Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest

[Ken Thompson]

We have $ 2.55 to 2.59 all around here.  One spot in Ohio was having a gas 
war so some of us patient ones got it for $ 2.36, Bob did a little better on 
Friday, gotta' love them gas wars!!

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest


>
> On Aug 14, 2005, at 7:22 PM, Ken Thompson wrote:
>
>> About 20 min., and you can bet I squeezed every drop I could fit in my 
>> tank, too!!   I paid a little more than you did, but still a great deal.
>
> I went to the Tangerine Contest down in Apopka, FL with Tony Stillman.  We 
> paid $2.57/gallon on the way there.  The cheapest gas was $2.39/gallon in 
> Apopka.  Paid $2.56/gallon on the way back.
>
> BTW, we had a good time at the contest.
>
> They had one Sportsman pilot, one Intermediate pilot, two Advanced pilots, 
> four Master pilots and NINE F3A pilots!  If you can imagine this:  Jason 
> Shulman was there AND he competed with his World Championship airplane! 
> Not only that, he let his brother, David, borrow his airplane so he could 
> compete.  I asked that at the pilots' meeting that Jason and David be 
> allowed to fly alone, so that Jason's airplane wouldn't be at risk, and 
> that's the way it went until the fourth round, when my airplane was 
> airborne, and Jason took off.  Can you imagine how conscious I was of 
> where Jason's airplane was during that flight?  Can you believe that it 
> was my highest scoring flight? I was amazed!
>
> Jason leaves for France on Monday.  Go U.S.A.!!!
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
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