D4 Championships

[Atwood, Mark]

My Turn...

I'd of course like to thank all for the kind words...BUT...more importantly want to point out what made this contest work so well.  EVERYONE did there part.  Period.  Every person that was asked to help...judging, scribing, whatever...did so without even a single question or hesitation. Ok...maybe a hesitation.  On the occassion that there was a problem, I.e. "my plane needs repair..." the problem was ALWAYS presented with a solution..."I'd like to work on my plane, BUT I asked 
so n so and he said he would judge for me"   
There was no griping about "My caller is judging" or "I need to leave early, can I fly early in the round", or complaining about minor changes to the flight order to avoid frequency conflicts.

It was awesome.  We flew each round in just under 3 hours on two lines...trust me...that's keeping 2 planes in the air CONSTANTLY.

So MY thanks are to all the pilots and there families that made this easy...AND made it easy enough for me to also compete (Having a Co-CD like Bob also makes that possible...which is something I highly recommend by the way...co-CD's)

So I guess my thanks goes to all those who cooperated so well and "played nicely together".  I look forward to it again next year...

-Mark



-----Original Message-----
From:	davel322 at comcast.net [mailto:davel322 at comcast.net]
Sent:	Mon 9/22/2003 2:02 PM
To:	discussion at nsrca.org
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Subject:	RE: D4 Championships

I'd like to add my thanks to Bob Pannell, Mark Atwood, the Comair club, and all 
the helpers recruited by Bob and Mark.  A very well run contest at a great 
facility with great food and very entertaining extracurriculars.  Arriving home 
after midnight wasn't fun, but it was worth it.  If you have the time in 2004, 
a highly recommended event.

It was good to catch up with many of the D4 and D5 flyers and see some faces 
from the past (Mike M and Geoff C).  I suspect Mike might win FAI next year if 
he gets in another dozen flights before then (pretty awesome flying for 1st 
pattern event in 7 years).

Dave Lockhart
> I wanted to take a moment to say thanks for Mark and Bob for running a great
> event. I had a blast seeing old friends and meeting new ones. OK, I wont
> wait 7 years to fly in another pattern contest. I had too much fun. Congrats
> to all the winners and especially to Dave Lockhart. He flew great! Hope you
> made it all the way home OK Dave.
> 
> Mike McConville
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Atwood, Mark [mailto:atwoodm at paragon-inc.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:22 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: RE: D4 Championships
> 
> 
> We were going to do that this year and opted for the night carrier landing
> instead.  We'll do it next year...the MI crowd likes it because is gives
> them a better target! :)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Patternrules at aol.com [mailto:Patternrules at aol.com]
> Sent:	Mon 9/22/2003 11:11 AM
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> Subject:	Re: D4 Championships
> 
>  Hey Mark, maybe after dark limbo next year.
> 
>  Steve Maxwell
> 
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