[NSRCA-discussion] Pocono

[shinden1 at cox.net]

yup!!
---- Robert Harden <rharden1 at cox.net> wrote: 
> What I will say about calm air...the best trimmed plane usually wins.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Courtney, Gary Ray" <grcourtney at tva.gov>
> To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 10:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Pocono
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> Amen!!! Calm air sucks!!!
> 
> gary
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org 
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of 
> rcmaster199 at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 10:08 AM
> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Pocono
> 
> Interesting thing about calm air is that it happens very infrequently,
> so practice in calm air happens very infrequently. In general, we tend
> to fly rather poorly in it (too many overcorrections) as a result. The
> most frequent flaws I saw were flopped stalls, vertical lines leaning
> too much to correct an imagined head wind, radii very variable, flying
> way too far out and general lack of controlling distance out. From the
> judge's point of view, one could just sit there and count the
> flaws.....no wind to hide them behind (VBG)
> 
> I remember a contest in Georgia a few years ago where it was dead calm
> as in last weekend's Pocono contest. It took two rounds to recalibrate
> ourselves to flying dead air.
> 
> MattK
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Lawrence <ronnan57 at rochester.rr.com>
> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 9:24 am
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Pocono
> 
> Thanks to everyone that put on the Pocono
> contest, It was a great contest. It was the calmest air I have ever
> flown in. Ron Lawrence
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From:
>   Joe
>   Lachowski
>   To: General pattern discussion
> 
>   Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 7:47 AM
>   Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
>   Pocono
> 
> 23 contestants. Yes, there were two lost to a midair.
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> And we had the best flying conditions you could ever ask
>   for.
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