The Blå Hallen meeting 1995
This meeting was held early in January 1995. As usual there were a lot of
people, both flyers and spectators. The annual
Leijon NoCal competition was won by Ginger Sjöberg with a Blohm &
Voss BV141 asymmetric plane. The
best-in-show prize was given to Jani Nieminen for his P38 Lightning. With its
2 motors it flew well, if not for great duration. An unusual model in the
Nocal competition was Gösta Leijon's SG-38 primary glider. It was
towed up with a fine thread, but it was not possible to get it very high.
Among the other notable
models seen was a large (wingspan=1,8 m) rubber powered canard ornithopter.
It did not have enough power to sustain itself in the air, but did
some majestic, slowly descending flights across the hall. The builder of this
machine is Kenneth Barman.
Some photos
X15 Nocal
Most things can be made to fly, but this X15 Nocal could not! By Björn
and Willy Blom. The original was an American rocket driven space-plane from the
60's.
Canard ornithopter
The large canard ornithopter by K. Barman
got a lot of attention from photographers.
Note the Christmas tree in background.
The Leijon NoCal competition - results
| No. | Competitor | Plane | Time of 2 best flights (s) |
| 1 | Ginger Sjöberg | Blohm & Voss 141 | 229 |
| 2 | Ginger Sjöberg | Bumble Bee Racer | 226 |
| 3 | Anders Sjöberg | Spitfire | 190 |
| 4 | Birgit Ulvfot | Aeronca Champion | 177 |
| 5 | Lars Tolkstam | Messerschmitt Bf 108 | 175 |
| 6 | Johan Svanestrand | Mustang | 159 |
| 7 | Johan Svanestrand | Sparmann S1 | 158 |
| 8 | Björn Blom | Maule M5 | 154 |
| 9 | Jonas Romblad | Pushy-Cat | 150 |
| 10 | Sven Pontan | Waterman Gosling | 145 |
| 11 | Daniel Brånn | Zlin 50 | 143 |
| 12 | Ginger Sjöberg | Mitsubishi Zero | 127 |
| 13 | Lennart Lilienberg | Aeronca K | 117 |
| 14 | Birgit ULvfot | Waterman Gosling | 115 |
| 15 | Olof Blomberg | Zlin 50 | 113 |
| 16 | Birgit Törnkvist | Mitsubishi Zero | 97 |
| 17 | Kristian Thorén | Focke-Wulf 190 D | 95 |
| 18 | Dennis Varga | Blohm & Voss 141 | 90 |
| 19 | Gösta Leijon | SAAB B17 | 79 |
| 20 | Daniel Brånn | Tipsy Nipper | 78 |
| 21 | Jani Nieminen | Heinkel He 100 D | 58 |
| 22 | Gösta Leijon | Handley Page E | 54 |
| 23 | Gösta Leijon | Hughes Racer | 44 |
| 24 | Anton Ulvfot | Antoinette | 43 |
| 25 | Gösta Leijon | Travelair R | 41 |
| 26 | Jani Nieminen | P 38 Lightning | 35 |
| 27 | Gösta Leijon | Etrich Taube | 28 |
| 28 | Gösta Leijon | SG-38 (glider) | 12 |
