Daniel Underkofler calling for Chris Hogue under a stunningly beautiful sky during the Masters finals on Friday.
Photo by Bob Kane.
By Justin Wells
The final day of the 2024 AMA RC Precision Aerobatics (Pattern) competition didn’t disappoint. It was a well-run event with great staff supporting it. All of the finals rounds were mapped out, and all classes got their flights in between the low cloud cover and pop-up showers. It made for a long day, but everyone managed to get their flights in.
The traditional banquet was held in the evening at the Horizon Convention Center in Muncie, Indiana. The banquet included honoring special contributors to Pattern, as well as inducting them into the National Society of Radio Controlled Aerobatics Hall of Fame, which was created a few years ago. The participants were well honored.
The following pilots won their respective classes. A big congratulations to them for this huge accomplishment.
Sportsman:
First—Daniel Hiller
Second—Phil Elting
Intermediate:
First—Stephen Foster
Second—Nilton Renno
Third—Robert Pearce
Advanced:
First—Joe Lachowski
Second—Michael Cohen
Third—Thomas Dose
Masters:
First—Dave Lockhart
Second—Chuck Edwards
Third—Ken Velez
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)/F3A Team USA 2025:
First—Andrew Jesky
Second—Jason Shulman
Third—Peter Collinson
Alternate—Brett Wickizer
Final Scores can be found at www.nsrca.us/documents/nationals/2024/Day4/contestResults.xml.
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