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5/29/08 Combat Report: A good night Thursday; 10 pilots (all at the same time) flew a total of 58 flights. Two broken motor mounts, one fractured carb, and the usual dinged-up corroplast - - no tractors this week!
Some struggles continue fine-tuning the Magnum engines. (And when you do get it right, someone knocks you out of the sky!) Rob is the new leader (shoot for him next time).
Because flying opportunities may be limited, we have reduced the number of flights required to be rated from 20 to 12. Due to the number of pilots (15) flying combat, we may have to go to a "fly two - sit one out" format. Last time we had 13 and flew groups of 6 and 7, but most people only got three flights. This week we flew everyone together (11), but it was pretty crowded if all the planes made it up. We'll experiment over the next few sessions and come up with a point at which we should "platoon" our flights.
Thanks for your interest,
Dick Albers
CCSA
05.29.08 standings for combat flying:
Pilot Pts Flts Rating
Rob Wink
72
19
3.7895
Mike La Pacz
71
21
3.3810
Dick Albers
66
20
3.3000
Scott Raduenz
40
13
3.0769
Gary Doeren
30
12
2.5000
Paul Wachholz
28
12
2.3333
Dean Krzewina
27
12
2.2500
George Bal
17
17
1.0000
Larry Horkman
43
9
0.0000
Todd Gallion
26
7
0.0000
Jason Raduenz
17
9
0.0000
Jose Gamboa *
12
9
0.0000
Jack Detert
5
7
0.0000
Hal Dorband
4
3
0.0000
John Rentmeester
1
2
0.0000
5.15.08 standings for combat flying:
Pilot Pts Flts
Mike La Pacz
47
14
Dick Albers
46
13
Rob Wink
45
12
Paul Wachholz
28
12
Todd Gallion
26
7
Larry Horkman
18
3
Dean Krzewina
18
9
Scott Raduenz
15
7
Jason Raduenz
13
7
Gary Doeren
12
6
Jose Gamboa *
12
9
George Bal
11
11
Hal Dorband
4
3
Jack Detert
2
1
May 1, 2008 - Combat report: Lots of wind but no rain. Hard to keep the planes up in the air, much less do any real chasing. But we got 4 flights in despite the weather. The wind blew a couple planes behind the flight line, but there weren't any disasters.
Dick Albers
CCSA
(combat-commissioner-self-appointed)
4/17/08 5/1/08 Total
Pts Flts Pts Flts Pts Flts
Rob Wink 25 6 19 4 44 10
Mike La Pacz 25 6 12 4 37 10
Dick Albers 25 6 12 4 37 10
Paul Wachholz 17 6 5 3 22 9
Dean Krzewina 15 6 15 6
Scott Raduenz 15 5 0 2 15 7
Todd Gallion 13 6 13 6
George Bal 7 5 4 4 11 9
Jose Gamboa 4 5 3 1 7 6
Jason Raduenz 4 4 4 4
Gary Doeren 0 3 0 3
Jack Detert
Hal Dorband
John Rentmeester
FINAL RESULTS OF THE
2007-2008 WINTER
COMBAT SCHEDULE
Last Saturday was the last week of the Winter Combat schedule. We will start Summer Combat on Thursday, April 10th at 5:30 pm.
We had ten Pilots participate this session, even though some only flew last fall when the weather was still nice. We never got 'cancelled' by Mother Nature, and Rob Wink and Paul Wachholz showed up for every mission (Paul was 'grounded' for several weeks with mechanical problems, but he was still there!).
We put 252 planes in the air, cut 118 ribbons, and had 23 planes come down due to mid-airs. About 2/3 of the pilots returned safely from their 'mission'; with 31% unable to stay in the air the full five minutes.
Totals
Averages
Total
K
D
CF
AF
Kill %
Down %
Comp %
Points
Flights
Pilot
Rating
48
7
44
57
84.21%
12.28%
77.19%
202
57
La Pacz, Mike
3.5439
22
7
37
55
40.00%
12.73%
67.27%
117
55
Wink, Rob
2.1273
20
3
34
49
40.82%
6.12%
69.39%
100
49
Albers, Dick
2.0408
6
1
23
31
19.35%
3.23%
74.19%
43
31
Krzewina, Dean
1.3871
8
2
19
37
21.62%
5.41%
51.35%
47
37
Wachholz, Paul
1.2703
2
1
4
5
40.00%
20.00%
80.00%
12
5
Dorband, Hal
*
10
2
8
11
90.91%
18.18%
72.73%
42
11
Gallion, Todd
*
0
0
0
2
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0
2
Gamboa, Jose
*
2
0
2
3
66.67%
0.00%
66.67%
8
3
Horkman, Larry
*
0
0
1
2
0.00%
0.00%
50.00%
1
2
Raduenz, Jason
*
* Min. of 20 Flights
K=
Kill (cut)
to get Rating.
K
D
CF
AF
D=
Downed another by contact
118
23
172
252
Totals
CF=
Complete Flight
46.8
9.1
68.3
%
AF=
Attempted Flight
Mike La Pacz is the Winter Combat Ace for 2008. He completed over 3/4 of his missions and scored a "kill' almost 85% of the time. He accumulated 202 points in 57 flights, averaging over 3½ points per flight. Nice flying!
Enjoy your sweet victory Mike, because on April 10th we all start with zero for the new season! Some of the newer pilots have gained valuable combat experience over the cold, hard winter and will be looking to knock you off your throne this summer!
Remember, all Club members are welcome (and encouraged) to participate, watch, kibitz, harass and otherwise take part in the combat sessions. See the schedule listed on our website for dates and times.
Dick Albers
CCSA
(combat-commissioner-self-appointed)
