Free Flight Friends,

   In June this year were some fine Free Flight competitions at our
field in Wawayanda, NY.  The first was the Hatschek International Challenge
(previously known as the Skyscraper International Challenge, now renamed in honor of
Bob Hatschek), which was ultimately held June 8-9, 2013 (sanction number
13-1758). The second was the Skyscraper Annual held June 22-23, 2013 (sanction
13-1416).

A highlight of these meets was continued dominance by our young adult
and youth flyers, plus some older flyers newly returned to the sport in recent
years or  new to flying at Wawayanda.

At the Skyscraper Annual, the top two spots in F1B and the top four
spots in F1A were by young adult and junior fliers.  They achieved excellent
total times (max-out and near max-out) in turbulent and mildly windy conditions that
scared off some of the older fliers.  F1B was won by Sarah Radziunas with a
near max-out (only 13 seconds drop on one flight) with Brian Pacelli not far
behind. F1A was won by Timothy Barron with a max out, with Peter Barron second,
junior Joel Yori third and junior Gina Barron fourth, ahead of myself and Bob
Sifleet. Other popular events included F1G, won by Tom Vaccaro, P-30 with seven
contestants, won by Bill Buss, and the All Gas combined, with six
contestant postings, lead by Clark Darling, Al Vollmer, and Arnold Waldner.  For
the specifics and for additional event results see the details also below.

An editorial comment: the conditions at the Annual were challenging but
not as windy as some who left thought they would be.  For instance,
during Timothy's max out win in F1A, only one flight went past the road at the
middle of the field.  Those who flew got a chance to learn which models
were the best thermal performers.  In my case, seeing other models
thermal much better than my hybrid airfoil model led me to make three changes to
it (shorter fuselage, 4dm rather than 3.5 dm stab, and thinned the wing
airfoil toward the rear to move the high-point forward -- yes, a
significant surgery).  Practice sessions alone had not revealed the
extent of the need for these improvements.

Thermals,
Andrew Barron, on behalf of CDs Alan Abriss and Dave Acton

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Skyscraper Annual, Sanction 13-1416, June 22-23, 2013

Annual: F1G
1. 089 120 120 090 120  539 Tom Vaccaro
2. 072 111 120 120 091  514 Bill Buss
3. 112 074 120 120 067  493 Carrol Allen
4. 120 073 081 067 120  461 John Clapp
5. 069 054 120 090 093  426 Don Rousseau
6. 079 --- --- --- ---  079 Yuda Avla

Annual: F1H
1. 092 120 120 063 120  515 Bob Sifleet

Annual: F1Q
1. 161 180 150 082 150  723 Dave Lacey
2. 180 013 150 150 150  643 Dick Ivers
3. 180 --- --- --- ---  180 Aram Schlosberg

Annual: F1A
1. 180 180 180 180 180 150 150  1200 Timothy Barron
2. 161 171 180 123 180 150 150  1115 Peter Barron
3. 180 180 180 060 180 097 150  1027 Joel Yori JUNIOR (team trial)
4. 165 082 180 174 180 150 030  0961 Gina Barron JUNIOR

Annual: F1B
1. 180 167 180 180 180 150 150  1187 Sarah Radziunas
2. 180 172 180 165 136 150 150  1133 Brian Pacelli
3. 180 172 180 165 173 150 103  1123 Carrol Allen
4. 074 172 180 180 180 150 150  1086 Aram Schlosberg
5. 003 --- --- --- --- --- ---  0003 Tom Vaccaro

Annual: HLG
1. 28 55 120  203 Bob Morris
2. 30 56 ---  086 Larry Pelatowski

Annual: Catapult
1. 46 27 16  89 Bob Morris
2. 28 17 17  62 Vito Gagliano
3. 14 11 20  45 Alan McKitarian

Annual: P-30
1. 110 120 117  347 Bill Buss
2. 120 048 120  288 Yuda Avla
3. 097 120 069  286 Tom Juell
4. 082 083 055  220 Alan Mkitarian
5. 062 072 084  218 Don Rousseau
6. 080 048 052  180 Joel Yori (top junior)
7. 049 --- ---  049 Rebecca Avla

Annual: E-36
1. 120 120 120 (flyoff 97)  457 Dick Ivers
2. 120 009 ---              129 Dave Lacey

Annual: PeeWee 30
1. 14/47 (336), 15/50 (333), 15/44 (293) Bob Morris

Annual: All Gas (combined 1.Darling, 2.Vollmer, 3.Waldner)

Separate for National Cup:

C Nostalgia
1. 120 120 091  331 Clark Darling

1/2 A Nostalgia
1. 120 120 089  329 Al Vollmer
2. 120 085 120  325 Arnold Waldner

1/4 A Nostalgia
1. 120 82 39  241 Al Vollmer

1/2 A Early Nostalgia
1. 80 89 49  218 Al Vollmer

020 Old Time Replica
1. 21 44 26  91 Bob Morris