On October 1st and 2nd the Bear Mountain Flyers will be hosting the Fall Pattern Contest originally scheduled for the AVTI club in Lancaster, CA. The BMF location will probably have much better weather then Lancaster and it can also draw a bit better from the north. Here is a link to the club's website for directions to the field,

http://www.bearmountainflyers.net/home

Along with the normal Pattern Classes we will be offering the four Classic Pattern classes. Novice, Sportsman, Advanced and Masters. The rules will be as posted on the Ballistic pattern Association website. Here is that link,

http://www.ballisticpattern.com/

It will be your choice what class you want to fly. You can enter both the regular pattern events and Classic. Here is a link to a Flyer for the event.

http://www.patternflying.com/NewsDetailPage.aspx?ID=126

What is not mentioned is that you can enter both the regular AMA/F3A classes and Classic pattern. A second class will be an additional $10 entry fee. I will post a link to a site where you can pre-register soon. Pre-registering will be highly recommended.

Hope to see all you Classic fans out at this event! Let's get this thing going and let's add some more fun to pattern events!

Here is a link for the pre-registration form for the contest. http://www.patternflying.com/TempRegistrationPage.aspx If you are competing in the classic pattern put "(CP)" to the right of your last name, so we can get an idea who is interested. If you are entering both AMA and classic, you can put "(both)" to the right of your last name and select the AMA class you wish. You will still have to select an AMA class either way at the bottom.....not much we can do about that at this time. Any direct questions about classic pattern, go ahead and contact Tony F. for the details. Looking forward to seeing you all at the contest.

Mike G.

The pre-registation form now has "Classic" in the competition pull down box. Thanks Robert!

Just wanted to give every one a heads up. The power line at the field has some issues, so right now there is no power at the field. They are trying to arrange for a big generator to provide power, but that has yet to be resolved. So plan on your generators if you're flying electric!

i plan to fly ama sportsman and classic advanced
now i just have to decide P8 or Tiporare hmmmm.
are motorhomes overnite at the field OK?
Dave.

Yes, overnight camping is allowed.

Dave, wish I could be there too. To do so would mean 4 events in 4 wekkends in a row. I'm in Sac this weekend for the warbird race. Are you coming to the Bud Garric pattern contest too? Have fun, This is a great site!

RIP Shinden. Age: 4 months.
First contest, 2nd round. Midair.

Chuck, sorry to hear about your midair. You got to join the 'had a midair' club earlier than those that haven't had one 'yet'.

Woodie

Jean...
Sorry, but I ended up with a lens cap in my pocket...PM me your address and I'll send it to you.

Randy

Randy,
Congratulations on your win in Sportsman!

I had a great time, give me a few minutes, to upload scores and photo's

Thanks Steve, and thanks to everyone who put up with me asking all my questions about setup for my new plane, Woodie at Hollister, Jim Oddino and Mr. Brown, and all the other people I can't remember right now from both weekends. I have a pretty good idea of what I'm going to do, maybe I can give Jean a challenge when I get it flying.

As long as I'm waxing poetic, I'd like to say I'm glad Steve introduced me to Pattern flying, I had been trying to learn IMAC on my own and after a couple years hadn't gotten very far, but just this year in my five contests I have met some very nice, helpful people that really seem to care about the hobby and the people involved in it. The relaxed atmosphere is perfect for my personality. Looking forward to the championship weekend.

Randy

Just a quick note. “ Thank You� to Mike , Jean and the Bear Mountain Flyer Club, for Cding and hosting the D7 fall pattern contest, and classic pattern shootout, great job guy’s and girls.
We had great weather both days, with a light breeze, upper 80’s temp and blue skies. With 23 pilot’s turnout, a 9:00 am pilots meeting, and 2 flight lines. Wheels were up by 9:15 am
And the first pilots was in the “ BOX�, with the first day ending around 5:00 pm, with the Saturday evening festivities kicking off around 6:30 pm, with a Pot Luck type camp fire dinner.
With Tri-Tip and Chicken and all the fixings thanks guy, Special thanks to Leon Robison and his family and the Bear Mountain Flyers Club, for a great lunch both days.



SCORES

SPORTSMAN

4000.000 Randy McElhattan
3930.177 Chris McMillin
3812.624 Richard Chrystie

INTERMEDIATED

4000.000 Greg Meierhoff
3956.084 Robert Fish

ADVANCED

4000.000 Dale Olstinske
3836.483 Jon Bruml
3807.077 Mike Greear
3408.425 Bob Gillespie

MASTERS

4000.000 Tony Frackowiak
3770.263 Jim Oddino
3750.388 Jon Carter
3736.784 Greg Frohriech
3729.585 Bill Wallace
3664.032 Bruce Brown
3523.918 Steve Kaneshiro
3457.120 Jarvis Johnson
2402.292 Lynn Burks
976.842 Chuck Hartman (MID-AIR)

FAI-F3A

3000.000 Matt Kimbro
2888.421 Jim Kimbro
2857.087 Steve Hannah
1769.757 Bill Sheets (Saturday Only)

Thanks for posting the results Jarvis !! Sounds like a great weekend of flying. Sorry to hear about the mid-air though.

maustin

Jarvis didn't add the Classic Pattern results. We flew it as a separate class during the normal rounds, it was really cool.
Chris...

What a wonderful contest
Thanks to Bear Mountain for allowing the use of their field
Thanks to Mike and Jean for running a great contest (and a even better bbq dinner)

Here are some pics from the event this past weekend

more pics

...and some more pics

the wifey is helping me to post these pictures as I tried for many, many hours last night and was unsuccessful and here she is and it takes her just 10 secs!

last two ...

Pilots of BMF Contest on Oct 1st & 2nd

Next set.......

It's clear to me that Jim Oddino has no rudder on his Integral. If he had one, could he have won? I may have to try this technique. Seems he did really well without it! haha


Chris