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he journey to the Nationals in Muncie, Indiana is always, for me, an exciting adventure with the an- ticipation of rekindling old and at- taining new friendship. The Nationals and the Vintage Stunt Championships are, to me, a pair of gatherings of immense enjoy- ment, knowing I will be spending a week and a half with wonderful friends. Oh, and of course, I was there to fly in competition and do some photo and reporting work. The 2012 AMA CLPA Nationals was
flown in the middle of July, and the usual set of events culminated with winners and competitors flying their “shoes” off to attain the top of each skill level. Leaving an im- print in the “sands” of Indiana was Doug Moon taking the Open category and winning the Walker Cup on Saturday, July 21. Addi- tional Open winners were in order of finish: Paul Walker (2nd), Bob Hunt (3rd), Kaz Mi- nato (4th), Bill Rich (5th), Bob McDonald (6th), Richard Oliver (7th), Matt Neumann (8th), Bud Wieder (9th) and Derek Barry (10th).
Derek Barry met and exceeded the re- quirements to impress his critical peer pilots at the Nationals and won a well-deserved Concours and Pilot’s Choice. His Matrix was a sight to behold and took two years of paint work to get the results Derek wanted to achieve. Germanico Bercerril became the Rookie of the Year with his well-executed model. The two qualifying days include some wind but nothing most flyers could not handle. Top Twenty Day was a cold, wet towel to the 40 pilots with cooler air temps, gusty winds, and occasional spatters of showers. Once Saturday rolled around, the Muncie weather was, for the most part, Stunt heaven.
Pilots in Advanced fought it out on Friday, and the cold temperatures and winds greet-
by allen brickhaus You can reach Allen Brickhausat PO Box 206, Golconda, Illinois 62938, or via e-mail at
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PHOTOGRAPHY: ALLEN BRICKHAUS
The all-famous Saturday morning shot of the top “dawgs” at the 2012 Nats were bottom row, left to right and kneeling: Eric Taylor as the Advanced winner, Ryan Young for Senior and Gavin Barry in Junior. The standing Open winners were: Kaz Minato (4th), Paul Walker (2nd), Doug Moon (the Open winner and Walker Cup recipient), Bob Hunt (3rd) and Bill Rich (5th).
ed them also. The top ten Advanced pilots were: Eric Taylor (1st), Jason Greer (2nd), Ricardo Martinez (3rd), Robert Harness Jr. (4th), Paul Winter (5th), Mike Greb (6th), William DeMauro (7th), Wes Eakin (8th), Mark McKinney (9th) and Roger Wildman (10th). Jason Greer brought one of the best MonoKote covered models to the Nats in a long time, while Paul Winter carried to the circles a four-stroke powered black gleaming model which was eye candy to the spectators. Classic models filled the field on Tuesday during the OTS/Classic wars. The top ten pi- lots were: Jim Rhoades (1st), John Simpson (2nd), Gordan Delaney (3rd), Tom Dixon (4th), Mike McHenry (5th), Joe Gilbert (6th), Mike Schmitt (7th), Allen Brickhaus (8th), Robert Harness (9th) and Dan Ban-
jock (10th). The Best Appearing model went to Mike McHenry with a rendition of his fa- ther’s Corsair II Stunt model. Mike inserted his dad’s stab in his present plane. After the first round of flying in OTS, six pilots were tied. After the second round the shake-out finalized this way: Joe Gilbert (1st), Mike Scott (2nd), Carl Shoup (3rd), Charles Reeves (4th), Allen Brickhaus (5th), John Wright (6th), Dale Gleason (7th), Dan Banjock (8th), Dale Barry (9th) and Tom Dixon (10th). Jim Lee won Spirit of ’52 with his Go-Devil, and the Best Appearing OTS model went to Charles Reeves. Darrell Harvin, from the Houston, Texas area, ran the Classic and OTS events and the atten- dees were appreciative of his work. Darrell is stepping aside, and David Fitzgerald is
Old Time Stunt winner was Joe Gilbert (above left) of the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. His Humongousand his flying skills bring plenty of appreciation for his ability to point whatever model he has in the proper location in the pattern. Concours and Pilot’s Choice winner was Derek Barry and his Matrix-themed Randy Smith design (above center). Derek flies very well and took two years to make the model one of which so many were envious during this year’s Nats. Intermediate winner was Scott Harness (at right) with a Roger Wildman designed model. Scott took the Intermediate pilots to task and flew some very nice patterns.
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