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<DIV><SPAN class=510322305-28032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ron,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=510322305-28032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> Now you're scaring me. In 1977 I was still in grade
school saving up for a Jr. Falcon and waiting for the latest issue of
<EM>Flying Models</EM>. Actually all of the pattern gurus were my heroes back
then (Don Lowe, you, Dean, Kraft, etc.). Well, if I can make it over to
watch some of you guys fly at the NATs this year, then all I need to do is
find a Ferrari for the ride home and it will be a good trip. On second thought,
never mind - my airplanes won't fit in a Ferrari.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>John Pavlick<BR><A href="http://www.idseng.com/"
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Ron Van
Putte<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 27, 2006 11:18 PM<BR><B>To:</B> NSRCA
Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plans for small
electric pattern<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV>On Mar 27, 2006, at 7:24 PM, John Pavlick wrote:</DIV><BR
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size=2>Ok, I confess. My hero as a kid was always Dean Pappas.
And I always wanted a Tipo. And a Ferrari. Well, at least I got to
meet </FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>I think I met Dean as a
snotty-nosed little kid at the 1977 F3A Team Selection at Rough River,
KY. He flew a Bridi Escape or UFO he'd added a turtledeck
to, that I nicknamed "Upchuck". He's come a long way. </DIV>
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<DIV>Ron Van Putte<BR>
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