It’s now official.  James Neff has captured the Claybourn Trophy for 2023, racking up 237.4 straight out miles. The usual H. Marshall Claybourn Memorial Trophy race for the longest straight line flight in a 1-26 goes something like this. Somebody on the East Coast does a January ridge flight to start the ball rolling.  Then, […]

(full Sweepstakes standings and flights) While it wasn’t the huge increase in flights that I had hoped for, we did get more pilots (16) and flights (67) than we had in 2022. I’m not sure why the turnout was small. It could have been weather or just opportunities to fly. The top two classes, Diamond […]

1-26 Association 2024 Election Results The 1-26 Annual Election has been completed. The voting closed on December 10, 2023. Beginning January 1, 2024 here is the new Board of Directors. President — Paul Agnew (newly elected) VP-Eastern Division — Charles “Chip” Haskell (newly elected) VP-Central Division — Lance Grace VP-Western Division — Pete Donath Secretary/Treasurer […]

We are happy to announce the site of the 2024 1-26 Championships will be in Hamilton, Texas – July 31 – August 8th.   These dates were selected to avoid a conflict with Oshkosh before the contest and the Worlds in Uvalde starting 8/9.  Spring dates were looked at, but after three years of Spring washouts […]