Winter / Focus / Fuel

george kennie geobet at gis.net
Fri Dec 5 09:53:31 AKST 2003


Yup, I've seen him at the Nats. Appears to be a very serious fellow, but
then I guess he probably felt the same way about me.
Georgie

Anthony Abdullah wrote:

> George, you obviously have not met Bob Fortino. Eating, sleeping,
> social interaction, trips to a stylist for grooming, shopping for
> trendy clothes, etc have all been eliminated from his schedule. The
> man is a flying machine. I look at the numbers and 28 cases sounds
> like about the max that you could possibly do, but he really has
> streamlined his life to maxamize his pattern time. Don't get me wrong,
> I like him a lot and all my coments are said with affection. I think
> he is a really great guy, but his level of focus in our short flying
> season is other worldly (perhaps he's an alien). I followed him home
> from the Andy Herider memorial competition near Dayton and when we
> stopped for gas he advised me that he would be pulling off on RT. 13
> to head to his local flying field. Mind you, we had just baked in the
> sun and flown 6 rounds at a contest all weekend, and he wants to stop
> on the way home and practice! Have you ever seen him post on the list
> here? No, because he is out flying, or standing in a dark room
> visualizing his flying. Margretta and I have a policy of going fishing
> the Monday after a contest, then flying again on Tuesday, that might
> explain why I don't win more. I think the point is, for those of us
> with a short flying season we pack a huge number of intense flights
> into a very short time so that flying the pattern becomes as close to
> second nature as possible. Anthony
>
> george kennie <geobet at gis.net> wrote:
>
>      Northeast coast of Mass, fly approx. 150 to 175 flights a
>      year on about
>      16 gallons.
>      I can't conceive of anyone burning 80 gals in four months.
>      Lets see, 16
>      weeks @ flying 4 times a week, four flights per session, 256
>      flights @
>      16 oz.per, ....we're up to 32 gallons, that's 8 cases, hmmm,
>      let's see
>      Troy says 28 cases, c'mon guys, there's such a thing as
>      eating and
>      sleeping. I gotta be missing something here. No wonder these
>      guys don't
>      do any building.
>      Georgie
>
>      "Atwood, Mark" wrote:
>
>      > That begs an interesting question.
>      >
>      > How much fuel do people burn in a calendar year?
>      >
>      > I'd be interested to hear responses and where you're from
>      (or maybe more specifically, how many months that fuel is
>      spread over.
>      >
>      > In a competitive year (the last three not withstanding) I
>      was burning 40-50 gal over 3.5 - 4 months (late May - Mid
>      Sept.)
>      >
>      > -Mark
>      >
>      > -----Original Message-----
>      > From: Anthony Abdullah [mailto:aabdu at sbcglobal.net]
>      > Sent: Wed 12/3/2003 9:58 AM
>      > To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      > Cc:
>      > Subject: Re: Winter
>      >
>      > Silly question / observation.
>      >
>      > You would think with the advantage of an extended flying
>      season, ceteras perabus, the nats champion in every class
>      would be someone from a warm weather state the majority of
>      the time. Perhaps that is the case as I am not sure where
>      all the top competitors are from. I do know that a couple of
>      my neighbors to the immediate north west are always very
>      competitive, and the Ohio contingent has not exactly
>      embarrassed themselves, present company excluded of course.
>      Maybe there is an advantage to a flying off season when it
>      comes to being able to focus. Bob Fortino is the picture of
>      focus and concentration, I wonder if he could keep up that
>      level of intense concentration for a 10 month flying season.
>      Not to mention what he would spend on fuel.
>      >
>      > Just a random thought as I watch the winter winds blow
>      across frigid lake Erie.
>      >
>      > Wayne Galligan wrote:
>      > I know that feeling all to well as I lived in the frigid
>      confines of
>      > northern Iowa years ago... you could get some serious
>      building done in the
>      > winter months. Then I got to Texas as fast as I could and
>      not regretting it
>      > one moment. But you are right about the changes. Here I am
>      building and
>      > flying at the same time seems. Two planes ready for next
>      year now so I
>      > knock on wood all I have to do this
>      winter,spring,summer,fall is fly...
>      > heh! heh! (no bad feelings at all)
>      >
>      > Wayne G.
>      >
>      > ----- Original Message -----
>      > From: "Atwood, Mark"
>      > To: ;
>      > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:57 PM
>      > Subject: RE: Winter
>      >
>      > I feel bad for you "year round" flyers. Not sure how you
>      stay "excited"
>      > about the sport. In this neck of the woods (Cleveland) we
>      have a pretty
>      > even split...6 months of building, 6 months of flying.
>      Without it, I'd have
>      > been burnt out years ago.
>      >
>      > As it is now...come September, October...I'm tired of
>      dragging the plane to
>      > the field...and start to get an itch to clean the
>      workshop, and embark on a
>      > new project (This year is ambitious for me...2 35% IMAC
>      planes, Painting a
>      > new all composite Pattern plane, some comprehensive
>      repairs, and a new
>      > trainer for my son (building from scratch with a 7 year
>      old is ambitious all
>      > by itself))
>      >
>      > Come April..and the Toledo show...The desire to get out
>      and fly is almost
>      > overwhelming. I get to start the season with a whole new
>      lust for the
>      > sport.
>      >
>      > On days like today...cold, windy, dreary...I'm jealous.
>      But in general,
>      > I'll keep changing seasons...and changing hobbies :):):)
>      >
>      > -Mark
>      >
>      > -----Original Message-----
>      > From: Wayne Galligan [mailto:wgalligan at goodsonacura.com]
>      > Sent: Tue 12/2/2003 1:46 PM
>      > To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      > Cc:
>      > Subject: Re: Winter
>      >
>      > Michael,
>      >
>      > Sunday, 65 degrees light winds. 6 flights... two on the
>      Entropy and 4 on
>      > the Aries... plenty of fuel... ran out of daylight.
>      >
>      > WG
>      >
>      > ----- Original Message -----
>      > From:
>      > To:
>      > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:13 PM
>      > Subject: Winter
>      >
>      > Winter has been here for a while now. I have about 44
>      inches of snow on
>      > the ground and it was a balmy -17F when I left for work.
>      In the center of
>      > the state it was a little cold at -60F. Ahhh cant wait for
>      spring. Come
>      > on May.
>      >
>      > Michael Laggis
>      >
>      >
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