1978 U.S. C/L Model Airplane Championships
THE United States Control Line Championships was held this year in Winston-Salem, North Carolina under beautiful sunny skies with temperatures in the 80's. This was the second time an "AAAA" rating was given to a C/L Meet; making it the biggest and best of its kind. The classic event started early Saturday morning with FAI team racers tuning. This event requires a good balance of speed and fuel consumption since the fuel tank is a mere 7 cc. Now the racers started, each team warming up, and checking final adjustments on their engines. Then in a blink of an eye the models were up and away. In the pits, the pitmen looked like plumbing trucks on wheels, with all the gauges and hot gloves to assure lightning fast pits, as they went into action. Flip, flip, flip, and away they went! When the smoke and diesel fumes cleared, it was the team of Dodge and Nelson who knew the sweet joy of victory.
