10th Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb
10th Pikes Peak Ceiling Climb - March 6, 2016
Don DeLoach, CD
Its hard to believe it has been ten years since this contest got its
start. What fun we've had over the years! Lots of great flying, lots of
site records set and broken. Despite rent increases and dwindling flying
hours, Indoor is alive and well in Colorado.
This year we had 17 paid flyers with us including six out of state
flyers. Dave Saks, our old friend from Idaho, was here. George
Bredehoft, a mostly outdoor FAC flyer from Michigan made the trek via
airline, and stayed at Chez DeLoach. George is the proprieter of Volare
Products and Superior Props, and a super nice fellow.
Mike Fedor drove up from the Dallas area for a follow up to his Indoor
Nats visit in 2015. It was great seeing Mike as usual, and he did some
very fine flying.
Speaking of the 2015 Nats, John Lovins was inspired to come back in
Indoor after spectating at the Nats. He came to the PPCC flying 35cm,
A-6, and vows to tackle F1D next. What a pleasure it was to fly with
John again.
David and Tiger Wagner came up from Santa Fe to their first PPCC, and
seemed to enjoy themselves a lot. Tiger brought his school buddy with
(can't remember his name)
Jim Gadd is a local Colorado Springs flyer who entered his first contest
in Limited Pennyplane, and turned a very respectable 4:40. Welcome, Jim!
Two site records were broken this year, in Towline (DD with 54.4 best
flight) and 35cm (John Lovins' 13:57). Our site records are getting
tougher and tougher to beat.
The most popular events were P-18 with 8 flyers, Limited Pennyplane with
7, and Towline and No-cal with 6 each. Isn't it interesting how quickly
P-18 has caught on?
Jace Pivonka topped the very competitive 8-man field in P-18 with an
awesome 2:10. His backup flight of 2:09 would also have placed first.
We lost Ivan Williams to cancer just a couple weeks before this year's
PPCC. Ivan was a fixture in the Colorado Springs Indoor scene for many
years, and a prolific builder. He donated his entire fleet of models to
the MMM Club, and we auctioned them off at the PPCC, with proceed going
to the club. What a huge success this was! Over $500 was raised and
several dozen models now have happy new homes. RIP Ivan, and thanks. You
won't soon be forgotten. Other donors to this silent auction were Don
Uhl, Darold Jones, Jerry Murphy, and Rick Pangell. I want to offer
special thanks to John McGrath for picking up most of Ivan's models to
bring to the auction. Also, Rick Pangell and Ray Boyd brought down Don
Uhl's models from Denver. Thanks guys!
The PPCC is a team effort. Thanks to Mark Covington for sitting at the
CD most of the day and timing flights. Thanks to Jerry Murphy for
bringing the beer and soft drinks for the pizza dinner. Thanks to anyone
else who contirbuted in small but important ways. Your help is always
greatly appreciated.
One final note of thanks, to John Berryman, David Gee, Bill Gowen and
Tom Juell. These men pledged several hundred dollars to keep the PPCC
solvent, when a call went out that our rent had been raised. NONE of
them were even in attendance but their offers of financial assistance
gave us much needed peace of mind. Fortunately, their money was not
needed as the PPCC came within $20 of breaking even.
See you next year!
--Don
HLG
Don DeLoach 32.6+34.7 67.3
Rob Romash 29.5+31.4 60.9
Mike Fedor 29.8+30.8 60.6
Towline Glider
Don DeLoach 49.9+54.4* 104.3*
Jace Pivonka 52.9+49.9 102.8
Mike Fedor 47.6+47.1 94.7
Rob Romash 43.6+44.4 88.0
Jerry Murphy 14.7+14.5 29.2
John McGrath 23.5 23.5
*site records
SCLG
Rob Romash 40.6+39.4 80.0
Mike Fedor 34.0+32.0 66.0
Rick Pangell 22.9+21.9 44.8
Tiger Wagner 19.5+18.6 38.1
UCLG
Rob Romash 41.3+38.5 79.8
Mike Fedor 35.5+35.7 71.2
Don DeLoach 21.7+10.4 32.1
Rick Pangell 17.5+5.0 22.5
FAC No-Cal Scale
Don DeLoach Farman 7:17
Dave Saks Cassutt 6:31
George Bredehoft Fairey 3:11
Rick Pangell Luscombe 2:41
Mike Fedor F4U 2:17
Rick Pangell Cassutt 1:39
FAC Peanut
Don DeLoach Davis 99.0
Mike Fedor VP-1 98.0
George Bredehoft Fairey 91.0
FAC WWII No-Cal Combat
G. Bredehoft Fairey WINNER
Jerry Murphy Wildcat
Mike Fedor F4U
Don DeLoach Spitfire
Rick Pangell P-40
Easy B
Rob Romash 11:29
Limited Pennyplane
Don DeLoach 8:45
Rob Romash 6:53
John McGrath 6:29
Mike Fedor 5:05
Bill Carney 4:44
Rick Pangell 4:44
Jim Gadd 4:40
Pennyplane/F1M
Mike Fedor 5:20
Rick Pangell 4:34
Bill Carney 4:14
Don DeLoach 1:15
Ministick
Rob Romash 8:05
John Lovins 5:28
Don DeLoach 4:59
Mike Fedor 4:36
Ray Boyd 4:29
P-18
Jace Pivonka 2:10
Bill Carney 2:00
Chuck Etherington 1:57
Mike Fedor 1:48
Ray Boyd 1:48
John McGrath 1:46
Jerry Murphy 1:44
David Wagner 1:20
Phantom Flash
Bill Carney 4:10
Jace Pivonka 4:00
David Wagner 3:37
A-6
John Lovins 4:29
Don DeLoach 4:02
Jace Pivonka 3:07
F1L
Rob Romash 9:59
Mike Fedor 5:09
35cm
John Lovins 13:57*
*site record
P-18 Mass Launch
John McGrath
Mike Fedor
Jace Pivonka
Grand Champ - Colorado Cup
Rob Romash 18 points
Don DeLoach 15
Mike Fedor 11
Bill Carney 8
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