Le très fameux rendez vous de l'époque .Le tournoi des champions. Il y'avait la Le gratin des meilleurs pilotes du monde avec bien sûr l'homme à battre Maitre Hanno Pretner.. et son "Dalotel " l'époque de la voltige coulée et précise avec des avions spécifiques à cette catégorie ... que de beaux souvenirs.. Merci pour cette vidéo précieuse.!!❤
Thank you for so amazing film! I live in Argentina, and I saw this tournament back in the day in RC/Modeler magazine because my dad had a suscription. Childhood memories.
Radio Controlled aerobatics competition consisted of 4 classes in those days: A, B, C and D. "A" was the beginning class with easy maneuvers and up to "D" which was the top class with difficult aerobatic maneuvers. Easy maneuvers were: Takeoff, 3 loops, three horizontal rolls, one square loop, etc. Difficult maneuvers for the top class were: 4 point and 8 point rolls, a three turn spin, Square vertical "eight" loops, etc. Each class flew about 14 maneuvers in sequence to complete a round of competition. Most contests consist of 6 rounds spread over 2 days. Thanks for the question. For more information about Radio Control aerobatics activities in the USA, go to: www.NSRCA.net {National Society of Radio Control Aerobatics}
I love those times.Thats when R/C flying was truly great.I miss my OS61 piped bridi UFO.Now all I fly now in 2024 is a horizon hobbies V900.Thats the most exotic looking pattern/sport plane I can get.I miss fibur glass fuselages and foam core wings.
Thank you, I miss the good old days also. I am still flying pattern but with electric. I also have 2 new YS 61s and an old Rossi rear intake, rear exhaust. Hasn't been in an airplane yet but they are beasts on the test stand.
I was there as a teenager but not flying. It was great for a spectator to be able to see all the events. I have flown free flight at Muncie for several years now.
Thanks very much for posting this. My brother was a member of the ARCS club who sponsored and he and I worked as line chiefs for the Pattern competition. I was able to spot him in the video. Have no idea if I'm in it or not since I was on the flight line a distance away. It was a real rush to stand next to some of the fliers who I had only seen in magazine photos.
That was a wonderful trip to the past, judging your pattern flight was the hilight of the show. Thanks for remembering our conversation. AMA8855 Tom Ewing
Tom, it is so good to hear from you and know that you are around and still kicking. Us old timers have to keep thinking of the past to stay happy. I'm 81 now and know you must be very close to that. So, since I moved to Sweet Home Oregon I got back into pattern after 10 years of not flying. I still have the desire to go for more trophy's. One funny thing I remember about that flight happened during the horizontal "8." I don't know if you were judging that flight but I got a little bit long and on the way back I came so close to the judges that they bailed out of their chairs!! We then received notice from the tower (straight away from us) that we were coming too close to them. I wonder if they bailed out of their seats also. I learned a lot (all the time of course) about competition then and kept learning. What I remember about you giving me a confidence talk was saying, "You can win this, you can do it." Sorry if I disappointed you but, I just thought it was another lesion on how to get better.
Nice... just a few years before my family moved to Fresno... recognize a lot of the planes... Kaos, Tiger-Tail, maybe a Citroen or a Taurus..???. John Lockwood RIP... Was this the main runway... or the East-West runway?
Hi Mike. Ain’t this a hoot. The run way is on the south side and east west. We flew there up until a few years ago, our field is now on ave 12 south and east of here about six miles.
Thanks for posting this footage. I was there with my dad. He was competing in Quickie 500, and I was his "caller". " TURN!" Seeing that pylon flightline (@ 9:20) was taking a look back in time almost 40 years ago. Sadly, dads plane lost a receiver between turns 1 and 2, burning in somewhere in that field beyond the pylon course.
Awesome!! I saw the Peter Stuyvesant team fly the Curares in Austria. They were perfect as could be! This is the first time I see them on video since the 80's. And Hanno and Hans, of course... what a genius team! Thanks for posting this!
Thank you so much for sharing this. Brings back a lot of great memories. This was the year of the Laser 200, although Hanno won again with a Dalotel. This was the first year that Steve Stricker was invited. Two weeks before he was to leave for the trip his caller had to cancel. We had a mutual friend so he called me to see if I would go although we had never met before. I had never even seen an Aresti pattern. This was the Chipmunk year. After the first 2 days we were as high as 7th and still creeping up the board, even flying after Hanno every flight. In those days the pilots had to put together one Known pattern to fly. Steves was high difficulty and low K factors, we slipped to 14. Made up for that in '84 with a 2nd place finish with the Stearman the year Hanno's Skybolt was disqualified. I have to admit, the Prettner team was hard to keep up with.
Thanks for the kind words. Those were the days my friend, we thought they would never end. Do you fly a Saito 125? I know there is a Saito 124. Where do you fly. -Rick
