John Brzys and I were again the only two entries, but had a good time and intend to keep the events on the menu for next year's two contests, so bring out a Black Widow-powered toy and give it a go.

I screwed up & left my 1/2A bits and pieces home (but did have the airplanes & a couple of engines).  John was nice enough to loan me what I needed to compete with him.

The Speed event is 12 laps (one-half mile) from a running start.  We run it very casually and allow all the tries you need to get a decent time.

John used his Canadian-style racer, the Streaker, I believe, and gradually worked his speed up to 28.3 seconds (63.6 MPH).  This time stood up for first place.

I opened with my Beechcraft Staggerwing biplane and did a very nice 31.9 (56.4 MPH), pretty good for a hollow log bipe.  The speed run was made without the wheels and cowl.  Unfortunately, I broke off the tail stunting after the speed run. 

The "old faithful" Golden Hawk wasn't in the mood to put out today.  So I moved the Beech 17's engine to an old generic no-name trainer and did 29.5 (61 MPH), for second place in the Speed event.

The Combat Master, now approaching two years of age, spent another game on the bench.