
Larry Pelatowski 120 120 120 131 491
Don Rousseau 120 120 101 - 341
Bob Hatschek 120 109 - - 229
Alan Mkitarian 67 - - - 67

P-30 Junior
Margaret Dobroth[J] 71 92 74 237

Catapult Glider
Larry Pelatowski 233
Al Vollmer 225
Brian Pacelli [J] 165
Alan Mkitarian 142
Don Rousseau 105
Vito Gagliano 92

Catapult Glider Junior
Brian Pacelli [J] 165
Margaret Debroth [J] 93

Pee-Wee 30
Alan Abriss 15/120 800 15/100 666 15/120 800 2266
Mike Cook 15/50 333 15/104 693 19/120 631 1657
Paul Nelson 15/64 426 - - 426

1/2 A Classic
Tom Kerr 81 58 120 259

1/2 A Classic Junior
Brian Pacelli[J]63 35 120 218

1/2 A Nostalgia
Bob Lipori 114 120 120 354
Brian Pacelli[J] 120 76 74 270
Bob Sowder 120 - - 120

1/2 A Nostalgia Junior
Brian Pacelli[J] 120 76 77 270

For AMA and NFFS national cup events, the Junior events (age 14 and under) were sanctioned separately from the open events. For local award purposes juniors (marked with [J]) finishing among top three compared to open flyers are also recognized for that distinction.

For FAI events the Junior flying (for under age 18) is combined with the open, though marked with a [J] for America's Cup and Junior Team Selection purposes. (I believe Sarah, Ben, and Peter are FAI juniors this year butof age that they are not eligible for the current Junior Team Selection.)

FAI Contest Director: Aram Schlosberg
AMA Contest Director: Thomas Fennell

Reported By Andrew Barron

We had a determined group flying in rugged conditions. The wind was 6 to 14 mph measured from ground (up to 20mph in air). Fortunately it came from a good direction, and we had a pleasant segment of sod to launch from at the southwest end of the field. Turbulence brought a number of flights to an early landing. For the FAI events Sunday we stopped after 5 rounds because models were beginning to tumble on the field. In FAI, Junior fliers (age 18 and under) won four out of five events, including Phil Scheiman who won F1B. Phil (from California) came the farthest to participate. Juniors also had a good showing in AMA and Nostalgia events, especially Brian Pacelli in HLG, Catapult, and 1/2 A Nostalgia. Here I list the FAI and AMA/Nostalgia results. Results for FAC and SAM events may be available from Tom Hallman and John Stott respectively. There were 44 participants altogether. -- Andrew Barron

F1G (Coupe d'Hiver) 1 2 3 4 5 Total
1. Josh Revkin (J) 120 105 120 59 61 465
2. Bob Hatschek 54 92 40 120 120 426
3. Don Rousseau 48 81 120 72 102 423
4. Larry Pelatowski 120 94 51 93 38 396

F1H (Small Towline Glider)
1. Oliver Cai (J) 120 57 46 59 80 362
2. Jean Pailet 32 57 33 30 40 192

F1J (Small Power)
1. Tom Kerr 103 120 120 120 120 583
2. Jean Pailet 120 120 76 120 52 488

F1A Max 180+60 180 180 150 150 Total
1. Peter Barron (J) 160 173 180 150 97 760
2. Andrew Barron 180+22 180 163 102 74 699
3. Aram Schlosberg 130 128 157 150 112 677
4. Tzvetan Tzvetkov 24 180 148 150 121 623
5. Ben Thomson (J) 138 136 161 43 119 597
6. Timothy Barron (J) 100 85 69 150 150 554
7. Bill Colish 0 135 64 117 145 461
8. Josh Revkin (J) 64 131 169 45 35 444
9. Michelle Barron (J) 93 82 74 50 53 352
10.Oliver Cai (J) 79 35 10 35 0 159

F1B
1. Phil Scheiman (J) 180+18 155 118 138 150 741
2. Jerry McGlashan 108 107 177 150 129 671
3. Sarah Radziunas (J) 158 118 180 55 150 658

Hand Launch Glider Total
1. Brian Pacelli (J) 47 111 33 191
2. Larry Pelatowski 73 29 85 187
3. Marian Whitney (J) 19 69 26 114
4. Andrew Barron 30 22 11 63
5. Richard Swartwout(J) 18 14 15 47

Catapult Glider
1. Larry Pelatowski 35 20 62 117
2. Brian Pacelli (J) 51 29 20 100
3. Don Rousseau 16 27 17 60
4. Timothy Barron (J) 22 11 24 57
5. Julie Barron (J) 10 23 16 49
6. Andrew Barron 15 20 8 43
7. Marian Whitney 16 16 32

P-30
1. Bob Hatschek 120 82 55 257
2. Don Rousseau 78 48 120 246
3. Marian Whitney (J) 45 49 17 110
4. Oliver Cai (J) 38 46 84
5. Richard Swartwout(J) 53 3 9 65

Dawn Unlimited
(I don't have the score sheet, but I recall
seeing a nice flight by Red Lauffler)

It was very windy on Saturday, deterring many attendees, and many who came to keep their models safely in their model boxes. The minis were won by Tom Ioerger, Austin Gunder and Jean Pialet with sub max scores. The planned 3 late afternoon major FAI rounds were cut to a single one starting a 7 PM.

Sunday's weather proved to be completely different. The morning started with almost dead calm and only Andrew Barron was able to keep his super max score. By the third round we relocated up wind, after a models started flying over the trees along the river to the adjacent sod farms. As the day progressed the wind dropped and the last few rounds had plenty of thermals with long calm stretches.

There were three first time Nordic fliers - Michelle and Timothy Barron, and Bill Collish. Bob Biedron won Wakefield for the second consecutive time. Gil Morris won F1C with his old V aluminum flapper.

Dick Ivers won P 30 and had an interesting F1Q in a Wakefield frame. HLG was won by Larry Pelatowski and Al Vollmer won Catapult HLG with Larry close behind. Dawn, flown early Sunday, was won by Kaine Laffler. Julie Barron, the youngest contestant, flow Mulvihill. Mike Cook, Jean Pialet and Bobby Geyer won PeeWee 30, AMA Classic and 1/2 A Nostalgia respectively.

We also used a single plack to which more than one placing could be attached. And finally, many thanks to David Acton who CDed the AMA events and manned the score table during the whole contest.

F1G
1. Tom Ioerger 120 120 120 120 114 = 594
2. Dick Ivers 96 120 120 120 120 = 576
3. David Lacey 120 55 111 89 120 = 495
4. Bob Hatschek -- 120 89 120 120 = 449
5. Don Rousseau 120 ----- = 120
6. Larry Pelatowski 96 11 ----- = 107

F1H
1. Jean Pailet 120 79 58 120 -- = 377

F1J
1. Austin Gunder 120 103 120 120 180 = 583
2. Amanda Barr J 85 120 120 120 -- = 445
3. Jean Pailet 120 28 103 120 61 = 432

F1A (Note: second round was a super max for F1A,B and C)
1. Andrew Barron 180 180+60 180 180 180 180 180 180 = 1500
2. Tzvetan Tzvetkov 163 180 150 180 180 180 180 180 = 1393
3. Peter Barron J 174 180 180 180 180 108 180 180 = 1362
4. Ben Thomson J 102 180 180 180 180 180 180 104 = 1286
5. Igor Fradkin 151 180 180 180 180 180 65 121 = 1237
6. Josh Rivkin J 180 180+0 68 180 180 180 180 69 = 1217
7. Bob Sifleet 178 180 180 128 95 157 126 90 = 1134
8. Austin Gunder 180 180+0 38 56 180 180 65 180 = 1106
9. Aram Schlosberg 155 180 180 148 180 61 -- 180 = 1084
10.Bill Collish --- 83 68 76 180 180 180 180 = 947
11.Dennis Phelan 93 -- 58 180 180 -- 155 180 = 846
12.Jonah Coste J 113 161 95 180 70 73 63 88 = 843
13.Michelle Barron J 15 92 133 180 89 180 82 54 = 825
14.Timothy Barron J 72 88 180 -- 180 55 66 180 = 749
15.Dick Ivers 47
16.Art Ellis 36

F1B
1. Bob Biedron 137 180 180 180 180 128 180 180 = 1345
2. Sarah Radziunas J 180 180 180 180 71 118 180 180 = 1269
3. Ton Ioerger -- 180 180 180 180 180 180 157 =1257
4. Ron Felix 180 180+0 180 117 58 ---- = 723
5. Nathan Coste J 10 -- -- -- -- 155 144 180 = 489
6. Jerry McGlashan 120 180 ----- = 300
7. David Lacey 102 111 ----- = 213

F1C
1. Gil Morris 180 180+0 -- 136 180 180 141 180 = 1237
2. Craig Gunder 180 180+0 -- 127 136 156 180 180 = 1199

P-30
1. Dick Ivers 120 120 120 = 360
2. Bob Hatcheck 120 120 105 = 345
3. Larry Peltowski 120 120 83 = 360
4. Don Rousseau 120 61 120 = 301

Dawn
1. Kaine Laffler 290
2. Don Rousseau 206
3. David Acton 206

Catapult HLG
1. Al Vollmer 120+40+55 = 215
2. Larry Pelatowski 80+47+46 = 173
3. Vic Nippert 32+39+56 = 127
4. Don Rousseau 26+39+25 = 90

HLG
1. Larry Pelatowski 25+120+80 = 225
2. Vito Gagliano 43+27+120 = 189
3. Timothy Barron J 10+10+7 = 27
4. Michelle Barron J 4+4+4 = 12
5. Julie Barron J 5+2+1 = 8
6. Peter Barron J 4 = 4

Mulvihill
1. Julie Barron 13 2 8 = 23

PeeWee 30
1. Mike Cook 1913
2. Don Rousseau 1220

AMA Classic I
1. Jean Pialet 120 116 120 = 356

1/2 A Nostalgia
1. Bob Geyer 120 109 120 = 349
2. Joe Wagner 78 109 120 = 266

Aram Schlosberg FAI CD

Here are the results of the Sky-Scraper Annual, on Barron Field in Wawayanda, NY, Oct 18-19, 2003, in FAI, NFFS, and AMA events. First some highlights. We had 70 participants altogether (including also FAC and SAM). The weather was good most of the weekend. Sunday morning we
flew in a bouyant rain, from the center of the sod as the drift was light and variable in its direction.

Especially noteworthy was the Junior flying in FAI. Junior fliers won the first place awards in 3 of the 6 FAI events, all maxing out with stellar levels of performance. Moreover, among those finishing in the top 5 in these events, Juniors accounted for 10 out of 20. Clearly, FAI free-flight is critical to Junior flying in the North East, as it is for many their next step past HLG, Catapult, P-30, and Mulvihill.

Congratulations to Junior U.S. Team member Sara Radziunas, who had her first Max Out to win F1B, just ahead of Ron Felix. Junior Nate Coste flew well for third in F1B.

Congratulations also to Junior Amanda Barr who continued her string of Max-Outs (beginning in August). This weekend in Wawayanda she maxed-out to win both F1J/P and ABC Gas.

In F1A Peter Barron maxed out and got the 5 minute max to win the flyoff against Aram Schlosberg (2nd). Junior Ben Thomson also maxed out for 3rd. Juniors Jonah Coste and Josh Revkin flew well for 4rd and 5th place finishes. Peter's performance here, coupled with his fine showings at several Muncie contests (2 firsts and 2 seconds) this summer, puts him in a position where he has a shot at a high Americas Cup finish for F1A in
2003. He will need to do well at one more non-Muncie event.

Joe Wagner, Tom Ioeger, and Rich Ivers flew well to win F1C, F1G, and F1H, respectively.

The AMA and Nostalgia events had some good performances, especially by Al Volmer, Ed and Larry Pelatowski, Don Rousseau, Brad Bane,
Clarke Darling, Krine Laffler, Mike Cook, and Amanda Barr.

The contest management was ably overseen by ever-vigilant Dave Acton, who also found time to take second in Dawn Unlimited.

F1A (Nordic Glider)

_____CONTESTANT________RD1__RD2__RD3+____RD4__RD5__RD6__RD7__F-O___TOTL

1__J_Peter_Barron______120__120__180+60__180__180__180__180__300___1440
2____Aram_Schlosberg___120__120__180+60__180__180__180__180__270___1410
3__J_Ben_Thomson_______120__120__180+19__180__180__180__180________1140
4__J_Jonah_Coste_______120__120__180+18__180__121__180__180________1081
5__J_Josh_Revkin_______120___79__151_____180__180__171__180________1061
6____Igor_Fradkin______120__120__180+60___71__180__180__180________1031
7____Tzvetan_Tzvetkov__120__120__180+60__180__180__180___39_________999
8____Omer_Erguner______120__120__151_____122__116__180__177_________986
9____Andrew_Barron______49__120___22_____180__108__170__164_________813
10_J_Oliver_Cai_________90___47__DNF______26___89___46___57_________355
11_J_Richard_Swartwout___0___89__DNF_____129___64__DNF__DNF_________282
12___Dennis_Phelam_____103___65___65_____DNF__DNF__DNF__DNF_________233
13___Art_Ellis_________112__120__DNF_____DNF__DNF__DNF__DNF_________232
14___Dick_Ivers________120__DNF__DNF_____DNF__DNF__DNF__DNF_________120
15_J_Timothy_Barron____DNF__120__DNF_____DNF__DNF__DNF__DNF_________120
16___Attila_Csordas______7____7__DNF_____DNF__DNF__DNF__DNF__________14

1__J_Sara_Radziunas____120__120__180+110_180__180__180__180__1140
2____Ron_Felix_________120__120__180+120__98__180__180__180__1058
3__J_Nathan_Coste______120___75__129_____180__155___30___96___785
4____Tom_Ioeger________120__DNF__DNF_____DNF__DNF__DNF__DNF___120

_____CONTESTANT________RD1__RD2__RD3__RD4__RD5__RD6__RD7__TOTL
1____Joe_Wagner________180__180__DNF__180__180__180___21___921

1____Tom_Ioeger________120__120__117__120__116__593
2____Larry_Pelatowski___95__120__120__120__107__562
3____Don_Rousseau_______93__120__120___86__120__539
4____Dick_Ivers________120__120___72__101__120__533
5____Bob_Hatschek______120__120___79___93__120__532
6__J_Sara_Radziunas_____63___71__120___33____3__290
7____Bill_Buss__________71__120__DNF__DNF__DNF__191
8____Krin_Laffler_______74__DNF__DNF__DNF__DNF___74

1____Rich_Ivers________120___78___68___78__120__464
2__J_Ben_Thomson________84__120___71__120___57__452
3__J_Oliver_Cai_________35___30___44___58___39__209
4__J_Richard_Swartwout__16__DNF__DNF__DNF__DNF___16

_____CONTESTANT________RD1__RD2__RD3__RD4__RD5__TOT
1__J_Amanda_Barr_______120__120__120__120__120__600

1 Al Vollmer 241
2 Ed Pelatowski 193 +63
3 Larry Pelatowski 193 +36
4 J Matt Rousseau 107
5 S Peter Barron 91
6 Andrew Barron 79
7 J Timothy Barron 66
8 J Michelle Barron 23

1 Don Rousseau 357
2 Larry Pelatowski 338
3 J Matt Rousseau 286
4 Bill Colish 257
5 Dick Ivers 120

The weather Cassandras forecasting high winds and rain scared off some flyers. But mother nature was much kinder to those who made it (41), with a overcast Saturday with some drizzle and light fog and moderate wind. Sunday was just spectacular, overcast, starting off with very light morning winds followed by a long mid-day dead calm period. Due to the a week's precipitation the field was wet, drenching may socks and sneakers. The surrounding corn field had just been planted, extending the field to the far trees on the surrounding higher land.

The contest highlight was the F1B flyoff. In the first flyoff, John Clapp flew early, but Jim Bradley, who had a motor blow, and Bob Biedron got better air launching later. The 7 minute flyoff (a first ever in Wawayanda) was flown from the south east end of the field. Bob got off to a clean max while Jim had another motor blow and his second model's VIT line did not disconnect, causing a dive that was clocked at 13 seconds. Taylor Gunder was the highest scoring junior, dropping 20 seconds.

There was drama in the last round for F1A and F1G. In F1A, Austin Gunder, with a perfect score got into a time pressure on the last round/second attempt and sub-maxed for a third place. Aram's electronic model DTed early in the fifth round placing him fourth after Omer, Tzvetan and Austin. Ben Thompson was the highest scoring junior, placing 5th. Andrew Barron had a myriad of technical problems during the day.

In F1G, Larry Pelatowski maxed-out while John Clapp DTed early spoiling an otherwise perfect score and putting him in a tie for third, resolved by a flyoff against Bob Hatschek.

Dave Acton CDed the AMA events and was responsible for the financial side as well as for the first place awards. The three top flyers and the leading junior in each event were awarded a certificate, portraying an Indian flying a glider, drawn by the Canadian artist Mark Komza. Dick Ivers hit the jackpot, walking away with two firsts and a second.

F1G
1. Larry Pelatowski 120 120 120 120 120 = 600
2. Dick Ivers 120 120 109 120 120 = 589
3. John Clapp 120 120 120 120 88 = 568 + 133
4. Bob Hatschek 104 104 120 120 120 = 568 + 92
5. Don Rousseau 120 111 120 83 74 = 508
Full scores 4 3 2 2 1

F1H
1. Dick Ivers 95 101 120 85 120 = 521
2. Larry Pelatowski 120 65 64 85 108 = 442
3. Jean Pailet 51 104 61 50 120 = 386
4. Ben Thompson (J) 42 73 42 52 32 = 241
Full scores 1 0

F1J
1. Austin Gunder 69 120 96 120 120 = 525
2. Tom Kerr 20 --- = 20
3. Amanda Barr (J) 10 = 10

F1A (180 180 180+60 180 180 180 180)
1. Omer Erguner 180 180 177 180 180 180 180 = 1257
2. Tzvetan Tzvetkov 180 180 170 180 180 180 180 = 1250
3. Austin Gunder 180 180 180+60 180 180 180 147 = 1227
4. Aram Schlosberg 180 180 180+60 180 127 180 180 = 1207
5. Ben Thompson (J)180 165 180 180 125 180 80 = 1090
6. Peter Barron (J) 36 146 180+60 180 173 151 180 = 1046
7. Jonah Coste (J) 38 164 180 180 153 180 146 = 1041
8. Ton Jones 100 110 177 180 177 173 82 = 999
9. Josh Revkin (J) 180 16 180 180 92 115 117 = 880
10. Dennis Phelan 180 140 110 149 66 0 165 = 810
11. Andrew Barron 148 82 99 65 46 94 180 = 714
12. Kay Fags 82 106 = 188
Full scores 7 4 2 2 1 1 0

F1B
1. Bob Biedron 180 180 180+60 180 180 180 180 300 420 = 2040
2. Jim Bradley 180 180 180+60 180 180 180 180 300 13 = 1663
3. John Clapp 180 180 180+60 180 180 180 180 239 = 1559
4. Jerry McGlashan 180 180 180+60 180 180 180 180 DNF = 1320
5. Taylor Gunder(J) 180 180 180+60 180 180 160 180 = 1240
6. Sera Radziunus(J) 180 180 180+35 154 160 154 180 = 1208
7. David Ellis 83 180 180 180 142 180 180 = 1125
8. Nathan Coste (J) 81 100 172 106 145 179 76 = 859
Full scores 6 6 5 5 5 4 4

HLG
1. Thomas Jones 43 48 63 42 73 80 = 216
2. Ed Pelatowski 53 20 67 93 7 26 = 213
3. Larry Pelatowski 45 7 99 26 67 37 = 211
4. Victor Gagliano 31 26 16 32 15 16 = 89
5. Peter Barron (S) 9 14 5 24 30 21 = 75
6. Jean Pailet 5 3 22 27 25 13 = 74
7. Matt Rousseau (J) 3 3 18 11 19 11 = 48
8. Michelle Barron(J) 4 5 2 4 4 5 = 14

Catapult Glider
1. Thomas Jones 38 41 29 72 120 60 = 252
2. Dennis Phelan 59 59 49 50 60 47 = 178
3. Ed Pelatowski 37 73 43 30 52 8 = 168
4. Larry Pelatowski 51 52 32 46 36 43 = 149
5. Jean Pailet 36 26 28 39 38 16 = 113
6. Al Mkitarian 2 35 29 = 66
6. Timothy Barron(J) 22 21 20 19 16 23 = 66
8. Michelle Barron(J) 7 7 6 6 6 6 = 20

Mulvihill (120 180 240)
1. Red Laffler 120 176 196 = 491
2. Nat Coste (J) 120 180 143 = 443
3. Andrew Barron 120 150 172 = 342
4. Timothy Barron (J) 54 68 48 = 170
5. Michelle Barron(J) 60 39 36 = 135
6. Julie Barron (J) 32 34 39 = 105

Dawn Unlimited
1. Dave Acton 265
2. Red Laffler 244
3. Nat Coste (J) 108
4. Don Rousseau 84

P-30
1. Dick Ivers 120 120 111 = 351
2. Larry Pelatowski 120 86 120 = 326
3. Bob Hatschek 78 104 120 = 302
4. Timothy Barron (J) 62 120 117 = 299
5. Al Mkitarian 104 89 93 = 295
6. Bill Collish 120 91 82 = 293
7. Matt Rousseau (J) 101 71 114 = 286
8. T. Tousseau (J) 104 97 57 = 258
9. Don Rousseau 98 91 59 = 248
10. Michelle Barron(J) 105 110 1 = 216
11. Red Laffler 120 58 1 = 178

Pee Wee 30
1. Michael Cook 15/120 15/120 16/96
800 800 600 = 2200
2. Alan Abriss 15/90 15/120 15/89
600 800 593 = 1993

The Skyscraper Annual at Barron Field, Wawayanda, New York, October 19-20, 2002 was again well attended, with participants in FAI, AMA, Nostalgia, FAC, and Old timer. Here I give the results for FAI, AMA, and Nostalgia events. Both Saturday and Sunday mornings were delightfully calm and produced some good performances. Saturday at 10:30am a storm came through with extreme winds the rest of that day, such that the completion of Saturday's events was moved to Sunday the 20th. Picking thermals Sunday afternoon proved to be a special challenge as they would come through very rapidly with a very brief window of opportunity to catch the thermals that would take the planes past the tree-line to the second sod farm on the other side.

In F1A and F1B the best at handling the conditions were Tzvetan Tzvetkov and Charlie Jones, respectively, with Bob Sifleet and (FAI Junior) Sarah Radziunas right behind. Dick Wood was on course for another fine performance, though his efforts were cut short by having flights that put both his top models far off field onto distant black dirt farm fields (made soft by recent rains). The good news for him is that he found and retrieved both. Aram Schlosberg had an out-of-sight last flight (failed DT), which he was fortunate to retrieve many miles down wind thanks a search by car for the radio-location signal.

Tom Ioerger and Bob Sifleet won the F1G and F1H mini-events with fine performances to strengthen their America Cup positions. Tom Jones came from Ohio (with his brother Charlie) and swept the Hand Launch and Catapult events, against some fine New England competition, strengthening his position in the National Cup.

In the gas events, Tom Kerr, Bob Geyer, Gene Pailet and Mike Cook flew especially well.

In AMA rubber events, Dick Ivers showed his P-30 prowess, while in Mulvihill, yours truly picked up his first rubber win.

Some new families came from Connecticut, as part of Art Ellis' program at the Eli Whitney Museum, to their first big contest in support of the efforts by new juniors Richard Swartwout, Oliver Cai, Kyle Lindell, and Marian Whitney, while continuing program members Josh Revkin, Nathan Coste, Ben Thompson, Sarah Radziunas, as well as the Barron and Rousseau kids, continued to hone their skills.

1. Tzvetan Tzvetkov 180+60 180 180 151 180 180 180 1231
2. Bob Sifleet 180+60 180 180 180 123 180 132 1155
3. Andrew Barron 180+60 180 167 169 125 180 93 1094
4. Omer Erguner 180+28 180 180 119 105 180 64 1044
5. Aram Schlosberg 180+23 180 0 180 50 180 180 950
6. Igor Fradkin 180+ 7 174 67 150 92 146 91 900
7. Peter Barron (J) 180+36 180 180 123 121 80 0 864
8. Josh Revkin (J) 18 62 98 180 75 59 180 672
9. Nathan Coste (J) 107 60 16 57 38 180 56 514
10.Richard Swartwout (J) 0 95 51 61 108 60 80 455
11.Mathhew Gagliano 178 178
12.Dick Ivers 118 118
13.Ben Thomson (J) 0 0 57 57

1. Charles Jones 180+60 180 180 158 180 176 180 1225
2. Sarah Radziunas (J) 180+35 180 180 128 150 131 180 1129
3. Dick Wood 178 180 170 176 180 884
4. Jerry McGlashan 180+32 180 180 143 683
5. Ron Felix 180+13 180 180 540
6. J Friebis 180+ 7 137 45 362
7. Dave Lacey 117 103 220

1. Tom Ioerger 120 120 105 120 120 585
2. Larry Pelatowski 120 120 85 120 120 565
3. Dick Ivers 120 92 105 120 120 557
4. Bob Hatschek 87 118 94 118 129 537
5. Dick Wood 120 83 93 120 120 536
6. Don Rousseau 100 120 105 102 90 517
7. Thomas Jones 106 113 105 324
8. Charlie Jones 110 111 221
9. Dave Lacey 70 74 69 213

1. Bob Sifleet 120 120 101 120 120 581
2. Vic Nippert 93 87 41 120 69 410
3. Ben Thomson (J) 120 81 105 67 0 373
4. Kyle Lindell (J) 46 48 37 44 43 218
5. Rich Ivers 88 67 155
6. Jean Pailet 33 41 74
7. Marian Whitney (J) 46 46

1. Tom Kerr 120 120 105 120 120 300 885
2. Jean Pailet 120 120 105 120 120 242 827
3. Keiichi Kibiki 120 0 105 0 120 345

Hand Launch Glider Total

1. Thomas Jones *79 42 46 *82 26 *50 211
2. Larry Pelatowski *47 2 *52 *56 24 28 155
3. Victor Gagliano 24 *53 *57 25 *31 25 141
4. Eddie Pelatowski 30 *49 38 *40 *49 30 138
5. Charles Jones 6 *22 14 *31 13 *22 75
6. Peter Barron (J.1) *24 19 20 *22 *26 12 72
7. Tim Rousseau (J.2) 17 *31 15 13 *18 *20 69
8. Marian Whitney(J.3) *12 *17 29

1. Thomas Jones 4 42 120 120 282
2. Al Volmer 51 120 35 31 29 23 206
3. Larry Pelatowski 49 37 79 24 45 24 173
4. Eddie Pelatowski 43 30 39 51 31 36 133
5. Charles Jones 29 16 86 131
6. Peter Barron (J.1) 26 18 18 20 64
7. Tom Kerr 26 26

P-30 (Rubber) Total
1. Dick Ivers 120 120 120 360
2. [Tie] Don Rousseau 53 83 98 234
2. [Tie] Matt Rousseau (J.1) 71 80 83 234
4. [Tie] Tim Rousseau (J.2) 59 48 67 174
4. [Tie] Michelle Barron (J.2) 73 53 49 174
6. Red Laufler 46 96 8 150
7. Larry Pelatowski 86 86

Mulvihill (Rubber) Total
1. Andrew Barron 120 120 240
2. Matthew Rousseau (J.1) 71 65 75 211
3. Timothy Barron (J.2) 43 76 67 186
4. [Tie] Michelle Barron (J.3) 44 48 24 116
4. [Tie] Oliver Cai (J.3) 36 26 54 116

ABC Classic Total
1. Bob Geyer 101 109 65 275
2. Dan Belieff 79 82 90 251
3. Alan Abriss 95 120 0 215

ABC Nostalgia Total
1. Bob Geyer 120 120 120 360
2. Bill Harris 96 120 54 270
proxy flown by Dan Belieff

Here are the FAI free flight results from the Skyscraper International Challenge, May 25-26, 2002, in Wawayanda, NY. The weather was superb, with light variable winds. Ron Felix ran the flight line and did a great job. The fliers accomodated a rugged schedule in the big FAI events, with round one held at 6 pm Saturday and round two (with the Super-max) at 6:30am early Sunday. This was one of the best competitions in the East I can recall in many years. The competition was especially close in F1B with Lee Wang, David Ellis, and John Clapp each having a shot at the win in the last round. Junior team members Taylor Gunder and Ryan Jones also flew well. Junior Sarah Radziunas flew in her first F1B competition and she shows much potential, closing strong with a max while several others faltered that round. In F1A Junior Ben Thomson flew a fully-equipped carbon-winged model that he constructed entirely himself. Junior Josh Revkin, who won the Skyscraper meet last fall with his Checkmate, suffered the disappointment of the flyaway of his new model on a practice flight. In F1C Bob Gutai's winning 5 minute flyoff flight (Sunday afternoon) journeyed around various parts of the field before landing only about 50 meters from where he launched. In the Mini events, Tom Ioeger, Chuck Markos, and Austin Gunder (Junior Team member) maxed out Saturday to win F1G, F1H, and F1J, respectively. There were a total of 31 competitors (46 entries) in the FAI events, plus some, such as Art Ellis, who, by their own choice, were so busy helping many others they didn't have a chance to fly. --Andrew Barron

F1B
1. David Ellis 180 180+60 180 180 180 180 177 1257
2. John Clapp 180 180+60 180 180 178 189 177 1255
3. Charles Jones 168 180+57 180 180 180 180 180 1248
4. R. Biedron 156 175 180 180 180 180 180 1231
5. Lee Wang (J) 180 180+60 180 180 180 180 148 1228
6. Taylor Gunder (J) 142 180+16 143 178 180 180 180 1183
7. Ryan Jones (J) 135 168 180 180 180 180 155 1178
8. Dave Lacey 168 137 149 153 125 136 114 982
9. Tom Jones 180 173 169 124 180 85 0 911
10.Sarah Radziunas(J) 76 120 138 106 120 114 180 854

F1A
1. Andrew Barron 180 180+60 180 180 180 180 180 1260
2. Aram Schlossberg 166 180+60 180 170 180 180 180 1236
3. Tzvetan Tzvetkov 180 143 180 180 180 180 180 1223
4. Omer Erguner 137 180+60 180 180 180 180 180 1217
5. John Barron (J) 180 180+30 147 180 180 116 180 1163
6. Igor Fradkin 122 153 154 180 148 180 180 1117
7. Peter Barron (J) 109 120 180 177 139 180 180 1085
8. Kevork Fags 69 170 50 62 77 169 180 777
9. Ben Thomson (J) 80 28 61 105 100 0 164 538
10.Chuck Markos 166 73 - - - - - 239
11.Bob Sifleet 0 - - - - - - 0

F1C
1. Bob Gutai 180 180+60 180 180 180 180 180 300 1620
2. Andrei Kirilenko 180 180+60 180 180 180 180 180 183 1402
3. Craig Gunder 79 180+60 180 180 180 180 180 180 1159

F1G
1. Tom Ioerger 120 120 120 120 120 600
2. Charlie Jones 120 118 120 120 120 598
3. John Clapp 120 90 120 120 120 570
4. Bob Hatschek 106 88 120 120 120 554
5. Bill Buss 120 120 120 45 120 525
6. Dave Lacey 63 120 120 83 120 506
7. Larry Pelatowski 120 120 120 120 0 480
8. Dick Ivers (father)120 120 120 120 - 480
9. Art Phillips 120 120 57 79 50 426
10.Don Rousseau 49 106 72 47 120 394

F1H
1. Chuck Markos 120 120 120 120 120 600
2. Bob Sifleet 120 120 59 120 120 539
3. Rich Ivers (son) 120 120 45 120 - 405
4. Vic Nippert 46 64 52 120 120 402
5. Tom Jones 0 120 49 120 102 391
6. Jean Pailet 56 37 45 95 120 353
7. Sarah Radziunas (J) 94 61 91 66 0 312
8. Josh Revkin (J) 120 35 - - - 155
9. Ben Thomson (J) 53 - - - - 53

F1J
1. Austin Gunder (J) 120 120 120 120 120 600
2. Jean Pailet 59 120 120 120 66 485
3. Bob Gutai 120 - - - - 120

1/2 A Classic
1. Steve Bruno 120 120 120 95 455
2. Dave Rounsaville 120 120 103 343
3. Jean Pailet 97 66 92 255
4. Alan Abriss 120 47 167

1/2 Nostalgia
1. Bob Geyer 120 120 120 360
2. Bob Lipori 116 120 120 356
3. Rich Ivers 120 100 120 340
4. Steve Bruno 120 93 120 333

Pee Wee 30
1. Bob Langelius 15/96 15/120 15/120 2240
2. Alan Abriss 15/52 15/120 15/120 1946
3. Mike Cook 15/96 15/62 15/86 1626
4. Al Vollmer 15/102 17/40 915

Nostalgia Rubber/Wake Combo
1. Tom Fennel 120 120 120 141 501
2. Dave Acton 7 26

Hand Launch Glider
1. Al Vollmer 64 120 112 296
2. Tom Jones 80 120 92 292
3. Ed Pelatowski 90 47 53 190
4. Larry Pelatowski 72 64 53 189
5. Andrew Barron 48 36 18 102
6. Victor Gagliano 25 29 24 78

HLG - Junior
1. Peter Barron 51 37 50 138
2. Timothy Barron 29 17 20 66
3. Michelle Barron 7 6 5 18

Catapult Glider
1. Tom Jones 119 71 120 310
2. Larry Pelatowski 103 120 72 295
3. Al Vollmer 64 69 86 251
4. Vic Nippert 48 83 88 245
5. Eddie Pelatowski 57 52 61 170
6. Al Mkitarian 32 29 34 95
7. Jean Pailet 26 28 29 83

P-30
1. Chuck Markos 120 120 120 360
2. Dick Ivers 120 117 120 357
3. Vic Nippert 107 120 104 331
4. Don Rousseau 120 120 87 327
5. Krine Laffler 74 74 105 253
6. Al Mkitarian 83 68 71 222
7. Larry Pelatowski 55 55