About the Team Manager:
Reeves Lippincott is originally from Woodstown, New Jersey.He was born in 1940. He grew up on the family farm and later attended Rutgers University. "The first RC model airplane I ever saw was attempting to be flown in the pasture next to our farm. l remember it had actual radio tubes sticking up inside the cockpit. I mean big tubes. It was a Piper Tri- Pacer".
After graduating from Rutgers in 1962, Reeves entered the U S Army as a Second Lieutenant. On his return to the United States, after a three-year tour in France, he was assigned to Fort Riley, KS. After a Vietnam tour Reeves was stationed at Fort Eustis, VA. There he joined the Southeastern Virginia Radio Control Group and sort of learned to fly before being sent back to Vietnam in 1970. "I remember flying in my first pattern contest in the summer of 1969. I got third place flying a Dave Robelen design called a Square Shooter in Class A. I was hooked."
Reeves flew pattern in Virginia, Colorado and South Carolina before being sent to Saudi Arabia in 1976. "I remember flying a Rhett Miller design the Compensator that I built over there out in the desert .I was doing loops around a big eagle and never ruffled his feathers."
Back in the USA again Reeves won the Eastern States Championship in 1977 and the Eastern States RC Championships in Masters in 1978. Reeves joined the National Society of Radio Controlled Aerobatics (NSRCA) when it was furst formed. His NSRCA number is 94. He was stationed in Florida and Pennsylvania before being transferred to Fort Richardson, Alaska in 1986 as Director of Logistics. Now a Colonel, Reeves joined the Alaska Radio Control Society (ARCS). He promoted pattern flying and club competition. He served in the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and retired from the Army as a Colonel in 1992. He has been the ARCS Pilot ofthe Year ninetimes and was the RC State Champion 1995,1996,andl997. Reeves is a Life Member (L447) of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and is the AMA Associate Vice President for Alaska. Reeves and caller Cathy Thompson live outside of Wasilla, Alaska on 53 acres. He has his own flying field.

"It is a great honor for me to be the Team Manager. We have the talent to win theWorld Championships again. With your support we can do it. We will do it" Jackets, Polo- shirts, T- shirts, and Hats are being designed now. As soon as photos are available I will forward them to use on the web-site and in the K-FACTOR. Info and orders should be placed through me

USA F3A Team Manager
Reeves Lippincott