Summary by Joe B.

i had a fairly hectic and windy, mostly cloudy, flying day on Thursday at Muncie.  All the events were to be flown then, because a storm was likely to arrive on Friday 9/27. Twenty-six plots participated. I got a 2d place in P-30 (only 3 entries, AMA rules =no Kanones).   I flew the Kiwi p-30 from BMJR. Strong winds from North made for one flight with a stable hover over the tents and two with a fast climb to the South and a long retrieve.  I flew Bad Axe and Anna jr Embryos.  Bad Axe was new and needed more down thrust to take advantage of full winds. Anna jr flew like an old standby; went high and long.  Hard to see after about 60 sec.  Most of the Embryo pilots flew in the NBM Embryo class, with only 2 pilots in the class that allowed Blue Max holders to compete. In the OT Cabin event, I flew Sparky, and it took off well enough from table if I read wind direction right.  It got good altitude and clean if short flights.  I didn’t use full winds.

Another Bong Eagle, Harrison K., was there and got 2d place in NBM Embryo and 3d in Dime Scale + maybe a couple more.  Because of rain, the Awards Ceremony was held on Friday in the AMA HQ board Room.  Got to see where AMA dues go. Pretty nice.

Photo of Cloudbusters’ HQ and the Flightline at North End of Area 3

Photos of Heat 2 of the National Air Races Mass Launch – Waiting and Launching

Joe B.’s planes flown at Muncie -9/26