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National Miniature Pylon Racing Association • Since 1965 • AMA Affiliated • October 2005

Secretary-Treasurer Notes

Hi, Gang,

This article will be short as I didn’t know that I wouldbe writing this; the newsletter is late, and it is alreadygetting pretty big with some great inputs from ourdistrict and points vice-presidents as well as otherinputs and the ballot for 2006 officers.

The first thing that I want to do is to thank the districtvice-presidents for continuing to represent you andthe districts and to thank all of you who have offeredto help next year if I am president. I’m sure that I willbe calling on many of you for help. We need to worktogether. Some have said that the NMPRA isdysfunctional and not focused as if the NMPRA werea live entity that breathes and thinks. I contend that“we” are the NMPRA and “we” make it is what it is. Ican’t make the NMPRA “better” without your help; letme hear your ideas.

I also want to thank Randy Bridge for serving as Q-40Points Coordinator for the past several years. Goodjob, man! Also a special thank you to Joanne Coffeyfor volunteering to be the new Q-40 PointsCoordinator. Please see that the Q-40 race results getto her promptly. Joanne can be reached atCoffeyjoanne@sbcglobal.net. I would like to be ableto post on the NMPRA website the Q-40 and Q-500standings, both 424 and 428, on a regular basis; theonly way this can happen is if the results are sent into the point coordinators as races are completed. Ifwe can do this, everyone can track how he is doingthroughout the year.

District 5 will have a new vice-president for 2006;thanks to Dave Norman for serving in that positionand a big thanks to Dan Kane for volunteering takethe position for 2006.

I also want to thank Randy Smith; Randy hasagreed to chair a committee to review the RaceProcedure Guide and update it as necessary. Oneof the areas they will be addressing is how manyrounds and how many contestants are required toconstitute an official race for national points.Another area to look at is the standardization oflane markings. I look forward to seeing the results ofthe committee’s efforts.

The 2005 NMPRA Championships is over;congratulations to Randy Bridge for winning therace. The full results are listed elsewhere in thisnewsletter. If you missed the race, you really missedout – the weather was great, the racing wasoutstanding, and the banquet was a great time withlots of neat door prizes. Bruce Coffey was the bigwinner in the door prize category winning a big hugfrom Nicole Kane; she wanted to draw anothername after we had given out the last door prize.Other winners were Chuck Anderson, winning anew Jett Q-500 engine, and Randy Bridge, winninga new Polecat. Thanks to all who entered theNMPRA raffle. Congratulations to Pat Galarneaulton winning the NMPRA raffle. Pat chose a newPolecat for his prize.

There has been quite a bit of talk that we need topromote the AMA 424 event. I think Bill Vargasmade a significant step in the right direction as theNMPRA is providing new Shotgun Q-500 airplanesto the top three in 424 this year. These airplanes willbe going out as soon as I receive the final results.We will also be sending NMPRA shirts to the top 20in 424, just as we do for 422 and 428. We’rerecognizing AMA 424 as an event in itself and equalto AMA 428 and AMA 422; what more do we needto do?

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Sec/Treas. notes cont’d:

The JR Gold Cut Series no longerexists; Horizon, our sponsor since theinception of the series, will notcontinue to sponsor the series and willinstead run their own race at theHorizon site. I feel that NMPRA needsto continue a national series andpropose we call it the NMPRA Q-40Championship Series. For 2006, theseries will consist of the followingraces:

Phoenix February 25, 26, 2006

Ft. Lauderdale April ???

Bowie, MD June 3, 4, 2006

Medford, OR October ??? (Championship Race)

Well, this got longer than I’d expected,but I had many topics to cover. That isit for now; happy flying to all! Have agreat Thanksgiving holiday!

Note to District Vice-Presidents:

Help us get the newsletter back onschedule; it’s almost time to submityour articles for the December issue.We won’t complain if you are early.

Bob Brogdon, NMPRA Secretary-Treasurer

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October, 2005

Dear NMPRA Family,The Cliff Telford family, Nancy,Drew, Cathy and Todd, would liketo express their sincereappreciation for the manythoughts, prayers, cards, flowers,and phone calls for our husbandand father.

It has meant so much to all of us tohear from so many friends, in andout of the hobby, but especially forall of the contributions to theAMA Scholarship fund made inhis memory. They arrive daily andAMA notifies me of the additionalones since the wonderfulcontributions by the NMPRAparticipants along with the MikeCondon contribution at the 2005Nationals.

Son, Drew, married to Shu Lin,lives in Sierra Vista, Arizona, andcontinues in his father’s footstepsas a private pilot and competes inthe Phoenix district of NMPRA.Drew is lead engineer of the UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)program for Northrop Grumman.

Daughter, Cathy, lives nearby inApopka, Florida, with husbandMichael and works for Drake,Beam and Morin as a ContractsAdministrator.

Son, Todd, married to Laura andfather to our belovedgrandchildren, Taylor 9 andConnor 3 1/2, resides in Mason,Ohio, where he works for I-Drivein the advertising industry.

Nancy will remain in the WinterSprings, Florida, home and stay intouch with our friends throughlocal contests when possible.Nancy has a very good supportgroup led by Bob and Patty Violettand family. They were pillars ofstrength through Cliff ’s illness andhospitalization. This group alsoincludes Bob and Linda Brogdon,Vern and Betsy Smith, and Garyand Gardenia Freeman, and herBook Club Buddies and neighbors.

We cherish the friendships wehave made world-wide in thiswonderful hobby.

Our family thanks you one and allfor your generosity and kindness.

Very sincerely,

Nancy Telford and Family

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District 1- Travis Flynn

Hello District One. Wow! I can’t believethe summer is just about over. What aseason, and for our lucky district wearen’t quite finished. We still have twomonths of racing to plan for.

The last couple of months we havehad a few races to report on. Firstthough I think we need to congratulateRichard Verano of our district forplacing 4th at the F3D worldchampionships. Richard, a past worldchampion, showed the Europeans wewill be back on top. Good job to all theUS team members.

Saturday August 6th we had a Basinrace which unfortunately had asmaller than average turn-out. We stillhad some great racing with someexcellent 10 lap times. Especially in424 with Gale Enstad again showingus how its done. A 1:27:41 is a greataccomplishment and I know howhappy he was to do it. In 428 we hadsome new faces do really well. BobPonek with his first 428 win and ClarkLeadbetter with fast time. TheseCastaic guys are really taking over.

On Sunday the 7th in 424 TomSkavinsky dethroned Gale and got anice first place trophy. For 428 and 422it was time for the Jett boys to take tophonors. Jacob Raquet took first placeand fast time in 428; I think he also isa first time 428 winner. In 422 Jacob’smentor Bruce Coffey also received afirst place trophy. I bet these guys hada good drive home!

The next race was not part of DistrictOne but it is part of the West CoastSeries so there were a lot of us thatmade the trip up to Medford, Oregon.

Saturday August 20th Mike Delpontecame out of retirement to win 424.Gary Schmidt got first place and fasttime in 428. Fred Burgdorf won 422and also got the fast time. AfterSaturday’s event we had a nice BBQput on by the Delponte’s. Mike andJudy were fantastic hosts and did agreat job of feeding all of us.

Sunday the 21st Gale Enstad madehis come back in 424 and Fred tookfirst place in 428 and 422.

The field in Medford is outstanding.The club was a little overwhelmed withall the entries but after the first roundthey got the bugs out and put on agreat contest. There is a chance for

our 2006 NMPRA championship raceto be held at this field. I for one thinknobody would be disappointed.

There is one sad thing I want to writeabout. At the Medford race, like atmany races, there was some carnage.Unfortunately while looking for debris,a fellow racer found a 424 engine. Thisengine had been modified with crankcase pressure drilled into thebackplate. I hope this modifier is anNMPRA member and is reading thisnow. Cheating in any of our events isbad enough, but in 424 where we aretrying to get new guys involved, whatkind of an example are you showing?Practice! Practice! You can win raceswith your thumbs!

I had one weekend off; then I was offto Toledo, Ohio, to try out for the USF5D team. Over the last few years a lotof you have seen some of my planes.This year the rules have changed andthe new planes are much larger withwing spans around 54 inches. DanKane had a fast time of 66 secondsshowing these electrics are prettydarn fast. Dan Kane, Gary FreemanJr., and myself will go and representthe US in Romania next summer atthe 2006 World Championships. Overthe next year I will be bringing some ofmy F5D stuff out so you guys cancheck it out. Maybe you too might beinterested in racing electrics.

The next weekend was what soundedlike the final JR Gold Cup Series racein Arlington. Unfortunately, we did notget as much support from our districtas we did last year. Tim Lime, LeeUlinger, Fred Burgdorf and myself didmake the trip. Fred won and I came insecond, which was the exact samefinishing order as last year.

Enough about the races. Below arethe results from the Basin andMedford races:

Basin August 6th

APRA:1st Gale Enstad F/T 1:27:412nd Don Schelling3rd Tom Skavinsky

428:

1st Bob Ponek2nd Scott McAfee3rd Doug KillebrewF/T Clark Leadbetter 1:07:41

422:

1st Travis Flynn F/T 1:02:942nd Jim Womack3rd Jacob Raquet

Basin August 7th

APRA:

1st Tom Skavinsky2nd Gale Enstad F/T 1:36:463rd Martin Scott

428:

1st Jacob Raquet F/T 1:09:682nd Norm Teague3rd Danny Coe

Medford August 20

APRA:

1st Mike Delponte F/T 1:33:602nd Gale Enstad3rd DJ Coplen

428:

1st Gary Schmidt F/T 1:07:682nd Fred Burgdorf3rd Gino Delponte

422:

1st Fred Burgdorf F/T 1:04:132nd Travis Flynn3rd Gary Schmidt

Medford August 21

APRA:

1st Gale Enstad F/T 1:27:162nd DJ Coplen3rd Steve Cook

428:

1st Fed Burgdorf2nd Gino Delponte F/T 1:06:903rd Travis Flynn

422:

1st Fred Burgdorf F/T 1:05:562nd Travis Flynn3rd Clark Leadbetter

We still have a couple of races left thisyear, the NMPRA championship racein Houston October 29th and 30th.Then finally our season ends inPhoenix November 5th and 6th. Hopeyou can make as many of theremaining races as possible.

Well, I am not sure if this will be mylast district one article. If it is, I hope Ihave done a good job keeping you all

District News

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February 25/26 Phoenix, AZ

April ?? Ft. Laudredale, FL

June 3-4 Bowie, MD

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District NewsDistrict 1 - Cont’d

informed. I have not heard of anybodyasking for the position but hopefullythere is some interest. We should allhave to help in our event one way oranother.

Until next time, see you at the races!

Travis Flynn

District 2 Matt Russell

No report filed

District 3- Randy Smith

Hi everyone. Since my last columnwe’ve certainly been doing lots ofracing. There’s been a lot of action inand around District 3. The final twodistrict races were held at PrinceAlbert, Saskatchewan and Saskatoon,site of the district championship race.Some fast times for our district wereposted in Prince Albert, and greatweather and stiff competition werefound in Saskatoon. The seasonchampionship was won by RoyAndrassy in Quickie 500 and by DougHouston in Q40. The District GrandChampion declared by highest totalcombined Quickie and Q40 points wasalso Doug Houston. Great job Dougy!!! Cecil’s wife was getting tired ofdusting the championship trophyanyway. Now it’s Jan’s turn…. Ya right!Harold Sattler and Zenon Dragan fromour district represented Canada at theF3D world championships in France.Richard Moldenhauer, Henry Redekopand Mabo Amano attended as callersand team manager. With only twopilots registered, the team standingswere lower than they might have beenotherwise. Individually, the guys werehappy with their performance and a lotwas learned once again. Thisknowledge is always a valuable take-home to the district.

Six district pilots traveled to thenorthwest district 2 to attend theArlington JR Gold Cup race. A greattime was had by all once again. TheNW PROPS crew did a great jobrunning the contest. I have to say thatI think that only Mike Condon and theNats crew run a show as good as thePROPS. Great job, guys and gals. Twoyears in a row now I have failed tothank the Starter, Jon Packer, and andhis assistant, Eric Ide. These two guys

did a great job at the start line whichresulted in very few reflys. Their witand humor helped to ease the tensionon the start line as well. Great job,guys, and thanks. I was very pleasedto come home from Arlington with thirdplace right behind Travis Flynn andFred Burgdorf. I dusted off my caller,Jim Henderson, and we managed tokeep our noses clean. Thanks Jim,you da man!!!

Roy Andrassy and caller DougHouston posted a new Canadian fasttime record in Arlington in Q40 with atime of 1:02.09. Roy, Mike Helsel and Iwent at it for ten laps and we allsurvived. I turned my fastest personaltime with a 1:04 and came third!!!Damn, I hate that. Well, you know youare in fast company….. Roy and his“passion pink pole cat” bettered hisprevious Canadian fast time set earlierthis summer in Regina,Saskatchewan, which was a 1:04.22

Wrapping up the pylon action for thisyear was the F5D electric pylon teamtrials for the 2006 worldchampionships to be held in Ploiesti,Romania next summer. Threeparticipants met in Calgary armed withbatteries, chargers, power suppliesand all that other crap that electricsneed. After five rounds with one throwaway race, Peter Thannhauser postedthe lowest total time. Roy Andrassyand Terenece Palaschuk were secondand third respectively. It’s good to seeelectric pylon showing a presence inthe district. This keeps racing freshand exciting as it could be the future ofpylon some time down the road.

Winter is well on its way, so find agymnasium and fly a Foamy. It’s goodfor your pylon health.

Randy SmithPylon.guy@shaw.ca

District 4- John WilliamsNo Report Filed

District 5- Dave Norman

Racing season is growing short up inour neck of the woods; it’s nearlybuilding and prime trash-talkingseason. I received the following write-up from the WIPRO group across theborder and thought I would share. It isthese types of grass roots racing

organizations that funnel future 428and 422 racers.

2005 WIPRO SEASON ENDS WITHPLENTY OF DRAMA!

The Wisconsin/Illinois Pylon RacingOrganization held its 7th and finalcontest of the 2005 season onSeptember 10, and it played out to bea dandy! Up for grabs was 5th yearhonors of obtaining the coveted “LeadGoose” traveling trophy, and since noone had ever won it twice, the racewas on to be the first repeat winner….or be a first time winner.Quick history on the Lead Goosetrophy….it was built by Mark Warningin 2001 as a traveling trophy to bepresented to the person that “mostconsistently leads the flock around thepylons”, i.e.: our season champion. Wefigure that out by simply keeping trackof how many contestants you placedahead of at the end of each contest. Ina contest with 11 people, finishing firstnets you 11 points, second is 10, ondown to last place which even awardsyou 1 valuable Lead Goose point. Wetake your best 6 race finishes to figureout your points, allowing everyone tomiss an event or pick your best 6 outof 7.Thanks to Ernie and Jim Nikodemfor letting us steal this system from outon the East coast; it works well for us.

The year started out tight with all theformer winners at the top of thestandings, including previous LeadGooser’s Darwin Larson, JimNikodem, Mark Warning, and BernieVanderleest. Also in the fray earlywere Mick Warning, Orv Steinmetz,and the combat duo of Mike and RickBohlmann. Going into the 7th racehosted by the Calumet Flyers, it wasdown to basically 2 pilots: Bernie andMick. They were tied with 50 points atthe top of standings with a five pointcushion over the tie between Jim andMark.

Saturday turned out to be a terrific daywith a slight cross-course breeze anda bit on the hot & humid side. We had12 pilots together for what we knewwas going to be a competitive day ofsparring.The theme of the day was setearly when an ultra-fast Carl Dvoraktook his quickie into the dirt on lap 2 ofthe first heat with an apparent radioproblem. Things weren’t much betterin Heat 2 when Jim grabbed the tallgrass on launch and snubbed theengine. Bernie got to win an easy

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District NewsDistrict 5 cont’drace, but then knocks the engine offhis #1 plane on landing! To finishRound 1, Darwin does a midair slapwith up-and-comer Doug Dowlingcoming out of turn 3. At pylon 1, Dougmakes the turn but Darwin’s v-tailgoes flat and he augers a new furrowin the hay field. OK, got that roundbehind us….3 flights and a quarter ofthe starting airplanes are in the trashbarrel. Take a deep breath; let’scontinue racing.

Heat 4 starts with Jim sticking hisplane in the tall weeds again (rottencross wind!) and veteran GeorgeReynolds stuffing his racer in the dirtafter performing a gorgeous lowaltitude wing over on the take-off roll.On lap 8 Orv’s firewall comes looseand he is forced to land giving Rick aneasy win. Halfway through Heat 5,Mike blows one in going around 3 forno apparent reason. What is going onhere?! Finally in Heat 6, all 4 planesmake it to the finish line and Mick issitting on a fast time of 1:36.5 whichhe hopes will hold out for the day. Bythe way, 1 of those valuable LeadGoose points is awarded to the fasttime holder of the day, so that pointcould be huge!

Heat 7 marks the start of Round 3,and Bernie finds himself only grabbing2 points as both Mark and Darwin beathim to the finish line in an ultra-closeheat. That’s why we classify them asbackup planes; they’re just not asquick as the #1. Sometime duringHeat 8 Rick has a carb loosen up inflight which forces him to land. Heat 9has Jim losing a muffler and limpingaround to finish 2nd to a veryconsistent Doug. Finally, time to breakfor lunch!

Lunch in years past has been a chiliwar between Mick’s Chicken InfernoChili and George’s TexMexMix fromthe Fires of Hell. It was tamed a bit thisyear with a fantastic shredded beefsandwich from the kitchen of Mark. Ofcourse, he encouraged the use of alayer of Woeber’s horseradishsandwich spread which added the firea few were looking for. Eat a couple ofthem babies for lunch and then trystanding out there and concentrate onnothing but racing….tough to do!So at halftime, Mark and Mick are tied

with perfect scores of 12 pointsapiece, and Bernie and Doug are each3 points behind. Bernie has prettymuch conceded the Lead Goosetrophy to Mick at this point, but thesecond half of the contest was yet tohappen.

The start of Round 4 has Mickdaydreaming at the start of the heat,and his plane goes dead left after thelaunch. After losing it and saving it 4times, he drills it in the dirt to score abig 0! Newcomer 14-year-old MalcolmReynolds makes the others pay bytaking the heat win. Heat 11 providesBernie with the winning 4 points heneeds, and now Mick is the one on theoutside. Mick will probably have tobank on the 1 point he will receive forfast time to win the trophy; nicethought until Darwin pushes Mark to asmoking fast 1:34.2 in Heat 12.

Round 5 starts with Mark addinganother bullet to his score with a heatvictory. Next heat has Bernie edgingout Jim for the victory by .2 seconds.The final heat in Round 5 has Mickfighting a nasty pitch problem with hisbackup plane and finishing second toDoug. The year will come down to thelast heat of the day, with Bernieleading Mick by 2 points.Heat 16 starts the final round with Jimhitting his normal rhythm and postinga close 1 second victory over Darwin.Mark completes Heat 17 with anotherclose victory over Mike and Malcolmand finishes up with a perfect daypoint total of 24 plus fast time! Heat 18features the head-to-head battle forthe Lead Goose trophy between Mickand Bernie, along with crowd-favoriteDoug in there as the spoiler. Aftermaster-flagman Chuck Sauder dropsthe flag, the race is on to pylon 1.Bernie keeps his plane as low andstraight as possible, but actually dipsdown low enough to just catch thegrasses of the Calumet field, whichsnubs his engine and sends himsilently gliding toward 1! All Mick hasto do now is hold off that pesky Doug,and the race is his. Apparently thatwas enough dramatics for one day, asMick held on for the victory.

So the final constest of the WIPROseason ended up like this:

54022. Mark Warning—24 54023. Mick Warning—19 54024. Doug Dowling—1954025. Bernie Vanderleest—1754026. Malcolm Reynolds—1554027. Jim Nikodem—1354028. Darwin Larson—1354029. Rick Bohlmann—1254030. Mike Bohlmann—854031. George Reynolds—554032. Orv Steinmetz—454033. Carl Dvorak—0

…and the Lead Goose trophy movedon to another first-time winner, MickWarning, with a scant 2 pointadvantage over Bernie Vanderleest.That’s 5 different winners in 5 years!If you’ve stuck out this story this long,you’ve got to see the related picturesand history on our website,www.q500424.com. Click on the“Pictures” Link to check out our entire2005 season. Thanks to Bernie fortaking the pictures and keeping thesite up to date! from the Calumet Flyer’s scribe,09/11/05

Dave Norman

District 6- Steve Baker

Just after my last edition of racingprose went out to be folded into thelast NMPRA newsletter, I received along listing of contest results fromDavid Doyle of Rhode Island. Withoutfurther ado, the results of theFarmington, Connecticut, 424 contest(combined classes) are as follows:

Standard + Expert class 424contest of June 12

Name Points Fast Time1- Ralph Rinaldi 20 1:18.782- Francis Mitchell 17 1:27.143- Lloyd Burnham 16 1:19.274- Irl Brown 15 1:19.435- Mike Masi 15 1:22.916- William Glode 15 1:23.137- Joe Tropea 15 1:27.388- Richard Berner 15 1:28.919- Dennis Thibodeau 13 1:35.1210- Bill Jensen 12 1:26.7211-Frank Alicandro 11 1:24.9212- Matt Reed 10 1:36.6813- Ken Roberts 10 1:41.9214- Peter Baltrush 9 1:43.09

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District News15- Michael Luzzi 8 1:28.0616- Pete Reed 8 1:28.3817- Tom Burrow 2 1:43.20

Below are the results of a 2-day 424contest held in Ellington, Connecticut,on August 6 and 7:

Standard class 424 contest of August 6

Name Points Fast Time1- Joe Tropea 19 1:24.382- Ken Roberts, Jr. 19 1:30.203- Ed Daus 13 1:38.484- Cosmo Petrone 13 1:52.025- Mike Stewart 11 1:31.276- Dennis Thibodeau 11 1:33.067- Peter Baltrush 10 1:39.838- Ed Daus, Jr. 10 1:55.879- Matt Reed 9 1:30.6710- Tom Burrow 0 0:00.00

Expert class 424 contest of August 6

Name Points Fast Time1- Lloyd Burnham 20 1:16.242- Ralph Rinaldi 20 1:18.073- Mike Masi 16 1:21.924- William Glode 14 1:20.675- Richard Berner 14 1:27.136- Lewis Schwab 11 1:20.357- Irl Brown 10 1:19.698- David Doyle 10 1:23.039- Bill Jensen 8 1:21.4110- Pete Reed 8 1:26.4811-Raymond Dolat 4 1:40.4512- Michael Luzzi 4 1:32.28

Standard class 424 contestof August 7

Name Points Fast Time1- Mike Stewart 17 1:32.842- Joe Tropea 15 1:28.033- Dennis Thibodeau 13 1:34.514- Cosmo Petrone 13 1:50.395- Peter Baltrush 12 1:46.936- Ken Roberts, Jr. 11 1:26.847- Matt Reed 0 0:00.00

Expert class 424 contestof August 7

Name Points Fast Time1- Lloyd Burnham 19 1:16.912- David Doyle 18 1:21.713- Ralph Rinaldi 16 1:17.524- Mike Masi 15 1:21.745- Lewis Schwab 13 1:18.776- Richard Berner 12 1:25.167- Irl Brown 11 1:22.84

8- Michael Luzzi 11 1:23.639- Bill Jensen 10 1:27.7310- Francis Mitchell 6 1:30.5611-Raymond Dolat 4 1:22.7812- William Glode 3 1:25.84

Thanks, David.

On September 10 and 11, the PrinceGeorges Radio Control Club hostedthe District VI Championship race for428 sponsored by the N.M.P.R.A. Atotal of 13 contestants including twoCanucks participated in the event.Dave Beazley served as both the CDand starter and did a great job ofofficiating.While not southern California weather,it wasn’t too humid, temps stayed inthe low 80’s and winds were out of thenorth, east and south, anywhere from2 to 15 knots, whenever it felt like it—welcome to Bowie.

I was delighted to see several non-composite designs competing. Onethat caught my eye that looked reallypromising (not to mention reasonablypriced) is the Pacemaker from LouisSchwab. His design will soon beavailable in a pre-sheeted balsa/foamwing version, or a Shotgun compositewing version. Either features an alllaser-cut built up fuselage with a verynicely engineered front end thatprovides a solid yet light-weightstructure for tying the engine to theentire airframe. Go tolcsperformance.com for moreinformation.

Rick Moreland also entered a verylight, all-wood/foam variant of the FastWoody. Determined to build a light-weight airframe, it sported a no-frillsfinish of light glass cloth and cleardope. At practice the previous day itappeared to be measurably faster (by6-10 mph) than others, including myfleet, hitting one run between 1 and 2of 164 mph, and averaging around158. Unfortunately, at the contest itwas involved in a mid-air with WarrenGillette’s Neme-Q entering the #2 turnand came apart in a most hideousfashion.

Speaking of mid-airs, right after Rickand Warren tangled, Gene Bass’sNeme-Q (painted identical toWarren’s) collided with Michael Masi’sBird of Prey near the #3 pylon.Feathers and fibers went everywhere.

At the end of 6 rounds Dave Latshawas only one point down in first, I wasin second after cutting out (rememberthe variable winds?) in the 5th round,and John ‘Fast Woody’ Albritton was in3rd.

A quick poll was taken to determine ifthe contestants wanted to fly onSunday as scheduled or do all 10rounds on Saturday and call it acontest, we opted to finish onSaturday.

Unable to personally affect the leadermyself, as luck would have it, DaveLatsha had a bye run and ‘went for it’,so to speak. The next thing I saw wasDave pulling up off the course, no timeand a zero posted. Realizing it’s neverreally over until you finish the contest,when my bye run came up, I learnedfrom Dave and took it easy. JohnAlbritton also had a bye run and itlooked like a 1-2 finish for us until hisplane started to slow down, then theengine died. The nylon ball link on hiscarb had popped loose, and of courseat that point, the barrel only knows todo what vibration and the relative windtell it to do. Bummer. In a last ditcheffort to place well, Frank Donnelly puta hurt on him turning a 1:11 and gavehim another 2nd place finish.

The Final Standings were as follows:

Q-500 Name Pos Low Time

1 Steve Baker 1 108.33*2 David Latsha 2 111.423 Frank Donnelly Jr. 3 111.464 John Albritton 4 112.445 Gene Bass 5 116.166 Ed Smith 6 116.337 Louis Schwab 7 117.038 Michael Masi 8 115.209 Neal Rehm 9 118.21

10 Richard Berner 10 119.1011 Warren Gillette 11 120.4512. Rick Moreland 12 115.3213 Larry Nowland 13 124.27

I will be out of town for the nextinstallment of the District 6 reportwhile I do a 30-day tour helping withthe relief effort in the Gulf region afterhurricane Katrina. In the meantime,build racers and donate to the reliefcause.

Steve Baker, AMADistrict IVCoordinator • AMA 68276NMPRA 15R • District VI VP

District 7- Tom Dobyns

With the last race for the season in thecan, we look back on a year that hasseen many different changesthroughout the country due to storms,the economy and more storms. Wehave also been personally affected bythe loss of our dear friend Cliff Telford.But now we must look forward to thefuture and the beginning of a newseason and the rebuilding of thoseareas hit hard by the storms. I havefaith and confidence that we willsoldier on and overcome all that hashappened, and become the better forit.

The Markham Park Pilot’s Association(MPPA) held the last race for District 7in Sunrise, FL. Both 424 and 428battled through the heat and a slightquartering tailwind to make the lastrace of the season very exciting withmany close races. Racers in both 424and 428 were commenting on how itnow seems that all of the racers areflying so well and fast that every raceis a tough race. I know that the newseason will also have some of the 424pilots move up to the 428 class.Results follow the article.

The first race of the season will beheld in Mulberry, FL, by the ImperialR/C Club on October 8-9th. I hopeeveryone looks forward to a goodseason and will try to attend as manyevents as possible. I know that with thehigher price of fuel, trips tend to be abit more expensive, but I hope thateveryone will still be able to make it tothe races so that we will continue tohave them. I am currently working withthe clubs to set up the rest of thisseason’s race dates so that planningfor them can be made well in advance.If you need to have more informationabout the Mulberry race, contact RickRuede at rruede@tampabay.rr.com.

The next race that District 7 has on ourschedule is the Tangerine! Yes, we aregoing to have this race thanks toDennis O’Brien and James Glass forstepping up and taking the reins andgetting things planned and set up. Thedates will be December 9-11th. It willbe held at the Apopka field just as italways has been. I look forward toseeing everyone there as well sincewe will be running all three classes.The exact days vs. class has not been

set yet, but has been hinted at to run428 on Friday and 422 on Saturday &Sunday with 424 all three days. I willkeep you informed as I find out more.If you need more information, contactDennis at: Quickieeone@aol.com.

RESULTS: Markham Park September10-11:

424 9/10/05Tony Matosich 1:37.57 FTScott Roney 1:41.94Jack Fehling 1:46.57Charlie Kline 1:44.43Douglas Powers 2:08.03Lindwell Bradley 1:52.18Richard Rosenberg 1:45.44James Creech 1:51.90Ray Coletto 1:42.89Bryan Silwanicz 2:02.13

428 9/10/05Stephen Vaclav 1:08.00Gary Freeman Jr. 1:09.87James Glass 1:05.47FTGary Freeman Sr. 1:06.47Gabriel Tahhan 1:09.94Matthew Fehling 1:10.94Richard Tucker 1:23.97Dennis O’Brien 1:07.63Tim Yousey 1:09.62Tom Dobyns 1:08.00Alex Rotundo 1:16.96James Perdue 1:27.13Vernon Smith 1:13.97Oscar Mijares NTRay Brown NTJonathan Perdue NT

424 9/11/05Tony Matosich 1:35.91 FTRichard Rosenberg 1:39.50James Creech 1:42.82Ray Coletto 1:38.81Jack Fehling 1:43.47Scott Roney 1:38.75Charlie Kline 1:45.29Douglas Powers 1:58.22Lindwell Bradley 1:45.91

428 9/11/05

Gary Freeman Jr. 1:06.78Gary Freeman Sr. 1:08.65James Glass 1:06.75FTTim Yousey 1:09.59Gabriel Tahhan 1:09.66

Dennis O’Brien 1:07.28Stephen Vaclav 1:07.28Tom Dobyns 1:12.00Richard Tucker 1:14.32Vernon Smith 1:09.90Ray Brown 1:14.16Alex Rotundo 1:14.74Mario Travieso 1:11.69Jonathen Perdue 1:18.12Matthew Fehling 1:15.12Oscar Mijares 1:15.00

See you all at the races!

Tom Dobyns

JR Gold Cup Series- Randy Bridge

The results for the Arlington race areposted below. Awesome job by Fredand Super T to go 1-2 for the secondyear in a row. And I might say,excellent showing for Randy Smith.Tom Strom Jr..? What happeneddude? You can explain it to me inPhoenix over a beer. I wasn’t able toattend, due to the WorldChampionships. But I would certainlylike to extend my thanks to Strom Sr &Jr and all the course officials forvolunteering their time towards theevent.

As most everyone is aware, this will bethe last season for the JR Gold Cupseries. I’ve been very public about mydisappointment concerning thismatter. I think it’s a shame not toobtain the kind of support needed tokeep this alive. Losing Horizon as akey sponsor so willing to help out isdifficult to understand.

Most people will tend to believe that“advertising” is an easy target forblame. And most of us know that “wordof mouth” is the best source ofadvertising. So it would be fair toassume that there must have been abad taste in someone’s mouth thatspread like butter..? You can all be thejudges.

With that said, in order for me to finishNational Q40 points, I need raceresults. I will be sending an email to alldistrict VP’s notifying you of whatraces I have for your Dist. At which

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Randy Bridge

Arlington Washington results:1st. Fred Burgdorf 1:03.04 37 pts 2nd Super “T” 1:03.56 34 pts 3rd Randy Smith 1:04.62 33 pts4th Jerry Small 1:04.11 32 pts5th Gino DelPonte 1:03.54 31 pts6th Lee Ullinger 1:03.38 31 pts 7th Roy Andrassy 1:02.09 30 pts.8th Dub Jett 1:04 34 29 pts 9th Mike Helsel 1:01.51 28 pts **10th Tim Lime 1:03.90 27 pts11th Tom Strom Sr. 1:04.54 25 pts 12th Jim Henderson 1:05.36 24 pts13th Doug Houston 1:08.41 24 pts14th Darrol Cady 1:04.47 23 pts15th Cecil Gravel 1:05.58 23 pts16th Matt Russell 1:07.97 23 pts17th David Doyle 1:04.97 20 pts18th Paul Holma 1:11.78 20 pts19th Jack Ellefson 1:12.45 16 pts20th Dan Nalley 1:11.06 1 pts21st Tom Strom Jr. 0:00.0 0 pts

JR Gold Cup - FINAL STANDINGSfor 2005

1 Mike Helsel 310.7 2 Tom Scott 264.7 3 Dub Jett 225.3 4 Jerry Small 219.9 5 Darrol Cady 217.6 6 Randy Bridge 213.2 7 Fred Burgdorf 209.6 8 Gino DelPonte 194.6 9 Travis Flynn 192.0 10 Randy Smith 191.8 11 Lee Ulinger 178.5 12 Bob Brogdon 176.4 13 Gary Freeman, Jr 166.614 Gary Freeman, Sr. 158.615 Dave Norman 155.916 Dan Kane 145.317 Tim Lime 142.818 Craig Grunkemeyer 137.9

19 Roy Andrassy 124.320 Jerry Elert 120.121 David Doyle 116.022 Rusty Van Baren 106.123 Pat Galarneault 105.524 Doug Killebrew 104.525 Mike Masi 100.6 26 Drew Telford 99.727 Dave Shadel 98.128 Tony Lopez 94.929 Harold Sattler 93.430 Tom Strom Sr 91.731 Paolo Mucedola 90.232 Bill Vargas 88.633 Murray Hamula 85.434 Ralph Rinaldi 84.435 Robert Holik 80.636 Mark Parker 79.137 AJ Seaholm 77.538 Tanner Pacini 75.939 Pete Reed 74.040 Cecil Graval 73.541 John Williams 72.742 Lyle Larson 71.143 Marcus Blanchard 69.544 Lloyd Burnham 68.845 Jeryl Smith 65.946 Delbert Godon 64.847 Oscar Mijaqes 61.948 Mike Tallman 60.049 John Albritton 58.450 Robert Metkemeye 58.451 Richard Verano 56.852 Tony Huber 52.053 Tom Strom Jr 51.754 Ray Blake 50.655 Tim Yousey 49.856 Steve Baker 48.057 Tony Pacini 47.358 Jim Henderson 45.959 Terence Plaschuk 45.760 Gabriel Tahhan 45.761 Doug Houston 40.962 Scott McAfee 39.363 Jeff Carpenter 37.764 Matt Russell 36.765 Jim Lime 36.266 Jim Allen 34.667 Ray Brown 33.6

68 Robbert VanDenBosch 33.069 Ray Hendricksma 32.470 Gary Schmidt 29.871 Dave Presta 28.272 Bruce DeChastel 26.673 Chris Manhken 25.574 Bert Metkemeyer 25.075 Gene Bass 22.076 Duane Gall 21.977 Jim Perdue 21.478 Danny Coe 20.379 Barry Leavengood 18.780 John Perdue 17.481 Paul Herman 17.182 Paul Holma 16.183 Doug Clancey 13.984 Gail Jacobson 13.385 Joanne Coffey 12.386 Ed Smith 11.687 Jack Ellefson 11.188 Dan Nalley 10.689 Steven Vaclav 9.390 Joe DeAscentis 9.191 Bruce Coffey 7.692 Dennis Cranfill 6.093 Kevin Norred 2.894 Tom Cerqua 1.295 Cole Thornton 1.296 Mario Travieso 1.2

Q-500 Vice President- BarryLeavengood

As I am writing this the NMPRAseason has just ended. Part of my jobis to tally the final 428 and 424 pointsprior to the Champ race so thewinners can be announced at thebanquet. Of course this is hard sincesome district VP’s don’t send in theirpoints until the middle of Oct., if at all(some of you guys have been verygood about getting me the points andI really appreciate it). I have pilots askme all the time where they stand, andwhile I could tell them, it really makesno sense to do so as the standings aregoing to change dramatically at fiscalyear end. I will accept points only untilthe 10th of Oct. Any submissions after

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District Newsthat go into the circular file. It wouldalso be nice to know which class thepoints are being submitted for andwhich pilots are NMPRA members. Iguarantee you if I am Q500 VP nextyear things will be different. I envisionposting running points totals on theNMPRA web site much as we aredoing for the Western Pylon Series.We will have a standard format forpoints submittal.

As we move into the new fiscal year Ihope things will be on the upswing. Itlooks as if there is going to be aNational Race Series which willinclude all three classes not just Q40.I think this will be a good thing and willgo a long way towards improving boththe quality and quantity of racing.

I’ve heard quite a bit of grumblinglately about the cost and delivery ofsome of the composite Q500airframes. I think if you really lookthere are some very competitivecomposite planes readily available at amuch more attractive price. There isalso quite a bit of work being done onwood wing airframes. We have hadseveral very competitive wood wingQ500’s at our last few races. So if youdon’t have or don’t want to spend themoney for a composite Q500,consider one of the contemporarywood kits; you might be surprised athow competitive it is. Along thesesame lines there have been severalthreads on the pylon racing forums(NMPRA and others) detailing woodwing construction. There are guys outthere making very nice wood wings.

I was looking something up on theAMA web site the other day and cameacross a rule proposal to increase themin. weight of Q500 from 3.5 lb to 3.75lb. I don’t believe this change would begood for racing but that’s just myopinion. If you care about this one wayor the other, you should lobby thecontest board.

That’s All For NowBarry

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