1) Don Steven's Super Chicken, ready to go.
2) Boosting on a H128 White Lighting motor. 5...4...3...2...1...CLUCK!
3) Dual recovery on the field...great flight!

Jay Calvert loads his 2/3 scale Deltie glider with a 1/4A3-3T, and looks towards a cool blue and red space-plane-thingy.  Lift off on a black powder motor.

Strike a pose!
1) LCO and CATO Prefect John Poulin.  Peter and Jeannine Lawall looking skyward.
2) NAR Section Advisor and Contest Director Les Kurz, looking skyward.
3) CATO President Jay Calvert, you guessed it, looking skyward.

LCO and CATO Treasurer Sean Hogan, and Zachary Lau.  Zach took first place in both 1/4A BG and ESD.

Lift off of one of Peter Lawall's altimeter test vehicles on an Estes B motor.  The new PerfectFlite altimeter will be extremely tiny and will record altitude data only (no deployment charges).

LOT-O-WIRES! Todd Harrison's "Unfinished Business" TARC entry flies on a staged cluster of three D12s and two C6s with a D12. At right, Les Kurz poses with his LOC Legacy. It flew on a G80FWL and an F23FJ today

Brrrr. Jeannine Lawall preps "Mach or Bust" for a flight on a G80-10T. It carried Peter's newest super-mini altimeter for a test flight. At right, Peter makes the connections for a real neck-snapping flight!

Peter DiPaolo's Fat Man boosts on a C6 from Red-2 while someon'e ESD entry waits for a turn on Red-1. Larry Hardin and Todd Harrison prepare Larry's Mini BBX for a flight on a H128W. Liftoff!

1)  Jay Calvert's Mach Buster takes to the sky on an Estes E9.
2)  Zack Lau's ESD-1 on an E9-8.
3)  John Poulin's SAAB RBOSA rips on an Aerotech I284W.
4)  It's blue, it's got wings, it's going up on a black powder motor.
5)  Don Steven's Super Chicken.

LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTS and STATS:

Certifications:  None today.

Frequent Flyers: Jay Calvert and Ulf Jonsson both flew 8 times today. Zack Lau and Les Kurz each made 6.

Clusters:  Todd Harrison flew "Unfinished Business 2" on a staged cluster of six BP motors. Ryan Torello flew "Hitoma 2" on 3 D12's to an E9. Bill Dauphin flew his unamed rocket on a cluster of three C6s.

Multi-Stage Flights: Todd Harrison's and Ryan Torello's flights were TARC entries and flew staged as well as clustered.

Classic Kits:  None today.

Motor CATOs:  Les Kurz had bad luck with Estes E9 motors.  Two out of two cato'ed with a loud pop and a ball of flame.

Other Notable Flights:  Peter Lawall made several test flights with his newest super-mini altimeter. It even flew once on a G80-10T ina Mach Buster rocket! John Poulin's SAAB was quite impressive on an I284W. John easily captured the "Hot Shot" title with this one flight.

Contests: Today's NAR-sanctioned open meet was CATO72.   Events were 1/4A Boost Glider, A Helicopter Duration, and E Streamer Duration.

CATO 72 Standings

E Streamer Duration Multiround

Place	Contestant	NAR Number	Section	Flight 1	Flight 2	Flight 3	Total	NAR Points	Prize
C Division
1	Lau, Zachary	80361	581	111	141	156	408	320	Estes Transwing Glider
2	Jonsson, Ulf	80213	581	108	46	143	297	192	-
4	Calvert, Jay	71767	581	SEP	SEP	105	105	64	-
5	Kurz, Les	74240	IND	CAT	9	-	9	32	-
--	Stevens, Don	83188	IND	TL	TL	-	0	32	-
T Division
3	The Tappet Bros. T-069 (Bill Dauphin)	51259	581	57	76	76	209	128	-

A Helicopter Duration

Place	Contestant	NAR Number	Section	Flight 1	Flight 2	Total	NAR Points	Prize
C Division
1	Calvert, Jay	71767	581	19	91	110	400	Estes Skywinder
2	Jonsson, Ulf	80213	581	32	76	108	240	-
3	Kurz, Les	74240	IND	55	ROT	55	160	-
--	Lau, Zachary	80361	581	SEP	-	0	0	-
T Division
4	The Tappet Bros. T-069 (Bill Dauphin)	51259	581	13	-	13	80	-

1/4A Boost Glider Duration Multiround

Place	Contestant	NAR Number	Section	Flight 1	Flight 2	Flight 3	Total	NAR Points	Prize
C Division
1	Lau, Zachary	80361	581	40	41		81	440	Quest Flat Cat
2	Jonsson, Ulf	80213	581	17	43	SHR	60	264	-
3	Calvert, Jay	71767	581	RB	14	RB	14	176	-
4	Stevens, Don	83188	IND	7	-	-	7	88	-
T Division
--	The Tappet Bros. T-069 (Bill Dauphin)	51259	581	NG	-	-	0	0	-

CATO 72 Meet Champions

Place	Contestant	NAR Number	Section	Total Points
C Division
1	Lau, Zachary	80361	581	760
2	Jonsson, Ulf	80213	581	696
3	Calvert, Jay	71767	581	640
4	Kurz, Les	74240	IND	192
5	Stevens, Don	83188	IND	120
T Division
1	The Tappet Bros. T-069 (Bill Dauphin)	51259	581	208
Sections
1	CATO	-	581	2304
2	IND	-	0	312

Year to Date Totals (2001/2002 contest season)

Jay Calvert (C)	1st	1674
Zachary Lau (C)	2nd	1444
Ulf Jonsson (C)	3rd	1336
Les Kurz (C)	4th	1032
Laureano Andrade (A)	5th	624
Don Stevens (C)	6th	336
Spencer Poulin (A)	7th	220
John Poulin (C)	8th	216
The Tappet Bros.  T-069 (Bill Dauphin) (T)	9th	208
Alejandro Andrade (A)	10th	204
Brad Dibble (C)	11th	144
Tom Ouellette (A)	12th	120
Jose Andrade Cora (C)	13th	76
Brain DiBella (C)	14th	64
Olivier Narcisse (A)	15th	56
Rick Polzello (C)	16th	34
Spencer Martin (A)	17th (tie)	16
Larry Hardin (C)	17th (tie)	16

 

Flyer	Ns	Motors
John Poulin	595	I284W
Don Stevens	260	H128W, E9(2), D15T, 1/4A3
Les Kurz	242	G80FWL, F23FJ, E9(2), A3(2)
Larry Hardin	179	H128W
Peter & Jeannine Lawall	150	G80T, C6, B6(3), A8(2)
Sanu Giri	144	F50T, F20W
Ulf Jonsson	99	E9(3), A3(2), 1/4A3(3)
Jay Calvert	99	E9(3), A3(2), 1/4A3(3)
Zack Lau	95	E9(3), A3, 1/4A3(2)
Bill Dauphin	91	E9(2), C6(3), A8, 1/4A3

Motor Summary

Motor	Total
1/4A	10
1/2A	0
A	11
B	5
C	10
D	8
E	16
F	3
G	2
H	2
I	1
J	0
K	0
Total	68

Anyone wishing to contribute additional images please e-mail them  to Jay Calvert


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