Contest Results
Canadian Aerobatic Open – July 18-19, 2003

Abbotsford, British Columbia – CA Chapter 8
Contest Director: Donn Richardson

Primary | Sportsman | Intermediate | Advanced | Unlimited

Primary
Rank	Pilot	Known	Known II	Known III	TBLP Tot.	% PP
1st	Ben Baker	384.7674	380.8765	878.9210	1144.5649	84.78%
2nd	Brian Grieg	344.5468	353.1171	341.0284	1038.6923	76.94%
3rd	Doc Hamm	326.9513	310.8789	340.4809	978.3111	72.47%
Chief Judge: Jennifer Haglund
Judges: Peter Herzig, Bob Higbee, Doug Sowder, Robert Toppell, Russ Davidson and Mary Higbee

Sportsman
Rank	Pilot	Known	Free	Known II	TBLP Tot.	% PP
1st	Matt Groth	1134.3918	1144.3857	1139.1056	3417.8831	85.02%
2nd	Todd Roberts	1113.5206	1122.6069	1110.1087	3346.2362	83.24%
3rd	Brian Moon	1052.0649	1037.0072	1070.8234	3159.8955	78.60%
4th	Alex Meinke	791.8350	863.9407	948.5145	2604.2902	64.78%
5th	Larry Mashowski	0.0000	1058.6429	959.1667	2017.8096	50.19%
Chief Judge: Jennifer Haglund
Judges: Peter Herzig, Bob Higbee, Doug Sowder, Robert Toppell, Russ Davidson and Mary Higbee

Intermediate
Rank	Pilot	Known	Free	Unknown	TBLP Tot.	% PP
1st	Mark Holmes	1636.6000	1673.0000	1232.0000	4541.6000	82.72%
2nd	Donn Richardson	1506.3000	1643.1000	1200.2000	4349.6000	79.23%
Chief Judge: Mary Higbee
Judges: Peter Herzig, Bob Higbee, Doug Sowder, Robert Toppell, Les. Mitchell, Kurt Haukohl, Greg Howard and Jennifer Haglund

Advanced
Rank	Pilot	Known	Free	Unknown	TBLP Tot.	% PP
1st	John Coffee	2067.3000	2619.3000	1924.1000	6610.9239	80.82%
2nd	Ann Marie Smith	2007.4000	2670.1000	1690.8000	6368.5325	77.85%
3rd	Doug Sowder	1742.8000	2676.9000	1892.5000	6312.3301	77.17%
4th	Mac Engh	1896.7000	2314.3000	1246.9000	5870.3533	71.76%
5th	Bob Higbee	1896.7000	2314.3000	1246.9000	5458.0335	66.72%
Chief Judge: Mary Higbee
Judges: Richard Toppell, Les. Mitchell, Kurt Haukohl, Greg Howard and Jennifer Haglund

Unlimited
Rank	Pilot	Known	Free	Unknown	TBLP Tot.	% PP
1st	Guido Lepore	2906.5600	3915.7020	3212.9200	10035.1840	83.07%
2nd	Greg Howard	2945.9750	4013.2040	2750.2430	9709.4225	80.38%
3rd	Kurt Haukohl	2870.1770	3619.7620	1860.1380	8380.3489	69.37%
4th	Les Mitchell	2446.8280	3313.6220	2335.5230	8095.9740	67.02%
Chief Judge: Jennifer Haglund
Judges: Bob Higbee, Doug Sowder, Richard Toppell, Russ Davidson and Mary Higbee

The sun blazed bright on the short-format contest held under the watchful eye of a snowy Mt Baker. Hey, that mountain was your biggest friend, standing white and 11,000' beside the most confusing box in the Pacific Northwest, holding you by the hand to make sure you didn't get turned around. Short format? Arrivals and registration from Thursday night until Friday noon. Contest from noon Friday to Saturday night. 19 competitors got all 3 flights in, with everything cleaned up before the banquet.

Abbotsford has the advantage of being a tower-controlled customs airport with an aerobatic box in the infield. The experienced and relaxed tower controllers took care of feeding pilots from the holding area into the box. Since they were well used to aerobatic pilots, there was never any delay for landing ("Pitts, you're number 6 for landing, but if you can buttonhook your downwind to final in close and turn off the first taxiway, then you're number 1 and cleared to land!"). There were a few distractions, such as the steady steam of helicopters back and forth (S76, Bell 47, Enstroms, Jetrangers), the steady airplane training circuits, the odd RV-6 deadsticking in after an engine problem, and the steady stream of Boeing 737 jets landing and taking off. Kurt Haukohl was halfway through his Known when the tower called him to say "We're landing a 737 underneath you, carry on", then just when he hit his vertical line down at the end of his sequence, a hot pink (ZIP Airlines) 737 smoked his tires on the runway below him.

Donn Richardson the Contest Director did a tremendous job in organizing the contest through a maze of bureaucratic pitfalls and ever escalating fees. Les Mitchell, the co-Director, launched into the logistics and grunt work of the on-field requirements. All this plus they had time and concentration left over to compete in the contest. These guys could run the Olympic Games. Behind them, of-course, were spouses and family and friends generously pitching in to take over the administration of the contest as it got underway.

Sea level, not too hot, aircraft performance wasn't a problem, even for the lower-powered airplanes in Unlimited that were flying an eight figure Free Program. There were more than a few twists and turns, especially in the Unknown, where it was a rare pilot not to take a program interruption. Have a look at the Unlimited Unknown. As a consolation, at least the double strength Canadian beer afterwards helped numb the indignity of those zeros.

See you all next year!

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