Cole & Rita Palen Free Flight Rubber Powered Scale Meet

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Here are some photos I took at the recent free flight event at the Red Hook High School in Red Hook, NY. Tom Polapink is the guy of the hour here and has been doing this event for 3 years!

Here I am with Tom.

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Some more pix from the June 9th event

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another

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And another, this one of my 1939 Golley Wack and Megatech Avion

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me and my little Avion. FLies great indoors!

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and another. this one was really cool! Anyone know the name?

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how about this one?

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group shot of abouot 25% of all the models

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grand prize trophy... an annual award, that gets handed down from one year to the next with winner's names added.

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the rest of the awards! Very nicely done Tom!

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Transoceanic Scale

1st – Sean Tavares – Spirit of St. Louis
2nd – Scott Schultz – Spirit of St. Louis
3rd – Tom Polapink – Fokker “America”


“Wrong-way Corrigan” Prize

Ian Hurley – Bellanca “Miss Veedol”


Transoceanic Non-scale

1st – Pete Polapink – Motor Glider

2nd – Lee Henderson – Fokker E.III

3rd – Pete Truesdell - ?


Golden Age

1st – Peter Truesdell – Monocoupe

2nd – Sean Tavares – Pietenpol

3rd – Michael Maniatis – Martinsyde


WWI

1st – Matt King
2nd – Lee Henderson – Fokker E.III

3rd – Ryan Cassens – Fokker Dr.1


Pioneer

1st – Gwen Ackley – Antoinette
2nd – Tom Polapink – Blackburn
3rd – Chris Rogine – Antoinette


Mixed Event

Ken Cassens

Scott Shultz

“Too-Tall” Todd


Mass Launch

Peter Truesdell – Monocoupe

Pete Polapink – Motor Glider

Mary Ellen Sinclair – Boxy Bipe


Proxy

1st – Dick King – Fairchild 24

2nd – Howie Applegate –

3rd – Ray Distefano – Javelin


Powder Puff

1st – Mary Ellen Sinclair – Boxy Bipe

2nd – Gwen Ackley - Antoinette


Indoor High Flight Award

Peter Truesdell


Craftsmanship Award

Ken Cassens – Arup S-2


Sportsmanship Award

Sean Tavares


Pilots’ Choice Perpetual Trophy

Michael Maniatis – DH Leopard Moth