[NSRCA-discussion] Ocala Results

[Jon Lowe]

Good report.  First Florida tried to monsoon and tornado us on Friday, 
then  tried to blow us away (sustained 28 to 35 mph winds with gusts 
well above that) on Saturday, then it tried to freeze us out on Sunday. 
  Before my first flight on Sunday, my Dad and I had to literally wipe 
ice off the wings of my airplane that had formed between the time I 
took it out of the car and got it ready to fly!  Never had that happen 
before, even in the winter in Ohio.
The contest officials got us going bright and early Sunday, so the 3 
rounds went quickly.

Ivan Kristenson is back into pattern after a layoff of 8 years.  He is 
a force to be reckoned with.  The switch harness Erik mentioned was 
definitely the guilty party.  Ivan said he has another plane on order.  
He planned to fly FAI, but no one showed up on Sunday, so he started to 
fly masters as an unknown, until the untimely death of his Osmose.  We 
were all giving him good natured jibes this weekend about his brand new 
starter, brand new glow starter, etc, as he was having to buy 
everything fresh after flying IMAC for so long.



Jon Lowe


-----Original Message-----
From: Erik <bladesmith at mindspring.com>
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Sent: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:13 am
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Ocala Results



Ocala was crazy this year.
Winds exceeding upper limits of most comfort level.  A vote was taken 
at pilots
meetings and with the forcasted winds it was determined that Saturday 
was not in
the best interest of the aircraft.

However we voted to go on Sunday so we had a 3 round contest.  The 
effort was
gong to be made for 4 but in the end we were able to just get in 3.
The winds subsided but the cold set it in.
We had 22 registered and 21 flew on Sunday.

The winners:
Sprotsman: Gary Freeman
Intermediate: Chris Odom
Advanced:Gary Courtney
Masters: Joe Walker
FAI: Not Flown.

All by memory 2nd and 3rd escape me at the moment.  Hopefully the full 
results
will be posted.

The only casualty of the weekend was a brand new Osmose flown by Ivan
Christinson.  It was determined that a wire from the switch broke in 
flight and
the aircraft hit the ground.

We had rain wind and cold but in the end we all were determined to get 
the
contest in, and if you've been to Ocala before you know that Ernie and 
Chris put
on a good show at a great facility.

Congrats to all the winners and to all that showed up and flew in some 
very
interesting conditions.
Erik

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>From: JShulman <jshulman at cfl.rr.com>
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>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Ocala
>
>I heard that Saturday was blown out (was a FL Jets too, but some of us 
still
flew...lol), but Sunday was gonna be an attempt to get
>in 4 rounds... any word?
>
>Regards,
>Jason
>www.jasonshulman.com
>www.shulmanaviation.com
>www.composite-arf.com
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