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FORMULA FORUM THE IF1 JOURNAL SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2010 FORMULA FORUM Volume XXI Number 5 IF1 INC. Formula Forum © 2010 EXECUTIVE TOM DEHART International Formula One COMMITTEE Technical Director Pylon Air Racing, Inc. All 5220 Walton Dr. SMOKEY YOUNG rights reserved. Klamath Falls, OR 97603 President 541-882-1589 Formula Forum is the offi cial 13089 Peyton Dr. C136 fl yfastfl ylow@fi reserve.net publication of International Chino Hills, CA 92709 Formula One Pylon Air 909-548-0974 JACK SUIERVELD Racing, Inc., a Texas non-profi t fl [email protected] Technical Rules Committee corporation. Member of the Air Chairperson DOUG BODINE 216 Lemmon Drive Racing Council of the United Vice President States. Published bi-monthly. Reno, NV 89506 821 E. 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Box 761 MEMBERSHIP Membership in IF1 is open 7320 Old Stage Trail Buena Vista, CO 81211 to pilots, owners, crews and Kelsey, CA 95667 719-661-4484 technical people active in 530-622-1434 [email protected] Formula One Air Racing for [email protected] $60/yr. Anyone may join as a non-voting Associate Member, CONTENTS $35/yr. Applications available 3 Reno Welcome Doug Bodine from the secretary or on-line. 4 Steve Hill’s Twisted Composites RULES For IF1 Technical and Procedure Birgitta Nurmi rules, check on-line at: 8 Reno Countdown WEBSITE www.if1airracing.com 9 IF1 Entries and Staff Jim Cunningham, Webmaster 10 News from the Teams [email protected] 12 IF1 Family News COVER PHOTO 13 Insurance Notes Steve Temple in #87 Madness battles Smokey 13 Erratum Young in #3 Sly Dog for fi fth position in the 14 President’s Page Smokey Young 2A heat in 2009. Steve did not manage to pass Smokey in this race, but succeeded in the 16 Operations Brief Bob Bement Gold Final and claimed third. This was one 17 Race Procedure Review Bob Bement of many rivalries during the ‘09 races. 17 Voting Procedures Gary Davis Photo by Naomi West. 18 IF1 Marketplace 2 FORMULA FORUM, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 Reno Welcome elcome Fans and Race Teams! to make the 2010 races your personal Doug Bodine W event. In between races, check out If you are here at Reno reading the racer’s website: if1airracing.com this, you are in for an unforgettable on the world-wide web (www). It experience. The sounds, sights, and has information about the race teams, even smells of thoroughbred race International Formula One air racing, planes being put through their paces race rules, great pictures and videos, by talented and innovative crews and stories, and links to other great sites for pilots is an experience like no other. race enthusiasts. You can even become The professionalism and dedication of a part of your race organization and the crews is inspirational, the machines join IF1. You’ll get a subscription to Photo by Bill Rogers are works of art, and the performance the racing organization’s magazine, in the air bristles with spine-tingling The Formula Forum; full access to the excitement. website for pictures, stories, video, and Congratulations to the teams team news; and access to the racer’s for making it to the national chat line. There is also some cool championships, or in the case apparel and race paraphernalia for sale. of Formula One – International. If you are unable to attend the races in That’s right – Formula One is truly person, you can follow results online FFans,ans, IIF1F1 iiss international with multiple nations through the website and its links. YYOUROUR class…class… fi elding race teams and planes at this A hearty salute to all who make this PPickick a pplanelane year’s races. Just making it to Reno is event so special: Fans, Race Teams, aandnd a tteameam ttoo an accomplishment worth recognizing. Sponsors, Classes, and the Staff of ffollow.ollow. Best of luck, and fl y with safety as the the Reno Air Racing Association. fi rst objective. Each team has its own You all are awesome and very much dynamic, and each aircraft is as unique appreciated! as the race participants themselves. There is something for everyone in See you on the line! —Doug Bodine, Formula One. IF1 #92 Yellow Peril, Callsign “Jethro” Fans, IF1 is YOUR class. The planes, crews, and pilots are personable and among the most accessible of competitors at the national level of any sport. Take advantage of the opportunity to meet them fi rst hand, and to get up close and personal with the race environment. Pick a plane and a team to follow. Check in with them after each race. Who knows, perhaps you may even be interested in participation beyond spectator level, and become a crew member, pilot or Adams Tim Photo by race volunteer. Don’t be afraid to ask, The popular orange #33 Slingshot will not race in 2010. Pilot Ed Dutreaux and do take advantage of the chance (shown here lining up to qualify the plane in 2009) and crew chief Nancy Glidden will be crewing for Steve Senegal who is racing two planes. FORMULA FORUM, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 3 Steve Hill’s Twisted Composites veryone in the Formula One Class Albuquerque, New Mexico. Despite Eknows Steve Hill. Those of us who the fact that there was no one in his are not familiar with him “up close and family active in aviation, Steve did personal” have certainly heard of him get an early start in the fi eld. When in connection with Owens Composites, he was 13 years old, Steve, together Twisted Composites, or carbon fi ber with a friend, started a two year project propellers. Jon Sharp, among others, building a hang glider. During this feels that the composite prop is one of time a mutual friend introduced him to the most important single innovations another schoolmate, Brent Applebay, Photo by Birgitta Nurmi Photo by Birgitta in the history of IF1 air racing. It is no who was also building a hang glider. It Steve Hill at Reno, September 2009 surprise that all but two of the 21 IF1 did not seem a big deal at the time, but competitors at the Reno Air Races in it turned out to be an event that would 2009 ran Steve Hill propellers. determine Steve’s career direction. Steve used to hang his hat in the IF1 Brent and Steve became close friends hangar at Reno as he was associated and learned how to fl y hang gliders with Jon Sharp’s Nemesis project from together. Before long Brent’s father, …all but two the start. In 2004 Steve moved to “the the famous sailplane designer George of the 21 IF1 hangar next door” as crew chief for the Applebay, offered Steve a part-time job competitors at Nemesis NXT team. He is attentive in his shop. Steve accepted without the Reno Air and thoughtfully focused as he works. hesitation. He worked for George all Races in 2009 He exudes calmness and competence, through high school and college. At yet there is an edge; an undercurrent the shop he became involved with the ran Steve Hill of intensity. There is no question as Zuni project—the development and propellers. to who is in charge in this pit. He is building of a racing sailplane with a 49 clearly respected by his crew members. foot wingspan. Thus it was that Steve entered the world of aviation and the As one contemplates the details of his community of racers. career and hears what others say about Steve lands his him, the profi le of a most remarkable Steve fl ew hang gliders all over the DG-600 sailplane, man, who has established a most country between 1974 and 1994. He built in Germany in remarkable business, emerges. fi rst fl ew a sailplane in 1978. For the 1988. He continues last few years, he has been exclusively to fl y sailplanes This tall, blond-haired man, now and participate in fl ying sailplanes and loves it. competitions. age 51, was born and raised in What drew him in, however, was not just his love for all things mechanical that fl y. As it turned out, George Applebay’s shop was a very special place to be in the seventies. Applebay’s specialty was working with composite materials. This technology was so new that Albuquerque and Germany were the only two places in the world where a person could learn about composites. The fi rst American Photo by Mike Abernathy 4 FORMULA FORUM, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 by Birgitta Nurmi composite sailplane was built at David Bice and air racing seemed Applebay’s shop in 1976 when this like the logical next step. After Jon technology was considered absolutely and Steve built a race trailer they cutting edge.