Snoopy's camera was busy at the Northwest Regionals, Memorial Day Weekend of 2006. Here are a few of his photos ...
Left photo: Junior Class I Mouse Race was a family affair; Austin Johansen of Stanwood, Wash., passes Jenessa Beers of Cascade, Mont., as the Beers and Johansen families videotape the action. Right photo: Something we don't see very often -- hard-working Contest Director Craig Bartlett, of Adair Village, Ore., with an airplane!
Speed circle action: Left photo, Ted Gritzmacher of Battle Ground, Wash., prepares Formula 40. Right photo, Greg Beers of Cascade, Mont., prepares to pilot, as Gritzmacher and Laura Beers handle starting duties.
Combat went on no matter what the weather was doing, though the pit area (left photo) was often where those not busy flying huddled up. Right photo: Jeff Rein of Bothell, Wash., combat champion.
Weather was fine for the award celebration! Here, Allana Perry of Edmonton, Alberta, gets her trophy for first place in Intermediate Precision Aerobatics.
Left photo: Gerald Schamp of Albany, Ore., launches Pat Johnston's Bearcat. Right: Pat, of Boise, Idaho, shows a closer view of the plane.
Left photo: Jim Persson of Plesanton, Calif., launches the Bush/Persson clown racer. Right: Racing champion Les Akre of Edmonton, Alberta, with his hardware.
Left photo: Frenetic traffic in the racing circle: Randy Bush of Oakland, Calif., Todd Ryan of Moses Lake, Wash., and Bob Murphy of Stockton, Calif., in the center. Right photo: Todd Ryan relaxes with some trophies.
All photos by Rich Salter.
For the full report on the Northwest Regionals, see Contest News.
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25, 2006