[NSRCA-discussion] WC

Sun Aug 7 18:35:32 AKDT 2011

I for one totally agree. I first met Georgie at the Nats in 2000 and looked forward to seeing him every year after that. I had not been to Muncie since 2006 and one of the things I missed the most was not having the pleasure of spending some brief yet valued time with him. Since I was a worker at the WC, I did not get to see Georgie much, but what time I did spend with him is cherised. 
Georgie wrote, " thanks for listening and be encouraged that this will be my last time."  Well I certainly hope and pray it is not your last time. Should, for whatever reason our paths never cross again, it has been an honor and pleasure to have known you. Looking forward to seeing you next year same time , same place.

Robert Gainey 

From: Ronald Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2011 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] WC

Georgie is indeed unique.  I had no idea that he was sleeping in the back of his car,  because he always looked like he'd just stepped out of a haberdashery. 

His passion for scoring is unsurpassed and I value his insight.

Thanks for a great take on the 2011 F3A WC Georgie.

Ron Van Putte

On Aug 7, 2011, at 8:31 PM, George Kennie wrote:

          My Take on the World Championships                                                                         
> 
>Yup, I'm back !
>
>Not feeling up to the 950 mile trip any more, I have passed on attending the Nats for the last 2 years, BUT
>due to the fact that this was my chance to see a World Championship event and also due to a knawing desire
>to see a flyer who had been able to pull off such a fantastic series of wins over the last few years, yes, Christophe
>I decided I would try to pull together the rescources to enable me to make the trip
>.
>I had in my posession a classic aircraft with a brand new YS-61 AR and pipe which was highly desired by a flying 
>buddy so I decided to let it go for $400, thus the funds became available.
>
>I knew I would be sleeping in the back of my car and realizing that we were currently experiencing a period of very
>warm weather I knew I would be subjecting myself to some pretty hot nights so I made up a couple of screens for 
>my rear windows to prevent bugs and to enable some air to cool my boudoir, which worked out O.K.
>
>I left on Saturday the 23rd @ 6:00 A.M. and arrived somewhere around 9:00 P.M., just in time to pump up my air 
>mattress and get some shuteye.There was a pretty good squall blowing thru making me appreciate the fact that I 
>hadn't brought the tent as I never would have been able to set it up in those conditions.
>
>Sunday dawned with O.K. weather and after some breakfast I got back to the site to find competitors already showing
>up and shared greetings with old acquaintances (nice).
>
>Some of the competitors were throwing down some practice flights and some of the demo pilots were trying to get in
>some additional polish. AC, Andre, and Dave were exemplary in their execution giving the judges real meat to work with.
>Late in the afternoon Chip flew P like noone has ever flown P before. If only it had been videoed, .....it was textbook. The 
>first stall turn in the M made my jaw drop to about my knees. The plane went up about 800 feet and came to a complete
>stop and just hung there for about a full second without moving and then after this interminable hesitation began to pivot
>around the CG without gaining or losing a millimeter of altitude. I know I uttered an audible exclamation of awe followed
>by the thought that "I bet he can't do that again" whereupon he proceeded to duplicate the feat on the other side of the M.
>When he got to the turnaround stall he did it again proving it was no fluke. The whole flight was stellar and was the best
>flight of the week for me and I have a tendency to be a little tough on Chip (he doesn't appreciate my corrective inputs ), 
>but I understand his personality. We're both type A so we clash a little, but I still like him.
>
>When I saw Andrew's practice flight I thought he looked a little rusty and didn't have great hopes for his results in the face
> of such strong competition. When I observed the 1/2 square with the upline snap he performed , I said "What was that?"
>To me it looked like a flick roll, but I was informed that it was indeed a snap. Well, somebody must have said 
>something because when competition started he had fixed it.
>
>Speaking of snaps, Ola Fremming had a snap that was slow enough that you could easily count the turns and it was 
>easy to recognize the stalled condition of the airframe. It was very pretty. When have you heard anyone say that about a 
>snap.
>
>Monday was offficial practice and each team was allotted approx 30 minutes for their team members to familiarize them-
>selves with the physical surroundings of the sites that they would be flying on.
>
>Now all the International teams were showing up and making their presence known. It was a wonderful experience to 
>observe people whose language was total gibberish to your ears and enjoy their spirit of happy interactivity as they joked 
>and laughed with great frivolity ( especially the Germans ).
>
>All these teams seemed to have people in their group that spoke quite good, if not excellent, English and came across as 
>extremely friendly.
>
>About this time I took the opportunity to approach Christophe and laid on him my theory of rudder center of pressure as 
>regards pitch and roll coupling and was surprised that he agreed with my concepts. I got a pic with he and I together with
>the Axiome which was gratifying.
>
>A bit later I got to see both he and Benoit put in their practice flights and having observed several execution errors I talked 
>with both of them regarding required corrections and they expressed their thanks for the tips. On their next flight I noted 
>that there was an attempt to make those corrections, but on the subsequent flight they were both back to making the same
>errors and concluded that they had probably been practicing for a long time making these errors and they had become 
>ingrained.
>
>I also talked with many of the other teams offering suggestions and found them all to be very receptive ( I think they felt
>it best to humor the old man).
>
>The Austrian National Champion was Gerhard Mayr and he was most receptive of all soaking up everything I could feed him,
>No matter how tough I was on him he would come back for more everytime and I spent many evenings in long conversations 
>with he and his Dad and really got close to them. Wonderful folks ! Gerhard flew electric and at a flying speed much slower 
>than everybody else, making people aghast at how he could perform such a deep snap with such a low level of energy. He 
>is a 26 year old Young man who flew an original design aircraft that was somewhat radical in it's use of canalysers on the 
>wings. I see him as a young man with a bright future.
>
>The most obvious errors that were most apparrent to my eyes were the integrated roll in the M which finished much higher
>than it started as well as it's centering, 1/2 square loop on corner lacking a line after the 2nd 2of 4, radii in the triangle, centering
>of roll elements as well as combination maneuvers.
>
>The weather was not typical Muncie fare as the winds were not the usual Oklahoma variety. There were periods where the 
>winds would build in the middle of the day only to subside after and hour or so. On Thursday Onda came to the line just after
>a rush of pretty strong air pushed through only to have things calm down shortly thereafter, which I thought was unfair.
>
>During the prelims there were some comments regarding seeming bias relative the scoring of the french team which I chalk up
>to impression judging. Without actual numbers it's very difficult to assess who is hitting the high K-Factor maneuvers.There was
>even a bias protest which was apparently resolved. I have to confess that I also felt that there was some favoritism being shown
>to the big name pilots, but kept realizing that I wouldn't know the result of appearances until I ran my numbers.
>
>I come away from this amazing experience with the feeling that if Chip had been able to fly the finals like he flew the prelims
>the outcome could have been quite different. I scored one of the semifinal flights where he was 35 points above the next closest
>competitor.
>
>I spent a good part of the day on Friday, after I got home running my numbers and here's what I have. Despite what it may seem 
>I can assure you that there is no favoritism here.
>
>Andrew........Finals # 1 = 590 ........Finals # 2 = 636 .........Unknown #1 = 497 ..........Unknown # 2 = 520..........................................
>
>Kogi.............Finals #1 =  616.........Finals # 2 =599............Unknown # 2 = 480..........Unknown # 2 = 513..........................................
>
>Bernd...........Finals #1 = 610..........Finals # 2 = 580...........Unknown # 1 = 469..........Unknown # 2 = 537............................................
>
>Onda............Finals # 1 = 577.........Finals # 2 = 585...........Unknown # 1 = 468..........Unknown # 2 = 531................................................
>
>CPLR...........Finals # 1 = 581.........Finals # 2 = 580...........Unknown # 1 = 474...........Unknown # 2 = 518..............................................
>
>Mayr.............Finals # 1 = 556.........Finals # 2 = 571...........Unknown # 1 = 481...........Unknown # 2 = 528...............................................
>
>Kaiser...........Finals # 1 = 540.........Finals # 2 = 609...........Unknown # 1 = 475...........Unknown # 2 = 490...............................................
>
>Chip..............Finals # 1 = 593.........Finals # 2 = 559...........Unknown # 1 = 462............Unknown # 2 = 486...............................................
>
>Matt..............Finals # 1 = 540.........Finals # 2=  589............Unknown # 1 = 456............Unknown # 2 = 482...............................................
>
>BPLR............Finals # 1 = 575.........Finals # 2 = 563............Unknown # 1 = 432............Unknown # 2 = 496................................................
>
>
>It's interesting that there is only a one point variation in the finals scores of CPLR and the finish of Suzuki was a total shock to me.
>
>The finishing positions are as listed from top to bottom.
>
>I have no axes to grind and found those French guys to be wonderfully friendly people, but I think that with accurate judging that 
>particular dominance may be short lived.
>
>I would add that there was a very high level of competency displayed by all competitors which was evidenced by their proficiency  in 
>the rollers.
>
>If you've read this far, thanks for listening and be encouraged that this will be my last time.
>
>
>Georgie  
>
>   
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