[NSRCA-discussion] Ocala contest

[Ron Van Putte]

The Lakeland contest is April 25th and 26th.

BTW, sorry about the screwup in reporting the Master class finish.   
My memory is usually perfect, just very short.

Ron

On Mar 26, 2009, at 7:47 AM, Emory Schroeter wrote:

> Hy Ron,
>
> After I posted that, I remembered that I neede to check RCU. So, I  
> got to see some of the pics and results. Anyway, I'm sorry I missed  
> that. The Ocala contest has always been a fun one.
>
> So when is the Lakeland contest??
>
> Emory.
>
> From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 8:19:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Ocala contest
>
> 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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