I had to wait until the magazines covering the Wood Crafters 2002 event got their articles published and distributed. RCM, Dec. issue just out and Model Aviation, November issue both carried coverage and is very much appreciated.
I offer a slide show and an album, both links are on the first page of my web site. I recommend viewing the album, it has a great deal more text/information and has about 50 photos. The slide show is a large time consuming down load, however, you can adjust the speed of the show once downloaded. Go to http://www.skybench.com For those not aware, Wood Crafters is an annual get together of pilots flying woody sailplanes and electrics ONLY. This event is a fun fly or competition or both, it is the pilots choice and restricted to one entrant per frequency, although we have inniated our Team Entry system with about five or six teams entered already. It is the premier event to fly your woody sailplane. We have folks coming from Fl, Tx, MN, WS, IL, PA, IN, OH, MI, TN, MA, NY, VA, MD. I can hardly wait, nothing but fun at WC 2003. This years competition events are listed in the WC 2002 album, they are different than AMA rules for the most part and designed to be fun. Notably, Don Harris won the "Longest Single Flight" with a one hour and 22 minute flight that was actually terminated due to the event coming to a close. The comp. events do not have size or date of kit restrictions, so you can fly anything you want to as long as it is a woody (glass fuses are permitted). RES will have two size classes, up to 100" and over 100". An official date has not been set for WC 2003, but it will be three days instead of two and entry will be on a single day entry basis, meaning you can enter one, two or all three days. We had a few folks fly on Saturday and not able to fly on Sunday, had I been set up on a daily basis, more guys would have been able to fly. email for more info or to be put on the wait list. As soon as AMA gives me the official go ahead I'll start cranking on the official entry list. Ray Hayes SKY BENCH --- --- Telephone ( 260 ) 434-1322 WHERE FLIGHT PERFORMANCE IS EVERYTHING RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
