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<\/a><\/p>\nThat is an AMA power ship from the group that was to our north.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Pat Murray and Jim Bair both laded in that puddle at least once.<\/p>\n
The half a dozen or so of us that showed up made a valiant stand.\u00a0 I had planned to fly 16 out of 19 scheduled events over two days, but that was reduced.\u00a0 I only flew in 10 events and 3 of those that I declined were not flown at all.\u00a0 Pat Murray and I really pressed forward and we battled our friendly battles all day long.<\/p>\n
Here is Pat launching his 2-Bit entry to first place – Erie Daily Times.\u00a0 I took second and Lee Campbell took third.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n I was first out of WWII, the fault of a too-long motor.\u00a0 Here is a shot of Jim Bair’s 3rd place MiG.\u00a0 Marty Richey (Focke-Wulf 190 Dora) was second and Pat Murray (Boulton Paul Defiant) took the win.<\/p>\n I also took 4th in Jet Catapult, with Jim Bair and Pat Murray trailing behind Elvin Bueschle.\u00a0 Elvin also placed 3rd in Jimmie Allen (in the photo), Pat Murray took second and I flew my JA Special to first place.\u00a0 Elvin and Pat were flying Skokies.<\/p>\n I took second in OT Stick (behind Pat Murray) and OT Fuselage (behind Pat Murray), but I only got second because Stu Cummins and Lee Campbell only put in single flights, not wanting to chase across the wet marshes of the National Flying Site.<\/p>\n Here are two of the three Greve\/Thompson Racers: my Caudron (2nd) and Jim Bair’s GeeBee (3rd).\u00a0 There is no photo of Pat Murray’s Mr Smoothie whose erratic and acrobatic flight stole first from my stable flying Caudron (stole, I say!)<\/p>\n I am sad to report that no one besides myself attempted flights in the McCook Watson Challenge.\u00a0 In this, you can fly any plane in any manner you like as long as it is powered by the CD-provided 24″ strand of 1\/8 rubber (you can even use it as a catapult) – best two out of three flights.\u00a0 I powered my Pacific Ace Jr to 50-60 second flights.<\/p>\n I also eeked out a win over Pat Murray and Jim Bair (I think?) in Phantom Flash – that was a new and untested model that took the win.\u00a0 Another brand new model from me was my “Bad Axe” embryo.\u00a0 This plane put in the last three flights of the contest, finally ending at 8:10 pm.\u00a0 We had switched sides of the field and we were now on the west side flying east-north-east towards more lakes.\u00a0 Stu Cummins had logged a flight or two in Embryo earlier,\u00a0 and I had watched Pat Murray put up some pretty good times with his Big Cat.\u00a0 Rather than throw up a concessionary flight on my Sky Rocket, I decided to go for the win with the Bad Axe.\u00a0 A few test flights and then a new motor.\u00a0 I put in flights in the 70-second range, 80-second range, and the 90 second range – and took home first place.<\/p>\n I logged 30 official flights on Saturday with an untold number of test flights.\u00a0 Pat placed similarly high number, he also took home first place in Scale, NoCal, and (I think) Golden Age.\u00a0 We sat around and chatted all Sunday morning under sunny skies, but ever-increasing wind.\u00a0 We probably could have flown, but we had decided to fly the day before and this let us get home early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (several photos below) This weekend, some of us braved the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill and hoped to get some flying in as Dayton McCook Field Squadron scrambled to their annual contest at the Muncie flying site.\u00a0 Many decided to … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n