[NSRCA-discussion] NATS discussions (was Rule 8.1.1)

[Nat Penton]

John
Seguin was my first Nats, I did not fly , but came away with ideas and new 
acquaintences, including Hewitt Phillips of NASA Langley fame. This was my 
first to see combat. I believe Tony Bonetti ? won Expert, and his strong 
suit was the reverse horizontal snaps. My airplane, a tailess, came in 11th 
in Sportsman, being flown by a 16 year old.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Konneker" <jlkonn at hotmail.com>
To: <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] NATS discussions (was Rule 8.1.1)


>I was just getting into RC in 1981.
> There was a very old/wise modeler mentoring me.
> I was at the point that I wanted to make a decision as to which direction
> within RC I wanted to go.
> I think he was trying to lean me toward "giant scale".
> :-)
> The Seguin Nats were about 250 miles from where I lived at the time,
> Beaumont, Texas.
> He told me to go watch and see what all was out there.
> I did...seemed like everything was going on at once...cl stunt, speed, 
> free
> flight, pylon and in the afternoon pattern.
> I had never seen a true pattern plane or pattern flying.
> It was like watching the solo man of the Thunderbirds!
> Saw a guy flying Expert that I was really impressed with.
> I went up and talked to him after his flight.
> Very nice guy.
> His name was Bill Cunningham.
> When I left to drive home I was hooked on pattern!
> JLK
>
>
>
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>>From: "Fred Huber" <fhhuber at clearwire.net>
>>Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] NATS discussions (was Rule 8.1.1)
>>Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 15:00:08 -0500
>>
>>The only NATS I have attended was the time it was held at Olathe, Kansas
>>(1968 or 1969?).  At that point the NATS were still able to be held in 
>>less
>>than a month of flying competitions... and all sorts of events were being
>>flown simultaneously.  I was just a kid, with a group of Cub Scouts, 
>>flying
>>in the AMA Delta Dart competition. (because the Cub Scout leaders arranged
>>for us to go)  It was more a field trip to get to see the other events
>>though.
>>
>>There's a "double edged sword" effect of flying many events at once.  You
>>may have to pick and choose which to participate in if you desire to
>>compete in several different events.
>>
>>Sure, its nice for the spectators to be able to go from site to site and
>>see many different aspects of aeromodeling all in one day.  But if you are
>>actually competing in an event such as Pattern... you aren't going to be
>>doing much spectating until you are done flying.
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Bob Richards
>>   To: NSRCA Mailing List
>>   Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:03 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rule 8.1.1
>>
>>
>>   Thanks, Tony, I was not aware of that.
>>
>>   Part of the allure of attending the NATS as a competitor is (was) being
>>able to observe the other modeling disciplines, such as pylon or CL 
>>combat.
>>I guess it is nice in one way to have the whole site for pattern, but not
>>having other events going on simultaneously is a bit of a bummer. It makes
>>it less of a spectator draw.
>>
>>   Bob R.
>>
>>
>>   Tony Stillman <tony at radiosouthrc.com> wrote:
>>     No.  We have the Pattern Nats as a stand alone event, as we use all
>>three flying sites at the same time.  That could change, by allowing some
>>Control Line events, but the problem we have with aerobatics is that many
>>times we over-fly the control line circles from the "Stage Center" site.
>>That would be a safety issue that we would have to somehow address..
>>
>>
>>     Tony Stillman, President
>>     Radio South
>>     3702 N. Pace Blvd
>>     Pensacola, FL 32505
>>     1-800-962-7802
>>     www.radiosouthrc.com
>>
>>
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>>[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bob 
>>Richards
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>>     Buddy,
>>
>>     Actually, the NSRCA share might be less than what you say. Don't they
>>hold multiple events simultaneously? I have not been to Muncie yet, but
>>both times I was at Lawrenceville that was the case.
>>
>>     Bob R.
>>
>>
>>
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