FORMULA 2F01O7 ARir RUaceM 1 ISSUWorldE 4 FEBRUA RCupY 1, 2018 Race Results Procedure Rule Changes What you need to know Interview with Rookie Matt Moore International Formula One Air Racing Association www.if1airracing.com FORMULA FORUM Volume 4 MMXVIII IF1 INC. Formula Forum © 2018 EXECUTIVE TOM DEHART International Formula One COMMITTEE Technical Director Pylon Air Racing, Inc. All STEVE SENEGAL 3229 Cannon Ave. rights reserved. President Klamath Falls, OR 97603 541-281-9634 (cell) Formula Forum is the official 130 Lassen Dr. San Bruno, CA 94066 tech.director@if1airracing. publication of International com Formula One Pylon Air 650-346-6967 (cell) [email protected] Racing, Inc., a Texas non- BOB BEMENT profit Operations Director corporation. Member of the Air DAVE TRIANO 7320 Old Stage Trail Racing Council of the United Vice President Kelsey, CA 95667 States. Published bi-monthly. 530-318-5872 530-622-1434 vice.president@IF1airracing. ops.director@if1airracing. 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CONTENTS RULES For IF1 Technical and Page Section Author Procedure rules, check on-line 3 Presidents Page Steve Senegal at: www.if1airracing.com 6VP Page Dave Triano 7Secretary/Treas Tammy DeHart WEBSITE Grace Sturgess, Webmaster 8 Promo News Jeff Zaltman [email protected] 9Tech Rules Chair Tom DeHart 323-258-1727 10 Pilot Interview Lonnie Perkins COVER PHOTO Race #99 What Airplane, Honey? 11 International News Jeff Zaltman Photo © 2017 Rob Miller 12 AR-1 World Cup Results BACK COVER PHOTO 14Proposed Rule Changes Multi-planes AR-1 World Cup Thailand Photo © 2017 Jane Jarvis 16 Photographers Corner 17 Market Place 2 FORMULA FORUM, Issue 4, FEBRUARY 1, 2018 2018 President’s Page Shortly after the return from http://mynews4.com/on-your-side/ Thailand, I went to Las Vegas on on-your-side-iteam/on-your-side- From the behalf of IF1 to attend the 2017 development-could-push-national- IF-1 Class International Council of Air Shows championship-air-races-out-of- President (ICAS) convention. Fred Telling, reno-stead. Steve T6 Class President and newly The Sport Class President updated Senegal elected RARA Chairman, and Terry us on the status of their work with Mather were there as well. the NTSB and FAA regarding their © 2010 Brigitta Nurmi The RARA Operations Director, mishap in 2017 and I updated the invited the Class Presidents to sit group on the status of IF1’s work with the NTSB and FAA regarding he final quarter of 2017 saw down in a less hectic environment T our mishap in 2016. You, of 17 Formula One Aircraft, Pilots, at the ICAS convention and course, know of the work we did Crew, and support personnel, discuss how the Reno NCAR with the FAA to remain accredited travel to Thailand for the AirRace could be improved. Your board for the 2017 season. That part of 1 World Cup. Additionally four and I decided that if RARA and the process is complete and our IF1 Board members were there as several other Class Presidents revised procedures worked well part of the Official IF1 Sanctioning were going to be there, it would in September. As of the end of committee, two IF1 Board be in the best interest of IF1 to 2017 and into 2018 however, we members competed and three attend. My meeting with RARA are still providing information members assisted as part of the was productive, leading to a to the NTSB regarding our 2016 Contest Committee. Unfortunately commitment from Fred and Terry procedures and the current my column doesn’t have space to to streamline the registration revision to those procedures. individually mention and thank process, maintain the current everyone by name, but IF1 owes level of prize money for our The RARA Presidents meeting is you a huge debt of gratitude for Class, and work with the runway scheduled for February 22nd and helping to make the event the construction company to modify 23rd; more on these and other success it was. IF1 could not their schedule to lessen the topics will be discussed at that exist without everyone’s effort. impact on the 2018 PRS and time. This was IF1’s second trip to the NCAR. A side benefit of attending U-Tapao airport and it was bigger As you know, runway construction the ICAS convention was the and more exciting than the first; at Stead is slated for this year opportunity to attend the with more aircraft, more racing and will impact operations many ICAS presentations. The and more co-located activities. during the 2018 PRS and NCAR. most relevant ones, showed During PRS, runway 08-26 will be the historical distribution of Congratulations to Tim Cone, the closed with only runway 14-32 attendees at air shows, and the AirRace 1 World Cup Gold winner available for takeoff and landing. demographics of those who and Swaid Rahn, the AirRace The taxiway in front the guard attend. The trend I’m sorry to 1 World Cup Silver winner. hangar will be available for non- report, does not bode well for Complete coverage can be found normal operations. During NCAR, the future of air shows and air at https://youtu.be/X-60GSWtIeo a portion of runway 08-26 at racing unless things change. The Congratulations to all AirRace 1 the approach end of 08 will be fact is that the staple of air show World Cup contestants. unusable. RARA also updated attendees, males over fifty, are not us on the development of the attending as much as they once property at the Stead airport that did; primarily due to a reduction may impact the future of air racing in that population. Unfortunately, there. More information on this the next generations, those under topic can be found at: fifty and those who are 18-39 Continued on page 4 FORMULA FORUM, Issue 4, FEBRUARY 1, 2018 3 2018 President’s Page (contd) years of age, are not as enamored sport, but as a way to connect Aviation Event Specialist, and with flight as we were; and they with the younger crowd through John Goldfluss, FAA Western are the ones with increasing collaboration with sponsors Pacific Regional Event Specialist. discretionary income. They that our target audience, men All continued to be impressed offered solutions called for finding and women under 50, can relate and appreciative of the new ways for these groups to to. For example, one successful professionalism exhibited while interact with the performers and performer has a fragrance addressing the changes to our each other; and for new ways to company as a sponsor. Another Start Procedures necessitated by share their experiences. While idea presented at ICAS whose our 2016 runway mishap. I was I thought Facebook and Twitter time is far overdue in my mind, also pointed in the direction of were the way everybody shared is the shift in the way we think Richard Skirmer, a local organizer, experiences, other avenues are about performer compensation. connected with the Edmonton being developed everyday with The concept put forth was that airshow. In addition to Richard, names like Snapchat, Pinterest, while we all love flying, we I was contacted by another local and others. While many of the shouldn’t be ashamed to ask for organizer who is working with ideas shared at the convention reasonable market compensation an airport on the East Coast regarding increasing attendance for our performance; but at the looking to host an air race in were aimed at organizers; such as same time, performers need to 2019 or 2020. I had productive wine tasting, craft beer gardens, be professional and professional conversations with both, and gourmet eateries, umbrella looking, appearing worthy of that both venues look promising. Jeff gardens, tech booths, and other compensation. Zaltman is in discussions with more “out there” ideas; one take Richard; and the East Coast venue away for our Class is a greater You will note that I’ve used the is finalizing their budget for need for social media, hashtags, term “performer” throughout this presentation to the city council and fan participation. We’ve this February. A representative seen some of that in our effort from Ely, Nevada was also at ICAS to interact more with the crowd but her schedule did not allow us at the crowd line and in our pits. to meet. Towing our aircraft back closer to the crowd line, tee shirt tosses, As you may know 2018 is and inviting people into our pits shaping up to be a very busy and aircraft, immediately come to year for IF1.