2016 Northwest Control-Line Model Aviation News Archive
Below are some of the headlines about CL activity in the region in 2016, along with links to some of the technical articles and columns that appeared on the Flying Lines website 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.
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Northwest control-line news headlines
Combat's First 20 Years 13th installment: Carl Berryman in Combat section
Combat's First 20 Years 12th installment: Don Boleski in Combat section
Mike Hazel wins Competitor of Year title See article on NW Standings
page >>
Combat's First 20 Years 11th installment: Riley Wooten in Combat section
Weather
clears for Delta Park Northwest
Sport Race See
article on Northwest
Fireballs page in Northwest Club News
<< An unusual engine choice for D Speed See article in Speed section
Combat's First 20 Years 10th installment: Simpson family Combat heritage in Combat section
Combat's First 20 Years ninth installment: Larry Scarinzi in Combat section
Northwest fliers take part in 2016 worldwide Ringmaster fun fly See article
Halloween horrors from the Bod
Busters See article 
on Bod Busters page in Northwest Club
News
Mike Haverly awarded Don McClave
Vintage Stunt Champion Trophy at Fall Follies
See Northwest
Standings
Fall Follies in Salem ends 2016 Northwest stunt season See article >>
The take-apart Profile Carrier plane See article in Navy Carrier section
2016 R.F. Stevenson Raider Roundup results and photos See article
Vintage Stunt Trophy renamed to honor the late Don McClave See NW Standings page for details
2016 Northwest Speed Championships includes record run See article in Speed section
Combat's First
20 Years eighth installment: John Wright in Combat section
Backyard flying returns to the Zoot Ranch See article and photos
<< Bladder Grabber XXXVIII report See article in Combat section
2016 Western Canada Stunt Championships results and photos See article in Aerobatics
<<
Northwest stunt pioneer and cartoonist Don Shultz dies
See article
Northwest stunt icon Don McClave dies See article >>
Half-A testing and bad bearings See Article in Buzz Wilson's latest Musings from the Combat Pits in Combat section
Combat Graffiti 2016 report and photos See article in Combat section
Big turnout for 2016 Nearly 1/2-A Fun Stunt event See article on VGMC page in Northwest Club News
Bragging rights at Brodak: Fox Speed See article in Speed section
Independence Day celebrated with Delta Park Fun Fly See article on Northwest Fireballs page in Northwest Club News
Combat's First 20 Years sixth installment: Frank Pisz in Combat section
Vancouver area fliers spruce up Richmond flying site See article
Skyraiders
lose Auburn field See
Northwest Skyraiders page for details in June
meeting minutes
2016 Stunt-a-Thon results and photos See article in Aerobatics >>
Northwest Regionals report, photos See article
Combat's First 20 Years fifth installment: The Broadway Bod Busters in Combat section
Read Gene Pape's third Miscellaneous Stuff; the May 2016 article is on Frayed lines, stiff wings and little engines
Paul Walker's May 2016 column: Flying in 'dead air' See Walker on Stunt in Aerobatics section
U.S. wins gold in Aerobatics at the Control-Line World Championships! See results at the World Championships website
Combat's First 20 Years
fourth installment: Tom
Schaefer biography in Combat section
Longtime Northwest CL modeler Dick Salter dies See obituary >>
Blondie gets a speeding ticket See article in Speed section
Paul
Walker's April 2016
column: Flying in the Wind Part 2
See Walker on Stunt in Aerobatics section
<< 2016 Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up results and photos See article on Northwest Fireballs page in Northwest Club News
Control-line's past revisited: See group photo of 1962 Skyraiders in Northwest CL History section
Nostalgia and
other items See article in Scale Matters column
Stunt flier Rex Abbot dies See obituary >>
New! Northwest
Skyraiders meeting minutes now posted monthly
on Skyraiders page in NW Club News
Paul Walker's March 2016 column: Flying in the Wind Part 1 See Walker on Stunt in Aerobatics section
2016 Oregon Flying Fun No. 3 enjoys
break in the weather See
article on Western Oregon
Control-line Flyers page
<< Combat's First 20 Years second installment: Rich Lopez biography in Combat section
Read
Gene Pape's second Miscellaneous
Stuff; the February 2016
article is on covering the Demon, fun with combat,
and ASP engines
Oregon Flying Fun No. 2 report and photo gallery See article >>
Paul Walker's February 2016 column: An adjustable flap mechanism See Walker on Stunt in Aerobatics section
New Regular Column! Read Neil Simpson's Combat's First 20 Years in Combat section
Rule change clarifies Sport 40 Navy Carrier carburetor specification See article in Northwest Rules section
2016 Polar Bear Fun Fly starts the B.C. year off cold See article
2016 Oregon Flying
Fun No. 1 starts the Oregon control-line season
See article on Northwest Fireballs page in Northwest Club News
Seventh Installment of Paul Walker's
treatise on trim: Chapter 7
of the Trim Flow Chart: Putting it to work
See Walker on Stunt in
Regular
columns
Cox, Rush share 2015 Competitor of Year title See article on NW Standings pageials for this Web site. Please Send the editor an e-mail with your comments and contributions.
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