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There was only had 3 competitors in F3D ~ Ross, Gary had his best time, if he didn’t get a cut. The threatening
and Len with his vintage model. Sadly Ross & Gary had a weather arrived, so we stopped for a lunch break while it
‘coming together’ on takeoff in the first heat. Thankfully, passed.
no major damage to either model, which meant Len only
had to get one flight in to take the day. The skies lightening and it was into F3D + F3T. Ross
Craighead and Frazer Briggs had one good race in F3D,
Thanks again as always to with less than a second between their times.
the helpers, June, Tania,
Johno & Clive for being on
the timing & poles. Antony
had even managed to
progress Alex from being
on a No 1 light button last
meet to being in front of the
computer this time .

November 10 R e g r e t t a b l y t h e
This was a one-day event, as November is a combined weather was finally
Pattern + Pylon weekend.
the winner on the
day, so Gary (F3D)
There was 11 entries and the weather forecast was for and John (F3T)
rain in the afternoon, and it did !
didn’t get to fly. We
Q500 was flown first got drenched as we
with seven pilots. hastily packed all the
This was a busy time gear away. Then it was time to retreat to the ‘Sports Bar’
as we tried to push and have the results.
through as quickly as
possible, due to the Thanks as always to the Timers, Helpers and base pylon
threatening weather. people and a special Thanks to Antony Wright for all the
Facebook pics and write-ups.
After getting a lot of
banter from Chris And last, but definitely not least, Thank you to Sharon and
Charlton, Noeline John for hosting these events and use of their ‘Sports Bar’.
Craighead flew her The next event is the Christmas meet on 14-15 December,
Raven, and “the girl” at Airsail MAC.
(as the guys call her)
beat him.

Unfortunately, there was a mid-air at No.1 between Ron
Stone and Dave Coleman.
NZ Team Trials
A redraw was then required to change to two heats. There
were only three rounds flown but still lots of fun. It as great for
to see Richard Thompson flying and Congratulations for 2025 F3D/F3E
taking out 1st place. Pylon World
Championships

There will be two (2) NZ
Team Trials for the 2025
F3D/F3E Pylon World
Championships.

The first of the Team Trials
for this event will be held at
the 2025 Nationals and the
second will be at the 2025
Waikato Champs. The best
result from either trial, will
Then we pushed on with four pilots in F3R, so it was two determine the pilot ranking
heats of 2. John Danks and Stephen Collins had some order.
very competitive racing but Stephen won 1st place. Noeline Craighead
At the time of this advertisement, the
Antony had an aileron issue, so once again, there was a venue for the 2025 Pylon World Secretary Treasurer
redraw for the 3 pilots to fly in the same heat. Gary Mercer Championships has not yet been NZ Pylon SIG
confirmed. E. NZpylonsig@hotmail.com
had a blinder of a flight with “the big boys” and (would’ve)
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