Control Line: Aerobatics
THE National Precision Aerobatics Championships for 1976, to be held at Dayton, Ohio will have a very capable crew at the helm. Former National Champion Bart Klapinski will be the event director. He will be assisted by Dayton resident Jim Fasimpaur, an experienced contest director. Former National Champion Bob Gialdini will again serve as head judge; it is planned to have at least six stunt judges for Open competition, although an expected avalanche of entrants this Bicentennial year may require as many as eight judges for Open qualifications. PAMPA president Keith Trostle and newsletter editor Wynn Paul will assist Bart in rounding up the many volunteers needed to put on a five-day Stunt championships. Interested parties who wish to help during "Nationals Week," August 2-8, should write Bart at 1507 Mammouth Circle, Placentia, Ca., 92670, giving the days that they will be available to help.
Control Line: Aerobatics
HERE ARE SOME ideas for running a good contest this summer. The PAMPA classes were discussed last month as one way to induce more contestants to enter the stunt event. Since that writing the writer has received several contest fliers stating that the PAMPA classes will be tried at their contest this summer. While it is difficult to recruit trained and experienced judges unless there happen to be a few active Stunt fliers in the area, it is always possible to have at least one practice session for the judges before the contest to talk over scoring and flight patterns. Under the sanction of the PAMPA board of directors Fred Miles, PO Box 272, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547, has volunteered to establish a judges' association within the PAMPA organization. He is currently working on guidelines for training judges, for different levels of judging experience, and for a judges' pool for the Nationals and FAI competitions.
Aerobatics
FINDING SUPPLIES for control-line precision aerobatics is not always just a case of trotting down to the local hobby shop with a list of "urgents." And when it comes to specialty items, chances are the stunt flier will have to order from out of town if he cannot make the part himself. Listed below are sources of fuel tanks, wings, accessories, and engine rework. Numerous inquiries have been received about engine rework and the list below contains those received from personal knowledge and a PAMPA questionnaire.
Control Line: Aerobatics
AT LAST, some of the conservative control liners are getting up the resolve to attempt some contest promotion that could take control-line flying out of the "dirty fingernail-toy planes on Sunday" category. Thanks again to the RC boys for showing the way with their Contest of Champions held at Las Vegas, and the Winter Nationals #8 held at Tucson. With the Las Vegas prizes of $7500 for first, $3000 for second and going down to $125 for 23rd place how can anybody help but want to go to that kind of contest? Led by Tom Baffer and Chris Lella, and with some help from Gene Schaffer, Fred Miles and Bill Simons, the New Jersey-New York stunt group is working on a Fall, 1976, Tournament of Champions with as much as $1100 in prize money. This contest for precision aerobatics only will offer $500 for first place, $200 for second, $150 for third, $125 for fourth, $100 for fifth, and further money down to $50 for tenth place.
Control Line: Aerobatics
ABOUT THE TIME you readers see this the 12th Federation Aeronautique Internationale World Championships in precision aerobatics will be taking place in Ultrecht, Holland. Representing the United States will be defending World Champion Bob Gieseke, former two-time World Champion Bill Werwage, 1974 team member Gene Schaffer, and first time team member Les McDonald. Gieseke will be competing as an individual and will forfeit the sometimes advantageous choice of flying positions from within the three spots awarded each team.
