[NSRCA-discussion] Latest update from the WC

[Vicente Bortone]

That is 26.84 mph.

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 9:02 AM Peter Vogel <vogel.peter at gmail.com> wrote:

> 12 meters/second sustained for 60 seconds pauses the contest
>
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> *Sent:* Friday, November 10, 2017 7:00:45 AM
> *To:* Jon Bruml; General pattern discussion; Vicente Bortone; George
> Kennie
>
> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Latest update from the WC
>
> Australian Facebook post 1hr ago shows Anemometer reading 13.8 m/sec.
> That’s 30.87 mph. Absolutely insane!
>
>
>
> *From: *NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org> on
> behalf of Jon Bruml via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
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> *Reply-To: *Jon Bruml <jon at techstyles.com>, General pattern discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> *Date: *Friday, November 10, 2017 at 7:29 AM
> *To: *Vicente Bortone <vincebrc at gmail.com>, General pattern discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>, George Kennie <geobet4evr at gmail.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Latest update from the WC
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>
>
> Go Team USA
>
> thanks Mark !
>
>
>
> Jonathan Bruml
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> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 4:47 AM
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> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>, George
> Kennie <geobet4evr at gmail.com>
>
>
>
> HAPPY BIRTHDAY Derek Emmett!!!!!
>
>
>
> - Thursday – Round 4   FINALLY
>
>
>
> Previously on How the WC’s turn:  Kevin got cake, Joseph flew well, CPLR
> got high scores, wind blue, rain fell, dogs barked.
>
>
>
> Tonights Episode: Team USA flying strong!
>
>
>
> We have Blue Sky!!! I even have a photo to prove it!   I think the
> organizers are finally learning what the weather is like here in
> Argentina.  From 5am – 9am it’s beautiful!  Then it turns to ... well, it
> turns bad.
>
>
>
> We started earlier than normal in an effort to finish up the final round
> of the preliminaries and still leave time for some practice prior to the
> Semi-Finals.   First flights were at 7:45 with Demo flights starting at
> 7:15.   It was a pretty sky with puffy clouds.  But don’t get too attached
> to any cloud in particular because if you blinked, it was GONE.  Winds
> aloft were ripping, and the winds on the ground were doing their best to
> keep up.  Winds were from the WSW which is a new direction for us, left to
> right pushing in.
>
>
>
> AC and Andrew are both fans of the early morning practice flight, which
> with an early start to the contest means a über early trip to go practice.
> AC and Chuck were on the road at 5:30am and Andrew not long after.  Minor
> issue though, if you recall from yesterday, we had major rain storms and
> the practice site was a mud bath.  One of the vans got stuck and thankfully
> there are enough other knuckleheads that get up early to practice to help
> push them out.
>
>
>
> AC, Andrew and Jason all still needed to fly their final prelim round and
> like you’ve heard me say over and over…they all put up great flights.
> Scores though were sort of meh, and as I mentioned yesterday, CPLR scored a
> 505 on his flight, so all but a few people dropped this final round as a
> throw away.
>
>
>
> We finished up round 4 by 11:50, but scores weren’t going to be posted
> until 3pm, so it was off to the practice field once again for a few rounds
> of F-17.  By now the winds were quite strong,  ranging between 10-14m/s
> (approx. 20-28mph) pretty much straight down the runway.  It’s survival
> flying.  There was definite concern that flying in these high winds could
> end the contest for someone. On the rough and muddy grass field, anything
> shy of a good landing could mean ripping out gear or worse. The practice
> site was packed (see the photo of the vans…) as a lot of people “on the
> bubble” were anxiously putting up F flights in hopes of making the finals
> cut.
>
>
>
> By now most of you have seen the results, but if not, check out the main
> WC home page for the preliminary results. The USA has ALL FOUR… let me
> repeat that,  ALL FOUR of our pilots currently in the top 10.  Jason – 4th,
> Andrew – 5th, Joseph – 9th, AC – 10th.  More over, with no other Junior
> making the cut for the Semi-Finals, Joseph has secured a repeat title of
> Jr. World Champion.  We’re all extremely proud of him, especially Don.  But
> he’s staying focused on the job ahead which is making the cut for the
> finals.
>
>
>
> I’ve been watching all of these guys fly for many many years, and have the
> fun and honor to get to fly with them and compete with them on many
> occasions.  I’m always impressed by their precision, consistency, and most
> of all, their ability to handle the wind.  Today though I sat with the team
> from the UK, and several others groups, all of whom are here competing at
> this world championship level, and watching them marvel at our team’s
> ability to not only fly in this wind, but execute precision geometry,
> maintain pace and rhythm, hold their line and center maneuvers in Extreme
> wind.  It’s a pretty neat thing to be part of.
>
>
>
> After returning from practice, I attended the Team Manager meeting at 6pm
> to find out the standings and draw the flight order for the Semi’s.  The
> process is simple, 30 pilots (representing 15 countries) will fly 2 rounds
> of F-17.  They put all the names in a hat and had each country (in
> alphabetical order) draw a name for each subsequent position.  Argentina
> went first and pulled Stephan Kaiser to lead things off and we went on from
> there.  BJ Park (Of BJ Craft fame) from Korea pulled the first American
> pilot, Andrew, for the 16th slot.  Unfortunately with 30 pilots in the
> list, and only 2 rounds, they will rotate 15 pilots for the 2nd line, which
> means Andrew is up first on line 2    It happens.    The other guys all
> have good draws and fly mid pack.  I’ve added a photo of the flight order
> for both lines.  With luck we will be done by 1pm before the winds get too
> aggressive to even have the contest.  For those that are wondering, winds
> at 12meters/second, sustained for 60 seconds would require a delay in the
> contest.  That’s a high bar though, as “Sustained” above that threshold for
> that long is truly storm conditions.
>
>
>
> This evening we celebrated another birthday as Derek Emmett leveled up to
> 54.  We’ve decided we really like having cake though, so we may elect
> someone else to have a birthday tomorrow.
>
>
>
> FINALLY, our translator arrived!!!  My wife Linda, who is quite fluent in
> Spanish, arrive from Buenos Aires via bus this evening to stay with us for
> the rest of the contest.  She’s been in Argentina the entire time, but
> let’s just say Vacation and Model Airplanes are two terms that in her mind
> do NOT go together, so she’s been busy touring the rest of the country.
> I’m hoping with her here that we’ll have substantially less trouble
> departing town than we had arriving since we’ll be able to communicate a
> little better.
>
>
>
> Wish us luck tomorrow!  I don’t believe we’ve ever had a US team
> positioned this strongly in a World Championship before (I don’t really
> know to be honest, but not in my memory).  We will be working very hard to
> hold our positions and ideally improve them against a very competitive
> crowd.
>
>
>
> BTW, a very sincere thank you to everyone that has left a note thanking me
> for posting updates.  It’s very much appreciated.  I know there is a lot of
> info out there from other people so it feels good to know that someone is
> reading this and the effort has value.  A lot of people, LOT of people
> helped us get here $20 t-shirts and $10 raffle tickets at a time.  So the
> teams efforts, these updates, the guys early morning practices, and late
> night battery charging is a small thank you for that support.
>
>
>
> Photos:
>
>
>
> - Blue Skies over the Airport!!!  It eventually clouded over, but this was
> still one of the nicer and warmer days here thus far.
>
> - Tim Jesky and Don Szczuzrz in our Wifi “nook” at the inn we are staying
> at.  There’s no wifi indoors (our rooms anyway) so we’re typically outside
> in this little courtyard trying to connect.
>
> - Andrew getting ready for his final preliminary flight
>
> - AC and Chuck in Ready Box 1.  Notice the clouds are a bit thicker, and
> everyone is pretty bundled up.
>
> - Jason’s new look… Delta knit cap over bucket hat, with ear muffs.  Yes,
> this is what he actually flew in.  Not for warmth so much, but as a way to
> keep the bucket hat on in the high winds.  You’ll notice in many photos we
> have our hood’s tied over our caps for the same reason.
>
> - Van’s Van’s and more Van’s.  All with hoods open and charging battery’s
> at the practice site.  Too expensive to consider shipping generators,
> especially when you have to drive one to the field.
>
> - A foam version of Gernot Bruckman’s Pandora.  We are ALL interested to
> see how the 2m version performs in the high crosswinds tomorrow and
> possibly Saturday.  Thus far though it has surprised everyone.
>
> - TEAM USA!!!  AC Glenn, Andrew Jesky, Jason Shulman, all posing for a
> photo at the practice site.  Derek lined them up for a photo and the next
> thing we knew there was 20 other people in line to snap a pic.   This was a
> promo photo for Team Futaba, so that’s why Joseph isn’t also in the photo.
> No worries, we will not let the 2 time Jr. WC go un-promoted.
>
> - Derek’s B-Day Cake!!  And yes, it was delicious.  No ham OR cheese was
> to be found.
>
> - Semi Final’s Flight order!
>
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:55 PM Vicente Bortone <vincebrc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN YOUNG!!!!!
>
>
>
> - Wednesday – Round 4   Sorta…
>
>
>
> There appears to be only two ways to wake up in Villa Gesell.  To the
> sound of barking dogs, or the sound of pouring rain.  They are as reliable
> as they are mutually exclusive. Given the forecast for the day, I was fully
> expecting to be awakened by the rainwater hitting the sand and concrete
> outside our rooms which can be quite loud.  It was an ironic twist to enjoy
> waking to the sound of barking dogs at 5:45am… it meant no rain.
>
>
>
> Indeed the morning turned out to be reasonably nice and flyable. True,
> we’ve substantially lowered our standards for what constitutes a “nice day
> to fly” but none the less the wind was moderate from the North East and it
> wasn’t actively raining.   Yet.
>
>
>
> Our schedule for the day was fairly relaxed as Joseph was our first pilot
> up at 11am.  That meant the morning was free for everyone to get in some
> quick practice before we camped out the rest of the day at the competition
> site.  As the morning wore on, it became clear the rain wasn’t going to be
> the problem today as all were prepared to fly in it.  But the cloud ceiling
> was a different matter.  Each successive flight seemed to spend more and
> more time in the clouds.  If a maneuver was completely obscured such that
> ALL of the judges concurred that it was not observed, then the pilot was
> offered a reflight.  The rules around this are simple.  The reflight must
> take place inside of 30 mins (there are a few exceptions to this) and the
> pilot flies the entire flight, and the judges judge the entire flight,
> however only the missed manuever’s score is kept and replaced in the
> original flight.
>
>
>
> This happened several times and it became a bit of a game to see if you’re
> tall maneuvers would synchronize with the holes in the cloud cover.  Some
> light rain also began to fall but that didn’t seem to deter anyone (did I
> mention we lowered our definition of nice weather to fly in??).  Joe flew
> his flight on time, and the “now you see me, now you don’t” routine
> resulted in his best raw score of the contest with a 468.  The score was
> mellowed a bit upon learning that CPLR had previously put up a 505 on the
> same line, but it was a good flight and a good score none the less.
>  Unfortunately that would all but end the flying for the day.
>
>
>
> Just a few flights later the clouds continued to drop in altitude and one
> of the Turkish pilots had their plane completely disappear.  It was seen
> again some long distance out, but too far to recover control and it
> crashed.  They found the plane FOUR KM away.  I’m not sure which part
> requires more emphasis… 4 Kilometers (2.4 Miles) or “Found”.  Given the
> terrain, I’m amazed that it was recovered.   We all know the pain of losing
> an aircraft, much less an Oxai Galactik at the world championships.  It had
> to hurt after traveling so far.
>
>
>
> The crash made it clear that the ceiling was too low to continue and they
> suspended the contest for an hour.  Rain began to get heavy at times, and
> the clouds only lowered.  By 3pm, after almost a 3.5 hr break, they
> officially postponed flying until tomorrow.  We will complete round 4 in
> the morning, and have the remainder of the day off to practice for the semi
> finals.
>
>
>
> You’ll see in some of the photos what a truly miserable day it was.  The
> temperatures weren’t particularly cold, at around 63 degree’s, but with
> wind and rain, it was cold to be outside in it all day.
>
>
>
> We all headed back to the inn to dry out and warm up.  We all decided that
> our dinner plan last night was a good choice so we opted to head there
> again.  Tonight we were joined by another USA Supporter, Peter Collinson!!
> He flew down to Buenos Aires a few days ago and will be with us for the
> rest of the contest.  It’s great to have so many people come all this way
> to support the team.
>
>
>
> After dinner we had a little Happy Birthday celebration for Kevin who
> turned 34 today.  We were a little worried that the cake might be chocolate
> covered Ham and Cheese, but it was actually quite good.  Our singing left a
> little to be desired, but I think he got the message.
>
>
>
> Tomorrow will be another early start.  It’s thundering and raining hard
> outside now, but we’re hopeful for a clear, albeit windy morning.  The
> winds the next three days are supposed to be epic.  Shifting from the west
> to the South (so blowing straight IN) at 15mph tomorrow, 20mph on Friday,
> and 22-30mph on Saturday.  Were really hoping that there will be a rainbow
> after the rainstorm so we can find the end and make a wish…to be somewhere
> else.
>
>
>
> AC flies at 9:30, Andrew at 10:06 and Jason at 11:28.  I would expect to
> get standings sometime early in the afternoon.  They will take 30 people
> into the Semi-finals.
>
>
>
> Photos!
>
> - The Brazilian Teams Motor Home which is right on the contest site.  They
> really have quite the nice set up.  It was a 29 hour drive though,
> comparable to what our beloved Nor-Cal group endures every Nats.
> Originally we thought they had the easy, inexpensive route to get here… but
> then we noticed gas was 24 pesos a litre ($5.50/Gallon).
>
> - Picture of the lunch area on site.  A little barren and wet.
>
> - A crowd of cold pilots waiting to hear what the plan for the day is
> going to be.
>
> - Creative tenting between two cars.  The wind was not kind to this
> particular approach.
>
> - More plastic covering planes.  With virtually no shelters on site, this
> was a common scene throughout
>
> - A photo of pure sadness.  Parts reclamation on what was a beautiful
> airplane.
>
> - SNAKES ON A PLANE…er… SNAKES UNDER A JUDGE!!!  A little surprise pet for
> one of the judges on line 2.  Hamish from NZ has another excellent photo of
> the snake attempting to wind correct its flight as it was hurled out into
> the weeds.
>
> - Welcome Pete!
>
> - Kevin and his cake!!!
>
> - I may have mentioned the number of stray dogs here before.  They wake
> you in the morning, and accompany you all day.  Every day.  Every where.
> Here were a few in the restaurant tonight.  One found a home in the booth
> next to us, and the other decided it would be best to lay at our feet.
>
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 8:01 PM George Kennie via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
> Hey Jay,
>
>
>
> Good performance my friend ! Keep takin' it to 'em buddy !!!!!  Ya know ,
> that Frenchman
>
> really ain't that good !
>
>
>
> Is this the first Worlds that Gerhardt Mahr has missed ? I don't see his
> name among the
>
> regulars !
>
>
>
> Thanks for doing a superlative job of representing the good 'ole USA along
> w/ the rest
>
> of the gang ! Pass along my congratulations please.
>
>
>
> Go Team USA !!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>
> Georgie
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Jas S via NSRCA-discussion<
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
> Judges are the same groupings and on Site 1, almost all the scores are
> with-in 1 point of Day 1 scores.
>
> Jas iP
>
>
> On Nov 7, 2017, at 12:28 AM, Derek Koopowitz via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
> Christophe flew his flight 2 yesterday...
>
>
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> behalf of Jeff Worsham via NSRCA-discussion <
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> *Sent:* Monday, November 6, 2017 6:27:35 PM
> *To:* John Gayer; General pattern discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Latest update from the WC
>
>
>
> Should have said Flight 2.  Maybe Christophe practices in the rain?
>
> Team USA is looking strong!
>
>
>
> On Nov 6, 2017, at 7:17 PM, Jeff Worsham <jeffryworsham at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Interesting results on Line 2.
>
>
>
> On Nov 6, 2017, at 7:09 PM, John Gayer via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> First 2 days results at:
>
> http://www.f3argentina.com.ar/day2.pdf
>
>
>
> On 11/5/2017 9:16 PM, Patrick Harris via NSRCA-discussion wrote:
>
> https://www.facebook.com/USA-F3A-World-Championship-Team-541836459181879/
>
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> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 8:15 PM, Peter Vogel via NSRCA-discussion<
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> Facebook.
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> *Sent:* Sunday, November 5, 2017 8:13:36 PM
> *To:* General pattern discussion
>
>
> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Latest update from the WC
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>
>
> Where is this being posted so I can see the pics?
>
>
>
>    - Robert Beaubien
>    - Drone Plastics
>    -
>
>
>
> *From:* NSRCA-discussion [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]*On
> Behalf Of *Vicente Bortone via NSRCA-discussion
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 5, 2017 8:04 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Latest update from the WC
>
>
>
> Sunday – It doesn’t seem like we’ve been here for a whole week already!
> FINALLY the competition is upon us.  There are many advantages to getting
> here a bit early, not the least of which is that everyone knows there way
> around the area at this point.  Early in the week we are pretty strict
> about all staying together.  “no man left behind” so to speak. That usually
> means a lot of patience when trying to coordinate a group of 9-12 people
> caravanning with 5 vehicles.  Every destination takes about twice as long
> to get too (so as not to lose anyone) and every task and decision seems
> painfully slow.  But as we become more and more familiar with our routes,
> and the various destinations, it becomes easier and more reasonable to
> separate from time to time.
>
>
>
> Such was the case when AC said he was leaving at 5:30am to go practice.
>
>
>
> “um, Yeah… go for it.  Let me know how that works out. We’ll meet you at
> the contest site”
>
>
>
> “Oh…and take Chuck”
>
>
>
> The real surprise??  The Russians we’re already there and set up to
> practice.
>
>
>
> The reality is that’s how all these guys are wired.  Andrew and Kevin were
> also gone early while the rest of us to headed to the contest site with
> Joseph and Don who were scheduled to fly 2nd at 9:09am.
>
>
>
> Let me start by saying this was THE nicest day we have had BY FAR.  Sunny
> most of the day, moderate winds (7-10mph and even calmer in the afternoon)
> and around 70deg.  For the first time we were able to spend a good part of
> the day without coats and hoodies on.
>
>
>
> The organizers were kind enough to put all our pilots on the same line so
> we all flew on line A today.  It’s nice because it saves a lot of driving
> back and forth between the two lines which are at opposite ends of a mile
> long runway.  At 8:30am they began warming up the judges with several demo
> flights from Argentinian F3A pilots all of whom did a really nice job.  Up
> first for the entire contest was Steve Underwood from the UK.  He put up a
> nice flight and tolerated a lot of ribbing about having flown the best
> flight of the contest and being in 1st place.  It didn’t last long though
> as Joseph was second up and really put up a smooth, well paced sequence.
> He got pushed out a little more than planned in his spin and was forced to
> move the plane back in a bit aggressively in the next maneuver, but all in
> all a great effort.  He was rewarded with a raw score of 439.  More on
> where that puts him in a bit.
>
>
>
> I want to digress slightly to mention that without asking, without being
> told, our entire team was in the ready box area to watch and support
> Joseph's flight.  That meant that the guys at the practice site 25 min away
> had to pack up early and get on the road long before their own contest slot
> would have warranted, just to make sure they watched their teammate fly.
> It’s a good feeling when the whole team is focused on the whole team.
>
>
>
> I’ll cut to the chase a bit and just say that the entire team put up
> fantastic first flights.  If nerves were present, and I’m sure they were,
> it didn’t show in their performance.  AC's debut on the world stage was not
> only well executed, but well received, putting up an admirable 449.
>
>
>
> Andrew followed with a 465, and Jason batted clean up in the afternoon
> with a 462.  Some relative scores on Line A for comparison, Stephan Kaiser
> flew a 453, and CPLR flew a 484.
>
>
>
> Notables on the other line, Gernot (Austria) flew a 462, Robin Trump
> (Germany)  a 451, Lassie (Finland) a 447 and Onda (Japan) a 427.
>
>
>
> We won’t be able to compare the two lines until after flying is done
> tomorrow.  I wish I could post ALL the scores, but they never listed them,
> and they’re not yet up on the web site.  These are all from memory and
> discussing them with the various pilots.  It’s like trading baseball cards,
> “I’ll tell you Andrew’s and Jason’s score if you tell me Robin's and
> Gernot's…”.
>
>
>
> The atmosphere was quite festive at the competition venue all day.  There
> were actually a lot of spectators, many with families of kids.  The nice
> weather certainly helped the turn out, but it was encouraging to see so
> many people in attendance.  It sort of proves that with the right
> marketing, there is some interest from the community.
>
>
>
> I think the organizers have to be very pleased with everything about the
> event.  It seems to be running very smoothly.  That’s not to say there
> weren’t a few issues.   The most alarming was the full scale plane that
> attempted to land (the airport is officially closed) in the middle of the
> morning.  It was a little dicey as line chief stood in the center of the
> runway trying to wave him off.  For a minute we were getting ready to make
> a mad dash to clear the runway of people and planes, but he eventually got
> the message and we heard him throttle up to continue on.  His flight path
> following implied that he was a little confused as to where to go from
> there, but he eventually went on his way.  I’m guessing he’ll start paying
> more attention to NOTAM’s in the future.
>
>
>
> Kevin had a minor wardrobe malfunction as the ties on his contest bib tore
> off one by one, but some creative cutting and some shoe laces alleviated
> that issue.  At least for the day.   We also had a little entertainment at
> Linda Jesky’s expense as a bum knee decided to temporarily give way leading
> her to re-enact the public service announcement for Stop, Drop, and Roll.
> She was ok, but more importantly, it was caught on camera :)
>
>
>
> After all our contest flights were finished, we headed back to the
> practice field for a few more flights.  This time is was Andrews turn to be
> in the air when a full scale jump plane came in for a landing, touching
> down almost on Andrew’s centerline, while he was still in the air.    The
> practice site is still an active airport, but with minimal traffic.  On
> this occasion there was a group skydiving over the airport and the full
> scale was coming in to take them back up again.
>
>
>
> The day ended with some rain moving in, packing up, and heading back to
> the inn.  We stopped at a local grocery/Walmart style big box store called
> COTO for some suppies, only to learn that Sunday is clearly shopping day in
> this neck of the woods and we waited in long, slow lines to check out.
> Urgency doesn’t not seem to translate into Spanish here.  Speaking of
> Spanish, I doubled my Spanish vocabulary today by adding the word
> puntuaciones???.  Scores???  The constant question I'm asking to get our
> score sheets and hope to see a list of scores.
>
>
>
> Tomorrows schedule has us flying on site B, with AC up around 9:40,
> followed by Andrew and Jason before the lunch break, and Joseph rounding
> out the day with a 3pm scheduled flight.
>
>
>
> We’re hoping for another strong day!
>
>
>
> Photos –
>
>
>
> - Leslie finds an interesting surprise outside her room.  Seafood raining
> from the skies. NO clue how this got there, but the ocean is about ¾ mile
> east of us.
>
> - Close up of aforementioned surprise.
>
> - Steve Underwood (kneeling) and his caller preparing to kick off the
> start of the 2017 World Championships!
>
> -  Don and Joe, watching Steve and mentally prepping for their flight.
>
> - Our judge panel.  If you look closely, you’ll see our very own Don
> Ramsey is 3rd from the left.
>
> - Joseph in ready box 1, about to fly.
>
> - Andre from South Africa getting ready for his flight.  Andre has been
> SA’s top dog for many years, and now has Roston Dugmoor, former Jr. World
> Champion nipping at his heels
>
> - Andrew and Kevin enjoying some lunch outside at the competition site.
>
> - Likewise, John Bentley and his wife from Canada enjoying the lunch
> offerings.
>
> - Russian Canopy!!!  The rebuilt Angle’s Shadow Canopy.  80gms (10 lighter
> than the original) comprised of foam ribs and central spine and Nylon
> reinforced tape!  It was an excellent fit and flew well for their young
> pilot.  A real lesson in overcoming adversity.
>
> - Linda J. taking a roll down the hill.  She really was ok   And no, we
> don’t have a callous cameraman (chuck??), he happened to accidently capture
> her in the background of another image.
>
> - Jump plane about to touch down.  Note the wind sock with we have been
> using as a center pole.
>
> - Chuck, me, and our innkeeper friends that came out to the practice site
> to see what all these crazy American’s are really up to.
>
> On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 11:22 PM Derek Koopowitz via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
> Courtesy of Mark Atwood…
>
>
>
> Saturday
>
> SUN!!! We can see the SUN!!! Seriously, we woke up to not only a pretty
> day, but a warmer one. The highs were in the upper 60’s and with the sun
> out it was quite pleasant IF… ok, it’s a big if, IF the wind wasn’t
> blowing. But even the winds gave us a little break today, blowing in the
> low teen’s rather than the low 20’s.
>
> We left for another early start to the practice field today that was made
> all the better thanks to Leslie Hockhalter who with diligent searching
> managed to find us cheap insulated travel cups that actually hold more than
> a thimble full of coffee (or in my case tea). It’s the little things in
> life…
>
> The practice sites were full today as everyone was getting in their final
> efforts. Even with an early start we were behind the Taiwanese who
> apparently must sleep at the field. The winds as I mentioned were less
> severe, but still not light. We traded obscene wind quartering out from the
> North East for merely heavy winds at a 90deg cross pushing in from the
> South. Better??
>
> AC started with a few flights of F-17 before he retired that for the next
> 4 days and focused his remaining time on P-17. The noteworthy event of the
> morning came during Joseph’s flight when low and behold, we heard a full
> scale!! Now bare in mind, we have not seen ANY signs of general aviation
> here what so ever. So it was a bit of a shock to not only see a small
> private plane, but to see it at 1000’AGL coming straight through the center
> of the box. Joe had plenty of time to get down low while it passed. He
> resumed his sequence only to here Andrew yell “he just lowered his gear…”.
> Sure enough, Joe managed to land and clear the runway less than 30 seconds
> before a Bonanza touched down on our runway. We were told later that the
> airport isn’t actually closed. They just see very little traffic. NOW you
> tell us.
>
> A few more flights and then we all packed up to go get ready for the
> opening ceremonies. For those that are unaware, the host country organizes
> an opening ceremony in the same vein as you see for the Olympics, albeit on
> a significantly smaller scale. But the idea is the same, with a parade of
> teams by country, and a little fanfare. We try to do our part to represent
> the US, dressing and working as a team. We arrived well in advance, were
> grouped behind a local representative holding our USA sign and proceeded to
> walk into the main area in a long parade among a surprisingly large crowd
> of spectators. Admittedly it’s fun to have a large crowd of people clapping
> for you as you’re introduced.
>
> After the opening statements and playing of the anthems, we were treated
> to a small airshow that included an RV-7 doing some low altitude aerobatics
> with smoke (lower and closer than would EVER be allowed in the USA I might
> add). They also performed a nice synchronized 3D heli demonstration (Also
> lower and closer than felt comfortable safe!). After that it was a nice
> party atmosphere with music playing, some food and beverages for the pilots
> and supporters, and a general meet and greet for all involved. A little
> social relaxation before the stress of the competition takes hold.
>
> Last event of the day was the team manager meeting for me, to learn the
> flight schedules and discuss any rules issues or procedural nuances to the
> venue. Mostly normal Q&A about various procedures along with some
> guidelines for how timing, scoring, weighing will be done. Most notable was
> a short lecture on the inappropriate use of some of the new gyro technology
> (it’s prohibited in any way, shape or form) and a reminder that this
> constitutes unsportsmanlike behavior which can result in disqualifying not
> only the offending individual, but their entire team. In other words, they
> take it very seriously.
>
> We make a very concerted effort to have the whole team at every flight to
> support one another, which will make tomorrow a very very very early start
> as the guys will try to put up a practice flight in the morning and be back
> in time to see our first pilot, Joseph, put up his official contest flight
> at 9:09am. The others fly later in the day, AC @ 10:40am, Andrew @ 11:16am
> and Jason @ 2:24pm.
>
> Fair warning, scores will NOT be posted real time. We will get our
> personal raw scores upon completing the flight, but a summary of scores
> will not be posted until the end of the day. On a plus side, with only 2
> judge panels, we will get normalized, ranked scores after 2 days, rather
> than having to wait 4. I'm sure others will post, but I'll try to be sure
> to post the days scores here as well.
>
> Update on the lost Russian canopy: It was never found, so they were up
> until 5am fabricating a new one, and successfully flew it today! When
> you’ve traveled 12,000 miles to compete, you find a way. Kudos to the
> Russian team for both ingenuity and perseverance.
>
> Photos:
>
> - Random Beechcraft that arrived in the middle of Joe’s flight
> - Sergio (flying) and Marcelo (Calling) from Columbia. I’m pretty sure
> they’ve been appointed the official translators of the US F3A team. Without
> them, we’d be surviving solely on McDonalds, Oreo’s and Pringles.
> - Local aerobatic pilot and his RV-7.
> - Team USA!
> - A look at all the teams as they filed in and lined up near their
> respective flags
> - Robin Trumpp and team Germany working on his new Karat biplane
> - Team Canada: Xavier Mouraux, Michi Akimoto, John Bentley and his wife,
> and Hartley Hughson and his wife
> - Team China – in an embarrassing twist of language diversity, Jenny,
> their helpful translator, had to help out the event director during the
> Team Manager meeting in explaining his English explanation, to other native
> English speaking TM’s. Say what??
> - Collection of Team Managers from 27 countries
> - Honey bee that decided the S in my hat was its soul mate.
> - Flight orders for all 4 days!
>
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