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Mon, Oct 13, 2003

Copperstate Announces Award Winners

Copperstate's Media Relations Manager, Beth Gallob, just sent us this year's award list and we're pleased to share it with you. Congrats to all those who took home some hardware...

Results of the 2003 COPPERSTATE Awards:
Grand Champion
  • Patrick & Carol Fagan, Pear Blossom, CO, Bear Hawk
Reserve Grand Champion
  • John Huff, Pagosa Springs, CO, RV8
Custom Built Metal
  • 1st Place: John Huff, Pagosa Springs, CO, RV8
  • 2nd Place: Bill Turner, Marengo, IL, RV4
Custom Built Wood
  • 1st Place: Charles Reeves, Jr., Tucson, AZ, KR2
Custom Built Tube and Fabric
  • 1st Place: Patrick & Carol Fagan, Pear Blossom, CO, Bear Hawk
  • 2nd Place: Mike Still, Murphy Spirit
Custom Built Composite
  • 1st Place: Bill Hawley, Salt Lake City, UT, Velocity
  • 2nd Place: Myron Henkins, Happy Jack, AZ, Glass Tak
Custom Built Replica
  • 1st Place: Jim Thorne, Nieuport
Classic
  • 1st Place: Lee & Carol Jones, Eagle River, Alaska, Beechcraft D18S
  • 2nd Place: Bob Gutteridge, Santa Rosa, CA, Champ 7FC
Contemporary
  • 1st Place: Don & Michelle Downin, Mesa, AZ, Piper 140
  • 2nd Place: Ralph Navar, Anthony, NM, Cessna 182 (1959)
Best Antique
  • Jim Stewart, Phoenix, AZ, Stearman
Best Military
  • Tom Johnson, Phoenix, AZ, Yak 52
Best Rotor Craft
  • Jim Wurth, Wickenburg, AZ, Hughes 500C (1969)
Spirit Award, Arizona
  • John "Spike" Cook, EAA Chapter 538
  • Vernon Peckham, Ultralight Commentator
Ultralight Awards

Grand Champion: Ron Liberty, Challenger
 
Champion Fixed Wing, Amateur Built: Mike Mueller, Challenger II
 
Champion Fixed Wing, Commercial Built: Joy Mosely, Avid Champion
 
Champion Trike, Amateur Built: Gintas Smaguruaskas, Venture
 
Champion Trike, Commercial Built: Paul Cook, Air Creation
 
People's Choice: Rod Cowgill, MI Flighter
 
Youngest Pilot: Eric Johnson, 33
 
Farthest Distance Flown:
Bryan Reed, 65 miles

FMI: www.copperstate.org

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