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WestFAC 2024 - Buckeye, Arizona          Oct 25-27, 2024
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Here are some terrific sights from WestFAC 2024.  
Again, we were blessed with a great field on which to fly. 
This site will again be available for the WestFAC event Oct 23-26, 2025. 
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Walter Ainslie with Japanese Shinden Pusher
Swallow Left Front
Rod Persons' Corsair
Tom Arnold Winding a P-63
Mike Kelly and Walter Ainslie in good spirits!
Miss World's Fair by Walter Ainslie
Miss World's Fair one field over
T-28 by Walter Ainslie
WW I Mass Launch: L-R B. Hodes, J. Nunez, D. Lofthouse, D. Wagner, H. Toews (Launch Director), R. Adams, W. Ainslie
WW II Mass Launch: L-R B. Hodes, J. Nunez, D. Semeraro, T. Arnold, R. Persons, M. Kelly, W. Aislie, R. Adams, D. Wagner
Walter Ainslie with his HE112B
2XMooney mass launch: L-R D.Wagner, M.Kelly, W.Ainslie, M.Keller, D.Semeraro, H.Toews (Launch Director), B.Hodes, D.Lofthouse
An Aeronca in the jungle
Barb Semeraro being welcomed into the flying competition by Henry Toews with a bottle of wine, a jet cat kit, and an award. Arnold is distracted and Hodes is exhausted.
A Brown B2 also by Ainslie...in the jungle
Dave Semeraro's Vagabond
Barb Semeraro flying her rubber entry
Post-flying at a local pub
Post flying at a local pub
Briefings
Briefings
Saturday morning pilot briefing
Saturday morning pilot briefing
Cold War Mass Launch: L-R B. Hodes T-28, W. Ainslie T-28, M. Kelly T-28, T. Arnold Mauler, R, Persons Korea Corsair, H. Toews Launch Director
Rod Persons out to fly his Corsair
Rod Persons International Workshop
Breakfast briefing: L-R T. Arnold, H. Toews, M. Keller, R. Hodes
Rich Adams and Bob Hodes
Tom Arnold cranking the winds in his 27" AJ-1 Savage
Rod Persons with his Korea Corsair
Mike Keller with his 2XMooney Itoh
Saturday morning pilot briefing
Flight Line
Headed out for a mass launch...the towers are a long distance away.
Rich Adams and Bob Hodes taking a winding break
Joined by Rod Persons
Now Henry Toews joins...what a bunch of slackers!
Tom Arnold's French P-63 Kingcobra
WW II Mass Launch
Land owner, Jerry Rovey (in baseball cap), showing his 1929 John Deere tractor
Dave Semenaro and Walter Ainslie with their 2X Mooney entries
Mike Keller and Dave Semenaro with their Itoh and Vagabond entries
Bob Hodes and Dave Lofthouse with their Pottier and SE5 Mooney entries
Tom Arnold's battle-weary Martin Mauler
Dave Semenaro, Tom Arnold, and Henry Toews sitting out in the wind
Mike Kelly with his T-28 and Tom Arnold with his Mauler for the Cold War events
Rod Persons with his Korea Corsair and Mass Launch Director Henry Toews laughing at the wind (note the poster flapping in the background)
Walter Ainslie with mechanic-wife Marcia and his Miss World's Fair
Award ceremony table with Arnold as the MC and Hodes and Toews as enthusiastic assistants
Walter Ainslie and Dave Wagner get envelopes with their event standings
Mike Keller joins Walter Ainslie (again...Walter placed in the top three of more events than anyone else)
Rich Adams accepts his award. Note the previously mentioned exuberance of the assistants
Mike Kelly
Walter Ainslie who was consistently in the top three of more events than anyone else
Mike Keller steps up for his award
Dave Wagner steps up for his award----he builds beautiful airplanes
Henry presents a bottle of wine and a jet cat kit to first-time flyer, Barb Semeraro
Bob Hodes and Henry Toews after a hard day at the field before hitting a local pub for dinner
Mike Kelly's amazing F-105
The F-105 with computer-printed tissue, clear plastic prop at the tail, highly modified Dumas kit
The F105 model is light but still has to fly like the full-size version---FAST. It is impressive in the air and it is competitive.
Jonathon Nunez's WW II winning Japanese Grace
Built from a Diels kit
Nice workmanship on Jonathon's Grace
The wing is held on by four telescoping pieces of AL tubing
The SE5A of Dave Lofthouse
The stabilizer of Mike Kelly’s Wicko GM-1 suffered from severe climate change during the trip from Texas to Arizona
Dave Wagner launches his Thunderbolt
Mike Kelly’s P-59 Jet Cat hit the streamer pole after launch. It was repaired and went on to win the Jet Cat event.
Tom Arnold launching his AJ-1 Savage
AJ-1 climbing
Dave Wagner ready for mass launch with Found Centennial
Dave Wagner launching
Dave Wagner launching
Dave Wagner found his Comet Jupiter within an inch of Kelly’s Spitfire. Jonathon Nunez observes.
Dave Wagner
Mike Keller with his Japanese Itoh
Closeup of the Itoh
Walter Ainsley, Mike Keller, and Dave Semenaro prior to the 2X Mooney mass launch
Walter Ainsley, Mike Keller, and Dave Semenaro prior to the 2X Mooney mass launch
Mike Keller and Dave Semenaro prior to a mass launch
Mike Kelly’s F5F Skyrocket twin
Rich Adams with his Vultee Swoose Goose
Rich Adams launching the Swoose Goose
Walter Ainsley launching his P-38