[NSRCA-discussion] St Louis contest

Wed Sep 1 06:00:52 AKDT 2010

Amen, Ron, the only person I have heard of that pre-dates you and I, is 
Jerry Stebbins; I believe he beat my first contest date, (1955) by a year or 
so.  Bill Glaze
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] St Louis contest


> You guys are rookies!
>
> Ron
>
> On Sep 1, 2010, at 8:04 AM, Dr Mike wrote:
>
>> Hey!! I am with you!!
>> Mike
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of mike 
>> mueller
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:55 AM
>> To: General pattern discussion
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] St Louis contest
>>
>>  Not unless you think I'm old. I feel young if that means anything.  Mike
>>
>> --- On Wed, 9/1/10, Dr Mike <drmikedds at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Dr Mike <drmikedds at sbcglobal.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] St Louis contest
>>> To: "'General pattern discussion'" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>> Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 7:20 AM
>>> Hey guy, you sayin' I'm old!!!!???
>>> Mike Harrison
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]
>>> On Behalf Of mike mueller
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 3:44 PM
>>> To: General pattern discussion
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] St Louis contest
>>>
>>>  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-----
>>>>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>>>>
>>>>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]
>>>> 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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