Great contest. Thanks to the 32 contestents that made it happen. Thanks to Tom Weedon and Frankie DelGuidice for their hard work in making the event happen.
The weather was pretty good except for some wierd winds that were changing constantly. The temps were mild and perfect.
The winner and still Champion is D5!!!
Individuals who took 1st in there classes were,
Mike Cilles a very nice young 15 year old from Ohio in Sportsman
Dean Funk with his Black Magic from the Atlanta area in Intermediate. Sorry that we didn't have a field for him but he would have beat the competition anyway.
Doc Eugene "Eno" Villa took out a huge field in Advanced and picked up the most points for the D5 guys. He was awarded the Aerobatic Ryder Cup trophy to hold for the year. This was Doc's 1st win ever and he did it at a huge event flying his beautiful new Zeque.
Arch Stafford drove 14 hrs all the way from Del Rio Tx. to beat another large field of flyers in Masters. He had his new prototype Mike Hester built Black Magic V3. We expected alot and he delivered. Bill Gregg took a hard fought for 2nd and won the points for D5 as the highest placing from District 5.
Troy Newman added some real talent to the mix and won FAI with his really nice Astral XX 170YS, JR Radio, Central Hobbies, etc etc etc sponsored plane. ( More stickers on his plane than Jeff Gordon has on his Chevy)! Bill Ahrens took the top points in FAI for D5 with his 2nd place finish.
Only 1 major mishap when Rusty Dose and Matt DelGuidice midaired on Sunday both planes were able to land safely but there was sugnificant damage to Rustys Zeque and Matts Temptation. Both will be in the shop for repairs for a while.
All in all a great event topped off with the ceremony when Bob Kane had to get down on his knees and present the Godfather of pattern Bobby Satalino with the coveted Ryder trophy.
Thanks to all and see you next year. Mike Mueller