APA Champs report 5th/6th October by Bill Wheeler.
The Australian Precision Aerobatics Inc. is the National body for F3A Aerobatics. Like most things it was bourne from like-minded modellers many moons ago here in Victoria.
After taking a short break of twenty odd years from competition and travelling around the world with work, it was time to take life seriously again and have a look at what was happening in an old love.
The Australian Pattern Association was originally called the Victorian Pattern Association and was the result of discussions during the annual MARCS vs Sydney competition in Wagga during October 1977, between the following six people who subsequently became the six founding members of the Association. Ian Watt, Graham Emery, Bruce Grinter, Karl Flemming, Ian Forrester and Mike Chipchase.