The 22^nd Annual Worldwide Free Flight Postal got off late due to a change in directors. After 21 years of heading this wonderful happening, Jim Moseley hung up his directors shoes. I found out that this had happened while visiting him and his wife in Geneseo, New York for the FAC Non-NATS. I was really surprised that the Postal was about to become no more. Well, I thought this was not a great idea, so I asked Jim if I could try my hand at directing the Postal, and got a yes. And so, here I am, trying my best to keep the Postal alive.

To try to raise participation, I tried adding some Novice events, but did not get any entrants. I also, not understanding scale competition, tried to institute three scale events, which unfortunately had no entrants.

The original events Jim had in his last year’s Postal remain. I will keep the Novice events in the hope some youngsters will take up the hobby, and try their hand at building and flying.

I’ve also taken over the “Tiny Gliders Postal” competition for the upcoming year, and hope I will keep that from going away.

Lastly, I figured out that my version of scale competition was not going in the correct direction, and decided to add all the various FAC events, except mass launch events. There is no scale judging involved. Rules are the same as outlined in the FAC rulebook that can be found online. I am hoping that having FAC events will increase the Postal participation.

I do not know if the 23^rd Postal will be the last year, but I am hoping it has survived the transition from Jim’s care, into my care. Please pass the word to all your friends and club mates that the Postal is still alive with the 23^rd Annual version now underway. Announcement flyers were emailed, or sent snail mail. If you or anyone would like a copy, please forward your email or snail mail addy to me. My email is caleyannhand@yahoo.com

Participation was very low this year, with only 19 participants competing in 12 events. I also didn’t get much in the way of conversation or photos about the experiences of the flyers, so this year will be just basically the results. Please see the results below. Thanks so much for participating, and I hope the 23^rd Postal will be bigger and better than ever. Caley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Event	20” Rubber
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Joshua Finn	Phantom Flash	60	60	60	120	150	148	598
2nd	Paul Squires	Pixie P20	60	60	60	90			270
3rd	Hope Finn	Phantom Flash	60	60	60	90			270
4th	Jim Moseley	Blue Ridge Special 14”	60	60	60				180
5th	Graham Lovejoy	Merbaby	56	60	53				169

 

	Event	25” Rubber (2 Bit + 1)
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Joshua Finn	King Harry	60	60	60	90	116		386
2nd	David Aronstein	Guillow Hornet	60	60	60	90	100		370
3rd	Peter Brecker	Estrella Negra	60	60	60				180
4th	Joshua Finn	Zephyr	60	60	60				180
5th	Caley Hand	Mini Hobbies 24”	60	49	46				155
6th	Graham Lovejoy	Modelair Sportster	35	53	48				136

 

	Event	30” Vintage/Old Timer
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Joshua Finn	Hepcat	90	90	90	120	142		532
2nd	David Aronstein	Thermal Bagger	90	90	90	120	119		509
3rd	Graham Lovejoy	Thermal Bug	90	90	90	113			383
4th	Caley Hand	Gollywock	90	90	90	85			355
5th	Allen Shields	King Harry	30	40	49				119

 

	Event	42” Vintage/ Old Timer
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
	No Entrants

 

	Event	P-30 Rubber
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Caley Hand	Majestyk	120	118	100				338
2nd	Jim Moseley	Saturno 5	90	120	120				330

 

	Event	Freewheel Rubber Up to 36”
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Graham Lovejoy	Keil Kraft Ajax	90	90	90				270
2nd	Leslie Sayer	(none given)	89	119	97				205
3rd	Allen Shields	Sparky	29	27	41				97

 

	Event	Unlimited Rubber
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Joshua Finn	Shortcut 30	120	120	120	150			510
2nd	Jim Moseley	Ellipsis 150 Mulvihill	120	120	120				360
3rd	Allen Shields	Wanderer	46						46

 

	Event	KK Senator
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Leslie Sayer		89	90	90				269
2nd	Jeff Newton		120	65	35				220

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Event	Cloud Tramp
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Ole Torgersen		76	56	(52)	(99)	62		194
2nd	Leslie Sayer		88	(68)	(50)	61	63		179
3rd	Gary Hinze		173	(53)	(180+)

OOSUU 1734thHildur Lundhaug (Ms) 5053(47)50(87) 1535thRon Boots 37(44)(20)2927 1036thBud Matthews 47(113)1919(14) 85

 

	Event	CLG/HLG (Small)
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Peter Brecker	Krazy Katze W 8”	60	60	60	60	60	60
		Fly off times	99	125	180	207			900
2nd	Peter Brecker	Wild Katze 11.75”	60	60	60	60	60	60
		Fly off times	99	140					570
3rd	Peter Brecker	Let It Roll 8”	60	60	60	60	60	60
		Fly off times	95	130					570
4th	Grant Lovejoy	Lunchbox #15	41	55	60	53	44	43	296
5th	Grant Lovejoy	Lunchbox #14	60	47	40	40	41	60	288
6th	Fred Terzian	Scout 8	33	28	46	43	99	41	251
7th	Grant Lovejoy	Lunchbox #8	34	28	34	33	60	49	238
8th	Paul Squires	Lunchbox	32	23	38	35	46	60	234
9th	Jim Moseley	Sparrow 12”	45	42	27	31	36	39	220
10th	Leslie Sayer	San Man No. 11	16	6	26	10	16		74

 

	Event	CLG/HLG Large
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Graham Lovejoy	Scalded Cat 16” #3	60	60	58	45	60	38	321
2nd	Graham Percival	Own Design	37	45	60	41	41	41	265

 

	Event	FAC Embryo
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Joshua Finn	Maxout IV RG	120	120	120	150	146

 

	Event	Novice Basic Stick
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
	No Entrants

 

	Event	Novice Build Up Fuselage
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
	No Entrants

 

	Event	Novice P-30
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
	No Entrants

 

	Event	Scale Low-wing P-40
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
	No Entrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Event	Scale High-wing Pilatus Porter
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
	No Entrants

 

	Event	Scale Biplane Anotov AN-2
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	No Entrants

 

	Event	Small Bungee Glider
Place	Name	Model	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1st	Jeff Newton		60	52	49				161
2nd	Santoni Curzio	Lulu	37	60	—				97