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Postal Fun Fly Contest

January 1, 2005

Let's do it again.....a National Postal fly in on New Years day for fun.

Woody's only with Built up wood flying surfaces, no molded d-tubes, no restriction on spar construction, with or without a fiberglass fuse. No restrictions on the use of thermal sensors or wind meters.

Two classes: 100" and under and 100" and over, no limit on number of controls.

Tasks: Thermal duration.

Longest Flight:

Any number of attempts, may fly the same plane in both classes.
No landing points requirement.

Three Minute Ladder:

Each consecutive flight must be greater than the previous flight by 3 minutes.
If consecutive flight is less than three minutes, simply try again.
No landing points requirement.

Launch by Hi Start or winch.

Scoring:

Report your longest flight and highest step in the time ladder for each size class you participated in by email to Ray Hayes. You may be asked for the name and phone # of your timer.

Winners will receive respect and applause from the rest of us. Send a photo and forever be immortalized. The rest of us should send a photo also.

To make it more interesting, the country will be divided up into weather regions with winners in each region as describe above plus and overall winners in each size class and task.

Regions:

Region A. All the states touching the Pacific Ocean plus HI, AZ, NM, TX, MS, AL, GA, FL, SC, except Alaska.

Region B. OK, MO, AK, TN, KY, NC.

Region C. (cold, gray and windy) All the remaining states.

I'm willing to keep track of the scores, so let's get out there this New Years day and have some fun with our woodys. Get a group together and turn it into a soaring party.

To sign up, send an email to me by Friday, 8 pm your local time, December 31st, 2004. with the following info: your name, city and state where flights will take place (does not have to be city you reside in).

To register your scores, email them with photos if possible no later than Jan. 2, 2005 to me.

Nothing but fun with our woodys...............

Ray Hayes
http://www.skybench.com
Home of Wood Crafters

Entry List

Pilot	State
REGION A
Merrill Brady	CA
Ed Jett	MS
Jeff Gortatowsky	CA
Fred Lodden	Australia
Justin Ammon	AZ
Jack Womack	TX
Terry Forbes	FL
Rob Glover	AL
Tim Logan	AL
Rex Powell	AL
Ray Kostuk	AZ
Gene Hays	CA
Dan Borer	CA
Henry Arance	CA
Charles Harder	CA
Major Anderson 1st	CA
John King	CA
Howard Little	CA
Doug McIntosh	CA
Henry Rodriguez	CA
Mike Nation	CA
Bruce Aveson	CA
Larry Jolly	CA
Tak Takayama	CA
Terry Erickson	OR
John L. Baird	AZ
REGION B
Ed Franz	KY
REGION C
Rich Burnoski	IL
Clarence Ashcraft	UT
Cal Posthuma	MI
Dennis Hoyle	MI
Stuart Hall	CT
Doug Adams	MI
Bill Grenoble	PA
Martin Doney	MI
Ray Hayes	IN
Jack Smith	IN
Ryan Woebekenberg	IN
Richard Alban	MI
Eric Stenson	IL
Steve Staley	OH
Brent Douglas	OH
Ray Holzheuer	IN
Bill Rigby	PA
Rick Rensi	PA
Anker Berg-Sonne	ME
Barry Anderson	OH
Ken Bates	MI
Alan Dolley	MI
Rick Miller	IN
Gene R. Hollabaugh	VA

Winners

Pilot	State	Time	Plane
REGION A, 100" and over
Longest Flight
John L. Baird	AZ	3 hours 1 min 49 sec	Sailaire
Highest Ladder
Tak Takayama	CA	12 min	Takked Together
REGION A, 100" and under
Longest Flight
Justin Ammon	AZ	1 hour 18 min 11 sec	Sagitta 600
Highest Ladder
Jeff Gortatowsky	CA	12 min	2M Gnome
REGION B, 100" and over
No contenders
REGION B, 100" and under
Longest Flight
Ed Franz	KY	1 min 55 sec	Flinger
REGION C, 100" and over
No contenders
REGION C, 100" and under
Longest Flight
Doug Adams	MI	8 min 36 sec	Big Bird
Highest Ladder
Ray Hayes	IN	6 min	Oly II

Next years format will remain the same, with a possible addition of a separate category for the rest of the world to compete in one group.

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