Mowry Contest Series Results
Contests at Mowry Field are held approximately every month. The contests alternate between glider events and rubber-powered events. A variety of annual, perpetuatal trophies are awarded for these events.
The results of the most recent contest:
***********************************************************************
April 20, 2008
Another breezy day, so we cut the max time to 60 seconds. Even with 60 seconds there were some long chases. Mike Palrang put one flight over the creek and into far part of the plowed field on Cherry Ave. Mike was the only one to max out and he did it in Mini-Moffett.
Harold Davidson put together two maxes and a 55-second flight for a 175 total and won Open Rubber. Emile Carles was second, and Ding Zarate and Mike Palrang tied for third.
Mike Palrang won Mini-Moffett with the afore-mentioned three maxes. Harold Davidson was second with a 167 and Ding Zarate was third.
There were five entries in Hand-Held Catapult. Mike Palrang was first with 97 seconds, Dick Douglas was second with 80, and Ding Zarate was third. Harold Davidson and Emile Carles were fourth and fifth
Fred Terzian was first in Hand Launch Glider posting 93 seconds. He was using a “conventional” glider, having lost his super good tip launched glider while demonstrating how to launch it. Harold Davidson was second with 70 seconds and Dick Douglas and Mike Palrang tied for third. Ding Zarate entered but ran out of time before he could record one flight. The CD gave him an honorary attempt and kept his entry fee.
It’s April and there are some trends in our various trophy chases. The Getsla trophy race is led by Mike Palrang with 48 points, followed by Harold Davidson with 42, and Dick Douglas with 33. Mike also leads in the OCD Catapult award with 8 points followed closely by Dick Douglas, Emile Carles, and Ding Zarate. Emile Carles and Mike Palrang lead in the Stu Bennet trophy for Open Rubber with 8 points each followed closely by Harold Davidson and Ding Zarate. The Critchlow Trophy for Hand Held Catapult is led by Dick Douglas with 13 points followed by Harold Davidson with 11 and Mike Palrang with 8. Lastly, the Joe Foster trophy for P-30 is led by Ding Zarate with 5 points, Harold Davidson with 4, and Mike Palrang with 3, reflecting of the one contest held this year.
Our next Mowry contest will be May 18, and will have OCD Catapult and Gollywock in addition to our regular HHC and Open Rubber.