[NSRCA-discussion] Toledo Indoor Pattern Contest

[Mark Atwood]

I can¹t agree more on all counts.  I was there both Friday and Saturday
night assisting Nicolas Pietu from France (that¹s a story in and of
itself...) and while there was a lot of amazing flying, Ryan, Gernot and
Brandon (along with Andrew, but he has a trophy to signify HIS
performance...congrats!!!) put on an amazing show.

Ryan especially deserves (in my mind) a big congrats for flying some
tremendous known sequences as well as a spectacular freestyle.  And hats off
to him for stepping it up a notch in the last round by taking his rolling
loop through the rafters without even losing the geometry!

Brandon..well...that was just plain fun to watch.

A comment to ALL the competitors though comes from Nicolas Pietu.  He and
his brother were there from France...Nicolas is the current French indoor
national champion (indoor F3P is much more popular and well attended on the
other side of the pond) and he was in awe.  Difficulties with his airplanes
(their crate was damaged on the flights over) led to a less than satisfying
performance for him, but he was amazed by the depth of talented flyers.  His
comment was that there are only 2 or 3 people that he is used to seeing that
level of flying from...not all 25.  He took over 400 photos and video clips
for an article in the French magazine that sponsored their trip.  Point is
that EVERY pilot there put on a great show and was worthy to be in the
contest.

Congrats to all...

-M


On 4/7/08 10:25 AM, "John Konneker" <jlkonn at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Steve!
> I was there and attended the Saturday night finals.
> Yes, congrats to Andrew!
> There were two other guys that really brought the house down too though.
> Ryan Archer.  Only 14 years old but man could he fly!  He would literally
> light the place up with his enthusiasm.
> Brandon Chitty.  After the loud mouth announcer agitated him about it all
> night on his last freestyle he threw his neck strap behind
> him and made the whole flight with the Tx behind his back!  He pulled out all
> the stops and finished with sliding his transmitter halfway
> across the gym floor...after he landed of course! :-)
> To say the crowd went nuts would be an understatement!
> JLK
> 
> 
>> 
>> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:54:16 -0700
>> From: patternrules at yahoo.com
>> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Toledo Indoor Pattern Contest
>> 
>>  How about something about flying
>>  
>> Congrats to Andrew Jesky on winning the ETOC.
>>  
>> Steve Maxwell
>> 
>> Bob Kane <getterflash at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Nice perspective on the event. I get to do the lazy thing and watch from the
>>> stands. Thanks for the write-up.
>>>  
>>> Bob Kane
>>> getterflash at yahoo.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: "tocdon at netscape.net" <tocdon at netscape.net>
>>> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 6, 2008 2:20:37 AM
>>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Toledo Indoor Pattern Contest
>>> 
>>> Well, I flew in this indoor pattern contest they had at Toledo, better know
>>> as the "ETOC".  I put some thoughts comparing and contrasting to full size
>>> pattern plane competition, and my usual detailed story book on the event.
>>> 
>>> http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7339821/anchors_7339843/mpage_1/key_/ancho
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>>> 
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