NEW ENGLAND AEROBATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS - Round 3

The New England Aerobatic Club, IAC Chapter 35, invites you to join us for the 2000 New England Aerobatic Championships on May 19-21, no that’s not right, July 7-9, darn, that won’t work, how about Sept. 8-10, yes, that’s it, Sept. 8-10, at Orange Municipal Airport, Orange, Massachusetts. The box will be open beginning Thursday the 7^th for practice and registration.

This is our annual springtime (with the terrible weather we’ve had this Summer, it may seem like Spring in September) five category (power) contest. The three-day format will provide the best possible opportunity for all pilots of all categories to fly a full set of flights.

At press time, we are still working on blocks of rooms at the Colonial and at Wachusette Village Inns. If you call either of these two hotels please ask for the International Aerobatic Club block rate.

Bald Eagle Motel, 978) 544-8864 ($)

Quabbin Gateway Motel, 978) 544-2986 ($)

Wachusett Village Inn, 978) 874-2000 ($$)

Colonial B&B, 978) 630-2500 ($$)

Super 8, 978) 630-2888 ($)

Banquet to be held at the Old Mill.

See the April Hammerhead for more details. We hope to see you there!

Aug 11-13 *Monticello, NY Chapter 58

Aug 26-27 Springfield, VT Chapter 35

Sept 3-9 Nationals Sherman, TX

Sept. 8-10 *Orange, MA Chapter 35

Sept 22-24 Warrenton, VA Chapter 11

Oct 6-8 *Long Island NY Chapter 91

Oct 20-22 Farmville, VA Chapter 19

The Pennsylvania Aerobatic Championships were held June 2 – 4 in Maytown, PA. Chapter 35 was well represented. Once again Larry Bashore and company put together another wonder competition with lots of flying. Basic, Sportsman and Intermediate flew 2 flights while Advanced and Unlimited flew 3 times. No team trophy was presented but Chapter 35 walked away with most of the lumber, carried primarily by the lower categories. In fact, I’m sure we were way over gross and aft CG on the way home.

Results: (Top 6 & all Chapter 35)

Basic

2^nd Blair Mohn 58 76.17%

Sportsman

1^st David Groft 58 84.26%

4^th Brian Donnelly 11 82.98%

5^th Karen Greenfield 58 82.20%

6^th Tom Fox 113 80.21%

Intermediate

1^st Charles Schwenker 11 84.71%

3^rd Mike Herbert 11 84.53%

5^th John Caccavale 91 83.25%

6^th Diana Latham 91 81.88%

Advanced

1^st Jim Reiher 91 83.27%

3^rd Hilton Tallman 91 77.48%

4^th Ron Spencer 52 76.60%

5^th Scotty Gerber 91 73.20%

6^th Tom Hanks 19 72.51%

Unlimited

1^st David Windmiller 91 80.42%

2^nd Mike Ciliberti 58 74.96%

3^rd Jim Baker 60 62.15%

5^th Bob Gordon 23 57.24%

David Groft won best first time Sportsman competitor (beginner’s luck) – Oh, I guess that’s the point! Dave Watson won the Grassroots award, and the Pitts trophy was probably won by somebody flying a Pitts.

Ok, so the rumor is out. Another Chapter 35 member goes Commie, but not before fully testing the structural integrity of the aluminum and titanium overcast of the Yak 55 to its limits. Once convinced that the Yak 55 could withstand the grueling Sportsman routine, Craig’s new partner decided to test the Yak 55’s Maximum Demonstrated Cross-up Capabilities. This is similar to the Maximum Demonstrated Crosswind Capabilities, but without the wind. You can picture this can’t you? Maiden flight, 1^st landing, touchdown at 160 km/h (what the hell is a km/h anyway) wing spar 30 degrees (or is that pi/6 radians) to the runway centerline, need I say more? Thank goodness, the only real causality was Craig’s (and the pilot’s) underwear. Hey, after an auspicious start like this, the partnership is golden – I hope! See you all in Unlimited Next Year!

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Neville Hogan snuck off to Michigan, by himself, and was rumored to get 2^nd in Sportsman.

Confucius say - If a lone Sportsman flies off into the wilderness and nobody is there to see it – did it really happen?

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It has been a hectic year for us so far. We have only had one "local" contest this year even though we are well into the contest year. The Maytown contest was held in the beginning of June at which Chapter 35 was well represented as noted in the contest results elsewhere in the newsletter. Our Orange contest was cancelled due to poor weather conditions and has been rescheduled for September 8 - 10 with practice beginning on August 7. I want to acknowledge the efforts of Steve Pennypacker, our CD, as well as everyone else involved who have been working so hard to make our contest happen. As far as other contests in the immediate future are concerned, we have the Kathy Jaffe Challenge at Monticello, NY being held on August 11 - 13 and the Springfield, VT contest being held on August 26 - 27 with August 25 being a practice day. I hope to see you there.

There will be a Chapter meeting on August 19 at Mansfield Airport at 11:00 with a practice session taking place afterwards (if weather permits). This meeting is important as it is the last time we get together before our Springfield Contest and Orange contest and there are many items to be reviewed. Please try to attend.

Hans Bok

Once again Chapter 35 will be sponsoring two competitions. The 2000 Green Mountain Competition will be held AUGUST 25-27, 2000 at Springfield Airport (VSF). Basic through Unlimited power flights will be flown.

Schedule:

Friday - Registration and Practice

Saturday – Knows and Frees

Sunday - Unknowns

Pre Registration: George Coy, CD

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