TonyF

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The season opener for D7 is starting to get close! The one-day AMA/F3A High Desert Winter Pattern contest is on Saturday, February 9th. Registration is open at http://www.patternflying.com/TempRegistrationPage.aspx

Please register as it will greatly help getting things started in the morning. Remember we will be using the new Advanced and Masters patterns. F3A will be flying P-13 for three rounds and then F-13 for one. We will then take the best three of all 4 rounds.

Then on Sunday, February 10th we will be having the one-day AVTI Winter Classic Pattern meet. All the CPA classes will be available. You can register for this meet at http://www.classicpatternassociation...istration.html

Keep in mind the changes in the Classic patterns for this year. You can get the schedules for Pre-Novice, Novice, Advanced and Expert at http://www.classicpatternassociation.com/Home_Page.html There is one mistake in the Pre-Novice call card. After the Traffic Pattern there is the Landing.

Classic Masters will be using the 1980/81 rule book. Go to http://www.classicpatternassociation...formation.html and click on the 1980-81 button and you'll get a pdf of the rules. It's 14 maneuvers including Takeoff and Landing with a total K-Factor of 45.

Let's keep our fingers crossed for good weather and we'll have a great time! Looking forward to seeing everyone!

TonyF

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The date is getting closer! Long range weather forecast looks great. So please register for the Saturday AMA/F3A event at http://www.patternflying.com/TempRegistrationPage.aspx .

Also, if you're flying Classic, please register at http://www.classicpatternassociation...istration.html .

This will help get things moving quick in the morning!

jarvis johnson

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Hey Tony
Per Reg, does not work, it's telling me that me AMA # and is already being used in the system, but I'll be there

TonyF

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Thanks Jarvis, I got something in my email so you're good to go!

TonyF

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Well, we finished the first part of the weekend with the AMA/F3A events. Unfortunately we got some high winds and we ended the meet with two rounds. Thanks to all who came out to fly and all those who came out to help. I'm sure Jarvis will post some pics soon. But for now here are the results,

Sportsman Score
1. Jamie Schoolcraft 1981.438
2. Pete Carbin 1969.802
3. Mike Panek 1903.660
4. Steve Lampert 1869.982
5. Mike Whitacre 1738.794
6. James Whitacre 1487.957

Intermediate
1. Brock Vaughn 2000.000
2. Jean Greear 1939.243

Advanced
1. Robert Fish 2000.000
2. Mike Greear 1891.170
3. Jon Bruml 1841.869

Masters
1. Jon Carter 2000.000
2. Sean Mersh 1930.424
3. Jerry Budd 1884.531
4. Jarvis Johnson 1735.865
5. Dick Belden 1532.144
6. Dale Olstinske 931.601
7. Bill Wallace 802.227

F3A
1. Tony Frackowiak 2000.000
2. Chip Hyde 1965.909

Thanks again to everyone who was there. Now to have some fun tomorrow with the Classic planes!

jarvis johnson

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OK here we go, the first contest of the season for Dist 7, it was a little cold but the turn out was great.Tony has already posted the results,so here are the photos from Saturday's AMA pattern
Sunday will kick off the classic pattern, an I hoping for better weather, with Tony posting the results.

jarvis johnson

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More photo's

TonyF

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Thanks for the pics, Jarvis. We had a great day today with the Classic Pattern. The winds died down and it was nearly perfect flying conditions all day. With 13 entrants we flew one line and got in three rounds before calling it a day. I have to say, it sure looked to me like everyone was having a great time! Watching the Nor-Cal bunch fighting it out in Advanced with all of the Peanut Gallery activity was a hoot! I hope this format of a one-day AMA/F3A contest followed by a one-day Classic meet worked for everyone. If so, we are sure to do it again in the future.

One thing I'd like to point out. We got a great turnout of club members in the Pre-Novice and Novice classes. It is so much easier to be able to take a flier interested in competing in an R/C Aerobatics contest and get them through Pre-Novice or Novice then the current Sportsman class. To fly Sportsman, I feel, takes a pretty big commitment from a sport flier just to get through it without totally messing everything up. But Pre-Novice in most cases takes just a few flights and they're ready to try a contest. Just something to think about.

Oh, BTW, Steven Schoolcraft and his father, James Schoolcraft were flying my Mini-Contender with one of the new Spektrum AS3X RX's. While it probably helped them be a little smoother with that small model, it wasn't a guaranteed trip to the winner's circle.

Here are the results,

Pre-Novice Score
1. Jean Greear 154.250
2. Michael Whitacre 153.250
3. Donald Fox 150.750
4. Steven Schoolcraft 146.750
5. James Whitacre 134.250

Novice
1. James Schoolcraft 181.500

Advanced
1. Frank Capone 187.750
2. Dick Belden 181.250
3. Dale Olstinske 178.500
4. Jon Carter 173.500
5. Jon Bruml 163.750

Masters
1. Tony Frackowiak 822.750
2. Robert Fish 740.000