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  1. Visitors and More
  2. MaxMeN A and Q
  3. Lost my cooler
  4. Ongoing USFFT fund raising Auction

Visitors and More

This year we have a couple of distinguished visitors.  Both of them are office holders for model flying in the USA and are relatively new to their positions.

The first was Greg Stone, the AVP for AMA District X. For visitors, the AMA has divided the USA into districts for admin and representation on their executive council. California is in district X.  Greg has wide modeling interests. He is very interested in youth involvement and had helped to run a number of major Science Olympics events that include indoor free flight.  Greg had not been at a FF  event of any size and  met lots of people and enjoyed Gabby’s fine food truck food.

The second was Dave Lindley. Dave is the president of the NFFS and is based in Chicago.  Dave too has an all-round interest and involvement in Free Flight.  He has been heavily involved in the indoor scene. Dave is a very hands-on person.  He arrived during the North American Cup. The NA have large traditional manual score board. It takes about 2 people just to keep that up to date in an event of this size.  The team from Toronto were a little behind so he offered to help. Soon he was doing those good red dots and black numbers.  Dave has some exciting plans for NFFS, including a web site upgrade.  If you see Dave around be sure to talk to him about NFFS

We have 2 other dignitaries on the FAI side but these guys have been regular attendees for many years so they are ‘just’ one of us. The first is Ian Kaynes, the Chairman of the CIAM’s Free Flight Technical subcommittee.  Ian is a regular participant in both F1E and F1Q.   Sometimes we think that “those people” on the committees don’t know about regular flying.  Well, Ian does know, he flies with us and even makes a few little mistakes like us too. Ian’s wife Christine is his helper on the field and she REALLY knows what happening here as she is a regular at the Ladies Tea party.

Other FAI man is Per Findahl whose day job is a school teacher in Sweden so he is on the CIAM education committee. His winning record shows that the more you put into something the more you get out of it.

MaxMen A and Q

 Per and Brian to fly off at 7:00 AM

                                      F1A
240 240  180 180 180 180 180 360 480 600
Given NameFamily Nam3 Let R1  R2   R3  R4  R5  R6  R7  FO 6FO 8FO 1Total
1 Per       Findahl    SWE  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 360 480     2220
1 Brian     Van Nest   USA  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 360 480     2220
2 Lior      Bachar     ISR  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 360 394     2134
3 Yuval     Bichet     ISR  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 360 380     2120
4 Peter     Barron     USA  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 360 321     2061
5 James     Parker     USA  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 360 146     1886
6 Enes      Pecenkovic USA  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 261         1641
7 Geva      Malizki    ISR  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 252         1632
8 Yuri      Grushkovsk UKR  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 207         1587
9 Francois  Moreau     FRA  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 204         1584
10 Jama      Danier     CAN  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 189         1569
11 Jes       Nyhegn     DEN  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 188         1568
12 Dominik   Andrist    SUI  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 42          1422
13 Shmuel  Sityon Cohen POR  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 0           1380
14 Christoph Bachmann   SUI  240  229 180 180 180 180 180             1369
15 Mike      McKeever   USA  240  229 173 180 180 180 180             1362
16 Daniel    Guo        USA  240  229 170 180 180 180 180             1359
17 Risto     Puhakka    USA  240  240 158 180 180 180 180             1358
18 Antony    Koerbin    NZL  240  240 180 180 157 180 180             1357
19 Steffen   Jensen     DEN  240  240 180 180 154 180 180             1354
20 Lauri     Malila     SUI  240  240 180 180 180 154 180             1354
21 Sagiv     Cohen      ISR  240  203 180 180 180 180 171             1334
22 Anders    Persson    SWE  240  240 180 134 180 180 180             1334
23 Jasminka  Pecenkovic BIH  240  240 180 180 180 180 128             1328
24 Paul  Noble-Campbell NZL  240  207 180 180 180 180 159             1326
25 Randy     Secor      USA  240  240 138 180 162 180 180             1320
26 Jennifer  Donnelly   USA  240  166 180 180 180 180 180             1306
27 Craig     King       NZL  240  194 180 180 180 180 152             1306
28 Alfred    Andrist    SUI  240  180 145 180 180 180 180             1285
29 Andrew    Barron     USA  240  209 102 180 180 180 180             1271
30 Peter     Brocks     USA  154  240 180 180 180 129 180             1243
31 Igor      Fradkin    USA  240  116 180 180 180 162 180             1238
32 Ken       Bauer      USA  240  159 180 180 92  180 180             1211
33 Peter     Allnutt    CAN  210  240 124 168 56  180 180             1158
34 Javier    Abad       ESP  28   202 180 180 34  180 180              984
35 Abraham   Baruch     ISR  240  184 180 180 180 0   0                964
36 Albert    Fathers    AUS  240  240 163 30  180 0   0                853
37 Alfredo   Banos      ARG  DNF  DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF               0
38 Patrick   MacKenzie  CAN  DNF  DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF               0
39 Tomer     Obligenarz USA  DNF  DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF               0

F1Q
240  240 180 180 180 180 180 360 480 600
Given NameFamily Nam3 Let R1   R2   R3  R4  R5  R6  R7 FO 6FO 8FO 1Total
1 Shmuel    Sityon Coh POR  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 360 387     2127
2 Eitan     Habba      ISR  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 360 324     2064
3 Aram      Schlosberg USA  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 360 299     2039
4 Thomas    Ioerger    USA  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 349         1729
5 Michael   Richardson USA  240  240 180 180 180 180 180 217         1597
6 Julie     Parker     USA  240  240 180 180 180 174 180             1374
7 Jack      Murphy     USA  222  240 180 180 109 180 180             1291
8 Benjamin  Tarcher    USA  191  240 180 180 117 180 180             1268
9 David     Sechrist   USA  240  222 180 145 180 120 180             1267
10 Dieter    Paff       GER  240  240 180 180 180 180  0              1200
11 Ian       Kaynes     GBR  240  201 152  14 180 180 180             1147
12 Clint     Brooks     USA   0   191  43 180 180 180 180              954

Lost my cooler

Walt Ghio  (f1bwalt@comcast.net)
Last Wednesday in the dark evening when I was packing the car after the North American Cup flyoff, I left a small cooler with F1B motors in it on the field. By chance has somebody picked it up. Thanks, Walt

Ongoing USFFT fund raising Auction:

Here is the Friday update of current high bids, as of 02-17-23, for the 2023 USFFT fund raising Auction:
Lot #1 Wake-Up kit $200
Lot #2 Wilder 10:1 indoor winder $300
Lot #3 Al Vela oil painting $600
Lot #4 Galbreath tuned 1.0cc Cyclon engine $300
Lot #5 Nelson .36 FF/CL engine $225
Lot #6 Endless October 20″ tall metal wall art $200
Lot #7 USA Free Flight 20″ tall metal wall art $200
Lot #8 Jim Dunkin Engine book $25
Lot #9 Ryobi Scroll saw $60

Please don’t hesitate to email or call with any questions. Also, please feel free to post the raffle/auction information on any social media you feel appropriate.

Raffle tickets are still available for those who are not in Lost Hills. $5 per ticket or 5 tickets for $20. Please email me directly.

Thank you,

Blake Jensen
2023 USA A/B/C Free Flight
Team Manager
503-313-9422