[NSRCA-discussion] Ocala contest

[Ron Van Putte]

Geez!  The excuses some guys use.  John Fuqua was told by his wife  
that he was attending the wedding of a distant relative in Little  
Rock, so he wasn't there.  The Ocala Model Flying Model Club usually  
has small, different color towels made up with a emblem on them that  
includes Kingdom of the Sun Annual Contest and the contest date.  We  
were invited to take one, so I selected a pretty pink one for John.

It was VERY windy.  On one flight, my airplane blew back over my head  
and, before I could get control, I started feeling dizzy from looking  
back and up so long.  I stumbled a couple of times, but finally  
managed to save the airplane.

There were 24 contestants.  Jason won F3A over Chad Northeast and  
Ivan Kristensen.  Mike Hester barely won over Jon Lowe.  Gary  
Courtney won Advanced; I think Chris Odom was second.  My memory is  
blank on the rest.

Ernie Meredith and Chris Hamel did their usual great job running the  
contest.

I believe Jason took a bazillion pictures.

Ron Van Putte

On Mar 26, 2009, at 5:31 AM, Emory Schroeter wrote:

> Hey Guys,
>
> I haven't heard anything about last weekends contest in Ocala. How  
> did everything go? How many folks were there and who won, etc... I  
> would have liked to have been there, but I had a convention in  
> Atlanta.
>
> Thanks,
> Emory
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