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Speed Limit Combat started Tuesday. We had really nice weather. It was great to fly in.

We held 1/2A Combat today. There were some really good matches. Zero wind and hot temps made for hot combat. But the low winds allowed a full 360 degrees of airspace to use.

Today, we wrapped up the last four events for Control Line Speed. We flew 1/2A Speed, 21 Sport Speed, Perky Speed and new this year, PerkE Speed. There were a total of 57 attempts and there were 49 official Flights. That is a bunch of flights for just one day of speed.

Welcome back race fans! Texas Quickee Rat racing started today under excellent weather conditions. The first heat saw Mike Greb winning with an excellent 3:16 versus Chuck Barnes Sr. (3:51). In the second heat, Mike slowed to 3:19 while Barnes improved to post a 3:44.

Today, the contestants were again greeted by clear skies, a cool morning, and very little, if any, wind. Again “Remember the sunscreen” was the motto of the day. The next talk of the town was the lack of air movement. Very little to no wind can be very dangerous to the CLPA community.

The Saturday before the Navy Carrier events were scheduled to start, the gentleman that was scheduled to be the event director had a family emergency that prevented him from attending the 2026 AMA Nationals

There were 11 entries in this wild and crazy, fast event. Some airplanes were hitting 130 mph and pulling on your arm like a whale on a harpoon. These monsters take some real concentration and muscle to maneuver.

The F4B Control Line Scale World Championships happens every even year, and the team trials happen the year before the World Championships happen.

On day 3 of the Control Line Speed Nats, we flew Formula 40 Speed, 21 Profile Proto Speed, and Fox 35 Stunt Speed. There were a total of four flyers in 21 Proto, three entered Formula 40, and 11 flew Fox 35 Speed.

There are multiple Control Line (CL) events at the Nationals. They all share a bellcrank to control the elevator and fly in a circular pattern. But each CL event is very different in its purpose. The goal in a CL Scale event is to build a smaller version of a full-size aircraft in appearance and flight qualities.