Reported by Pete Bauer
The 2024 Control Line Scale Nationals Competition is now in the books. The weather conditions at the AMA flying site in Muncie were as good as could be hoped. The winds were light every day (Frank Beatty said that the light winds were because he was not flying this year). Thanks to the great planning of the Co-Contest directors Allen Goff and Pete Bauer, and the sportsmanship of all the the pilots, the entire event ran smoothly.
We completed Round 1 of 3 on Friday, July 12 to fly. The remaining flights were flown on Saturday, July 13, allowing the Control Line (CL) Scale portion to wrap up on Saturday afternoon of the 2024 Control Line Scale Nationals Competition.
Let’s look at the 2024 NATS by the numbers.
Thirteen – the number of airplanes entered and flown.
Seven – the number of individuals registered.
Two in 509 Sport Scale
One in 521 Profile Scale
Three in 526 Fun Scale
Two in 527 Team Scale
One in 528 Authentic Scale
Four in 529 1/2A Scale (Including one Junior)
Start now to prepare for the 2025 F4B CL Team Trials and the AMA CL Scale Nationals!
Mike McHenry – 1st Place 509 Sport Scale with his beautiful L-4 Piper Cub.
Fred Cronenwett – 1st Place 521 Profile Scale with an awesome B-29 model.
Pete Mazur – 1st Place 526 Fun Scale with a beautiful Bearcat model.
Allen Goff / Mike McHenry – 1st Place 527 Team Scale with this colorful Extra 300 model.
Ed Mason – 1st Place 528 Authentic Scale with a beautiful Connie airliner model.
Mike McHenry assisting Christopher D. with his 1/2A Scale Wildcat model.
You can learn more by clicking the link below:
https://nats.modelaircraft.org/nats-news/2024-cl-scale-introduction
You can also visit the AMA Flickr page at the following link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/modelaircraft/albums/
You can learn more about the competition by visiting our competition page:
https://nasascale.org/competition-documentation-and-forms/