1st -- Prize- Magellan GPS, provided by ANUG, won by Jerry Littrel, Davenport, NE.
2nd-- Prize- Comtronics helmet w/ head set, donated by Comtronics, won by Chris Condon, Lincoln, NE.
3rd-- Prize- RAD head set, donated by RAD Electronics, won by Delbert Gitchel, Wilcox, NE.
4th-- Prize- Grand Rapids Technologies ½ price gift certificate, won by Wayne Cowan Oxford, NE.
5th --Prize- Kuntzleman SC 103 strobe, donated by Kuntzleman Electronics, won by Frank Cuba, Silver Creek, NE.
6th --Prize- Kuntz leman $50.00 gift certificate, donated by Kuntzleman Electronics won by Marty Nissen, Omaha, NE.
7th --Prize- Sport Pilot Shop , donated a $50.00 gift certificate, won by Joe Block, Hampton, NE.
8th --Prize-- South to South DVD, donated by Sport Pilot Shop, won by Bob Hladky, Kearney, NE.
9th --Prize-- South to South DVD, donated by Sport Pilot Shop, won by Harold Ostler, Omaha, NE.
10th--Prize--South to South DVD, donated by Sport Pilot Shop, won by Joe Nissen, Omaha, NE.
11th - Prize--South to South DVD, donated by Sport Pilot Shop, won by Beritang Selassce, Omaha, NE.
12th - Prize-- USUA cap, donated by USUA, won by John King, Shelton, NE.
13th - Prize-- Gemini cap, donated by Brad Stauffer, won by Larry Doehling, Surprise, NE.
USUA also provided wing pins and anniversary pins which were handed out to USUA members. The NE Ultra Flight magazine was provided for handing out to all in attendance. Nebraska Dept. Of Aeronautics provided a supply of 2005 updated maps and airport directories for all who wanted a updated copy. Many other Ultralight Suppliers provided sales information to be handed out to those in attendance
The ANUG fly in officially got under way at 1:PM Friday, the early arrivals and those in attendance were treated to a Bar-B-Q dinner at 6:PM ANUG provided the dinner free to all in attendance at the airport Friday evening. Jim McDonald , airport manager, and his wife did the cooking and the organization of the food and drinks .Some 50 plus people enjoyed the food and fellowship.
At 8:PM Friday night several ultralights took to the air making a planned flight around the outer edges of David City. This is our way of telling the people of David City there is something going on at their airport. Friday night saw calm winds, so the powered parachutes took to the sky to take advantage of the great weather.
Saturday, July 10th , the David City Rotary club started the day serving breakfast from 7:am till 10:am.
Frank Cuba, a certified Sport Pilot instructor from Silver Creek, NE. conducted a Sport Pilot seminar at 2:30 PM with 40 participants in attendance. There seems to be great interest in the upcoming LSP certification procedures.
Planned competition was cancelled due to strong winds for most of Saturday. However, by evening the winds subsided somewhat and we again did our fly around the town.
The highlight of the evening was our first candy drop held at 8:pm. The local children turned out in groves, eager to gather some free candy. Jerry Littrel, using his two place RANS made two runs over the grass field, with Marty Nissen dropping several pounds of mixed candy. The kids went wild and loved every minute of watching the plane fly over for the candy drop, then running wildly onto the grass runway gathering in the loot This being our first experience with a candy drop we learned that, first we needed far more candy, and second we will need to separate the children by age groups to keep the event fair for all ages of children. It was really exciting watching the children, they loved it. We plan on doing it again next year with better organization and much more candy.
David City really gets into making this event a special week end for the entire community, with parades , with a full measure of community activities for young and old, including a burger bash in the city park, and finalizing the evening with a large fire works display.
Sunday, July 10th the Rotary Club again served an outstanding breakfast from 7:am till 10:am. The ANUG raffle was held at 10:45, giving away over $1,500.00 in valuable prizes. The official ending of the fly in terminated at 11:30 am.
We had a very special treat Sunday, Keith Harboor from Columbus flew his Russian Yak in and put on a mini air show for us, giving us several fly by’s with smoke and a loop or two.
In bringing together the highlights and digesting the results for the 2005 ANUG event . We find that due to weather conditions, [high winds] fly in’s were down from last year. General public and community participation , however remains very strong..
We were blessed this year with the help of the Norfolk and Columbus Civil Air Patrol, they provided 9 junior cadets with two adult officers to supervise them.. These CAP people operated the flight safety line, pumped fuel, worked the main entrance, helped register pilots and sell raffle tickets. Their services were invaluable to us.
In the final analysis of the entire event we had 45 pilot registrations in all, however many pilots flew in each of the 3 days, but only registered once. The break down according to our log shows, 12- Powered Parachutes, 2 Powered Paragliders (minus pilots), 2- Trikes , 23 fixed wing Ultralight or sport planes, and 8- certified GA planes We did not keep a general public registration this year, so therefore we have no account of total public attendance for the event.
A Short business meeting and a debriefing was held after the fly in. We talked about what we can do better next year, and the need to get more individuals involved in planning the 2006 ANUG event. No future meeting schedule was made.
Report prepared by, Larry Elrod representing the Husker Ultralight Club