Team Futaba - 2006

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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
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.

Masters
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).

RC Scale Expert
Dennis Crooks - 1st place
Kim Foster - 2nd place
Mike Barbee - 3rd place
Greg Hahn - 4th place
Dave Pinegar - 5th place

RC Team Scale
Maiorana-Pinegar - 1st place

RC Designer Scale
Dave Johnson - 3rd place

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
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