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Meet the Pilots Updated 9/7/07 Past KF photos Purity of Sport

In Memoriam: Richard Robert We just lost a former pattern buddy a couple weeks ago - Richard Robert who has been fighting cancer for a number of years died. He was very active back in the late 90's early 2000 in So. Cal. He was a great guy who always had a positive attitude. He attended the AMA show in January and came by the NSRCA booth seeing all the new stuff. Canyon Lake resident Richard Robert, 45, passed away on April 22, after a courageous battle with cancer. “He went home to be with Jesus and is dancing with the angels,” say family members. Richard passed away at 2:49 a.m., the exact time he was brought into this world. He was born on June 12, 1962, in Covina, California, to John and Claire Robert. Richard, his wife Diana and his children, Juliana, 15, and Nicholas, 12, moved to Canyon Lake in 1994 and have been blessed to experience the love and support of the community. Richard’s struggle with his rare form of cancer had been reported in two previous issues of The Friday Flyer. Since his diagnosis in November 2006, many in the community rallied around Richard and his family, including a prayer and candlelight vigil in February 2007. Richard worked in the rock mining industry for 29 years; he started delivering mail and worked his way up to plant manager. He loved his family, was a devoted husband, loving father and an incredible man of God, say family members, who add that his faith could move mountains. Richard knew that God could cure his caner, but was just happy to be used by God. He will be forever remembered by family and friends for his quirky sense of humor, his ability to comfort others and make them feel part of the family. All who knew him will truly miss him but they rejoice in his eternal life with Christ, family members add. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, April 27, at 5 p.m. at Cornerstone Community Church. The attire is Hawaiian casual. In lieu of flowers there will be a basket at the church to establish a memorial fund to help the family with expenses.

NAPA 08

						FAI	Masters	Advanced	Intermediate	Sportsman
1st Place						Don Atwood 4000	Chris Fitzsimmons 4000	Scott MacAfee 4000	Kevin Sung 4000	Michael Fan 4000
2nd Place						Derek Koopowitz 3823	Jon Carter 3944		Dave Wick 3897	Dave MacAfee 3976
3rd Place						Adrian Wong 3802	Luke Peng 3732		Ron Davies 3544

20 pilots registered, 18 finished the contest. Atwood had some problems with the ESC - he's now flying Adrian's backup plane and winning. Each 'won' round increases the rental price by $20 / flight! (Adrian basically flew for free) Don shows us his 'winning form' which we have to contend with all year! Koop zero'ed a few maneuvers and had general problems with the brain - but we know he'll be improving. And, FAI pilot, 'Wings Level Wong', shows us his landing technique. Weather was excellent. Oh, Roy Speights lost a plane, seems the wing bolts were not secure, the wing twisted 90 degrees on the 2nd to the last maneuver and in it went. Sorry Roy! New Flyer Michael Fan came from behind to win Sportsman in his first contest. Guess he's here to stay! Kevin Sung also turned in a good performance in Intermediate but must up his game for later in the year. Like Peng came in 3rd place in Masters, and I happen to know Luke, Kevin and Michael fly together. Whatever they are doing is working.. but keep the focus on, we need more points at the D7 Championship. Welcome to FAI Mr. Frank Capone.

Hello. My name is Chris Khosravi. I'm a junior right now in high school and I'm starting to search for a college; thinking of AZ State. I'm a competitive diver, and as you can see, I like to fly Pattern also. I'm currently in District 6 and competed in sportsman once (got 1st) then moved up to Intermediate, got 1st again! I'm going to continue with intermediate for this year then move to Advanced next year. I checked out the district 7 website and it seems like you guys have a pretty big team. I would like to join you guys in the future. Hope to see you at a contest this year. (note: Bill Wallace is in contact with Chris). ALSO **** Michael Fan, a new flyer in San Jose, and attending his first contest in Napa this weekend, has just received his US Citizenship! I flew with Michael on Thursday (sc) and he's trying hard. Kevin and Luke with no doubt take Michael under their wings and teach him the tricks of the trade. Michael, welcome to pattern and the US

Training Day 1 A success for those who attended. We flew 'wings level', talked about trimming, and had a nice lunch. Be sure to attend Training Day 2, coming to a field near you! And, for anyone interested in working on a YS.. Derek gives a few tips!

Riverside, 4/12 Once again the Pattern gods played with us at Riverside. This time it was the wind, on Saturday morning as the gusts started right away at 15 - 20 mph. The CD, Lynn Burks, took a vote, and it was decided to wait until after lunch to see if they would die down. The wind reached a high of about 28 mph at 1:00pm, and then started to subside. We finally started about 2:15pm and proceeded to get in 2 1/2 rounds, only quitting when it got too dark to safely fly. On Sunday, the weather broke and we were treated to a glorious day with little to no wind, although the temperatures got into the mid 90's. We wound up flying 5 rounds and everyone seemed to be having a great time. We welcomed back an old pattern friend Steve Hannah to his first contest since finding his way back from the dark side (IMAC). He did a great job in FAI flying a new electric Pinnacle. Another interesting development; Matt Kimbro jumped from Intermediate, where he was the Dist 7 champion, to Masters. And to make matters more depressing, he wound up 3rd, beating us old codgers who have been in this class for a while. That’s sure great for Matt's ego, the rest of just made excuses! Looking at the scores, Tony and Mike had a lot of fun is Intermediate! Gillespie gave a clinic to the other Advanced Flyers! Mr. Masters, Rusty, continues to show what 35 hours of practice per week can do, and Kimbro and Greg F looked to have a nail-biter going on in FAI. Other than that - it was thankfully a very safe and incident free event. And we did have 21 pilots which is heartening. We had the usual high turnout in Masters, which made for marathon judging for some of the guys - ask Jerry Budd sometime about his idea to help this situation, it actually was very interesting. Our next contest down south is at Hemet on the 17th - 18th of May. Hope to see you all back for that, and maybe we can get some of you guys from up north to come down and enjoy our southern hospitality. Hemet is a great location and the club does a good job for us. See you there. Here are the results. Sportsman 1. Greg Meierhoff 3991 2. Wayne Lovett 3866 3. Tak Takayama 3851 Intermediate 1. Tony Watkins 3996 2. Mike Greear 3946 3. Chris Johnson 2360 Advanced 1. Bob Gillespie 4000 2. Jim Bronowski 3805 3. Steve Kaneshiro 3749 4. Jim Brown 2419 5. Jarvis Johnson 971 Masters 1. Rusty Fried 4000 2. Kris Fitzsimmons 3953 3. Matthew Kimbro 3768 4. Bill Sheets 3702 5. Bill Wallace 3697 6. John Contreras 3561 7. Lynn Burks 3401 8. Chuck Hartmann 3314 FAI 1. Jim Kimbro 3977 2. Greg Frohreich 3962 3. Steve Hannah 3845

"Jim Kirkland's Trimming Procedure. Published April 1971" as written up by Ralph DePalma. Background: Mr. Kirkland won two Nats and was on the US FAI team. In 1972 he was the teacher of a teenager named Rhett Miller..Prior to the 1973 Nats Mr. Kirkland passed away..And sixteen year old Rhett Miller, coming out of no where, won the Nats..And Two more..And flew in the Worlds Championship..Then disappeared into pattern forklore..

Feb 9-10th 2008 - Lancaster - read about it here! and pictures below on this link

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FOCUS: Sportsman and Intermediate flyers - tips and videos on flying It's all here Build it right: hinge lines, surfaces, alignment Control Horns: adjustment - make it track Linkages: reduce slop Trimming: make your flying easier Maneuver Examples: what to do, what not to do (Videos) 2006 Masters Video Fine tune your pattern: sequence 'flow' Contest Day: how it all works

Team Trophy North 2005 South 2006 South 2007