A couple more KOI pics

A picture of Joyce Hager accepting the 50th Anniversary KOI banner to be taken back to the AMA museum. The other pic is the three flyoff winners. Randy Smith (1st), Curt Contrata (2nd) and Robbie Gruber (3rd).

Here are some pictures that I took over the contest.

First picture is Denny Piwowarski's Ultra Cobra 800 by Tom Morris. Engine is Ro-Jett 65 and weight is 54 oz.

Second picture is a Tom Dixon built P-40 Warhawk sold to flyer in the Virgin Islands.

Third picture is John Simpson, who else?

4th picture is Roger Wildman's Davis Special.

5th picture is Mike Ostella's Ballerina I.

Randy Smith taking the trophy from Joyce Hager.

7th picture is the "Great Lampione".

8th is Roy Trantham's Hijacker powered with a DS 60.

9th is Kirk Wicker and John Brodak.

10th is a Skylark.

11th is Bill Little's USA-1 sold that day to the Virgin Island's.

12th is Tom McClain's version of Bob English's 1968 Quasar with DS60LRE.

Joyce was an absolute sweetheart when I met her several years ago. So nice of her to show. Robbie is our golden boy!..... So who are those other two Bubbas in that picture?

Congrats to all and dontcha just love Roger Wildmans Davis Special. That is a really sharp bird with all the numbers and powerplant! I flew it last fall but did not wring it out...plan to next time! Roys ride looks pretty danged sharp also. Love the barrel nose and stinger tail.

John S.

Here are a couple more, Basic Stunt winner Corey with his profile P-51 w/ Veco .19 power. Kid did a good job in the wind on Sat. A couple others that caught my eye.
I apolgize for the blurred background, was trying a few of the file size reduction tricks listed in other posts, I don't really like using the "blur", kind of messes up the whole pic.

A few more pictures for all to enjoy.

I thought I would put down a few observations and comments about the KOI 2004. First of all; Outstanding!!! Second thought and observation; Stupendous!!! For me it all started on Thursday morning when the wife, Sheryl, and our dog, Georgie, our ten lb terror, and me left the Washington DC Metro area and the lovely temperature of 26 degrees F. The Windstar is great for trips and I had my two competiton ships; Fancherized Twister for profile and Quasar I-beam for Classic and PAMPA. Spent the night in Manning SC and as we left the next morning, I heard the temperature in Boston was -7 F and in Neuvo York -1. Also heard former VP AlGore made a speech in NY about the dangers of Global Warming the day before. Huh??? We were glad to be headed in the right direction.

Called Kirk Wicker ala cell phone and found out he and Bob Zambelli were 1 hour ahead of us, having driven all night in his Fleetwood Bounder. Zambelli had his Air Force, Brodak ARF Cardinal, Baby Clown and Oriental for show and tell and his Piper PA-28 and 57 Green Box Nobler. Kirk was going to watch. We met up with them at 1 PM at Whitehouse Field on Friday and proceeded to get in some practice flights in the 10-15 mph winds. A great way to start off the weekend. That night we four went out to Steak and Ale for dinner and had a wonderful time of telling tall tales. My wife beat us with her rendition of my past exploits. Bob, mind your manners and you too, Kirk.

Saturday started off at 9:30 AM at Whitehouse with fair winds and warming temperatures. Classic and Profile were great and the competition was fierce. Last year I earned a second and first in both respectively, probably the cold temperatures and need to wear golf gloves, but this year no such thing as the entire New York, New Jersey, Alabama, Georgia, Norfolk VA and Carolina crowd descended on the place. Unfair!!! But, I broke 500 in both and must admit my pattern is improving. Must be the equipment. OTS was fierce too. And if I remember right, no crashes to note in all events.

Sunday was supposed to be a wash with high winds and rain. But, God was merciful. It was overcast until noon and the winds in the morning were favorable and it only spit rain a little. I got in my best Advanced flight with the Quasar, but again the competition from the likes of Marshall Busby, Roy Trantham and Bill Davis was a force to be reckoned with. I think I need to bring a baseball bat and do a Tonya Harding on those three. Kirk Wicker earned a second in Beginner, his first contest, with the ARF Cardinal. Way to go Kirk. Zambelli sat in circle center and called out the maneuvers to him. At noon the Sun came out and the winds kicked up to 10-15 mph with gusts. My Quasar with its DS60LRE, thanks Tom Dixon, rode through the turbulence with nary a complaint. But, there were some close calls. Dale Berry provided some great entertainment and a thrill several times with loose lines.

The 3 way flyoff of Randy Smith, Curt Contrata, and Robby Gruber was educational and neat to watch. I could barely pick out any difference between them. As you know, Randy earned the trophy.

Again, thanks to the X-47 guys. You out did yourselves this year again.

PS John Brodak with the X-47 club held a 50/50 each day with half of the proceeds going to the FAI team. John and Buzz are trying to visit all of the major contests and raise funds for the team this way. Great idea.

Col. Tom,

Are the planes in the top photo the Brodak ARF offerings?

Can you provide a bit of a description of the picture of the two tables? Is that someone's business offering? It looks like there may be some interesting stuff on those.

Paul - If I may step in for Tom: Yes, they are the three Brodak ARFs. The Baby Clown has not yet flown but it is ready, with a Cox Black Widow on it.
The Oriental has around 20 flights, the Cardinal around half a dozen. With the temperatures here, flying is out of the question for a while.
They are all prototypes but the production versions will show virtually no differences.
Bob Z

Dough:

The tables are Tom Morris's hardware offerings. I took a bunch of shots of his 'booth' at VSC but never put them up. An amazing offering of just the right hardware for control systems and building. One little gizmo is a tiny machined slider that sits inside a track on the elevator control horn arm that you can tighten with a hex wrench and use to adjust the amount of elevator throw. Small enough to fit in the back of a fuselage, the perfect bit of hardware for the job. Easier to see than describe in words.

http://www.tomsbuildingservice.biz/

Carbon fiber rods, wonderful little control arms and associated tidbits that add up to a great control system.

Building jigs and what not.

Recommended.

The picture of the profile Cardinal, Oriental and the Baby Clown shows the Prototype Brodak ARF's.

The second picture is of Tom Morris's vendor display at the KOI.

The third picture is of Denny Piwowarski's Ultra Cobra 800. It was built for Dennis by Tom Morris and finished with Bob Brookins colors. It weighs 54 oz and packs a Ro-Jett 65 side exhaust. Can't wait to fly it. I transported back to Virginia for Dennis.

Great Photos!

Wonderful ships, good job presenting.

Thanks.

Tom,

Wow, some seriously cool airplane pix. Any chance you can give us a blurb on who's is what? I was especially blown away by that terrific Cobra. Love the use of such non-traditional colors (pond scum comes to mind ).

On the other hand... Has Bob Lampione got those pants in some sort of mummified state that he can pull them out every year for decades? Anyone tell him they clash with the colors on the United? Other than that and tthe fact that the hat is garish beyond belief, the rest of the picture is quite attractive. Except, of course, for the ...

Great pictures, beautiful airplanes. Sorry I wasn't there.

Ted - As I understand, those are not pants but actually a tattoo. Seems Bob was away from the sport for a while - now we know what he was doing!
Note also that one blade of the vertical thruster on his hat is broken, explaining the severe vibration during the wind.
Bob Z

>Ted - As I understand, those are not pants but actually a
>tattoo. Seems Bob was away from the sport for a while - now
>we know what he was doing!
>Note also that one blade of the vertical thruster on his hat
>is broken, explaining the severe vibration during the wind.
>Bob Z

Bob,

Sorry, the whole concept of lampione, vertical thrusters and vibrating winds is something I can't get my mind wrapped around.

Ted (shudder) Fancher

Cool another Skylark, do we know who it belongs to? I can tell it's the RSM kit because it doesn't have ribs in the wing tips.

Bob,
The Skylark is Jim Phillips from Oklahoma. Don't know if ti was scratch or kit. Flew nicely!
Bill <><

That green Cobra is just too much!! How is it that some guys just know how to bring a paint job altogether. I want so bad to do original work when it comes to paint jobs, but when I see something like that, I feel like I just have to have that.