Michael Chiodo flew this nicely trimmed .46-powered Olympic (above left) in PA Expert. Will Stewart’s .40-powered Stiletto (above center) did well in PA
welcome shade to watch the eighteen enthu- siastic Combat fliers go at it, two at a time, from very young to “seasoned”.
The greatest crowd interest, though, has to be the Junkyard Wars. Each year the builders get more innovative and their ship- ping-crate creations more Stunt capable. Ken Armish served as contest director, es- tablishing the rules and providing building and flight information for the very large number of spectators, on Friday afternoon and evening. The Canadian team came out on top and were a crowd favorite when their wing-mounted “Mountie” agreed to all sorts of maneuvers.
Friday and Saturday’s Precision Aerobatic contest, for which the finest planes appear for appearance judging and where the top spots are most coveted, found Bud Wieder (electric-powered Ryans Eagle), Mike Palko (electric-powered Mustang) and John Simp- son (.36-powered Cavalier) in the top three
Intermediate. Bob Crusan brought out his nicely detailed profile .46-powered Hellcat (above right) and was able to place third in Profile Scale.
places in Expert (out of 27 contestants). Richard and Ricardo Martinez, of Puerto Rico, were also welcome first-timers. Ricardo distinguished himself with a spectacular .46- powered Me-109 (Shark wing) that topped the final listings in Precision Aerobatics Ad- vanced by almost 40 points! Following him were Tom Morris (electric-powered Cavalier) and Les Byrd (.61-powered Saturn). There were many fine looking Scale air- planes on circle number five this year and plenty of successful flights of the start-taxi- takeoff-low flight-touch ’n go-high flight-taxi to a stop variety. There were some twenty-
three Scale fliers in Fun, Profile, Sport, and 1⁄2A competition, with some fliers in more than one category. It is too bad that their nicely paved “runway” is somewhat distant from the Stunt and Combat circles, so they don’t get as many spectators as their scale- like airplanes deserve, but even John can’t be expected to fill in a valley… Similarly,
there were some twenty fliers in many flights in Carrier I and II, Profile, .15, and Sportsman on the adjacent circle. As always, the hospitality of Buzz and John Brodak has to be experienced to be be- lieved, not only for their organizing the fly- in and sharing their backyard but also for the generous buffet meal on Friday after- noon. The Fly-In couldn’t happen, too, with- out the selfless work of the contest director, Allen Brickhaus, and the many judges and pit crew volunteers.
If you plan ahead and reserve the five days before Father’s Day Sunday for the 18th Annual Brodak Fly-In, you will be do- ing a good thing. I’m afraid this fun fly-in can’t go on forever, so put it on your calendar right away. There is something for everyone, from spectating to ladies and youth basic flight to team racing to Combat to beginning Stunt to Expert Stunt. The pictures should help convince you.
Mike Palko, who is no stranger to the Brodak Fly-Ins, brought out his electric powered P-51 Mustang (above left) and was able to fly to 2nd place in PA
FLYING MODELS
Expert. Price Reese’s electric Skyliner (above right) flies in the pattern in PA Advanced.
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