ORIGINAL: PatternFlyer
7 Sportsman
3 Intermediate
4 Advanced
9 Masters
I believe we had two crashes in sportsman. One was ESC problem
one in the intermediate had receiver problem in two flights, but saved the plane and took first place.
one in the Masters had radio or receiver problem, but finished the contest without an incident.
First time to see that many Sportsman in years!
It was my first time at Omaha. Great field. Club had lots of support from members.
I would like to thank Robert & Bob for having an excellent contest. All other Omaha Hawk members. I couldn't get her name, but the lady who took all the pictures of the pilots. She stayed all two days taking pictures.
I will be there again.
Wind changed directions a lot, but mostly from NNE or NNW. Wasn't very strong.
The lady who took all of the pictures is Mrs. Big Ed Mustafa, a.k.a. Helen Paasch. We've been making a conscious effort to encourage more pilots to try flying NSRCA pattern with us. Two of the sportsman pilots, Jeff Jacobs and Greg Nelson, had never flown in a pattern contest before and had only been practicing the Sportsman sequence for a short while. Jeff Jacobs took 1st place with his trusty old Sig Kougar kit, and Greg Nelson came in fourth place with his Great Planes Escapade .60 ARF.
It's great to see that new Sportsman fliers can be competitive, and they don't need 2 meter competition planes to be successful. Jeff Jacobs is a very experienced RC pilot who enjoys flying war birds and sport planes, it was great to see him do so well. Greg Nelson is new to the hobby and started flying RC with us less than a year ago.
Robert Green deserves a lot of the credit for helping to mentor and encourage the club's fledgling pattern pilots.