Primary

Rank

Pilot

Aircraft

Known

Known II

TBLP Tot.

% PP

1st

Brian Stout

Acroduster Two

403.6428

404.9484

808.5912

82.51%

2nd

Jeff Yeskin

Decathlon

400.9767

384.9278

785.9045

80.19%

3rd

Diana Towne

Decathlon

334.9002

374.5180

709.4182

72.39%

4th

David Warda

Decathlon

316.1038

324.8872

640.9910

65.41%

Chief Judge: Maryilnn Holland

Judges: Michael Church, Dennis Foster, Jim Peeples, Brian Chesebro and Bruce Laurie

Sportsman

Rank

Pilot

Aircraft

Known

Free

Known II

TBLP Tot.

% PP

1st

Malcolm Pond

Pitts S-2B

1091.6386

1127.9488

1122.0382

3341.6256

82.51%

2nd

Todd Whitmer

Pitts S-2B

1123.5184

1098.8818

1102.3681

3324.7683

82.09%

3rd

Clark Foster

Extra 300

1112.7352

1088.4403

1112.0458

3313.2213

81.81%

4th

Reinaldo Beyer

Pitts

1108.5931

1056.8331

1097.4386

3262.8648

80.56%

5th

Greg Morris

Decathlon

1086.3829

1058.7562

1093.1436

3238.2827

79.96%

6th

Dick Stonehouse

Extra 300

1038.1888

1074.1153

1118.2638

3230.5679

79.77%

7th

Bret Davenport

Decathlon

1043.8106

1105.4548

1077.5109

3226.7763

79.67%

8th

Tim Allen Jr

Decathlon

1062.5184

1041.2512

1090.6592

3194.4288

78.87%

9th

Gary Meermans

Pitts S-2B

1022.9992

1072.2661

1094.9947

3190.2600

78.77%

10th

Bill Hill

Decathlon

1026.7356

1030.0374

1057.6711

3114.4441

76.90%

11th

Ben Freelove

Decathlon

1026.6362

1028.4322

1035.0571

3090.1255

76.30%

12th

Deb Laslo

Decathlon

1044.2270

998.0293

1041.2244

3083.4807

76.14%

13th

Randy Owens

Cap 10B

1001.2999

985.6829

1077.4245

3064.4073

75.66%

14th

Takahisa Okawa

Decathlon

977.0264

1001.9228

1038.1541

3017.1033

74.50%

15th

Steve Shaw

Pitts S-2B

856.5967

670.1536

940.8927

2467.6430

60.93%

16th

Jeff Jewell

Decathlon

408.6108

908.6289

974.8135

2292.0532

56.59%

Chief Judge: Jim Nahom

Judges: D. J. Molny, Bill Bancroft, Bill Stein, Mike Wolf, Jeff Boerboon and Tony Moradian

Intermediate

Rank

Pilot

Aircraft

Known

Free

Unknown

TBLP Tot.

% PP

1st

Jody Bradt

Decathlon

1742.5467

1760.8865

1353.9258

4857.3590

87.52%

2nd

Tony Moradian

Pitts S-2C

1759.2444

1769.6829

1309.8487

4838.7760

87.19%

3rd

Jim Nahom

Pitts S-1S

1769.7129

1752.6245

1289.5565

4811.8939

86.70%

4th

Gil Tellier

Pitts S-1S

1740.8464

1723.2499

1304.6951

4768.7914

85.92%

5th

Dave Hermance

Yak 55M

1703.6279

1744.5383

1289.3534

4737.5196

85.36%

6th

Bob Blackwood

Pitts S-1S

1769.5298

1589.1308

1332.5896

4691.2502

84.53%

7th

DJ Molny

Extra 300L

1702.4243

1720.3332

1221.6184

4644.3759

83.68%

8th

Lance Teren

Pitts S-1TX

1670.1413

1639.4281

1321.8274

4631.3968

83.45%

9th

David Walkup

Sabre

1670.4152

1448.7468

1132.1197

4251.2817

76.60%

10th

Nancy Eppard

Decathlon

1451.2791

1685.5988

1057.4019

4194.2798

75.57%

11th

Joe Kutschka

Yak 55M

1692.5381

1365.1610

1104.5364

4162.2355

75.00%

12th

Jacqueline Warda

Pitts S-1T

1749.7000

1507.7993

630.8831

3888.3824

70.06%

13th

Taylor Walter

Yak 52

1570.3244

1585.4398

0.0000

3155.7642

56.86%

Chief Judge: Maryilnn Holland

Judges: Ty Frisby, Mickey O’Brien, Bill Hill, Steve Cummings, Tim Allen and Cecilia Aragon

Advanced

Rank

Pilot

Aircraft

Known

Free

Unknown

TBLP Tot.

% PP

1st

Jeff Boerboon

Pitts S-1S

2584.7863

2671.7896

2096.7765

7353.3524

83.94%

2nd

Steve Cummings

Pitts S-1S

2495.7207

2523.6358

1649.3968

6668.7533

76.13%

3rd

Brian Chesebro

Yak 55M

2225.7425

2615.1048

1766.0549

6606.9022

75.42%

4th

Dennis Foster

Pitts S-2B

2298.5284

2668.3451

1616.5960

6583.4695

75.15%

5th

Michael Church

Extra 300

2400.8890

2446.8233

1635.4760

6483.1883

74.01%

6th

Bill Stein

Pitts S-2B

2469.5327

2317.9197

1672.0666

6459.5190

73.74%

7th

Michael Wolf

Staudacher S600

2420.2176

2562.5377

1401.1207

6383.8760

72.88%

8th

Carl Liepold

Yak 55M

2470.8139

2504.0606

1387.8125

6362.6870

72.63%

9th

Steve Smith

Pitts S-2B

2328.1635

2571.5244

1417.8680

6317.5559

72.12%

10th

Jim Peeples

Extra 200

2284.0897

2497.8840

1299.5194

6081.4931

69.42%

Chief Judge: Maryilnn Holland

Judges: Bruce Laurie, Jon Nash, Dick Bevington, D. J. Molny, John King, Mike Mangold and Ty Frisby

Unlimited

Rank

Pilot

Aircraft

Known

Free

Unknown

TBLP Tot.

% PP

1st

Mike Mangold

Zivko Edge

2902.9507

4470.3386

3300.7288

10674.0181

90.15%

2nd

Jon Nash

Edge 540

2732.8412

4503.8046

3303.8826

10540.5284

89.02%

3rd

Michael Racy

Sukhoi 26

2822.4534

4471.2839

3194.5882

10488.3255

88.58%

4th

Julie Mangold

Zivko Edge

2826.8241

4357.5200

3098.0619

10282.4060

86.84%

5th

John King

Phoenix

2151.0554

3970.2633

3008.9483

9130.2670

77.11%

6th

Ty Frisby

Pitts S-1S

1832.3894

3199.6970

2614.1829

7646.2693

64.58%

7th

Richard Bevington

Staudacher

2035.3543

3178.3057

1723.5010

6937.1610

58.59%

Chief Judge: Maryilnn Holland

Judges: Michael Church, Dennis Foster, Jim Peeples, Brian Chesebro and Bruce Laurie

Unlimited 4 Minute Free

Rank

Pilot

Aircraft

4 Minute

TBLP Tot.

% PP

1st

Mike Mangold

Zivko Edge

3684.4382

3684.4382

92.11%

2nd

Jon Nash

Edge 540

3498.5570

3498.5570

87.46%

3rd

Michael Racy

Sukhoi 26

3247.3411

3247.3411

81.18%

4th

Ty Frisby

Pitts S-1S

2844.9251

2844.9251

71.12%

Chief Judge: Maryilnn Holland

Judges: Brian Chesebro, Bill Bancroft, Bill Stein, Jim Nahom and Steve Smith

The 2002 California contest season ended Saturday afternoon, October 12, at about 5 PM.As the last echo of Ty Frisby's S1 died away, scorers raced to compile results and volunteers expended the last possible surge of energy to tear everything down they worked so hard to put up only three days earlier--"no scores until it's put away."In the restaurant, pilots reviewed critique sheets, some smiling, some not, while outside, a few packed up and flew home. In time, everybody still on the scene limped back to their hotel rooms to make repairs and get ready for the party. It was a good contest.

Gary Meermans and Dick Stonehouse came through in fine style as co-directors: hardly a glitch in sight. We had lunches, port-a-potties, water, tents, chairs, tables, ice, cookies, a permit, after-hours fuel, insurance, contest ads, signs, a banquet (and a place to have it), radios, tech inspection, box markers--and a few more items I can't think of. And they both flew. Chapter 36 usually has competent directors--these two stood out even in that crowd.

John Ryan, who isn't even thinking of opening his new steakhouse until December, threw open the doors of the airport restaurant and made us so welcome it became hard to leave.

Chief Judge Mariylnn Holland drove over from Arizona and ran the whole thing, always graceful, always without apparent effort, despite working three categories.

So efficient were Registrar Joanne Johnson's pre-contest efforts she missed predicting the total number of contestants by fewer than ten. We had 46 in all, and every one of them had the right paperwork at the right time.

Barbara Church did her customary great job as Volunteer Coordinator: organized, efficient and persuasive. When it seemed hopeless, she magically got volunteers to appear at the last possible moment to save the day. The result? No delays attributed to missing or absent personnel. Barb might not have known everyone's name at the start, but I think by the end she had even their birthdays nailed.

Hal Raish made it all move at the starter's position. Even with an hour wind delay on Friday, he got it all done--every category, every

Eva Zoboki and Barb Hill entered scores, made corrections and published results on schedule. Even when it became necessary to re-enter every contestant's penalties from Friday's flights, the work stayed on track--no complaints, just products.

When it was over, we had learned a few things:
1. Decathlons can win Intermediate--in the right hands. Maybe what IAC says about clipped-wing Cubs is really true...
2. Unlimited pilots are lots of fun to watch right after Nationals - they are on their game.
3. Our corner sight devices really need to be rebuilt.
4. The bonus system makes it possible to score more than 100%--even if the software hasn't caught up with displaying the results correctly.
4. Jon, Mike and Julie all scored better than 99.99% on their Frees.
5. You can fly every maneuver outside the box and still not get a single out.
6. The protest system works--sort of. Unfortunately, the jury could have used Solomon's help, and he failed to show up.

Contrary to the belief of some, we have lots of friends in town. On those lines, here's a good story: at 9:30 AM Sat, Barb Church went to the Center Market to pick up supplies and the woman behind the counter began to tell her about this neat stuff going on at the airport: "I think they start at 10, you ought to go!" Barb explained her connection and said "Hey, we've been flying for almost two hours already." And the lady replied, "I didn't know--we haven't heard a

thing."

You can put off your Judge's Written until mid-October--until Thursday afternoon before the contest, in fact--and still make the grade by Friday morning (if you known the right person).

You cannot revive beheaded traffic cones with CPR. On that note, Marilyn Dash wrote to congratulate us on the contest and to say she thinks frequently of dear departed Gomez the Traffic Cone, especially when she passes members of his extended family, just sitting by the side of the road with nothing to do.

Joanne Johnson Honored with Kathy Jaffe Award In late September, the IAC announced its selection of Joanne Johnson, long time Chapter 36 Registrar volunteer, for this year's Kathy Jaffe Award. In the words of the IAC, "this award recognizes an outstanding volunteer during the previous year. The award was donated in memory of Kathleen Jaffe. Her spirit and enthusiasm for aerobatics and the aerobatic community were truly remarkable. She was president of IAC Chapter 52, contest director, newsletter editor, and contributor to Sport Aerobatics magazine. Kathy also gave lectures to everyone from aviation related groups to schoolchildren on the joy of flying and especially aerobatics. She was also a competition pilot. She died in 1999. "Joanne was unable to travel to Nationals to receive her award in person; Jon Nash picked up the handsome crystal trophy in Texas and brought it back to California, unscathed. Contest Directors Gary and Dick made the presentation at the Akrofest Awards Banquet. It was great to see Joanne receive recognition for her wonderful contributions to Chapter 36 and the sport. It has become virtually impossible to imagine running a contest without her help, and it can only be hoped the award will fire up her enthusiasm for many more years to come.

BORREGO AKROFEST
Michael Church