(As NEAC president, Doug was also the overall CD for the Electric Nationals, held in Muncie in August. KM)

Yes, the E-Nats has come and gone and from what I heard, it was the best one yet. It certainly was the biggest and if you can put the word "best" next to biggest, it's a winner.
In past years, Indiana has been kind to us in the weather department and this year was no exception. It rained at night but not during the day. While the winds were occasionally brisk, it was not enough to deter the determined.
Without going into a lot of detail, here are the standings of the first five flyers in the AMA Official Events:

Class A Sailplane, Event 610: 1) Ralph Weaver (our new NEAC president KM);
2) David Elias; 3) Ron Scharck; 4) George Parks;
5) Alex Larionov
Class B Sailplane, Event 612: 1) David Elias;
2) Mark Kummerow; 3) George Parks; 4) Ralph
Weaver; 5) Bill Jenkins
Class A Old Timer, Event 618: 1) Ron Scharck;
2) David Elias; 3) Bill Jenkins; 4) Jack Hiner;
5) George Parks
Class B Old Timer, Event 620: 1) David Elias;
2) Mike McIntyre; 3) Bill Jenkins; 4) Ric Vaughn;
5) Tom Hunt

Class 1/2 A Texaco Old Timer: 1) Jack Hiner; 2)
Glen Poole, Sr.; 3) Mike McIntyre; 4) Ron Scharck
5) Jon McVay
Class 1/2 A Sailplane: 1) David Elias; 2) Mike McIntyre; 3) John McCullough; 4) Bill Jenkins; 5) Ralph Weaver
Speed 400 Pylon Racing: 1) Ron Scharck; 2) George Parks; 3) Jim Ryan (There were no places beyond third in this event.)

A new "event" known as Speed 400 Scale was held just for the fun of it and it attracted six modelers and an impressive gaggle of spectators even though it was held at 7:30 a.m. All the models were pristine in appearance