[NSRCA-discussion] Contest attendence, Rain & D-4 Championships

Sun Oct 1 18:17:42 AKDT 2006

I still find it hard to believe 5 rounds got flown in that kind of weather. Just goes to show what a good CD and some very good competitors that want to fly a contest. Staring out the window of the hotel Saturday morning i never thought we would get one flight in. Much less three on saturday and two on Sunday. Still wonder what happened to the Columbus crowd though. 

  Dennis

"Atwood, Mark" <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com> wrote:
        v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}                As several have read, we had a great contest in the face of a some pretty daunting weather.  We much appreciate the thank you’s
but I’d like to point out to the crowd, not only the D4/D5 crowd, but to everyone on the list, the value of GOING to contests to the contest itself, and send a special thank you to the D5 crowd that made this weekends contest happen. 

  This particular contest has a good reputation for food, fun, festivities and even an ok pattern contest.  But this year we faced a VERY daunting weather forecast that only got worse and more certainly “bad” as the weekend approached.  The potential was for a complete bust.  Unfortunately, long before any reliable forecast is made, significant money is already spent on trophies, food, and a variety of miscellaneous items, many of which are “sunk” costs.    

  It was not without some hesitation I’m sure that Mike Mueller, Bobby Satalino, Jim Hubbard, Doc, Frank, Bill, Christopher, and several others loaded up and drove 6 hours down from D5 into horrible weather just to “Attend”.   And their attendance made the entire contest.  Socially
it wouldn’t be a contest without them
and I’m sure other districts have similar groups.  Groups whose positive attitude for the hobby is both consistent, and infectious. (Ok
I’m sure Bill can be considered infectious in a variety of ways, but we won’t go there just now).   

  Not only did this group show up, but come Saturday morning
which started with driving rain and some nasty wind
they stayed.  They came out to the field in the early am
  And when there was a break in the actual rain
they didn’t hesitate when asked to schlep all their stuff out onto a muddy wet field and put planes in the air for what could only be a 30 min window of “dry”.  The wind didn’t go away.

  They did this over and over and over and over again.  Planes were carried in and out at least 8 times for rain delays over 10 hours and not once did someone suggest calling it a day.  When all was said and done
we’d pumped 20 people through 3 rounds and actually had a good contest going.

  I think what I’m trying to say here is Go to the contests you plan to go to.  They’re fun because of the people AND because of the flying.  And more often than not, if everyone wants to, and works at it
you’ll get a contest in.  

  Again
thanks D5 for showing us a little perseverance and dedication (and special thanks to Mike Mueller who led the way) and for allowing us to continue a successful tradition of fun
though next year I expect to see more rockets!

  -Mark

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  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of mike mueller
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 4:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] D-4 Championships

   You the man Bill!!!!!!!

ahrensw at charter.net wrote: 
  I also would like to thank D4 for a great contest and great food, I can now say I have flow my plane in the rain and over the tops of low clouds during a contest, My R/C log book now has IFR time!!! Now I am not sure if I want to stay current.
Bill Ahrens

---- mike mueller wrote: 
> As always we had a great time. Nice contest bad wind conditions. I hope that the 2007 season has better weather than this year did. We flew in aweful conditions most of the year. Congrats to all the winners. Mike
> 
> Steven Maxwell 
wrote: A big thanks to Amy Pannell, Bob Pannel and Mark Attwood, for doing a great job on the Championships, of course Amy feeds us and Bob and Mark CD. We had a struggel Saturday with weather but got 3 rounds in, with 2 more Sunday. Much thanks to all that helped, score keepers, all the great help with food, and for having a big enough place to get the planes out of the rain Saturday.
> Shame on all that missed this great event.
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> Steven Maxwell
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