[NSRCA-discussion] American Turf Flyers Pattern Contest

[White, Chris]

Hi Ron, 
The way I see the "Mature" thing is...when I see you guys flying pattern
actively, I know that I have a chance of enjoying it that many more
years.... I enjoyed watching some "young" (FAI & Masters)pilots last
weekend that fly extremely well: (Mike Harrison, Don Ramsey, Art Wagner,
& Dan Curtis)  Their youthfulness,  exuberance, precision and knowledge
base is a great inspiration.... and the funny thing is I never think of
their age when I'm seeing them fly.  (I'm too busy taking notes on how
to improve my  flying:))

I'm reminded of a quote from Helen Hayes which simply says "If you rest,
you rust"..... 
Keep on flying!!!!!
Chris White
(Age 47 and hoping to never accept age as defeat!!!)

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ron Van
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On Jun 12, 2006, at 5:47 PM, Richard Strickland wrote:

> I remember asking Bill Thomas what it took to be able to fly like  
> him.  He
> said "A 55 gallon drum of fuel..BEFORE the season starts..."  And  
> we were
> flying .60 sized ships then.

I hate it when the 'old timers' like Bill Thomas drop off the RADAR.   
I remember watching him and Bill Cunningham fly at the Nats and F3A  
Team Selection Finals (some bozos insist on calling it the "F3A Team  
Trials").  It makes me feel old; oh hell, I AM old.

Ron Van Putte

>
>  -----Original Message-----
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> White, Chris
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Contest
>
> No he wasn't.... Sorry I don't know his current status...maybe someone
> else can fill us in.  Lance Van Nostrand did announce that Bill has
> "retired" from the AMA pattern representative slot recently.
> Chris
>
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> dwaynenancy
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>
> Was Bill Thomas at the contest? Dwayne
>
> White, Chris wrote:
>
>> Yes you did....Bill's flying the Astral XX (or is it XXX, Naruke)  
>> with
> a
>> YS160. With minimal practice he's still got plenty of potential. We
>> are happy to see him flying again....
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
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>> Did I see Bill Cunningham in this contest?
>>
>> Greg Grigsby
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