The Team · 2027
Meet Team USA
The 2027 U.S. F3A World Team brings together championship experience and years of international competition. They will represent the United States in South Korea from October 1–9, 2027.
Pilot · 01
Andrew Jesky
Andrew Jesky heads to South Korea as the reigning F3A World Champion. He won the 2025 individual world title in Muncie while helping Team USA capture the team world championship, then earned the top position on the 2027 U.S. World Team at the 2026 Team Trials.
Andrew has represented the United States repeatedly at the highest level of F3A and has spent decades developing, building, tuning, and flying competition aircraft. His approach combines the technical side of the airplane with the discipline and consistency required to compete against the best pilots in the world.
- Aircraft
- Proteus WC
- Motor + drive
- Andreas Drive
- Radio
- Futaba 32MZ
- Battery
- Thunder Power
Pilot · 02
Jason Shulman
Jason Shulman returns to Team USA with decades of F3A experience and a long record of international success. He was part of the 2025 U.S. team that won the F3A team world championship and earned the second position on the 2027 team at the 2026 Team Trials.
Jason has competed in F3A since the early 1990s and has stood on the individual World Championship podium multiple times. He brings deep competition experience, technical knowledge, and the ability to perform when the scoring margins are exceptionally small.
- Aircraft
- Voyager
- Motor + drive
- VLV Drive
- Radio
- Futaba 32MZ
- Battery
- Thunder Power
Pilot · 03
AC Glenn
Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, AC Glenn now calls Huntsville, Alabama home. Professionally, AC works in the unmanned aviation industry, flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for a defense contractor. Aviation is not only a career for AC—it has become a major part of both his professional and personal life.
AC is a competitive precision aerobatics pilot representing the United States as a member of the U.S. F3A Team for the 2027 FAI F3A World Championship in South Korea.
AC’s journey in precision aerobatics has been built around a relentless drive to improve and a genuine love for the sport. Over the years, he has progressed through the ranks of F3A competition with one major goal in mind: earning the opportunity to represent the United States on the world stage. In 2026, that goal became a reality when he earned a position on the U.S. F3A Team.
For AC, making the team represents far more than the result of a single competition. It is the culmination of years of practice, setbacks, rebuilding, competition, and countless hours at the flying field. His approach to F3A is centered on preparation, consistency, and the belief that difficult moments are often where the greatest progress is made.
Away from competition, AC is passionate about growing precision aerobatics and helping other pilots become involved in the sport. He enjoys sharing what he has learned, experimenting with new equipment and technology, and working to advance the technical side of competitive RC aerobatics. His professional experience in unmanned aviation also gives him a unique perspective on aircraft, flight systems, and the constantly evolving technology behind aviation.
AC is especially grateful for the people who have supported his journey, including his wife and family, his friends and mentors, his home club NARCA, and the many pilots who have helped him along the way. He is also proud to represent the companies that have supported his flying and competitive career.
Representing the United States at an F3A World Championship is both an honor and the realization of a longtime dream. AC looks forward to joining his teammates in South Korea in 2027 and proudly wearing USA on the world stage.
- Aircraft
- Voyager
- Motor + drive
- DxG Drive
- Radio
- Futaba 32MZ
- Battery
- Thunder Power
- Caller
- Chuck Hochhalter
- Home
- Huntsville, Alabama
- Home club
- NARCA
Caller for AC Glenn
Chuck Hochhalter
In Chuck's own words:
I have been flying RC since 1978, soloing at four years old with a Goldberg Sr. Falcon powered by a Webra Blackhead .60. I began flying pattern in 2004 with a U Can Do 40.
I met AC around 2006 or 2007 when we both became sponsored by 2 Dog RC. Even though we lived across the country from one another, we began talking regularly and developed a friendship through our shared passion for pattern. Neither of us can remember exactly when or how I officially became his caller—it just happened somewhere along the way.
Over the years, we worked our way through the pattern ranks, often only seeing each other at Nationals. Eventually, circumstances brought AC to Texas, allowing us to fly together more often and really refine the way we worked as a team. Our approach has always been simple: be critical, be encouraging and, most importantly, be honest with each other.
That approach has carried us through some incredible highs, including a National Championship, as well as plenty of disappointments. Several times we found ourselves just outside a Team Selection position in fourth or fifth place. Each time, we learned, regrouped and kept pushing.
Our first opportunity to represent the United States came when a team member was unable to attend the World Championships. Suddenly, we were preparing airplanes, practicing and heading to our first Worlds. AC performed at the highest level I had seen from him, and that experience only strengthened our determination to earn our own place on the team.
Now, here we are—2027 Team USA.
Being AC’s caller involves much more than simply reading maneuvers. Much of our work happens months before a major competition. Despite living roughly 1,500 miles apart, we constantly communicate about the sequence, positioning, wind, presentation and areas where we can improve.
AC sends me videos of individual maneuvers, and we compare what we’re seeing with FlightCoach data. We look beyond whether a maneuver is technically correct and ask why something may not be presenting as well as it could. Sometimes the problem isn’t the maneuver itself—it may have started one or two maneuvers earlier.
When we finally get together before Nationals or a Team Selection, the months of preparation allow us to immediately fall into our normal rhythm. I’ll watch a few flights, make notes, and then we talk. What did he feel? What did I see? Where did the problem begin, and what can we change?
Then we fly, discuss, adjust and repeat.
Eventually, there’s always that flight when AC lands and neither of us says anything.
We don’t need to.
We both know—that’s the flight.
From there, the goal is to reproduce it consistently.
Before competition flights, we develop specific cues for areas of the sequence that may require attention—positioning, timing, tempo, wind correction or maneuver size. As our flight approaches, AC becomes quiet and focused, mentally flying through the sequence.
When it’s our turn, very little needs to be said.
I carry the airplane to the flight line, we take a breath, the timers start and our eight minutes begin.
Once he’s in the air, I take my position behind him. Most of the flight can be quiet, broken only by the cues we’ve already discussed or information I believe he needs. My job isn’t to fly the airplane for him. It’s to give him information and allow him to decide what to do with it.
Being a caller is about much more than flying. Sometimes it’s about strategy and preparation. Sometimes it’s helping your pilot through the mental pressure of competition. Sometimes it’s recovering from a mistake. And sometimes it’s simply being there to celebrate when years of work finally pay off.
I’ve had the privilege of standing behind AC through National Championships, near misses, World Championship semifinals and finals, victories and disappointments. Through it all, we’ve built a friendship that goes far beyond model airplanes.
Now we have the opportunity to represent the United States together again—this time having earned our place on the 2027 U.S. F3A Team.
Standing in South Korea during the opening ceremony with our flag in front of us will be an incredibly proud and emotional moment. I’m honored to share it with AC, Andrew and Jason as we each pursue our individual goals while working toward something bigger together.
We’ll give everything we have to represent our country, our teammates and the U.S. F3A community proudly—and hopefully help bring home an eighth consecutive Team World Championship for the United States.
Alternate
Pete Collinson
Pete Collinson returns to Team USA as the 2027 alternate after helping the United States win the team world championship in 2025. A longtime pattern competitor and international finalist, Pete has balanced high-level F3A with a professional aviation career as an airline pilot.
As alternate, Pete remains a critical part of the team's preparation and gives Team USA experienced championship depth heading into Korea.
Team Manager
Joe Walker
Joe Walker returns as Team Manager for the 2027 F3A World Championship. The Team Manager coordinates the work behind the flying: team preparation, fundraising, sponsor relationships, travel logistics, communications, event requirements, and the details needed to keep the pilots focused on competition.
Joe has been flying pattern since 1988. He is a past U.S. Nationals Masters champion and has flown in multiple U.S. Nationals FAI finals.
He has also served the sport off the flightline, as a past NSRCA President and District Vice President, and as part of the organizing team for the 2025 F3A World Championship in Muncie.
Professionally, Joe is an architect.
Assistant Team Manager · Team Support
Leslie Hochhalter
Leslie Hochhalter travels with Team USA to South Korea as Assistant Team Manager and team support, working with Team Manager Joe Walker on the details that keep the team ready to fly. Leslie is the wife of Chuck Hochhalter, AC Glenn's caller.
In Memory
Flying in Their Memory
This has been a hard year for the Team USA family. The 2027 campaign is dedicated to Linda and Tim Jesky.
Linda Jesky
Linda was the matriarch of Team USA F3A. She was part of the team on and off the flightline, and we will carry her with us to Korea.
Tim Jesky
Tim was Andrew's dad, Linda's husband, and the patriarch of the pattern community. He was a constant fixture at events all around the world, and served for many years as a member of the FAI Jury and as a CIAM representative.
Tim was always willing to help, always a great conversation, and always looking out for the sport. He passed away in January, and we will carry him with us to Korea.
For more information, visit AJ Aircraft.
Team Support
More Than Three Pilots
World Championship teams depend on more than the three pilots. Callers, assistants, family members, volunteers, and supporters all contribute to the preparation and execution required to compete internationally.
