AI 2021 PHX Contest Results

During Airliners International we hold several contests. The winners in each of the categories are announced at the Saturday evening banquet, where we also hold our always-popular Trivia and Name the Plane contests.

Entries in the Postcards, Photography, and Model-Building contests are accepted until Saturday morning.

The winners in each contest are listed below.

Perhaps you’ll consider entering a contest in Chicago at Airliners International 2022?

TRIVIA CONTEST

1st Place – John Debrey (sp?)

2nd Place – Daniel Gradwohl

3rd Place – Michael Rairden

Rubber Ducky Award – Steve Jardosm

NAME THE PLANE CONTEST

1st Place – Michael Rairden

2nd Place – Robert Trader

3rd Place – Phil Brooks

Better Luck Next Time– BGMiller

POSTCARD CONTEST

This year we had a tie for First Place between Rick Neyland and Lindsey Moore. Rick was awarded first for “best following the contest rules” and Lindsey was awarded first for being “most creative.”

PHOTO CONTEST

Spirit of Flight

Leigh Bedia – Morning Sunrise Spirit A320

Most Popular

Tie: Bryn Forbes and Steve Griffin

Air

1^st Place: Mike Chew – Alaska More to Love 737

2^nd Place: Mike Chew – Two United 747s at SFO

3^rd Place: Ken Miller – Omni 777 Sunset Takeoff SJC

Aerial

1^st Place: Bryn Forbes – Molokai North Shore

2^nd Place: Bryn Forbes – Contrail Shadow   

3^rd Place: Steve Griffin – Miss Piggy Alaska C46

Ground

1^st Place: Bryn Forbes – Vienna Night Ops

2^nd Place: Steve Griffin – Toronto Airport

3^rd Place: Bryn Forbes – Vienna Ramp

MODEL CONTEST

This year seven modelers entered 21 models. 

Andrew Stiffler entered the most models with eight entries, including six as part of his Alaska Golden Nugget collection for a total of 13 models.

Dave Kessler was the last to enter registering on Friday night which was better than a typical last-minute Saturday morning registration.

Small Prop  

1^st Place: Dave Kessler – Alaska L-100

2^nd Place: Mike Krueger – Bonanza F-27

Small Jet

1^st Place: Ken Miller – Douglas DC-10 House Colors

Medium Jet

1^st Place: Ken Miller – Southwest Airizona One 737

2^nd Place: Bob Vendetti – Canadien F-28

3^rd Place: Mark Shem – US Air Shuttle 727

Large Prop and Jet

1^st Place: Rick Neyland – United Boeing 247D

2^nd Place: Andrew Stiffler – Mid Continent DC-3

3^rd Place: Andrew Stiffler – Greenland Air Twin Otter

Major Conversion

1^st Place: Mark Shem – Hughes/Republic DC-9

Diorama/Collection

1^st Place: Andrew Stiffler – Alaska Airlines Golden Nugget Planes

Flights of Fancy

1^st Place: Ken Miller – American 747 Egg Plane

2^nd Place: Andrew Stiffler – JAL Boeing 2707 SST

Tom Stephany Memorial Best Arizona Airliner

Clint Groves Memorial Judges Best of Show

Dave Kessler – Alaska L-100

People’s Choice – Most Popular Model

Andrew Stiffler – America West Dash 8