Lamar's Answers to Troy

[Ron Van Putte]

On Dec 17, 2004, at 8:11 PM, Maureen Dunphy wrote:

> I see the one thing I should have added to the NSRCA History at 
> www.nsrca.org was the number of contestants at each NATS and N-Pac.  
> Maybe I can still go back and find that info.  Anyway, my files are in 
> storage right now, but we had way over 90 at each N-PAC.  I believe 
> the second was over 150 pilots and the first was close to that.  I'll 
> try to find the exact figures.

I will NEVER forget the barbecue we had at the Jack Daniel's Distillery 
pavilion at the Tullahoma N-PAC.

Ron Van Putte

> ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Fletcher, Richard
> To: 'discussion at nsrca.org'
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 5:19 PM
> Subject: RE: Lamar's Answers to Troy
>
> The turnout and enthusiasm was huge. Every pilot I spoke to told me 
> they had
> a great time at these contests. I think they got about 90 pilots at 
> each.
>
>
>
> Rich
>
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org 
> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On
> Behalf Of Ron Van Putte
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 6:15 PM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Lamar's Answers to Troy
>
>
>
> On Dec 17, 2004, at 4:55 PM, Fletcher, Richard wrote:
>
> > Does anyone remember the N-PAC contest in the early 90s?
>
> I certainly do.  NSRCA hosted two N-PAC contests in the 1990's.  The
> first was at Lawrenceville, IL and co-CD'd by Mike Dunphy and Jim Fife.
>   The second was at Tullahoma, TN and CD'd by Mike Dunphy.
>
> We hosted the N-PAC contests to demonstrate to AMA that we were willing
> to and fully capable of hosting our own national championships.  The
> N-PAC contests were instrumental in convincing AMA to let us run our
>  event at the Nats.  Other SIGs followed in running their events at the
> Nats..
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> > [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On
> > Behalf Of Jim Ivey
> > Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 5:53 PM
> > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > Subject: Re: Re: Lamar's Answers to Troy
> >
> >
> >
> >>  MattK
> >  In my days of controline stunt the Navy hosted the Nats and that was
> > the
> > reason they could be moved across the country. Without some sponsors
> > of this
> > magnitude I think it would not be do-able on our budgets. Careful
> > thought is
> > needed here.  (like you said)
> >
> > Jim Ivey
> >
> >
> >> From: Rcmaster199 at aol.com
> >> Date: 2004/12/17 Fri AM 10:04:41 EST
> >> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> >> Subject: Re: Lamar's Answers to Troy
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 12/17/2004 12:16:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> >> derekkoopowitz at earthlink.net writes:
> >>
> >>
> >> Geography issue with  regard to the Nats?  Ideally I'd like to 
> rotate
> >> the Nats away from Muncie  every other year - move it West one year,
> >> back to
> > Muncie,
> >> and then East the  following year.  Whether AMA goes for this... I
> >> don't
> > know
> >> but it is  something that we need to at least talk about.  Surveying
> >> the
> >> membership  to get their opinion on this is critical - we've managed
> >> to
> > maintain
> >> attendance at the Nats for the past 7-8 years but I think we can do
> >> better
> > -
> >> even if it increases by 10 or 15 that is a huge increase in
> >> attendance.
> >>
> >> Hopefully I answered  the questions... if not, let me know.
> >>
> >> -Derek (your  ex-K-Factor editor)  :)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Derek, I personally like the idea of a rotating Nats as a means to 
> an
> >> end--greater exposure to folks that may not be able to come to a 
> Nats
> > otherwise.
> >> The positive may be that Nats organizers for the Muncie facility 
> will
> >> then
> > have
> >> an extra 4 days to do with as they please, 2 out 3 years. What isn't
> >> as
> >> certain  is what would we require of Nats organizers during those
>  >> periods
> >> (manpower,  equipment, or other logistics issues like finding 
> suitable
> > sites and having
> >> AMA  distribute the paperwork), and whether AMA would be willing to
> >> help
> > us.
> >>
> >> If we did not need any help with anything during the off Muncie site
> >> years, I think they would buy in. This needs careful thought
> >>
> >> best regards and happy holidays
> >>
> >> MattK
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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