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[george kennie]

Wow Verne,
What a hassle for you and Andrew, but despite the hardships you guys
overcame.Big congratulations are definitely in order. Kudos!

Verne Koester wrote:

> Thanks Anthony. It's been a looooong tough week. Andrew and I both had
> to judge on Wednesday plus we both flew. Then it was off to AMA
> headquarters to get Andrew's Unknown schedules, a process that took
> until 9:00 pm to complete. We worked on those in the hotel until about
> 1:30 am before calling it a night. Back up at 5:30 to head out to our
> respective Finals sites with every intention of calling for each
> other. District 4 came thru huge on that with spotters equipped with
> walki-talkies at each site keeping track of flight orders so we
> wouldn't miss our turn to fly. At one point, Mike Pavlock was waiting
> in front of the FAI site with vehicle running while Andrew flew and I
> called. As soon as he landed, we handed off his equipment to our FAI
> site D4 helpers and jumped into Mike's car. He raced us over to the
> Master's Finals site with the pilot preceding me already halfway thru
> his schedule. We jumped out, took a breath, and it was my turn to fly.
> Never quite settled in on that one but we'd have never pulled it off
> without everyone's help. Of course, we had backup callers available if
> needed, but both felt more comfortable with doing it the way we've
> been practicing every day for the last 3 weeks. It was especially
> important to me since I was flying at "Spaghetti Junction" (X runway -
> left side) where I can never find a straight reference line to the
> runway and have to rely on my caller to tell me whether I'm coming in
> or going out so I can adjust. Anyway, the whole process probably
> sounds kinda nerve-wracking but it was sorta calming for me. I had no
> way of knowing how anybody else in my Finals class was doing so all I
> had to do was go up and try to put in my best flight. Best part of all
> was no hand shaking in the Finals which I was concerned about since
> I've never gotten there before. All in all, I was pretty calm and had
> no time to just sit there and worry about it. Verne
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Anthony Abdullah
>      To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 5:36 AM
>      Subject: Re: Address
>       Congratulations Verne!!!!!! As well as the rest of the D4
>      competitors!! Anthony
>
>      Verne Koester <verne at twmi.rr.com> wrote:
>
>           Hi Don,
>           It's verne at twmi.rr.com
>
>           Verne
>
>
>           ----- Original Message -----
>           From: "Don Ramsey"
>           To:
>           Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:54 PM
>           Subject: Address
>
>
>           > Anyone know Verne Koester email address?
>           >
>           > Don
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