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

Mon Oct 2 16:15:25 AKDT 2006

Well I was planning on attending but with only two flights since the Quincy
contest I didn't think it was a good idea. I am scary enough with practice
let alone flying an unfamiliar plane in bad conditions with no practice.

Work, Family and the weather really got in the way of flying this year. I
didn't make it to half the contests that I planned to. I hope next year is
better and plan on hitting most contests at least one day.

Dowayne

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Bodary
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 10:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Contest attendence, Rain & D-4 Championships

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:

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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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of mike mueller
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 4:14 PM
To: NSRCA Mailing List
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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