2008 Northwest Control-Line Model
Aviation News Archive
Below are some of the headlines about CL activity in the
region in 2008, along with links to some of the technical articles and columns
that appeared on the Flying Lines web site during the year. For a
more complete look at CL activity in the Northwest, go to the Flying Lines home page and click on the links to various
categories at the top of the home page.
AMA rulebook for 2009-2010 now online See
article
How to trim a combat plane (or any other CL plane) See article by Don McKay in Combat
section
Proposals for changes to Vintage Diesel Combat and F2D
Proto rules See article in Northwest Rules section
North American Speed Society's discussion forum link added
to Speed Section and NW
Message Boards pages
Coordinated schedule proposed for Northwest Combat in 2009
See article in Combat
section
November Northwest Speed Flyer newsletter available
for download in the Speed section
2009 Navy Carrier Postal Contest planned See
article in Navy Carrier section
Clinic reveals secrets of high-performance 80mph combat See
article in Combat section
Paul Walker's 2008 World Championships report See full story
Points standings updated with Fall Follies results See Northwest standings
Chehalis Cup speed limit combat series announced for 2009
See article in Combat section
Report on the Raider Roundup See
report
Event director's report on U.S. CL Nationals Precision
Aerobatics event See full report
in Aerobatics section
Speed demons burn up the sky in Salem
See full report on NW Speed Bash
Northwest records updated
with NW Speed Bash results
Mission Wings Fun Fly: 21 fliers show up for rainy day
in B.C. See report
TEAM Country Classic: Truly a stunt classic! See
report
Mel
Lyne repeats as Bladder Grabber champion See report
AMA stunt rules proposals explained See Alice Cotton's
Odds & Ends in Regular
Columns
Secret combat research detected See
update to Combat Comeback Summit article
Updated with Bod Busters investigation of Northwest
rodent problem Updated with statement in defense
of Beavers by Queen Elizabeth Updated with
Beaver State Combat Team denial of link to Queen Elizabeth
Western Oregon Control-Line Flyers club news page updated
See NW Club News
Western Canada Stunt Championships results See
report
Light turnout but lots of flying at Lucky Hand Fun Fly See full report
NW CL legend Frank Boden remembered at Regionals weekend
toast See full story
Stunt-a-Thun 2008 results and photos See
full story
Historical stunt plane crack-ups added
to crash page See Numerous Fragments
2008 Northwest Regionals results
See full story
Longtime Eugene Prop Spinner and former Regionals CD Morrie
Gilbert dies See full story
Broadway Bod Busters fly in Houston World Cup FAI Combat
meet See article in Combat
section
Bod Busters deny attack on Flying Lines Web site
See full statement
Bod Busters offer chance to win $1 million in F2D Proto
at Regionals See article
Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up Contest report updated See full report
Official provisional rules posted for new F2D Proto Speed
event See Northwest Rules
Flying Lines
interactive! Software has been upgraded in our message boards. Check
it out if you haven't been there lately! See Northwest
Message Boards
Bod Busters set world records at Jim Walker See
special article
Ninjas attack Bod Busters, inspire F2D Proto secret weapon See article in Speed
section
Oregon
Flying Fun No. 4 at the 'boutique CL field' See full report
and photos
Looking for "the" combat prop? See article by
Ken Burdick in Combat section
Gerald Schamp's precision aerobatics construction project.
See photos
Eugene Prop Spinners
Oregon Flying Fun No. 2 Full
Report
Clubs' pages updated in NW Club
News section, including new officers
More on diesels in stunt See Alice Cotton-Royer's Odds & Ends column in Regular
Columns
Polar Bear Fun Fly draws 15 fliers to Rice Mill site See photo report
Northwest Fireballs January-February newsletter posted
for download See Fireballs page in NW Club News
This page was upated Jan. 1, 2023
A bit of Christmas blarney from the Bod Busters See
article in Broadway Bod Busters section
New Navy Carrier column joins FL Lineup! See Flight Deck in Navy Carrier
section
80 mph Combat engines made easy? A saga. See
article in Combat section
Fall Follies 2008: Fabulous! See full
report and photos
Critics rave about Diesel Mania contest! See
article in Combat section
How to build a combat plane launching
stooge See article in Combat
section
Northwest Speed Scoop June column posted
See Speed section or Regular
Columns
Results
from VSC XX posted See article in Aerobatics
section
Pat Johnston "three-peats" as NW Competitor of Year