[NSRCA-discussion] NEVRC 5th Annual Pattern Contest Results

[Pete Cosky]

Thanks to you and the club for a great contest Mark. Certainly worth the
trip last year and this year.....now my goal for next year is to make it
through the contest without a single mishap.

Pete


On 5/23/11 7:18 PM, "Mark V." <ontheedge at epix.net> wrote:

> Can't believe we pulled this off.  Five straight days of rain and two days
> (Sat & Sun) without a drop .  The pattern gods were watching over us this
> weekend gentlemen (It's raining once again as I'm typing by the way).  It
> started and stopped raining eight times while I was cutting the grass (wet
> clumpy grass at that).  Had no choice.  We either cut the grass in the rain on
> Friday or issue tundra tires to the pilots on Saturday to roll through the
> thick grass.  Think we mowed the runway and pit area three times to cut and
> then blow the grass clumps to the sides.  Hope the rest of the season starts
> to dry out a little or the EPA might reclassify our parking area as wet lands!
> LOL
> 
> Another weekend of fantastic flying.  Tons of real smooth flights in all
> classes and all this at one of the earlier contests of the season without a
> lot of dry days to practice.  Hats off to all the pilots.  No real issues to
> think of other than some delaminated gear and an electric dead stick to a safe
> landing.  See contest results below........compete scores to be updated on the
> NSRCA site soon.
> 
> Huge thanks to all the judges who stepped up so we can keep things running
> smooth with little down time. Anyone who's ever run a precision aerobatics
> contest knows that arranging judges is the toughest part of the contest but
> the D1 guys were there when I needed them.  Never had to pull the whip and
> cattle prod out of the van.  Thanks again to all of you.
> 
> Ton of gratitude to the NEVRC members for the food, scoring, maintenance and
> other tasks.  We only have about a dozen members or so but we seem to get the
> job done.  We certainly hope you all had a nice time and would enjoy having
> you back anytime.  Be it a contest or just stopping by to fly.  As in the
> past, any comments or suggestions on what we/I can do to make things any
> better please call or email me.
> 
> It's with sincere thanks and hopes for your continued and safe flying/contest
> season.  Hope to see you all next year at the 6th Annual NEVRC Pattern
> Contest.   Best of luck to all those traveling to the Nats and the Worlds as
> well.
> 
> Regards,
> Mark Vukmanovich
> 
> 
> Here are the results:
> 
> Sportsman:
> =======
> 1 Jerry Smith 
> 2 Gerald Hood 
> 3 Don Gray 
> 4 Dana Beaton 
> 
> 
> Intermediate:
> ========
> 1 Bob Moulder 
> 2 Jeff Hatton 
> 3 Frank Iacobellis
> 4 Pete Cosky 
> 
> 
> Advanced:
> =======
> 1 Joseph Zeigenfus
> 
> 
> Masters:
> =====
> 1 Arch Stafford 
> 2 Joseph Lachowski
> 3 Ron Lockhart 
> 4 Matthew Kebabjian
> 5 John Tarpinian 
> 6 Jim Quinn
> 
> 
> FAI: 
> ===
> 1 David Lockhart 
> 2 Edward Alt 
> 3 Anthony Romano
> 
> 
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