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Pinelands Finale 2018, New Jersey
« on: November 15, 2018, 02:45:06 PM »
Pinelands Combat Finale
What looked like it could be a miserable day turned out pretty nice.   The weather behaved with no rain and only a few breezes.  The  short entry and an odd number of entries  caused some problems matching but nobody had to fly the same opponent twice.  A lot of missed cuts and engine troubles made for some pretty low scores.

Some quirky things did happen.  Larry and Phil flew, with Phil being way late getting up.  After getting a cut and then the string they played keep away, mostly Phil flying really low.  Larry got a cut back and then with just a few seconds left in the match they both managed to hit the ground a few feet apart but they were so smooth neither plane broke a prop.

In the third round there was another quirky not quite line tangle between Al Ferraro and Tony Luciano.  Tom flys stunt, but is looking to branch out.  Al got two cuts to Tom's none, but they managed to get into a line cross low down.  They couldn't figure it out and Al hit the ground  and then the lines got even more tangled putting Tom in.

Going into the final round barely 250 pts separated the high and low scores.     Dan Banjock and Dave Edwards flew.  They did a lot of flying but Dave got the only cut.  The final match of the day between Dan Banjock and Phil Cartier turned into a real barn burner with no holds barred.  Phil ended up with 4 cuts(only 3 count) and Dan had two.  With the cuts and a good airtime score Dan edged Dave Edwards into 2nd place.  Phil's 3 cuts  edged him into 3rd ahead of Al Ferraro.
Turned out to be a good day lots of good flying.

Photo is Roy Glenn and Larry Wilks flying 3rd round.  I believe Roy got a cut, but they screwed up and tangled or hit, Roy getting 441 to Larry's 236
phil Cartier


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