Looking for a challenge? GHQ has approved the Comet Nickel Series for Kanones! Fly any of the qualifying 11 models in TOTF or Mass Launch, Indoors or Outdoors for lots of micro-fun! These 10″ span models make the cutest subjects!
All plans are available for free download on the FAC Plans Page #1.
The FAC’s Information Technology (IT) Guru, Rick Pendzick was awarded the FAC Blue Max at the September Outdoor Contest at Pinkham Field in Connecticut. Of course, Pinkham Filed is the birthplace of the modern-day Flying Aces Club and John Stott presented the medal to Rick. These photos are by Tomm Nallen II and in a recent Facebook video posted by John Koptonak, the awardee was serenaded by Vance Gilbert and the rest of the Pinkham Field Irregulars with a chorus of “Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines”. Congratulations, Rick!
Curious about the FAC Blue Max award? Read HERE.
Rick (on the right) with Phineas Pinkham
John Stott and Rick Pendzick
Dohrm Crawford from Georgia was awarded his Blue Max at Muncie. He is currently at 20 wins.
Rick Pangel/AMA photograph
AMA Indoor Nats News!
EasyBuilt Models presents Pres Bruning with the FIRST Production kit of his famous Flying Fish! Pres has been flying this model for several years. We did not include the plan in the Free Pres Bruning plans that are online because we knew Dave was working on the kit. This presentation was made as a surprise for Pres at the Indoor Nats last week in Pontiac. His family brought him up and I think he was suitably surprised! This is a fitting honor for Pres, whose plans have inspired so many around the world. Here is the write-up by the AMA staff (the text was likely written by Mike Welshans):
July 22, 2021: Designer Receives First Production Kit at Indoor Free Flight Nats
(photo from the article)
Flying season (and contests) are back and people are itching to fly. Wally and Julie Farrell traveled from Virginia to Muncie, Indiana to fly in the windy McCook Meet over the weekend. He won 10 of 19 events, leaving everyone else to fight over the scraps.
Wally also made a deal with Hung and logged TWO Sierra Hotel JetCat flights (any official JetCat flight 60 seconds or more)! Truly Impressive!
In all seriousness, it was great to get back out flying on big fields and with friends from far and wide (Dave and Ann Niedzielski from Alabama also came up to Muncie)!
–george
From the CinC!
FAC NEWSLETTER UPDATE 4-19-21
We continue to have significant USPS mail delivery problems.
Following are the dates that each recent issue was presented to the USPS for delivery.
#316 (Nov-Dec 2020) — Nov. 3, 2020
#317 (Jan-Feb 2021) —Jan. 4, 2020
#318 (Mar-April 2021) —Mar. 2, 2021
Note that it some cases it is taking 4-6 months for delivery of issues!
The problem is NOT that we are late getting the newsletter published.
If you have not done so already, please let Rick Pendzick know if you are missing an issue. One notice is enough; Rick is maintaining a list. We are asking you to allow a very long window for missing issues to be be delivered. Your patience is appreciated. If you have FINALLY received a late issue, we would appreciate you letting Rick know.
DO NOT chew out Rick or any other FAC admin, either by e-mail or phone.
The main two (2) people who coordinate publication of the newsletter are even more unhappy than you are. This mess has made a LOT of work for those few who bust their butts for the FAC out of love for the hobby.
The problem lies ENTIRELY with the USPS.
Please read the above sentence again.
Check back here for updates.
Cheers,
Dave Mitchell,
CinC, FAC
To all: be safe – like this turkey!
Hello FAC-ers,
I have three announcements regarding the Hall of Fame voting.
1. Many of us are just now receiving our Nov-Dec FAC Newsletters. This makes finishing the Hall of Fame voting by Dec.1st of this year virtually impossible.
Therefore, voting for the 2020 Hall of Fame inductees is extended to Dec. 15th!
2. I failed to include one of the submitted nominees on the list published in the FACNL: Fran Ptaszkiewicz.
Please take a look at THIS REVISED LIST of nominees as you consider your votes.
3. Some of you are on the ball, and have already submitted your votes!
Where this is the case and you want to support Fran’s nomination, you may vote for a third candidate if you choose.
Please send your votes to Don Deloach at:
ddeloach@comcast.net
Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Dave Mitchell
Never Ready Eddie Novak has compiled and submitted the results for this most unusual “Nats” That was brought on by the nation-wide COVID pandemic. In case you don’t remember, we were to hold the FAC Nats this July, but cancelled that and opted for a mail-in Postal contest with eight events. Contestants were encouraged to fly on their own and submit time via POSTCARD ONLY. The winners would be selected at random. This surely cut down on participants as it appears people would rather drive hundreds of miles than mail in a postcard – haaww!! Regardless, here is a note from NRE that accompanied the results:
Congratulations to the lucky eight winners. The winning post card was “drawn from the hat in
each event”. As you can see there was a good turnout in all of the events. There were also
some mysterious entrants, can you pick them out? The variety of the types of cards was
amazing, from recycled old cards to homemade cards to index cards, true FAC imagination.
Comments were “hand wound and flown in the back yard”, “small motor and low turns so I
wouldn’t lose it”, and of course “eat tofu”.FLYING ACES CLUB SALUTE to ALL!
Thanks to the devoted mini-CDs for receiving all the entries. Eddie notes elsewhere that all entries were put into a “hat” and the youngest attendee at one of their local Connecticut contests drew the winners. The results prove several things to be true: 1) you can’t keep Tom Hallman and Wally Farrell down, 2) Chambermaids will win, and 3) people can get their first kanone anytime, anyplace!
Here are the results (more comments below the results):
Hi-Start Scale Glider: Ed Pelatowski, CT
JetCat: Tom Hallman, PA
FAC Peanut: Bruce Foster, NJ
Simplified Scale: Wally Farrell, VA
2-Bit plus 1: Dan Driscoll, FL
Dime Scale: Franklin Venturini, CT (First Kanone!)
No-Cal: James Martin, GA
National Air Races: GEORGE Skelly, MA (clerical error pointed out by William Skelly)
Remember, High Flight Time didn’t mean you won – these were random selections. There ARE some rather spectacular times in there: Linda Wrisley in California, submitting 48 seconds with a Lockheed StarJet JetCat (its a canard!), she also put in 333 seconds on a Supreme Traveler 2-Bit! Doug Beardsworth bravely submitted 4 seconds on a U-2 JetCat – and he also entered his COVID 8″ NoCal Rare Bear for 6 seconds! I am going to need to have a sit-down with my flying pal, Ron – a Bonzo doesn’t qualify for the NAR (~sigh~). Regarding Wally and Tom winning, don’t be bitter – Hung shines on all of us sometimes; he just shines on them a lot more!
Well done, everyone!
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