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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