Gary Buck Memorial Flight Award |
Central Illinois Aerospace
proudly present
the winners of the
It has been said about Gary's rocket flights that they were either spectacular successes or equally spectacular failures, but always spectacular in some manner or other.
In honor of Gary's memory we have decided to declare the most spectacular flight at GARLO each year to be a Gary Buck Memorial Flight. This page will list the winners of this award for each year starting with 2009.
Year | Flyer | Rocket |
2009 | Chris Deem | Bullpup 12D on an H242T |
2010 | Lon Westfall | Transonic II on an H999 |
2011 | Chris Deem | Mean Machine on a G80T |
2012 | Gus Piepenburg | Bomarc on an H194 |
2013 | Chris Deem | Bullpup 12D on an H123W |
2014 | Mark Joseph | Wildman Jr. on an H999 |
2015 | Chris Deem | 29mm Snitch on a G25W |
2016 | Chris Deem | Bigger Brute on an H268 |
2017 | Chris Deem | BATFE Special on 8 E9 motors |
2018 | Chris Deem | Spoolin' Around on an H180W |
2019 | Gary Slater | Nora 2 on an H550 |
2020 | Jake Hyde | LOC 3" Magnum on 3 F67 motors |
2021 | Chris Deem | Ivan's Big Brother on 7 E9 motors |
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