[NSRCA-discussion] St Louis contest

[mike mueller]

 Bob it was nice to meet you guys. Keep up the good work and get some friends involved. Its been a while since Arkansas has had something new going on in pattern. Mike

--- On Mon, 8/30/10, Bob Lavey <bob.lavey at cox.net> wrote:

> From: Bob Lavey <bob.lavey at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] St Louis contest
> To: "'General pattern discussion'" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:48 AM
> 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
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf 
> > Of mike mueller
> > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:01 AM
> > To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> > 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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