[NSRCA-discussion] St Louis contest

[Bob Lavey]

Thanks for your kind words, Mike.  My brother, Mike, and I made the 6-hour
drive from NW Arkansas, and we had a ball at the St. Louis contest.  It was
well run and was full of great competition.  George Ashley had to be talking
to himself on the ride home trying to figure out how he could win 3 rounds
in Advanced and finish 3rd!  It was great to finally meet some of the
northern D5 guys in person and see you fly.  It was a terrific experience.

I actually flew in 3 Intermediate contests last year, and I was all set to
fly the whole season in Intermediate this year.  At the first contest,
however, I was the only Intermediate pilot, so the CD asked that I fly
Advanced.  It was great fun: too much fun for me to move back to
Intermediate :)  I've been blessed with a lot of great friends at the Broken
Arrow, OK club who have helped me out a lot.  All the D5 guys have been
great friends and a big help.

Thanks,
Bob


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> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] St Louis contest
> 
>  Thanks to Bill Ahrens, Ed White and the whole Boeing field 
> crew for a delightful weekend.
>  The weather while a tad hotter than us northerners are used 
> to but was decent enough. The flying was pretty good too. 
> Tons of crazy wind conditions and the worst thermal activity 
> I can ever remember flying thru.
>  Lots of guys have done the switch over to E. in that area 
> and all seemed to be doing well with it.
>  Advanced was particularly well contested and the guy who 
> took third actually won 3 rounds. I don't think I've ever 
> seen a contest that close. Adam Barry/Ford won with Bob Lavey 
> just a few points behind and George Ashley taking third. All 
> flew very well. I was very impressed with all 3 fliers but 
> have to mention that Bob Lavey is only in his second year of 
> pattern and decided to skip Intermediate. He just lost to 
> some pretty tough competition by an eyelash. I find that to 
> be impressive.
>  Dave Snow mid aired for the second time this year and again 
> took the worst of the battle much like what between him and 
> Tony Frak at the nats. Both planes landed but Dave's damage 
> is very significant. Joe's plane had minor damage and was 
> able to continue on.It was half way thru Dave's flight #1. I 
> loaned him my Integral because he just had to do a data 
> transfer on our compatible SD10G Airtronics. He showed me 
> what my plane is capable of and won first in Masters. I've 
> never seen a guy fly someone else's plane that well with no 
> practice. I knew my plane was good but that really proved it. 
> Dave Snow is a very talented flier.
>  Bill Ahren's won in Fai and showed great improvement from 
> his starting point earlier in the season. The F schedule in 
> FAI is brutal!
>  Todd Schmitt had his new E. Mystic plane at the contest. Its 
> stunningly beautiful and flys very well.
>  Thanks all for a great time. Thanks to my Chicago buddies 
> for making the trip so much fun afterwards. Mike Mueller
> 
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