Peach Pattern Classic

[Ron Van Putte]

Rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/31/2003 4:39:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> junk at velocitus.net writes:
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>> Subj:Re: Peach Pattern Classic
>> Date:3/31/2003 4:39:46 PM Eastern Standard Time
>> From:junk at velocitus.net <mailto:junk at velocitus.net>
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>> Masters...
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>> 8.  3736.01852 19 Ron VanPutte         10202  ....
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>> Ron... all I can say is "what happened?"  ;-)
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> Whaddaya mean????
>
> Ron kicked my butt a couple rounds, and that's ALOT OF BUTT to kick. 
> Those who know me, will attest to that fact.
>
> Ron you flew superbly for at least those two.
>
> Now I got real competition near the bottom. Maybe its time to hang up 
> the Masters gig. NOT!!!!!!
>

I think anyone who competes knows what it's like to win and to lose. 
 There are few exceptions.  My consolation is that I can still beat me 
of last year.  My competition is getting better.  When I think of the 
difficulty of the Master class and the quality of my piloting, I can 
honestly say that I could have beaten many of the pilots in the F3A 
World Championships held 10 - 15 years ago.  Even so, it is sometimes 
frustrating to fly as well as you've ever flown and not beat many 
people.  Then I remember that I am still getting better and I feel OK 
again.

BTW, it really feels good when someone like Matt Kebabjian comes up to 
you at a contest and compliments you on the improvement in your flying.

Ron Van Putte

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