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AVANZ NEWS

Newsletter of the MFNZ Vintage Special Interest Group Issue 149 May / June 2016

AVANZ NEWS May / June 2016 Issue 149

SIG SECRETARY / CHAIRMAN: Wayne Cartwright [email protected]: Gary Burrows, Graham Main, Allan Knox, Don Mossop, David Crook TREASURER: Rex Bain [email protected]: Bernard Scott [email protected] 7 Camberley Way Hamilton (07) 853.8847 PLANS: Mark Venter [email protected]

On the Cover 1952 Ron Warring Flip Flop on its winding stooge at the 68th Nationals

In this Issue

From the EditorCommittee NotesFuture EventsBob Burling RC Fly-In68th NationalsNationals CommentCAT GlidersAustralian SAM ChampsLeader BoardsFor SaleFree Flight Notices

From the Editor

Moving theNationals from January toMarch has longbeen suggested in expectation of more settledweather later in the year. After an inclement start, theweather did cooperate, enabling almost all events tobe flown on schedule, but where were all those sokeen on the later date? Wherever they were, theymissed a great Nationals. Administration was againimpecable, and this year there was even the option ofcatered breakfasts at the camp ground and a full mealbefore theprizegiving.Well done, Jonathonand team.

Vintage fliers racked up 115 valid entries in 18classes, 29% of which were FF, and 71% RC. Thiscompares with 149 entries in 21 classes at the lastNationals,where theFF /RCsplitwas39%/61%. Thethree unflown classes were all FF; Power, Rubber,and Classic Combined. Opting out of Power on dayone was understandable as conditions were blusteryand wet, but why were only two of the eight Rubberentrants ready to fly on day two, and did why ClassicCombined not make a quorum on the last day in nearperfect conditions? An overcrowded program to startwith, exacerbated by the rescheduling of events fromday one, may be contributing factors.

A surprise at the AGMwas that the apparently simplequestion of whether to keep or modify the age bonussystemwas not resolved but referred back, yet again,to thecommittee for further investigation.Havingbeen

part of the previous discussions on the pros and consof age bonuses, I cannot imagine what new andmeaningful considerations there could be.

Perhaps it's time to look at this issue from a differentperspective by thinking of it as an age penalty ratherthan an age bonus. Using a suggestion made at themeeting, we would start by giving every model 20bonus points as a buffer against the time task, thenextend this idea by deducting one point for every yearafter 1930 that the model was designed. Would suchan age penalty rule be as popular as the existing agebonus rule? It does not seem right to penalise flyerswho build later designs - yet this method results inscores identical to those obtained when using thecurrent bonus system which rewards earlier designs.

Most of this issue is given over to contest reports.Thanks to those listed below who responded to therequest for comments on the Nationals.

Bernard Scott

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Contributions to this issue from

Allan Baker Allan Knox Bryan TreloarDavid Thornley Doug Baunton Gary MilldenhallGraham Main John Butcher John UrryPeter Wilson Rex Bain Wayne CartwrightRobert Wallace Stewart Cox Paul SquiresBill McGarvey


COMMITTEE NOTICES

NEW LOGOAs Model Flying World went "up-market" withever more sophisticated printing and layout, ourVintage logo started to look rather dated. Logosadopted by other SIGs have been based on asingle layout designed by Murray Race, theEditor of Model Flying World.This design is tweaked to represent differentfields of interest, yet creates harmony betweenthe presentations of individual sections. At therequest of SIG Chairman, Wayne Cartwright,Murray produced a selection of logos for theVintage SIG. The one used here was theCommittee's choice.The silhouette is of theModernaire 57, selectedfrom Wayne's plan collection for its pleasingelliptical surfaces andVintage feel. Details of thedesign will be in the next issue.Thanks to Murray for producing a fine upgrade.

WINNER

Voting scrutineer Graham Main confirmed that votingfor the best 2015 contribution to AVANZ News wasunanimous in confirming Chris Murphy the winner.This is well-deserved recognition of the work put intothis illuminating series on model engines.The prize of a Bugatti Veyron, plus a $50 voucher fromAirsail, will be delivered as soon as the Committee isadvised of Chris's new address.

VINTAGE RULE BOOKThere has been a tidy-up ofthe current rule book tomakeit easier to use. TheCommittee is checking therevised format before it issentout toall fliers for review,and hopefully, approval.

FROM THE SIG AGM1. Age Bonus rules were not changed; existing rules are confirmed.2. The replacement class RC Vintage Scale Texaco was approved.

Copies of the the rules can be obtained from the Secretary


FUTURE EVENTS

Vintage SIG: JR Airsail Pukekawa RC Vintage and Classical Event May 2016

Dates: May 21st and 22nd, 2016Times: 9.30am Saturday - 3.30pm SundayVenue: 299 Native Rd, Pukekawa (exit SH1 at Mercer, travel along Mercer

Ferry Rd toward Pukekawa, take first left into Morrison Rd, thenstraight ahead onto Native Rd)

Host: John Danks, 09 233 4014, [email protected]: Dave Crook, 07 824 7821, 021 123 6040, [email protected]

This is a combined contest and rally. All contest classes are flown both days –contestants fly the classes they wish at any time they choose – and rally flyingthroughout the weekend, subject to the contest landing circle remaining free.

Classes flown to the rules published in the Vintage page of the MFNZ website:

Vintage: Precision, IC Duration, Open Texaco, A Texaco, 1/2A TexacoE Duration, 1/2E Texaco, E Texaco, E Rubber Texaco

Classical: Precision, IC Duration, E DurationTomboy: IC and Electric – best two flights of three attempts, with model

specifications as published in AVANZ News (180 mah 2S).

Each contestant may make multiple entries in each class, subject to adifferent model being used for each entry.

The Vintage SIG gratefully acknowledges JR Airsailand John Danks for theuse of the field.

National Decentralised Contests

NDC events for each month may be flown on anySaturday or Sunday of that month.

Send results to : [email protected] the Leader Boards, Cc the Editor at :[email protected]

JUNE#101 Vintage FF HLG#102 Vintage FF CAT Glider#103 Classic RC E Duration#104 Vintage RC Precision

JULY#105 Vintage RC 1/2A Texaco Scale#106 Classic RC Precision

AUGUST#107 Vintage RC E Texaco#108 Vintage RC IC Duration#109 Classic RC E Duration

Future NI Events 2015/16

September 11 CPMAA RC Vintage Levin


BOB BURLING RC Fly-In May 8th Allan KnoxThis was my first attendance at a Levin Vintage fly-in and I was looking forwardto meeting some more of the Northerners. I loaded up 5 models and headed uphighway One arriving at the lovely green Levin Model Aero Club field at 0915.The day looked promising with a good turn out of locals already sport flying.Some nice models too. The weather looked great with warm temperatures andlittle wind. It stayed that way all day and was ideal for vintage. I hear they get alot of this sort of weather in Levin even when it is blowing a gale down inWellington.There was a small turn out this time for vintage with some sick and others needingto be elsewhere. Still, we had five for the always popular Precision.It was a bit tricky landing on the narrow strip, particularly as it was cross wind butat least those long edges could catch a model that would otherwise roll throughthe circle. Stew Cox and I worked together and both maxed out, so a fly-off wasneeded. We both did well on time but Stew just missed his last landing. He waspleased though as he hasn’t flown vintage much and this was his first timeachieving the 3 maxes. Stew has Neil McDougall’s old Playboy and it was fittingto be flying it at this event.Of the other models I really liked Brian’s magnificent big Lanzo Airborne (like abomber with a cabin fuse). He even ran a Sparky in it. New to the event was StuHubbard flying a very tidy electric Cloudster with a very hot climb.UnfortunatelyI was too late getting out my camera so didn’t get the pictures I meant to get.

RC Vintage Precision :Stu Hubbard Cloudster 1938 488Brian Treloar Lanzo Airborne 1938 529Joe Bradbury Viking 1940 562Stew Cox Playboy 1940 789Allan Knox Lancer 45 1938 800

Mixed in with precision we also flew Duration. Mostly IC. The new rulesallowing just 20 seconds for 4 strokes makes it tough for many models. Stew’sPlayboy struggled but had a fine glide. My Cumulus with its lusty Saito 65 is a 4minute model but only just, so any lift is appreciated and there was a lot of liftabout later in the morning. The light drift was such that it was possible to fly athermal, land, restart and launch back into the good air again. Stu Hubbard put upan E duration time and a good one too at 721 seconds and finished with another

spot. He hasn’t sized his battery though for the class but the Cloudster shows lotsof potential. In the end duration was just flown by Stew and myself. I managed tomax so put in a fly-off flight for Leader Board points. The big lift had departed bythis time but it was still a good flight. Cumulus soars well even if it is a bit heavy.

RC Vintage Duration :Stewart Cox Playboy Senior 1940 726Allan Knox Cumulus 1937 1143

After lunch there was just me, assisted by Stew on the watch as I put in Texaco Aand 1/2A times. My little Skipper is flying again after lying lost in an olive grovefor several weeks after the Nats. Fortunately it came back via the modellinggrapevine and has now had a rebuild and wing recover. Sadly the great little Coxon the front has gone off song but it still maxed the first 2 flights before I broke itwith a stupid cross wind launch.

RC Vintage 1/2A Texaco :Allan Knox Skipper 1948 1000

It was the Lancer's turn again to fly A Texaco, the class it was built for. Thenormally ultra reliable OS20 4 stroke cut early on the first two flights but helpfulair assisted both out to maxes. The last flight was much easier as I left the throttlealone and the little engine ran sweetly out to 8 minutes before it was cut and themodel drifted down to another max.

RC Vintage A TexacoAllan Knox Lancer 45 1938 1860

It was a fine days flying and the weather was perfect. Hopefully, a few more willcome out to play at the next meeting. I headed home late afternoon but Stewstayed on to tune his DLG in ideal conditions.Our thanks go to the Levin Club for their hospitality, it looks like a great littleclub.

Till next time then……..


BOB BURLING RC Fly-In May 8th Allan Knox

Allan Knox and Cumulus

Stewart Cox with Playboy


68th NZ NATIONALS 24th - 28th March 2015 Event Results 1

Vintage RC Precision1 Don Mossop Bomber 7992 Allan Knox Lancer 7973 David Crook Playboy 7934 Graham R Main Miss Trenton III 7715 John Butcher Miss Fortune X 5986 John Warner Record Breaker 5887= David Thornley Bomber 5877= Bernard Scott RC-1 5879 Lightfoot Stuart New Ruler 58510= Allan Baker Zipper 58310= Steve Warner Spook 58310= Stewart Cox Playboy 58313 Rex Anderson Miss Fortune X 58214 Keith Trillo Tomboy 57115 Doug Baunton Miss Arpiem 54916 John Selby Vespa 497

Vintage RC IC Duration1 Bernard Scott Playboy Cabin 12272 John Butcher Miss Fortune X 10803 David Thornley Bomber 7804 Allan Knox Cumulus 7735 Rex Anderson Playboy 7216 Stewart Cox Playboy 6367 Charles Warren So Long 6218 Allan Baker Zipper 4509 John Selby Playboy 391

Classical Precision1 Graham R Main Gigi 5732 Don Mossop Madcap 5633 Bernard Scott Raider 4804 David Thornley Satellite 3475 John Warner Spook 343

Vintage RC E Duration1 Don Mossop Playboy 9242 Bernard Scott RC-1 9153 John Butcher Miss Fortune X 9024 Allan Knox Scram 8935 John Warner Playboy 8706 Rex Anderson Anderson Pylon 8337 Lightfoot Stuart New Ruler 8138 David Crook Bomber 8059 Ron Boggiss Playboy 71410 Doug Baunton Miss Arpiem 465

Vintage RC 1/2A Texaco1 John Butcher Miss Fortune X 22902 Bernard Scott Stardust Special 22773 Allan Baker Slicker 14944 Rex Anderson Playboy 13785 Keith Trillo Skipper 13776 John Selby Playboy 12617 Allan Knox Skipper 392

BackgroundDavid Thornley's Satellite wafts by in Classical Precision


Vintage RC 1-2E Texaco1 Keith Trillo Stardust Special 31882 Bernard Scott Bombshell 28053 Rex Anderson Tomboy 27154 John Butcher Miss Fortune X 27005 David Crook Playboy 24136 Mike Rice Tomboy 11827 John Selby Playboy 614

Vintage RC A Texaco1 Allan Knox Lancer 31692 John Butcher RC-1 31213 Charles Warren So Long 26154 Allan Baker Scorpion 18525 Ian Munro Simplex 18496 Bryan Treloar Airborne 18407 Rex Anderson Cloud Snooper 16988 Bernard Scott Simplex 15929 Graham Main Simplex 152110 John Selby Turner Special 836

Vintage RC E Texaco1 David Crook Bomber 18602 Allan Knox Scram 18323 John Butcher Miss Fortune X 16584 Rex Anderson Kerswap 16515 Doug Baunton PB-2 15986 Bernard Scott Bombshell 1253


BackgroundPlayboy by John Selby in Vintage IC Duration

Vintage RC Open Texaco1 Bernard Scott Playboy 17602 Allan Knox Lancer 45 9233 John Butcher RC-1 9154 Ian Munro TD Coupe 6015 John Selby Turner Special 575

Vintage RC E Rubber Texaco1 Keith Trillo Yonder 25632 John Butcher Gollywock 24713 Doug Baunton JA Skokie 1446

Classical RC E Duration1 Bernard Scott Frisco Kid 7642 John Warner Texan Faiton 7293 Don Mossop Texan Faiton 6004 Graham Main Gigi 513

Vintage FF Catapult Glider1 Des Richards Hervat 2882 John Selby Hervat 2073 John Butcher Mayne 1914 Daniel Warner Mite 1845 Charles Warren Hervat 1806 Peter Wilson Whirly 1747 Josh Warner Mite 1708 Steve Warner AJ Interceptor 1659 Alwyn Graves Hugelet 15210 Bernard Scott Belski 13011 Robert Wallace Hervat 13


Nos FF Power Duration1 Rex Bain Jaysbird 5402 Bernard Scott Dixielander 4693 Rex Anderson Ramrod 600 139

Vintage FF Glider Duration1 Rex Anderson Oderman 3312 Stephen Wade Lulu 1953 Stewart Cox Lulu 1864 John Butcher Sky Roamer 97

Small Nostalgia / Vintage FF Power Duration1 Bernard Scott Dixielander 3532 Rex Bain Shaboom 3343 John Butcher Kerswap 164

Nostalgia FF Rubber Duration1 W H McGarvey Hipperson 5402= Paul Squires Max Maker 5252= Bernard Scott Flip Flop 5254 Alwyn Graves 17

Nostalgia FF Glider Duration1 Stewart Cox Mad's Dream 3982 Bernard Scott Aiglet 3223 Rex Anderson Sans Egal 295

Vintage FF Precision1 Bernard Scott Shadow 2702 Charles Warren Tomboy 2463 John Selby Simplex 1764 John Butcher Sky Roamer 1555 Alwyn Graves Clini 18


Peter Wilson checks launch angle


NATIONALS COMMENT

by Graham Main - a Nationals Overview (Graham’s CD comments are presented with the daily accounts)

The Vintage RC section of the 68th Nats was a success with competitors working well together and the CD’s having no contentious issues to dealwith. The weather did not affect the programme and all events with sufficient entries were flown. There was some excellent flying done by a goodnumber of competitors and no major mishaps with only one case of the first aid kit required for a slight finger cut.A highlight would have been that the quality of flying was very good so we had a number of fly offs required all adding to the appeal and interest.The honours were shared out fairly well amongst the entrant’s which is a good sign for the future.The Vintage R/C CD’s Dave Crook, Allan Knox, and Graham Main thank the competitors, timekeepers and helpers for their efforts and the way inwhich they worked together to make this Vintage R/C Nationals an enjoyable one for all.

by David Thornley

The Nationals for me will be remembered as a hugescramble to get my flying in before I had to rush off toanother event, made worse of course by the funnyweather on the first day.Genifer, Graham’s wife, was my constant timer in thetwo hours that I had to get in three rounds for VintageIC Duration, Precision and Classical Precision - she didan absolutely great job.It’s a pity that for me events clash and seem to becompressed into the first hectic days with nothinghappening later down the track. Maybe I will have togive up on the other events and concentrate moreseriously on vintage!

by Bryan Treloar

The 24th March started off in Palmerston North with heavy rain and a bleak forecast forthe entire day. I called through to Clareville at 0845 that morning to be told that flyingthat day was going to be highly unlikely. Based on that I decided not to make the twohour trip as the events would be held over to the 28th. I came down on the 26th to flyA Texaco, only to be told that Precision and Duration were flown in the afternoon of the24th........bugger!I had a great time doing A Texaco and really enjoyed catching up with and talking tothe other fliers. My Lanzo Airborne performed beautifully and I had to control the glideswith down trim and a bit of forward stick otherwise I would have stayed up all day. Allflights were in excess of 13 minutes and I got one of the three spots, the other twomissed by about one meter.Lessons learned were achieving at least 10 minutes is only the start and getting thespots is critical when competing against a group of good flyers.It was interesting to see the variety of engines used and the OS 20 four strokesimpressed me with their frugal use of fuel.I use an Oliver Tiger Major diesel and only require about 1/3rd power to get a rate ofclimb that just about puts the Lanzo out of sight off a tank of gas. Not bad for 3.5ccpowering a model of 77.5 inch span.The collegiality and friendliness of everyone is what helps make the Vintage fraternityso good and the competition so enjoyable. Next year I will stay overnight rather than doday trips that involve four hours on the road there and back.Finally a big thank you to Graham Main for doing such a good job as CD.

by Doug Baunton

Great camaraderie at all the sites I visited. Every onewilling to help. I learned that I need more flight batteriesthan I thought. I became interested in another disciplineof flying - Hangar Rat. Through different timers andobservers I learned a lot to help me fly better.


68th NATIONALS Day 1 Radio Control 24th March 2016

Day 1by CD Graham Main

The morning weather was quite damp and although I had advised at the previous evening’s Contestants Meeting that a decision would be made at theVintage RC field, only Dave Crook and myself as CD’s turned up. With four events to fly things were not looking too good at this stage.As the weather started to improve the fliers turned up and with the addition of competitors from the FF field the competition was under way. No oneseemed to be bothered and all got into the swing of things from the start, making the CD role a no hassle affair - as it was for all these Nationals.Vintage RC Precision was the first event on the calendar with an entry of twenty, although only sixteen flew as some fliers making the daily commutefrom the Ashhurst area had been put off by the early weather. Ron Boggiss unfortunately eliminated himself with a dramatic test flight. A strong fieldsaw four make the fly-off which was held late in the day. Don Mossop with his Bomber made top spot with a score just one second under the possiblemaximum. The fly-off is a plus for this class, adding spectator interest.Vintage RC IC Duration saw a good entry of eleven, with nine competing. Three qualified for the fly-off but one of these, Dave Thornley, had to leaveearly for a Control Line event so it was Bernard Scott and John Butcher to sort out top spot. Bernard made it look easy, making a great flight.Classical RC IC Duration was not flown as there were only 2 entries.Classical RC Precision saw 5 entrants and there was a fairly wide spread in scores, none making a 3-flight maximum. Eventual winner Graham Mainflew a scaled up Gigi from the December1964 Aeromodeller full size plan.

Don MossopBomber

John WarnerEliminator

Stewart and Alina CoxPlayboy

Stuart LightfootNew Ruler


68th NATIONALS Day 1 Radio Control 24th March 2016

Graham MainGigi

David ThornleySatellite 1000

Steve WarnerSpook

John SelbyVespa

Allan BakerZipper


68th NATIONALS Day 1 Radio Control Photos by Gary Milldenhall

John Butcher mentallypreparing for his nextbig flight

Lancer away

Editor with Raider by Joe Bilgri.In NZ, Bilgri is better known for hisPaaHopper design

John Selbywith Playboy

Alwyn Graveskeeps an eyeon the watch.John keepstrack of thePlayboyDoug Baunton's

Miss Arpiem

That Lancer again


68th NATIONALS Day 1 Free Flight 24th March 2016

.... CAT Gliders started to be pinged about

The time keeper's shelter was very popular at the start of Day One

When the rain stopped, there was still the wind, and so no action .... until ....


68th NATIONALS Day 2 Radio Control 25th March 2016Day 2 by CD Graham Main

The weather was a near repeat of day one with damp in the morning, but improving in the late morning to allow all events to be flown.Vintage RC E Duration saw none of the eleven competitors maxing out, but it was a tight contest between the top three, Messrs Mossop, Scott andButcher, who finished in that order.Vintage RC 1/2A Texaco saw another fly-off with Messrs Scott and Butcher once again in the frame. A very close contest saw John Butcher’s MissFortune X nudge out Bernard Scott’s Stardust Special by just 13 seconds in an overall total of over 2200. Sadly, Allan Knox's Skipper was carried offdownwind, to be found only after extensive post-nationals searches.Vintage 1/2E Texaco had a fly-off as five fliers made the three flight maximums. Keith Trillo made no contest of the fly-off with an outstanding 27minutes with his Stardust Special.

Photographs byAllan Knox

TOP LEFT: Playboy Rex AndersonTOP MIDDLE: Stardust Special Bernard ScottLEFT: Skipper Keith TrilloABOVE: Slicker Allan Baker



LEFTRex Andersonbraves the earlyconditions with a

Ramrod.

RIGHTWith only her

sturdy gumboots,a small Thermosof tepid cocoa,and some crypticcrosswords forcompany, SarahMcGarvey onceagain did sterlingservice, keepingall the vital bits ofpaper, and the

occasional flier, instrict order.

LEFTGraham Lovejoywith his Senatorthat refused toperform whencalled upon.

RIGHTPeter fettles theDixielander.


NATIONALS COMMENTby Rex Bain

Best moments:+GettingPeterWilson'sKiwiPowermodel,which I recentlymodified forhim, to record three flightseven though it ended up in the duck pond on the third one.+ Maxing out in Nostalgia Gas in very average, drizzly conditions.+Social evening activitieswith F/F friends andMFNZExectiveCommitteemembers in up-marketCarterton.+ Catching up with some F/F modellers I have not seen for years.+ Enjoying the nice warm weather during the last three days.+ Hamilton Club becoming Champion Club for the third time in a row.+ Delivering the F/F SIG’s gifts to our generous resident farmers who have allowed us continualuse of their farms for over 30 years..

Observations:+Why bring untrimmedmodels to aNationals? This has happened for as long as I can remember- over 60 years! F/Fmodels can’t be trimmedwith the touch from anR/C computer TX. The resultis that the sufficient pre-contest entries turn into ‘no times’ on the contest score cards with thepossibility of no further flying opportunities for that class in a Nationals program. Those withtrimmed models are then denied the opportunity to fly in a contest for which they entered.+ Wondering how Bernard and Sue, and RobWallace find all that energy to compete in all thoseevents - in Rob’s case also with admin activities as well.+ Easter did produce mostly the better weather hoped for and for F/F short grass and no crop

Things learned:+ Don’t launch even a moderately powered F/F Power model when you are suffering from brainfade.+ Don’t leave back at the Motel models that you want to fly that day.+Sadly, there seems to be noway, evenwith all our best efforts and precautions, that we can stopan unthinking modeller spoiling our harmonious record with the Raynor Rd farmer. Now,hopefully, forgiven with the application of apologies, some groveling, and liquid refreshments.

Other:+My personal appreciation to Jonathan, Peter, Des, and Phil for their combined efforts in runningsuch an efficient and enjoyable Nationals. I thought it was a happy Nationals. There were nogrizzles that I heard of, no problems with registrations , results, or prize cards, and mercifully itwas a short final prize-giving!+Sincere thanks also toStephanie, Jill and all otherswho produced such an excellent buffetmealfrom a less than ideal kitchen. Is this a case of ‘ back to the future ‘ with catering throughout theNationals by HQ? That type of combined social activity could be developed into a very enjoyablehour or so with very little additional effort, but not on the final evening when many have alreadygone home.

by Allan Knox

For me the special bit was catching up with people old and new. I have beenreading about folks in the north Island and now I can put a name to them.I’m aware how much higher the standard is in RC vintage compared to pastSouth Island Nationals. I put this down to the regular competitions run in theupper North Island.There were many flyoffs with more fliers in them.Flying-wise, I was delighted with a second in E-Texaco. Although the oldScram has limited performance, finding lift on the day helped me to decentscores. It was great to see Dave Crook win this one. He says a friendly hawkmarked the lift for him and that made all the difference. Maybe this suggeststhe rules are about right for E-Texaco when both first and second needed liftto make their times. Again, in A-Texaco fly off I was at a disadvantage as my4 stroke couldn’t match the duration performance of the diesels. On this oneImanaged to pick the lift coming through.When thewind backed off I headedup-wind and found the advancing thermal where I could park up while theothers dropped through my height and I was able come home and land afterthey were down. Very satisfying to do over 22 minutes, a PB.My downmoment was a dumb launch of my 1/2A Texaco Skipper which flewperfectly in free flightmodewhen I didn’t turnon the radiogear. It hasnot beenfound so far.Finally, I was impressed by many of the models. Bernard’s were wellprepared and optimized to their events. Impressive. I particularly loved KeithTrillo’s Skipper and IanMunroe’s T-D Coupe with homemade Brown Junior.It is a natural silk finish I think - really nice.

by Paul Squires

I don't have much to add as I agree with all that Bill has said. My view is thatthe Vintage and F/F SIGs events should be one as both are flown with thesame goals under much the same rules.Having the Nationals in March/April is a better time of year for the farm -certainly easier to find models and to get around. Personaly having it atEaster I don't think ís the best.Like some others I am sort of over the Nats. I find the NIFFC to be more ofan enjoyable event - shorter timespan and really good socially.


68th NATIONALS Day 2 Free Flight AGGREGATENot strictly Vintage, but Jarrod Briggs (1st with 629) and Suetonia Palmer (2nd with 574) both used Vintage models. Their individual styles could nothavebeenmoredifferent. Jarrodattackedeach launchand retrieveas if his lifedependedon it,whileSuertonia tookameasured,almostballeticapproachto each flight, mirrored by her Tomboy's low and slow circuits.


NATIONALS COMMENT Stewart Cox

First and foremost, I enjoyed the Nats andthought it was well organised and run both bythe Nationals organisers and the SIGs. Theorganisers tried a number of new initiatives andare to be commended for that. I thought theelectronic entry process was excellent and theability to see the number of entries building ineach class was also a great idea. It may be anidea for the organisers to have a “pre-entry cut-off date” for entries say 2 weeks before the startdate with a small penalty (say 10%) increase inentry fee after that and at the Nats. Despitemost knowing they were going to attend wellbefore then, with no cut-off, a lot of people leftthere entries very late which must have left theorganisers worrying about the viability of theevent while they battled on in good faith.

The Nats meal on the final night was great butwas enjoyed by low numbers as many hadalready gone. The contestants meeting beingcombined with a BBQ and social gathering onthe first night also worked well. This Nationals,like all others, was a friendly and social gettogether and was a great success in thatregard.

I can’t help but feel that the squeaky wheels hadbeen given a bit too much airtime, firstly with thescheduling of the Nats at Easter and secondlywith the demise of the prize giving as it hadbeen. While the crops situation was good forfree flight events, those of us that fly in theNIFFC knew the weather can be just as mixedin March as it is in the early New Year and werenot surprised by the usual mix of rough throughto perfect flying days. The attendance at this

Nats was a bit disappointing and clearly the shiftin dates didn’t attract added entries. Theopposite appeared to be the case, compoundedby a higher percentage than usual leaving earlydue to work commitments and/or concern overbusy holiday weekend traffic. Dropping the ‘allin’ prize giving to satisfy those that moanedabout its length may have satisfied those fewbut was seen as a retrograde step by many ofus. With people coming and going betweendifferent disciplines and field locations, the on-field prize giving concept simply didn’t work inmy view. Of the SIGs whose events I flew in, Iwas only aware of Soaring responding to thechange by having the a get-together with aSoaring prize giving on the penultimate night.

The limited numbers in free flight events, bethey FF, Vintage, Nos, or Classic, resulted inmore of a rally atmosphere than competition.While this was friendly, social and fun asalways, the few contestants in most of theevents made for very low key events at the FFfield which was a bit disappointing. Perhaps weneed to face up to the fact that we have nowreached a point with free flight of whateverpersuasion where our numbers are such thatwe are spreading decreasing numbers evermore thinly across a huge number of events.

This clearly resulted in the fun from thecompetitive aspect of the events at the FF fieldbeing pretty low key which was a shame. I thinkthe time has come to consolidate similar FF /Vintage / Nostalgia / Classic classes into oneevent so that we ensure we have events withmeaningful numbers.

By contrast, I thought the numbers andenthusiasm at the Vintage RC field was great.The entry levels were generally pretty healthyand while still being very friendly and social theVintage RC events offered friendly competition.I hope to fly more of these events as aconsequence. It was noticeable that there wereothers of a similar mind with quite a lot of usmoving between the FF and RC Vintage fields.

It was also noticeable that there were quite a lotof people flying in multiple disciplines orcompetitors looking in on other disciplines asspectators. The Carterton venue works well toenable crossover between disciplines. Longmay the multi-discipline all together nature ofthe NZ Nationals continue! This is what makesour Nationals special and having flown atseveral overseas ‘Nats’ that have split up intoseparate FF, RC, C/L Nats, this simply resultsin these events being much the same as anyother event for that discipline, only withNationals trophies. This is not the way to go.Most of us go to the Nationals for the socialinteraction and as a celebration of all thingsaeromodelling, not for the certificates andtrophies. Let’s keep the multi-disciplinaryNationals together as long as we can butrecognise that we need to ensure meaningfulnumbers of say at least 5 per event if we are totick all the boxes that make our competitions thefun we seek.

Kind regardsStew



The two Texaco events today promised some good flying as good weather was prevailing.A Texaco had three making the 3-flight maximum of 1860 to get in the fly-off. It was a good tussle in helpful air with the models going to speck heightand the blue sky creating visibility problems for some, if not all. The eventual winner Allan Knox bailed out upwind, followed some lift downwind, and tookhis Lancer 45 into first place from John Butcher with an RC1. Charles Warren flying a So Long had misjudged engine settings and landed early for third.E Texaco did not need a fly-off although Dave Crook made a full house for an excellent win against strong competition.

... and coming in fast for the spot ...Ron Boggiss, ready to go in E-Duration ...

... has Rex running to retrieve his ownmodel, even before it touches down.

One happy flierRight on the button



Peter Wilsonabout todiscover whatlies in waitbehind thosetrees

Stewart Coxdid rememberto pull hisStratostreak'stail downbeforelaunching

Richard Dalzielmakes a welcomereturn to the Nationals

Steve Wade ofthe elusiveSAM 1928with Stomper

Bill McGarveygives his Kordaa warning look

Richard Dalziel,mercilessly forcedby the editor topose with gliders


NATIONALS COMMENTby John Butcher

Hopes of perfect weather for five days were somewhat dashedwith windand rain greeting us early Thursday morning, however by about 11amsunshine and hope began to appear and all was well with nearly perfectconditions forRCPrecision and ICDuration. Theprecision eventwas notquite as exciting as last year but still there was a close result with five inthe fly off. Don Mossop won with one second off a max in the fly-off withAlan Knox just two seconds behind.Bernard Scott and John Butcher flew-off in IC Duration with Bernard aclear winner. Friday’s weather conditions were cold and overcast withlittle wind. Good for 1/2A-Texaco - with a small model at great height thecloud background was very helpful. Bernard Scott and I had another fly-off in which I prevailed by a small margin.1/2 E-Texaco had five qualifiers for the fly-off with Keith Trillo having it allto himself as all the oppositionwere back on the groundwith time to havea smokeor cup of teawhileKeith ran his battery out in the air. E-Durationwas won by Don Mossop with Bernard Scott not far behind. Saturday’sweather was also fairly kind to us. E-Texaco is always a hard one, andthis time was won by David Crook who had the only max of the event. Imade 3rd place a fair way back.Alan Knox and I flew off in A-Texaco and by that time most of the cloudcover had gone so I had a lot of trouble keeping the RC-1 in sight againstone small cloud which made maintaining control difficult. Alan left thecloud, came downwind and found some lift. Unfortunately any lift I wasin evaporated so it was back to the field and down about one minute toosoon.Sunday began a brilliant day, the morning so good almost everybodyseemed to be waiting to see if it could get any better, but this was amistake as became evident at about 1pm. The winds steadily increasedto over 30 kph with plenty of turbulence. My RC-1 which had performedwell in A-Texaco with its PAW .19 running perfectly decided to get a badcase of the hiccups sowith time running out Imanaged a couple of sevenminute flights made in rather rude conditions. Bernard Scott won by alarge margin and Alan Knox was second.KeithTrilloand I flew-off inE-Rubber inconditionsnotatall suited to theselightweightmodels. I do not think Imanaged to do 10minutes, well belowmy best time, leaving Keith a clear winner. His Yonder out flying myGollywock. Overall the Nats were a success. Free Flight was verypleasant with good field conditions that compensated for the slight glitchin the weather. Many thanks must go to CDs and their helpers withoutwhich we would be stuffed.

by Peter Wilson

Despite the weather in the earlystages, I thoroughlyenjoyed theNationals. While my resultswere woeful, I learned morethan I have at any previousNats. My Kiwi powermodel flewwell after getting the Rex Baintreatment, although a crack inthe dihedral joint meant Icouldn't complete all therounds.

The new Dixie was flying wellbefore the Nats, trimmed withyour good advice, but tankgremlins ruled it out on contestday. The following day it wasagain flying well, which is reallythestoryofmyNats. Itwasgreatbeing with Rex when he set anew Kiwi Power record, and Ialways enjoy seeing GrahamLovejoy doing well. Witnessingyour own Dixie winding in wassomething of a shock - I'dstarted to believe your modelswere infallible. I was pleased itdidn't interfere with your overallexcellent results.

I thought the prizegiving dinnerwas a good idea, also theshortened awards ceremony.I'm pleased we're going back toJanuary for next year, which is amuch easier time for me to getleave. The only small mention of discontent is that finding the actual flying site on the farmwasabit of a challenge.Wegot lost once, and I knowweweren't the only ones.More greenarrows would do the trick.

Peter returns withThe Creature from the Deep.It's not easy being green



The final day of Vintage RC was fine at the start but windy later, so it caught out those who were waiting for the warm afternoon thermals.Open Texaco saw a spark ignition model in the form of Ian Munro’s TD Coupe with a Brown Junior up front. Good to see, although not too competitivethis time. No maximums in this contest but Bernard Scott’s Playboy Cabin was well out front, recording almost double the second place time.Those who flew E Rubber Texaco early were wise as the afternoon breeze was testing, yet the fly-off was between all the three entered with KeithTrillo’s Yonder beating off the challenges from the Gollywock of John Butcher and Doug Baunton’s JA Skokie.Classical RC E Duration was the final event of the RC Vintage programme and looked close to begin with. The wind drove Don Mossop’s Texandownwind in the second round so he had to forfeit one flight but maxed the other two. JohnWarner was in contention for top spot with another Texan but was edged out by Bernard Scottflying a Frisco Kid.

Allan Knox's CumulusPhotograph by Dave Crook

Seldom modelled Turner Special by John Selby

Don Mossop gets his Faiton away inClassical E-Duration

E-Rubber Texaco fly-off. Keith Trillo and John Butcherwith Yonder and Golliwock

As does last year's winner,Ian Munro's T-D Coupe


NATIONALS COMMENT Bill McGarvey

Sarah and I have been going to Carterton andattending Nationals / Major comps for sometime and do have a few comments from theNationals just concluded. Some of thecomments are general and some specific toVintage or Free Flight.

The farm was in splendid condition for F/Fand small motorised retrieval. Short grass, nocrops, open gates, what more could we want.The ploughed paddocks had to be avoidedbut with a bit of a detour that was noproblem. This all means that late March /early April was a good choice farmwise butfrom previous results I was surprised theballot included Easter. Again, from previousresults, public holidays should be avoidedbecause these are considered family time.Easter is still considered a time for reverenceby some members. Mid April was the righttime for this meeting.

New Zealanders are generally low paid andthis shows in their reluctance to stay ataccommodation any longer than absolutelynecessary combined with a need to get hometo start work on the first working day after apublic holiday or weekend. This is why a halfor full lay day used to be programmed intomeetings that hoped to attract entrantscountry wide. It is also the reason

prizegivings are often missing many of theprizewinners.

For the same reasons as above most peoplearrive the night before their first contest andconsequently cannot be part of anypreliminary SIG preparation needed toinitiate contest readiness. In this instance theFF fliers of both persuasions had the benefitof two days of my perambulations aroundthe farm sussing it out, liasing with AndrewRaynor about access and noJgo areas, puttingin main signage, and getting a mental pictureof flight lines for various wind directions. Thiseffort was not entirely without its reward andwas semi planned. I got in a half day’strimming and practice in good weather withsome creaky F1Bs. But, can you imagine thescenario if the organisers had arrived cold onthe first contest morning as they hadobviously intended to do?

The Vintage A.G.M. was expertly handled byGraham Main using an Agenda carefullycrafted to cover the quite extensive businessthat needed to be done and includedrelevant material required to review pastperformance. I was particularly impressed byGrahams response to my queries on Proxyand Postal votes. First time I haveencountered a Chairman who knows the

difference and applied it.

The Vintage flight cards were great, but thelack of score sheets made tracking theprogress of contestants difficult. At times theVintage table was unattended when aVintage CD was needed (at the conclusion ofFF events when Bernard departed to fly RC )Is this a case for transferring Vintage FFclasses to the FF Sig?

The final prizegiving was just right. The mealreflected the general “keep costs down”approach but was well cooked and adequate.It might be wise to add a separate charge forthis and ignore the criticism that this mightdissuade people from attending. The overalltiming was good. Jonathan should notconcern himself with a midJNats gettogether. Contestants socialise within Sigsand this activity happens all through thecontest. It would be impossible to replicatethis intermingling on an organised scale. Theprizegiving is a special affair. People go tothis event because they have always done so.Ticking the entry form box before the contestis held confirms that and justifies a smallcharge.

Cheers,Bill and Sarah

AVANZ NEWS May / June 2016 Issue 149 AVANZ NEWS May / June 2016 Issue 149 Page 24

68th NATIONALS Days 4/5 Free Flight 27th / 28th March 2016

Team Cox

One of the joys of free flight - waiting for the next thermal to pass throughOne of the skills of free flight - launching into that thermal

68th NATIONALS Days 4/5 Free Flight 27th / 28th March 2016


CATAPULT LAUNCHED GLIDERS and NATIONALS COMMENT Allan BakerI notice that just becausemodellersage theydonot easily surrender their free flight passionsthat have given them so much pleasure. Handlaunch glider is both terrifically rewarding andtechnically challenging and such a clearly andeasily accessible event that many of us arereluctant to give it up. However, it requires aphysical agility that depends on intact rotorcuffs, absence of tennis elbow, and friskyyoung subtle muscles. Few of us wouldcontemplate throwing a cricket ball from theboundary to the wicket at sufficient speed toprevent a run, but that is whatwe attempt everytime we chuck a glider skywards.

Yet all of us are seduced by the sight of ourglider gently Dutch rolling its way ever soslightly above the stall, centred gingerly in athermal, in the samewayas a golfer is seducedinto playing again and again after experiencingthat one perfect shot when everything goesright. In order to keep the dream of the perfectflight alive,many of us have turned to stretchedrubberasasubstitute for the javelin throw; tobeprecise a nine inch loop of ¼ rubber stretchedup to 6 times its original length, if you have thereach of an Orang-utan, and slightly less ifevolution has kicked in. Clearly our forbearsfound no selective advantage in being able tolaunch catapult gliders higher than theircompetitors by stretching rubber; potentialmates were clearly unimpressed and musthave found other forms of modelling a betterindication of robust genes. Tip launch gliderswould also benefit from the longer armedamong us but maybe the laws of angularmomentum came along much later inevolutionary history.

Certainly, tip launching as a method ofimparting energy is amost recent developmentin modelling evolution, one that relied on thediscovery of the moderating effects of the Ytailplane and fin. I’m not sure why TLG hasbeen slow to take off, as it is surely a purer formof launch than that requiring a rubber materialaid.On that subject try typing “RubberStripper”into Google for an hour of two of innocent

diversion; and legitimate too if someone iswatching over your shoulder. I fly both and canrecommend TLG if only for the reason that withjust three competitors at the last Nats you arewell assured of a podium finish. TLG is anothersubject worth exploring another time.

To return to CLG. It is clearly popular (18entries at the last Nats) and while the sublimeweather conditions that prevailed on thatEaster Sunday no doubt made a contribution, I

doubt if I’ve witnessed so many modellershaving so much fun, so engrossed incompetition based around so little investmentfor so long. About two thirds of them flew allbalsa models sans DT while a few of us flewwith viscous timers, tapered carbon booms,and ‘broken’ fuselage DT’s. Paul Squires flewa Lee Hines design built with micrometer toensure aerofoil precision, all the better to effecta transition from80mph launch tomin sink, justabove-the-stall 15 mph glide.

Whichbringsme to the technical bits. Therearefour phasesof flight thatmust beengineered in;launch, climb, duration glide, and DT. Eachrequires a transition effected, not by any directinfluence by the modeller, but by exploiting

energy absorption, inertia, gravity, and lift anddrag. The models themselves exploit thevariables of weight, incidence, CoG, fin offset,tailplane tilt, wash in/out, and of coursefundamental design configuration includingpolyhedral or simple dihedral, wing shape,aerofoil, aspect ratio andwing tail coupling. I’veconcluded that 18-inch span is optimum,weight 23 Gms: a combo that results in a nicehigh launch into the happy hunting ground ofthermals.

Above: My 23 gm ‘Hoosierkitty 2’ with my cat,Boyfie, approving the DT mechanism!

And so to the Nats competition.

I flew and timed for others – mostly Allan Knoxand Des Richards. As I seemed to record onlymaxs Iwasquickly identifiedasa timekeeper ofchoice. On my first flight I was nicely away in agentle thermal only to DT a little early, theviscous timer not quite so viscous on the warmconditions. Knox was consistently hookingthermalswith a light non-dtmodel andbyall thereasonable rules of the universe should havelost his model each time However, and quiteunfairly I thought, he seemed to get spat outafter 4 minutes so he would appear, grinning

and sweaty at half hour intervals to fly again.Lagan had apparently made 6 max’s muchearlier in the day; his model was impervious toair conditions given the terrific height he wasgetting and its consistent transitions. Paulwenton to establish a new NZ record. The masterwas allegedly trying to seduce GrahamLovejoy into launching in dead air by ‘trimming’a stooge model outside the launch area as athermal snifter. I didn’t see this activity andhavingknownPaul for over40years, I findsuchallegations as scurrilous hearsay and in poortaste! The day before Paul had been generousenough to deliver a veritable PhD thesis on thecharacteristics of rubber, using calculus tocalculate the total energy available whenstretched, the importance of achieving astretch to limits, and how FAI rubber from 20years ago is far superior to any of the Tanproducts. I was explaining all this to JohnButcher and he kindly produced a hank of thatrubber and which I thought I could hide fromKnox, but my grin at dinner gave me away.

Meanwhile, back at the Nats and I was timingfor Des, who had wisely substituted modelsafter the first two roundsandwasputting inmaxafter max with a beautiful yellow painted bird. Inoticed a genuine “Yellow Bird” fromAeromodeller later but didn’t catch who itbelonged to. Paul Squires was consistent aswell until the last two flights where he spiralledin to place 5th. Knoxmissed a thermal in his lastflight tobedown for30seconds to finish6thandI hookedagoodoneandwas lucky tobe tossedout into the death spiral after 60 seconds tofinish just behind Des who maxed the last fourflights and finish third behind Graham.

A marvellous contest and perhaps the biggestcontributing enjoyment coming from theperformances of young Josh and DanielWarner who put up some credible times undertheir dad’s encouragement. For sheer bang forthe buck fun, give it a go next year.

Allan Baker


News of the Australian SAM Champs comes from John Urrywho will be remembered by members of the Hawkes BayRadio FlyersClub in the 80's and early 90's. Going back evenfurther to 1964, John set the NZ Junior Open Power record inthat year, a record that still stands.

John, I failed to locate thephotograph of you in theAeromodeller of that time,but did find this one, inwhich you are looking a bitdampened down, in theAeromodeller report of the1967 "Splashnals".In Hawkes Bay, John flew awide range of events and

helped incubate my interest in FF. From HB he moved toTownsville, Queensland, leaving me in charge of a free flightStarduster 900. I fitted an OS.40 FSR and Hatori pipe to themonster model and the result was not what you might expect- it flew great and cemented in me a love for FF. When I leftHawkes Bay, the 900 was passed to another budding freeflighter. Maybe it is still out there, sparking interest in thetruest form of aeromodelling?Thanks John, for the photographs, and for the boost to myearly free flight modelling. Bernard Scott

John restrains a T-Bird, waiting for the launch signal from son Kent.

AUSTRALIAN SAM CHAMPS Canowindra John Urry


Mike Rankin's Soaring Champ

Odenmans A2Grant Manwarring

No class for RC Gliders in NZ Vintage - a pity,as some of these big soarers are gorgeous!

AUSTRALIAN SAM CHAMPS Canowindra 24th - 28th March


From the SAM Champs report in "Duration Times".....

Top Left:Basil Healystarting hisfree flightCreep

Left: GaryDe Chastellaunchingone of themany R/CDixielanders

SwaybackOne of several at the Champs




Texaco day - over 30 entries.Count those Bombers !

Flyers fromRockhamptonpreparing theirDixielanders

More Gorgeous Gliders


RC LEADER BOARD To 12th May 2016

Vintage Precision1 Brian Harris Bomber Tuakau 600 + 2002 Allan Knox Lancer 8 May 600 + 2003 Don Mossop Bomber Nationals 600 + 1994 John Butcher Miss Fortune X Tuakau 600 + 1975 David Crook Playboy Nationals 600 + 1936 Stewart Cox Playboy 8 May 600 + 1897 David Gush Miss Fortune X Tuakau 600 + 1738 Graham Main Miss Trenton III Nationals 600 + 1719 Stuart Lightfoot New Ruler Champs 60010 Gordon Meads Lanzo RC-1 Tuakau 595

Vintage IC Duration1 Bernard Scott Playboy Cabin Nationals 780 + 4472 Allan Knox Cumulus Nationals 780 + 3333 John Butcher Miss Fortune X NDC March 780 + 3114 David Thornley Bomber Nationals 7805 Rex Anderson Playboy Nationals 7216 Gordon Meads Playboy Senior Tuakau 6957 David Gush Miss Fortune X Tuakau 6638 Stewart Cox Playboy Nationals 6369 Allan Baker Zipper Nationals 45010 John Selby Playboy Nationals 391

Vintage E Duration1 Don Mossop Playboy Nationals 9242 Bernard Scott RC-1 Nationals 9153 John Butcher Miss Fortune X Nationals 9024 Keith Trillo Stardust Special Champs 9015 Allan Knox Scram Nationals 8936 John Warner Playboy Nationals 8707 Rex Anderson Anderson Pylon Nationals 8338 Stuart Lightfoot New Ruler Nationals 8139 Davis Crook Bomber Nationals 80510 Brian Harris Bomber Tuakau 800

Vintage 1/2A Texaco1 John Butcher Miss Fortune X Nationals 1500 + 7902 Bernard Scott Stardust Special Nationals 1500 + 7773 Allan Baker Slicker Nationals 14944 Rex Anderson Playboy Nationals 13785 Keith Trillo Skipper Nationals 13776 John Selby Playboy Nationals 12617 Allan Knox Skipper Nationals 3928 Martin Evans Miss Philadelphia IV Champs 2399 John Ryan ? NDC #83 210

Vintage 1/2E Texaco1 John Butcher Miss Fortune X NDC April 1480 + 24752 Keith Trillo Stardust Special Nationals 1480 + 17083 Bernard Scott Bombshell Nationals 1480 + 13254 Rex Anderson Tomboy Nationals 1480 + 12355 Wayne Cartwright Arrow Nut Champs 1480 + 11636 Dave Crook Playboy Nationals 1480 + 9337 Martin Evans Brigadier Champs 13248 Tony Gribble Stardust Special Tuakau 13019 Mike Rice Tomboy Nationals 118210 John Selby Playboy Nationals 614

Vintage A Texaco1 Allan Knox Lancer Nationals 1860 + 13092 John Butcher RC-1 Nationals 1860 + 123 Charles Warren So Long Nationals 1860 + 7554 Allan Baker Scorpion Nationals 18525 Ian Munroe Simplex Nationals 18496 Bryan Treloar Airborne Nationals 18407 Rex Anderson Cloud Snooper Nationals 16988 Bernard Scott Simplex Nationals 15929 Graham Main Simplex Nationals 152110 John Selby Turner Special Nationals 836

Vintage E Texaco1 Keith Trillo Stardust Special Champs 1860 + 6942 Wayne Cartwright Cruiser Champs 1860 + 5733 Rex Anderson Kerswap Champs 1860 + 3694 David Crook Bomber Nationals 18605 John Butcher Miss Fortune X Champs 18556 Allan Knox Scram Nationals 18327 Doug Baunton PB-2 Champs 16988 Rex Anderson Kerswap Nationals 16519 Bernard Scott Bombshell Champs 1616

Vintage E Rubber Texaco1 John Butcher Golliwock Tuakau 1860 + 12572 Keith Trillo Yonder Tuakau 1860 + 9423 Wayne Cartwright Lanzo D Champs 1860 + 7414 Doug Baunton JA Skokie Champs 1600

Vintage 1/2A Scale Texaco1 Allan Knox Chilton DW1 NDC #91 797

Vintage Open Texaco1 John Butcher Lanzo RC-1 Champs 18362 Bernard Scott Playboy Cabin Nationals 17603 Allan Knox Lancer 45 Nationals 9234 Ian Munroe TD-Coupe Nationals 6015 John Selby Turner Special Nationals 575

Classic Precision1 Brian Harris Humbug Champs 5982 Graham Main Gigi Tuakau 5813 David Gush Tyro Tuakau 5784 Don Mossop Madcap Nationals 5635 Bernard Scott Frisco Kid Champs 5506 David Thornley Satellite 1000 Champs 3517 John Warner Spook Nationals 343

Classic IC Duration1 Bernard Scott Raider Champs 797

Classic E Duration1 Bernard Scott Frisco Kid Champs 9002 Brian Harris Humbug Tuakau 8443 John Warner Texan Nationals 7293 Graham Main Gigi Champs 6214 Don Mossop Texan Nationals 6004 Wayne Cartwright Nig Nog Champs 242

Tomboy IC1 Graham Main Mills .75 Champs 6512 Keith Trillo Mills .75 Tuakau 4763 Charles Warren Mills .75 Tuakau 1944 Rex Bain Mills .75 Tuakau 82

Tomboy E1 Keith Trillo 180.2S Champs 16092 Dave Crook 180.2S Champs 10693 Graham Main 180.2S Champs 9424 Bernard Scott 180.2S WFFC 845


A flying colleague of mine who has difficulty building models himself has asked me toenquire if there are any folk who subscribe to AVANZ, or folk you may know who havean unwanted vintage model he could purchase. He is interested in taking up vintagemodel flying, but because of a medical condition, is unable to do the close workrequired for building. He is happy for the model to be without engine etc, or even if itwas partly-built, or in need of repair. While his preference is for a Playboy or LanzoBomber he will consider all options.

Don Mossop

NEW RULER by Henry Struck 1940 vintage Published 19406 Foot Span and powered by an ASP FS65AR Price $250Silk covered and ready to fly

LANCER by Chester Laplaskie 1938 Vintage Published 19386 foot span and powered by an OS 52 FS Price $250Silk covered and ready to fly.

John Ensoll375 Wairakei Road, Burnside, ChristchurchPhone 03 3597471Email [email protected]

FF LEADER BOARD FOR SALE / WANTED

Nostalgia Power1 Rex Bain Jaysbird Nationals 5402 Bernard Scott Dixielander Nationals 4693 Rex Anderson Ramrod Nationals 139

Vintage Power1 Lynn Rodway ? NDC #79 224

Vintage Rubber1 Bill McGarvey ? NDC #78 180

Vintage Glider1 Rex Anderson Oderman Nationals 3312 Stephen Wade Lulu Nationals 1953 Stewart Cox Lulu Nationals 1864 John Butcher Sky Roamer Nationals 97

Vintage / Nostalgia Small Power1 Bernard Scott Dixielander Nationals 3532 Rex Bain Shaboom Nationals 3343 John Butcher Kerswap Nationals 164

Nostalgia Rubber1 William McGarvey HGipperson Nationals 5402= Paul Squires Max Maker Nationals 5252= Bernard Scott Flip Flop Nationals 5254 Chris Murphy ? NDC #81 3435 Alwyn Graves Clini Nationals 17

Nostalgia Glider1 Stewart Cox Mad's Dream Nationals 3982 Bernard Scott Aiglet Nationals 3223 Rex Anderson Sans Egal Nationals 295

Vintage Precision1 Bernard Scott Shadow Nationals 2702 Charles Warren Tomboy Nationals 2463 John Selby Simplex Nationals 1764 John Butcher Sky Roamer Nationals 1555 Alwyn Graves Clini Nationals 18

Vintage Catapult Glider1 Des Richards Hervat Nationals 2882 John Selby Hervat Nationals 2073 John Butcher Mayne Nationals 1914 Daniel Warner Mite Nationals 1845 Charles Warren Hervat Nationals 1806 Peter Wilson Whirly Nationals 1747 Josh Warner Mite Nationals 1708 Steve Warner AJ Interceptor Nationals 1659 Alwyn Graves Hugelet Nationals 15210 Bernard Scott Belski Nationals 130

Classical Rubber1 Paul Squires ? NDC #82 4082 Chris Murphy ? NDC #82 100

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