Month: October 2018

2019 FAC Wall Calendar Now Available!

TOM HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE ORIGINAL LINK.  HERE IS A NEW LINK

Tom Hallman has assembled another great selection of FAC photos for the 2019 calendar.  You can find it in his FAC CafePress site – and all profits go to the FAC!  You can see all of the monthly photos below.

ORDER HERE: https://www.cafepress.com/flyingacescalendar.357265555

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Contest Calendar – Somewhat

I have a rudimentary Contest Calendar started (again).  You can find it HERE or on the menu bar above.

A few things to note:

  • this calendar – any calendar – is the most tedious aspect of the site.
  • if you are a CD – send your announcement to ME via email (don’t make me dig for it, because I won’t).
  • Rick Penzick and I are working on a new system for recording upcoming contests – and notifying local FACers.  More to follow.

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John Donelson – California – Gone West

Roger Willis reports that California FACer, John Donelson, has passed away.  John was a charter member of the WESTFAC Working Committee.

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Oliver Sand – AMA Scholarship Winner!

The FAC’s own – Oliver Sand – has been awarded two scholarship awards by the Academy of Model Aeronautics!  Well done, Oliver – and best of luck at Brown!

Read Oliver’s release HERE

And about all of the winners HERE

Photo from AMA page

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2018 Ted Dock Memorial Results

Immediately following teh Thursday/Friday FAC outdoor Champs was the Saturday/Sunday Ted Dock contest.  We had just over 30 people registered and flying – a great turnout.  Here are the Kanones – more details to follow in the Newsletter.

  • 2-Bit Plus 1:  George Bredehoft – King Harry
  • Dime Scale:  Gary Morton – Chambermaid
  • Embryo:  Jim DeTar – Freshman
  • FAC Rubber Scale:  Wally Farrell – Me.609
  • FAC OC non-Winners’ Flying Horde:  Ted Allebone – Vega Starliner
  • Golden Age Combined:  Wally Farrell – Cessna Airmaster
  • Greve Race:  DJ Ruhland – Folkerts SK-2
  • Jet Cat:  Gary Morton – P-59
  • Jimmie Allen:  Pat Murray – Skokie
  • Modern Military:  Wally Farrell – Nomad
  • NoCal:  Mark Rzadka – Mr Smoothie
  • OT Fuselage:  Pat Murray – Jabberwock
  • OT Stick:  George Bredehoft – Wanderer
  • OT Dawn Unlimited:  Pat Murray – Jabberwock
  • Phantom Flash:  Wally Farrell
  • Simplified Scale:  Wally Farrell – Trojan
  • Thompson Race:  Wally Farrell – Cessna CR-2
  • WW-I Dogfight:  Pat Murray – Fokker D.vii
  • WW-II Combat:  Wally Farrell – Heinkel He.100

DJ Ruhland with his Greve-winning Folkerts SK-2 AFTER his 10+ minute flight!

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2018 FAC Outdoor Champs Results

We had over 40 registrants and several cross-over flyers from the SAM Champs.

Kanones awarded; full results and details to follow in the newsletter:

  • FAC Peanut:  Paul Boyanowski – Baby Cyclone
  • FAC Rubber:  Wally Farrell – Me.609
  • FAC Jumbo:  Wally Farrell – BN-1
  • Low Wing Military Trainer:  Wally Farrell – Trojan
  • Golden Age Multi-wing:  Wally Farrell – WACO SRE
  • Golden Age Monoplane:  Wally Farrell – Interstate Cadet
  • Hi-Start Scale Glider:  Dave Niedzielski – Slingsby Prefect
  • OT Stick:  George Bredehoft – Wanderer
  • OT Fuselage:  Pat Murray – Jabberwock
  • 1/2 Wakefield:  George Bredehoft – Yankee IV
  • Dime Scale:  Harrison Knapp – Gadfly
  • Embryo:  Jim DeTar – Debut
  • Jet Cat:  George Dalecki – Heinkel He.280
  • Thompson Race:  Pat Murray – Mr Mulligan
  • Greve Race:  Rich Adams – Folkerts SK-4
  • Goodyear Race:  Paul Boyanowski – Baby Cyclone
  • WWI Dogfight:  Wally Farrell – Bristol Scout
  • WWII Combat:  Pat Murray – Avenger
  • Martin Mauler One-Design:  Jim DeTar
  • No Blue Max Embryo:  Ray Rakow – Big Cat

NON KANONE EVENTS

  • FAC Outdoor Champs Grand Champion:  Wally Farrell
  • SAM Best of FAC Models:  Rich Adams – R.A.F. Be.12
  • FAC/SAM OT Stick Mass Launch:  George Bredehoft – Wanderer
  • FAC/SAM OT Fuselage Mass Launch:  Ted Allebone – Orr’s Pacemaker
  • FAC/SAM Jimmie Allen Mass Launch:  Rich Adams – Skokie
  • AMA P-30:  Harrison Knapp – Souper 30

FAC Awards Presented:

  • Chris Boehm – 100 Kanones Milestone Plaque
  • Rich Adams – Blue Max
  • Ron Joyal – Blue Max
  • Marty Richey – Blue Max

Rich Adams’ Be.12 – SAM voted Best of FAC Models – and it flies!

 

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Orv Olm – Gizmo Geezer – 25 Sept 2018

As we gathered in Muncie last Wednesday, several of us received an email from Marcy Green letting us know that Orv Olm had passed away.

Orv was known, if only by his nickname, throughout the Free Flight world.  He changed the way that many, many Free Flighters prop their rubber planes and adjust their thrust settings.

He suffered in the last several months with what turned out to be some sort of cancer, with lung cancer being the secondary cancer (he chose to stop research and treatment when they realized there was “more”).

I don’t know what to say…I’m sure most are already aware of his passing, but I feel we need to acknowledge what he meant to us – which was a lot.

Thermals, Orv.

(photo from his website)

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