October 19th SMAA Fall Combat

1st Place - Tom Neff - Aurora
2nd Place - John Jaugilas - Mile Hi
3rd Place - Eric Schafer - SMAA

I was part of the judging team so I was unable to get any action pictures. If someone has any from this combat they'd like to share please send them in, thanks!

Thanks to all that participated, planned, cooked, judged, scored and timed. 

SMAA really appreciates your support of these wonderful flying events.

A beautiful day in October!! Flying, food, fun, who could ask for more?
Getting a test flight in prior to the horn...
Pre-flight checks
In order of appearance?
More pre-flight maintenance
JJ brought this Slow Survivable Combat (SCC) plane for show. Today was strictly "Open B"
Judges meet to go over rules
Seven Pilots for today's combat - Thanks everyone!
On the flight line - gettin' ready to rock and roll
90 degree temps brought out a larger than expected crowd of spectators.
Tom and his Skull Bandit
Andy's Open B
Rich's Open B
JJ's Open B
Billy's Open B - Predator
Lunch break! Chili on a hot day, yum yum 

Thanks to all who participated

Mid-Air Mishap 1 - Note the balsa from the other plane in the head of this engine.  Only damage to this plane was broken prop
Plane on right was involved in a mid-air, plane on left was just involved with gravity
Yet another mid-air casualty - spectators really enjoyed this one!
Just slight damage on this mid-air
3rd Place - Eric Schafer - SMAA
2nd Place - John Jaugilas - Mile Hi
SMAA Combat - First Place Tom Neff - www.smaaonline.com 1st Place - Tom Neff - Aurora

Waxed everyone!

June 15th SMAA Combat
Combat Slide Show Presentation - Requires PowerPoint Viewer

1st Eric Schafer - SMAA 
2nd John Jaugilas - Mile Hi
3rd - Marv Ferdig - SMAA

Launched And On Patrol...
Ready To Engage
Didn't Miss By Much
Pretty Good Avoidance Technique - Run!
Engine Failure - Comin' In Hard
Sortie Complete, Bonus Landing

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Club Combat Fun - Various Dates

Check Your 11 O-clock......
Someone' Been Busy....
I just wanted a closer look....
It's Not The End Of The World As We Know It

Previous Combats

LAMA Ready For Combat Our Friends At LAMA in Longmont
August '99

Scale Combat Meet

Tom Wilde 

Waverly, Nebraska

Humm... so many to choose from...

Be it ever so humble....

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Various Combat Aircraft

                        Blackburn Firebrand

The Good          P39 Aircobra

The Bad            P51

 

The Ugly

Flat Bat

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