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Team Futaba at the Mesa Jet Rally
Team Futaba pilots Bill Hempel and George Manning Jr. participated in the Mesa Jet Rally.
Team Futaba at the Tuscon Shootout
Front (L-R) - Manuel Santos (Mexico), Jean-Claude Spillman (Switzerland), Bill Hempel, Jason Shulman
2nd Row (L-R) - Frank Noll Jr., Kevin Young, Tony Watkins, Kenny Willis, Ryan Gonsoulin
Back Row (L-R) - Will Berninger, Jeff Szeuber, Matt Szeuber, Frank Kelley, Kurt Koelling, Mark Jorgenson, Ivan Kristensen |
Team Futaba at the Mulberry Heli Fly In
Team Futaba at the Southeast IRCHA Event
Team Futaba at the Fall Soaring Fest
Visalia, California
Team Futaba members participated in the Central Valley RC Club's annual "Fall Soaring Fest". There were over 225 entries resulting in over 2100 launches for the 2 day event.
Chad Northeast wins the WCPC
Futaba's own Chad Northeast takes the Western Canadian Pattern Championship.
Chad pulled off 6 winning rounds to take home the trophy for the 5th time.
Team Futaba Helicopter Team at the F3C Team Trial
Team Futaba Members place well at NATS
Muncie, Indiana
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Advanced Class
Team Futaba pilot Stephen Hamilton finished first in the Advanced Class at the AMA Nats for Scale Aerobatics. Stephen was also awarded the Bill Bennett trophy as he was the pilot with the highest accumulated scores!
Unlimited Class
In the Unlimited Class, Team Futaba pilots took three out of the top five places. Kurt Koelling finished second, Frank Noll Jr. finished third, and Ivan Kristensen finished fifth.
| Unlimited |
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| 1st Place - Jason Noll |
| 2nd Place - Kurt Koelling |
| 3rd Place - Frank Noll Jr. |
| 4th Place - David Moser |
| 5th Place - Ivan Kristensen |
From L-R - Jason Noll, Kurt Koelling, Frank Noll Jr., David Moser, and Ivan Kristensen.
Ivan Kristensen |
Kurt Koelling |
Masters Class
Team Futaba pilots Glen Watson and Rusty Fried didn't let bad weather stop them from placing in the Masters Class for Scale Aerobatics. Glen took third place while Rusty came in fifth.
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| 1st Place - Ryan Mclaughlin |
| 2nd Place - Cameron Smith |
| 3rd Place - Glen Watson |
| 4th Place - Albert Glenn |
| 5th Place - Rusty Fried |
FAI/ F3A Class
Only a few points separated 1st and 3rd place in the FAI/ F3A Class for Scale Aerobatics. The same could be said for the difference in 4th and 5th place. Team Futaba pilot Jason Shulman was very consistent and took third place, winning the third round. Sean McMurtry placed fifth, less than 2 points away from fourth. Chad Northeast had a strong showing placing seventh.
First Row (L-R) - Jason Shulman, Quique Somenzini, Andrew Jesky.
Second Row (L-R) - Don Szczur, Sean McMurtry, Chip Hyde, Dave Lockhart, and Chad Northeast.
Dan Landis & Sean McMurtry |
Dan Landis |
Jason Shulman |
Sean McMurtry |
Team Futaba at the Scale NATS
Muncie, Indiana
Left to right: George Maiorana, Dave Pinegar, Greg Hahn, Mike Barbee,
Dave Johnson, Al Kretz, Dennis Crooks, Kim Foster (not pictured).
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| Dennis Crooks - 1st place |
| Kim Foster - 2nd place |
| Mike Barbee - 3rd place |
| Greg Hahn - 4th place |
| Dave Pinegar - 5th place |
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| Maiorana-Pinegar - 1st place |
| RC Designer Scale |
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| Dave Johnson - 3rd place |
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Team Futaba Members Sweep the Q-40 AMA NATS
Muncie, Indiana
Team Futaba showed that precision and speed make a great combination, taking home multiple places at the AMA NATS for pylon racing. The Team had an exceptional showing in the Q-40 race, sweeping the top 4 spots. In the Q-500 race, Team Futaba represented 6 of the top 10 finishers.
Jim Allen was awarded the Overall Pylon Championship, dethroning the reigning six time champion. Jim's 2nd place finish in the Q-40 and 4th place finish in the Q-500 were enough to earn him the prestigious award.
| Q-40 Results | Q-500 Results |
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| 1st - Mark Parker | 2nd - Travis Flynn |
| 2nd - Jim Allen | 4th - Jim Allen |
| 3rd - A.J. Seaholm | 5th - Gino Del Ponte |
| 4th - Marcus Blanchard | 7th - Marcus Blanchard |
| | 9th - A.J. Seaholm |
| | 10th - Lyle Larson |
2006 Futaba XFC Event
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Team Futaba at the Andersonville Contest at Mac Hodges Field
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Team Futaba at the Chattanooga Contest
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Left to right: Dave Sellers, Doug Trent, Gordie Meade,
Dennis Perduski, Ben Minor, Tim DiPeri
Team Futaba at the Birmingham Contest
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Left to right: Cliff Hiatt, Wayne Mann, Gordie Meade, Dennis Perduski,
Dave Sellers, Tim DiPeri, Don Wade, Ben Minor
Team Futaba at Joe Nall
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Front row (left to right): Ryan Gonsoulin, Amanda Price, Jason Noll, Buddy Hale, Ivan Kristensen
Back row (left to right): Rick Barch, Mike Clemmens, Frank Noll Jr., Tony Watkins, Joe Stek,
John Estlow, Peter Collinson, Sylvester Hale, John Bradley, Bill Cline
Team Futaba at Mint Julep Contest
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Team Futaba at IMAC Contest in El Paso, Texas
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Team Futaba at the Houston IMAC Contest
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The Toledo Show - April 7-9, 2006
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Team Futaba Takes over Toledo
Don Wade's Futaba PT Cruiser
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Futaba Booth at the Toledo Show
Team Futaba working the booth |
Wheeling, WV
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Archie Stafford and Mark Radcliff at the Wheeling Hill Hoppers RC Club
Phoenix Q40 Classic
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Port Charlotte FunFly
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Ralph Dalusio and Robbe Giles
Tampa Helicopter Contest
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Southwest Classic
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From left to right: Edgar Vera, Bill Malvey, John Erickson, and Darwin Barrie.
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