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Can-AM Aerobatic
Championship hosted by IAC88
photos and story by, IAC34 member -
Bill Lavin
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2006 Can-Am Aerobatic Championship |
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Sign was posted on the fence by the EAA building. |
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Friday Evening Practice |
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Bill relieved the Chapter 88 boxmaster from 6pm-8pm. |
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IAC34 Members |
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Watching Friday evening practice; Randy Reinhardt, Kim & Randy Wolfe, Mike Wild. |
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Lined up and ready to fly! |
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Howard DGA-5 arrives during Friday night Practice |
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Hinged canopy |
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Cockpit has shoulder width of 18". |
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Appears to be a replica of an airplane that holds the inverted speed record. |
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Ashley Messenger checks it out. |
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The plane is flown at 105kts in the pattern and stalls at 80kts. |
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Saturday we flew Sportsman and Unlimited first followed by Primary, Intermediate
and Advanced. Primary didn't actually fly since it consisted of a college kid and Joe
Haycraft who flew to make it a contest. The Decathlon (same one that was at Marysville)
had a mechanical problem and Primary ended up flying first and last in the second
go-around. Haycraft ended up losing his wallet - not yet found when I left.
We flew Sportsman a third time before the banquet Saturday. Sunday we flew Primary
a third time and the Unknowns. I judged Sportsman and Unlimited on Saturday.
We had five non-flying judges so the five of us judged Primary and the Unknowns
with no changes in the Judge's line. We had no weather problems at all.
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Allyson Parker-Lauck arrives. |
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Brought her Panzl in for an Annual and entered the contest. Allyson ranks the Jackson box as one of the three hardest she has flown. |
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Unlimited Unknowns Difficult for competitors. |
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Allyson, Hugo, Loren and Michael were all having outs, with winds aloft blowing more than predicted. Hugo broke his helmet during some controllibility probelms. |
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Aircraft wait to fling themselves into the "delirious burning blue". |
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Brian and Virginia Jacobson's home on wheels. |
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Standing L to R: Loren Smith, Joe Haycraft, Randy Wolfe, Jeff Granger, Walt Plentis, Doug Bartlett, Michael Vaknin with his son. Kneeling: Allyson Parker-Lauck and Robb Butts. |
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