Because of declining participation in racing at the
Fireballs' annual After-Thanksgiving Race contest, we
decided to hold a fun fly so that more people could
join in.
We flew High/Low in two line lengths and Spot
Landing.
Fourteen people attended and eight flew in the
contest.
Spot Landing was more difficult than it looked. Eight
people signed up and only three people scored. Dave
Baxter was first with a 9, Leighton Mangels was second
with an 8 and Jim Cameron was third with a 6.
Only Alan Stewart flew in the High/Low 54-50 foot
class. He had a best differential time of 22.22
seconds.
The High/Low 62-58 foot class was better attended
with five people. Four were able to attempt the High
speed portion, but only two were successful at
completing the low speed flight. Jess Walls was first
after a great slow speed time. His differential time
was 51.17 seconds. Tim Wescott was the only other one
to finish a slow speed flight and took second place.
His differential time was 2.75 seconds.
The weather was a great day for flying. A number of
people brought food and coffee.
The attendees were: Tim Wescott, Robin Gearn, Jim
Cameron,Leighton Mangels, Gary Harris, Darrin Bishop,
Dave Baxter, Jess Walls, Don Curry,Roy DeCamara, Will
Naemura, Alan Stewart, Sam Baird, Niels Madsen, and
Doug Powers was the contest director.
The spot landing target.
It was a day for lots of socializing.