Contest Results
Borrego AkroFest – October 11-12, 2002

Borrego Valley, California – IAC Chapter 36
Contest Director: Dick Stonehouse

Primary | Sportsman | Intermediate | Advanced | Unlimited | Unlimited 4-Minute

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

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