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  1. 2020 FAI FF AmCup
  2. Bill Hannan
  3. The 2020 FAI Arizona FF Championships
  4. 2020 America’s Cup Full Results

2020 FAI FF AmCup

The 2020 FAI FF AmCup season is complete.  The last contest of the year, AZ Champs, resulted in only one fifth place change. Please congratulate our first place winners:

F1A       Mike McKeever
F1B       Blake Jensen
F1C       Faust Parker
F1P       Bob Hanford
F1G       Tiffaney O’Dell
F1H       Jim Parker
F1J        Faust Parker
F1Q       Ben Tarcher
F1E       Jack Greening
F1S        Jack Murphy

As I stated in my previous report, 28 of the originally scheduled 34 contest were flown albeit the entry numbers were down after the start of our shared Covid-19 experience. All the winners fulfilled the three different contest site rule.

At this time, there are no plans for an award banquet during the 2021 Fab Feb Contest at Lost Hills.  I will endeavor to have the award certificates (first through fifth) and the first place keeper trophy at Fab Feb and have an award presentation on the field, day and time TBD. I will coordinate getting the perpetual trophies to the winners. Five of the winners have the trophy from their 2019 win so that reduces my effort.

Over the last several years, SCAT has discussed revamping the AmCup score system to move from the original “encourage travel to other flying sites” to a more “performance award” system but we are putting this off another year to see if the lower contest attendance due to Covid-19 stays the norm or it returns to prior levels. We will plan to continue AmCup in 2021 with the same contests we started with in 2020. Please contact me should any club wish to drop from the AmCup calendar or wish to be added.

My thanks to the clubs and CDs that run the contests and especially now with the added burden of maintaining health safety guide lines as well.

Jim Parker


Full table at the bottom of this SEN


 Bill Hannan

From: Jim Lueken
Date: 12/16/2020

Bill Hannan RIP
This is very hard for me but I would like to let everyone know that Bill Hannan passed away last night. He is known around the world for his expertise in the world of free flight scale models. His designs, drawings and books are the best around. He was a very kind individual who would answer any question and help anyone with a problem.
God bless you Bill Hannan!

Jim Lueken


The 2020 FAI Arizona FF Championships

The last America’s Cup contest of 2020, the FAI AZ Champs, was held on December 5 and 6 at Eloy, Arizona.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the number of contestants to be much smaller. Pre-entries by mail had been requested, which helped with getting the registration and fee payments out of the way. The flyers held on to their time cards and recorded their flight times as they were told by their timekeeper. At times the CD then asked the flyers on the field for their flight times to get them recorded. Everybody tried to keep their distance and used a face mask when getting in closer contact.

The weather was perfect with cloudless blue skies on both days. The temperature in the mornings was 43°F (6°C) but then warmed up to about 75°F (24°C) both days. The wind was 0mph to 7mph (3m/s). Early in the morning we had wind and then again in the afternoon for the F1S fly-offs. But in rounds 3-5 it was mostly calm with slight puffs of air in all directions caused by small thermals, this made it especially difficult for the glider flyers.
Only in F1A, F1G and F1S did we have 3 or more participants. In F1A Jim Farmer was the only one to max-out and in F1G it was Peter Brocks. In F1S there were 5 clean after 5 rounds. It took 3 fly-off flights with the reduced 5 second motor run where George Morris came out ahead to win. Congratulations to our Junior Skylar Donnelly who flew very well in F1B and F1S.

Peter Brocks, CD


RESULTS 2020 ARIZONA FAI CHAMPIONSHIPS
December 5-6, 2020 at Eloy, Arizona                                                             Peter Brocks, CD

   F1A                  1   2   3   4   5                     Total
1  Jim Farmer         180 180 180 180 180                   900
2  Brian Van Nest     180 180 180 180 176                   896
3  Peter Brocks       180 180 180 180 142                   862

F1B
1  Skylar Donnelly-Ju 170 180 180 117 180                   827

F1Q                  1   2   3   4   5                     Total
1  Rich Wegener       180 115  96 DNF DNF                   391

F1G                  1   2   3   4   5     T/B             Total
1  Peter Brocks       120 120 120 120 120                   600
2  Brian Van Nest      83 120 120 120 120     171           563
3  George Morris      105 113 105 120 120       5           563

F1H                  1   2   3   4   5
1  Rich Wegener        49  37  74  49  21                   230

F1S                  1   2   3   4   5 F/O F/O F/O        Total
1  George Morris      120 120 120 120 120 120 180 225      1125
2  Charlie Morris     120 120 120 120 120 120 180 168      1068
3  Allan Mecham       120 120 120 120 120 120 144           864
4  Robert Donnelly    120 120 120 120 120 120  94           814
5  Skylar Donnelly-Ju 120 120 120 120 120 120  82           802

NO FLYERS IN F1C/P AND F1J


2020 America’s Cup Full Results

America Cup results – with individual placings

Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR  12  1
Ike  15  2
NAC   9  3
MM   17  4
SCA   0  5
SAN   0  6
NCA   0  7
Srn  -x- 8
Dua   0  9
Spe   2  10
Sky   3  17
Cas   3  11
Hcu  -x- 12
Hat   4  13
COL   2  15
CEN  -x- 14
Hur   2  18
Can   5  19
FFF   0  20
Lac  -x- 17
NWC   4  22
NW2   4  23
I-C  -x- 16
Bro  -x- 24
Rck   1  25
Har  -x- 27
USF   5  26
TCC  -x- 28
Ser  14  30
Kot  13  29
SWC   0  31
Sim   1  32
Pat  12  33
AZC   3  34

F1A
1   McKeever, Mike       104  Cas-1 NWC-1 NW2-1 Kot-4* Pat-1
2   Parker, Jim          101  SWR-1 Ike-4* NAC-2 MM-3* NWC-3* NW2-2 Ser-4* Kot-1 Pat-5*
3   Danier, Jama          83  Ike-1 NAC-1 MM-2* Can-1
4   Pecenkovic, Enes      78  SWR-2 Ike-5* NAC-4* Ser-1 Kot-2
5   Farmer, Jim           74  SWR-3 MM-1 AZC-1
6   VanNest, Brian        72  SWR-4 NAC-3 MM-5* Cas-2 AZC-2
7   Fedor, Mike           70  Spe-1 COL-2 Sim-1
8   Bauer, Ken            60  Ike-3* MM-4* NWC-2 NW2-3 USF-1
9   Rosenzweig, Shlomi    53  SWR-5 Ike-2 USF-3* Kot-3* Pat-3
10  McQuade, Pete         50  COL-1 Rck-1
10  Ulm, Gene             50  Sky-1 Lac-1
10  Pukakka, Risto        50  Cas-3 USF-4 Ser-2
13  Goldstein, Guy        44  USF-2 Pat-2
14  Ulm, Adelaide (jr)    40  Sky-2 Lac-3
14  Barron, Peter         40  Sky-3 Lac-1
16  Goldstein, Noa (jr)   34  USF-5* Ser-3 Pat-4
17  Allnutt, Peter        30  Hur-2 Can-4
17  Lenartovicz, Chris    30  Hur-1 Can-5
17  Brocks, Peter         30  Ser-5 AZC-3
20  Bevan, Dave           20  Spe-2
20  Brun, Pierre          20  NWC-4 NW2-4
20  Farkas, Leslie        20  Can-2
23  Tzvetkov, Tzvetan     15  Lac-4
23  Nikolajeras, Vidas    15  Can-3
25  Pecenkovic, Jasminka   8  NAC-5

Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR  10  1
Ike  19  2
NAC  15  3
MM   17  4
SCA   0  5
SAN   0  6
NCA   0  7
Srn  -x- 8
Dua   0  9
Spe  -x- 10
Sky  -x- 17
Cas   1  11
Hcu  -x- 12
Hat   1  13
COL   2  15
CEN   0  14
Hur   4  18
Can   4  19
FFF   0  20
Lac   1  17
NWC   3  22
NW2   3  23
I-C   3  16
Bro   4  24
Rck   1  25
Har   2  27
USF   7  26
TCC  -x- 28
Ser  12  30
Kot  11  29
SWC   0  31
Sim  -x- 32
Pat   9  33
AZC   1  34

F1B
1   Jensen, Blake          95  SWR-2 Ike-4* MM-1 NW2-2 Ser-4* Kot-2
2   Fitch, Jerry           93  SWR-3 NWC-1 NW2-1 USF-1 Ser-2* Pat-2*
3   Schlosberg, Aram       75  NAC-2 Hat-1 Lac-1 Har-2*
3   Andriukov, Alex        75  Ike-3 NAC-1 Har-1
5   Horak, Ladi            70  MM-2 Hur-1 Can-2
6   Malkhasyan, Sevak      57  Ike-2* Ser-1 Kot-1 Pat-1*
6   O’dell, Tiffany        57  SWR-1 Ike-5 MM-3
8   Jones, Charles         55  MM-4 I-C-2 Bro-2
9   Booth, Bill            50  Ike-1 NAC-3 Pat-3*
9   Ghio, Walt             50  NAC-4 NWC-2 NW2-3 USF-4* Kot-4* Pat-5*
9   Pivonka, Jace          50  COL-1 Rck-1
9   Simon, Greg            50  I-C-1 Bro-1
13  Mathews, Tony          45  Hur-2 Can-1
13  Donnelly, Skylar (jr)  45  COL-2 AZC-1
15  Davis, Mike            39  SWR-4 USF-5* Ser-3 Kot-5
16  Richardson, Mike       32  SWR-5 Cas-1
17  MacKenzie, Patrick     30  Hur-3 Can-3
18  Shailor, Bill          25  I-C-3 Bro-4
19  McGluckin, Derek       24  NWC-3 Ser-5
20  Kovhavi, Itti (jr)     23  USF-3 Pat-4
21  Ackerley, Cameron      20  Hur-4 Can-4
22  Norvall, Larry         18  Kot-3
23  Gannon, Bill           16  USF-2
24  Sifleet, Bob           15  Bro-3
25  Felix, Ron             10  MM-5
25  Obligenarz, Tomer      10  NAC-5

Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR   1  1
Ike   7  2
NAC   7  3
MM    9  4
SCA   0  5
SAN   0  6
NCA   0  7
Srn   1  8
Dua   0  9
Spe   1  10
Sky  -x- 17
Cas  -x- 11
Hcu  -x- 12
Hat  -x- 13
COL  -x- 15
CEN  -x- 14
Hur   1  18
Can   1  19
FFF   0  20
Lac  -x- 17
0    -x- 22
NW2  -x- 23
I-C  -x- 16
Bro  -x- 24
Rck  -x- 25
Har  -x- 27
USF  -x- 26
TCC  -x- 28
Ser   3  30
Kot  -x- 29
SWC   0  31
Sim  -x- 32
Pat   3  33
AZC  -x- 34

F1C
1   Parker,  Faust      91  SWR-1 NAC-4 MM-4* Srn-1 Spe-1
2   Shvedenkov, Yury    76  NAC-1 MM-5* Hur-1 Can-1
3   Menanno, Guy        45  Ike-5* MM-3* Ser-2 Pat-1
4   Chesson, Don        44  Ike-3* NAC-3 MM-2
5   Carroll, Ed         41  Ike-1 Ser-3
6   Mc Burnett, Ron     40  Ser-1 Pat-3
7   Ellington, Jeff     28  MM-1
8   Buskell, John       26  NAC-1
9   Roberts, Mike       22  Ike-4 NAC-5
10  Malkhasyan, Taron   21  Ike-2
11  Perkins, Daryll     20  Pat-2

Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR   1  1
Ike  -x- 2
NAC  -x- 3
MM    4  4
SCA   0  5
SAN   0  6
NCA   0  7
Srn  -x- 8
Dua   0  9
Spe   1  10
Sky  -x- 17
Cas  -x- 11
Hcu  -x- 12
Hat  -x- 13
COL  -x- 15
CEN  -x- 14
Hur   0  18
Can  -x- 19
FFF   0  20
Lac  -x- 17
NWC  -x- 22
NW2  -x- 23
I-C  -x- 16
Bro  -x- 24
Rck   1  25
Har  -x- 27
USF   1  26
TCC   1  28
Ser   3  30
Kot   0  29
SWC   0  31
Sim   1  32
Pat   4  33
AZC  -x- 34

F1P
1   Hanford, Bob        100  Spe-1 Rck-1 TCC-1 Sim-1
2   Kerger, Terry        50  MM-1 Pat-1
3   Feistel, Henry (jr)  45  USF-1 Ser-2 Pat-3*
4   Kelly, Jim           35  MM-4* Ser-1 Pat-4
4   Secor. Randy         35  MM-3* Ser-3 Pat-2
6   Fedor, Mike          25  SWR-1
7   Rounsaville, Dave    20  MM-2

Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR   9  1
Ike   9  2
NAC  -x- 3
MM   12  4
SCA   0  5
SAN   0  6
NCA   0  7
Srn  -x- 8
Dua   0  9
Spe  -x- 10
Sky   4  17
Cas   2  11
Hcu  -x- 12
Hat   2  13
COL  -x- 15
CEN  -x- 14
Hur  -x- 18
Can  -x- 19
FFF   0  20
Lac   2  17
NWC   2  22
NW2   2  23
I-C   2  16
Bro   3  24
Rck   3  25
Har   3  27
USF   2  26
TCC   1  28
Ser   4  30
Kot   4  29
SWC   0  31
Sim  -x- 32
Pat   2  33
AZC   3  34

F1G
1   O’Dell, Tiffaney   108  SWR-1 Ike-1 MM-1 NWC-2* NW2-1 Ser-2* Kot-2*
2   Fitch, Jerry        92  SWR-3 MM-2* NWC-1 NW2-2* USF-1* Ser-1 Kot-1 Pat-2*
3   Richardson, Mike    68  SWR-5 Ike-2 MM-4 Cas-1
4   Clapp, John         64  MM-3 Sky-2 Har-1
5   Ghio, Walt          57  SWR-2 Ser-4 Pat-1
6   Avla,Yuda           50  Sky-1 Lac-1
7   Rousseau, Don       45  Sky-3* Hat-1 Lac-2* Har-2
7   Gerspacher, David   45  I-C-1 Bro-2
9   Jones, Darlod       40  Cas-2 Rck-2
9   Brocks, Peter       40  Ike-5* Ser-3* Kot-3 AZC-1
11  Petersen, Alan      37  SWR-4 Rck-1
12  Pelatowski, Larry   35  Sky-4* Hat-2 Har-3
12  Seymor John         35  I-C-2 Bro-3
14  Horak, Ladi         26  Ike-3 MM-5
15  Markos, Chuck       25  Bro-1
15  Murphy, Jerry       25  TCC-1
17  Pykelny, Mike       20  USF-2
17  VanNest, Brian      20  AZC-2
19  DeLoach, Don        15  Rck-3
19  Morris, George      15  AZC-3
21  Mathews, Tony       12  Ike-4
22  VanNest, Kurt       10  Kot-4

Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR   4  1
Ike   3  2
NAC  -x- 3
MM    3  4
SCA   0  5
SAN   0  6
NCA   0  7
Srn  -x- 8
Dua   0  9
Spe   1  10
Sky  -x- 17
Cas  -x- 11
Hcu   0  12
Hat  -x- 13
COL  -x- 15
CEN  -x- 14
Hur  -x- 18
Can  -x- 19
FFF   0  20
Lac  -x- 17
NWC   1  22
NW2   1  23
I-C  -x- 16
Bro  -x- 24
Rck  -x- 25
Har  -x- 27
USF  -x- 26
TCC   1  28
Ser   2  30
Kot   2  29
SWC   0  31
Sim  -x- 32
Pat  -x- 33
AZC   1  34

F1H
1   Parker, Jim         85  SWR-4 Ike-1 MM-2* NWC-1 NW2-1 Ser-1* Kot-1*
2   Jensen, Blake       65  SWR-1 Ike-2 MM-3* Ser-2 Kot-2*
3   Fedor, Mike         50  Spe-1 TCC-1
4   VanNest, Brian      48  SWR-2 Ike-3 MM-1
5   Wegener, Rich       25  AZC-1
6   Bauer, Ken          15  SWR-3

Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR   5  1
Ike   7  2
NAC  -x- 3
MM    6  4
SCA   0  5
SAN   0  6
NCA   0  7
Srn   1  8
Dua   0  9
Spe  -x- 10
Sky  -x- 17
Cas  -x- 11
Hcu   0  12
Hat  -x- 13
COL  -x- 15
CEN  -x- 14
Hur  -x- 18
Can  -x- 19
FFF   0  20
Lac  -x- 17
NWC  -x- 22
NW2  -x- 23
I-C  -x- 16
Bro  -x- 24
Rck  -x- 25
Har   1  27
USF  -x- 26
TCC   1  28
Ser   3  30
Kot   2  29
SWC   0  31
Sim  -x- 32
Pat   7  33
AZC  -x- 34

F1J
1   Parker, Faust       87  SWR-4 Ike-1 MM-1 Srn-1 TCC-1*
2   McKeever, Mike      50  SWR-5 Ike-4* MM-4* Ser-2 Kot-1 Pat-5*
3   Kerger, Terry       47  MM-2 Pat-1
4   Mennano, Guy        46  SWR-1 Ike-2
5   Johannes, David     45  Ser-1 Kot-2 Pat-4*
6   Fedor, Mike         36  SWR-2 Ike-3
7   Mennano, Neal       31  MM-3 Ser-3
8   Hooke, Drake        25  Har-1
9   Perkins, Daryll     21  Pat-2
10  Secor, Randy        16  Pat-3
11  Schneider, Glenn    15  SWR-3
12  Roberts, Mike        6  MM-5
12  Carroll, Ed          6  Ike-5

Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR   2  1
Ike   2  2
NAC   4  3
MM    4  4
SCA   0  5
SAN   0  6
NCA   0  7
Srn  -x- 8
Dua   0  9
Spe   3  10
Sky   1  17
Cas   3  11
Hcu  -x- 12
Hat  -x- 13
COL   1  15
CEN  -x- 14
Hur  -x- 18
Can  -x- 19
FFF   0  20
Lac   1  17
NWC   2  22
NW2   2  23
I-C  -x- 16
Bro  -x- 24
Rck   1  25
Har  -x- 27
USF   1  26
TCC  -x- 28
Ser   2  30
Kot   2  29
SWC   0  31
Sim  -x- 32
Pat  -x- 33
AZC   0  34

F1Q
1   Tarcher, Ben       100  Ike-1 NAC-2* MM-1 Cas-1 NWC-2* NW2-1 USF-1* Ser-1* Kot-1*
2   Murphy, Jack        75  SWR-2* Ike-2* NAC-4* MM-2* Cas-3* COL-1 NWC-1 NW2-2* Rck-1 Ser-2* Kot-2*
3   Schlosberg, Aram    65  NAC-3* MM-3 Sky-1 Lac-1
4   Ioerger, Tom        60  SWR-1 NAC-1 MM-4
5   Wegener, Richard    25  AZC-1
6   Richardson, Mike    20  Cas-2

Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR  -x- 1
Ike   6  2
Cal   7  3
MM   -x- 4
SCA   0  5
SAN   0  6
NCA   0  7
Srn  -x- 8
Dua   0  9
Spe  -x- 10
Sky  -x- 17
Cas   3  11
Hcu  -x- 12
Hat  -x- 13
COL  -x- 15
CEN  -x- 14
Hur  -x- 18
Can  -x- 19
FFF   0  20
Lac  -x- 17
NWC  -x- 22
NW2  -x- 23
I-C  -x- 16
Bro  -x- 24
Rck  -x- 25
Har  -x- 27
USF  -x- 26
TCC  -x- 28
Ser   6  30
Kot   7  29
SWC   0  31
Sim  -x- 32
Pat  -x- 33
AZC  -x- 34

F1E
1   Greening, Jack      69  Ike-1* Cal-1 Cas-3 Ser-2* Kot-1
2   Richardson, Mike    53  Ike-3 Cal-3 Cas-2
2   McKeever, Mike      53  Cas-1 Ser-3 Kot-4
4   Terzian, Fred       43  Cal-4* Ser-1 Kot-3
5   Brocks, Peter       33  Ike-4 Ser-4* Kot-2
6   Van Nest, Kurt      22  Cal-2
7   Parsons, David      21  Ike-2
8   Ioerger, Tom        13  Ike-5 Cal-5
8   Fitch, Jerry        13  Ser-5 Kot-5

Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR   8  1
Ike   8  2
NAC  -x- 3
MM    7  4
SCA   0  5
SAN   0  6
NCA   0  7
Srn   1  8
Dua   0  9
Spe   2  10
Sky  -x- 17
Cas   4  11
Hcu  -x- 12
Hat   2  13
COL   5  15
CEN   5  14
Hur  -x- 18
Can  -x- 19
FFF   0  20
Lac   1  17
NWC   3  22
NW2   3  23
I-C   2  16
Bro   2  24
Rck  -x- 25
Har   2  27
USF   7  26
TCC   2  28
Ser   4  30
Kot   3  29
SWC   0  31
Sim   1  32
Pat   2  33
AZC   5  34

F1S
1   Murphy, Jack          102  Ike-1 MM-2* Cas-1 COL-1 CEN-1 NWC-2* NW2-2* TCC-2* Ser-1* Kot-1*
2   Parker, Julie          91  Ike-4* MM-3 Srn-1 Spe-1 TCC-1* Sim-1
3   DeLoach, Don           82  Ike-2 Spe-2 COL-2 CEN-2
4   Hooke, Drake           50  Hat-2* Lac-1 Har-1
4   Bauer, Ken             50  NWC-1 NW2-1
4   Sifleet, Bob           50  I-C-1 Bro-1
7   Donnelly, Robert       49  SWR-4 Ike-3 MM-5* COL-4 CEN-5* AZC-4
8   Morris, George         47  SWR-2 AZC-1
9   Norvall, Larry         46  Ike-5* USF-2 Ser-2* Kot-2* Pat-1
10  Avia, Yuda             45  Hat-1 Har-2
11  Achterberg, Mike       42  MM-1 USF-3
12  Murphy, Jerry          40  Cas-2 COL-5 CEN-3
13  Morris, Charlie        37  SWR-3 AZC-2
14  Tarcher, Ben           35  Cas-4 Ser-4 Kot-3
14  Menano, Guy            35  Ser-3 Pat-2
16  Buddenbohm, Stan       33  SWR-5 USF-1
17  McGluckin, Derek       30  NWC-3 NW2-3
17  Mecham, Allan          30  Cas-3 AZC-3
19  Brooks, Clint          27  SWR-1
20  Lorbiecki, John        20  Bro-2
20  Donnelly, Skylar (jr)  20  COL-3 AZC-5
22  Sechrist, David        11  MM-4
22  Bartik, Don            11  USF-4
24  Pangell, Rick          10  CEN-4
25  Gannon, Bill            6  USF-5