Written by Greg McGill
Running a contest in the time of COVID-19
As seen in the January 2021 issue of Model Aviation.
Buzz Averill was a founding member of the Albuquerque Soaring Association (ASA) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was also a longtime AMA member, world-class competitor, and the developer of the original Albuquerque F5J Rules contest format in the early 2000s.
When Buzz died several years ago, it was only natural that the ASA memorialize him by calling its annual F5J contest the Buzz Averill Memorial F5J Contest. It is held every August, usually at…