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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=040533323-02082006>Hi
George,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=040533323-02082006>Great
write-up, again, and as always it's fun seeing how you scored us.
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=040533323-02082006>It
was great to sit and chat with you at the times we did.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=040533323-02082006>I really
enjoyed this years Nats. I made it a point to make this a FUN Nats for myself,
my friends and anyone that was around me. I think it happened. But I think it
drained me of most of my energy, so next year I'll have to be more
"serious".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=040533323-02082006>Just for fun,
I dropped the lowest of each F-07 and Unknowns like we would to determine the
winner and the results are as follows:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=040533323-02082006><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial>Jay F-07-1 =
998, Unk -2 = 1000 Total = <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006>1998</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=040533323-02082006><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN class=040533323-02082006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff>Chip <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>F-07-2 =
971, <SPAN class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Unk -2 = 997 <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Total = <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006>1968</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006></SPAN>
<DIV><SPAN class=040533323-02082006></SPAN><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff>Don <SPAN class=040533323-02082006>
</SPAN>F-07-1 = 965, <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Unk - 1 =1000<SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Total = <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006>1965</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=040533323-02082006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff>Sean <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>F-07-2 =
984, <SPAN class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Unk - 1 = 978 <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Total = <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006>1962</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006>QQ
F-07-1 = 959, Unk - 1 = 987<SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Total = <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006>1946</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=040533323-02082006><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff>Andrew <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>F-07-1 = 1000, Unk-2 = 942 <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Total
= <SPAN class=040533323-02082006>1942</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=040533323-02082006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff>Dave L <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN> F-07-2 = 946, <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Unk - 1 = 959<SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Total = <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006>1905</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff>Chad <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>F-07-1 = 895, <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Unk-2 = 911 <SPAN
class=040533323-02082006> </SPAN>Total
= <SPAN class=040533323-02082006>1806</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=040533323-02082006>As you
can see, the results changed a little bit: 1st = Jay, 2nd = Chip, 3rd = Don, 4th
= Sean, 5th = QQ, 6th = Andrew, 7th = Dave L., 8th =
Chad</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=040533323-02082006>Anyone
else have a "score card" to add to the fun?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=040533323-02082006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=040533323-02082006>Hey
George, if you feel like it, how about posting the results of the Finalists P-07
rounds? See how a "Team" would have
done.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT
size=2>Regards,<BR>Jason<BR>www.jasonshulman.com<BR>www.shulmanaviation.com<BR>www.composite-arf.com</FONT>
</P>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>george w.
kennie<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 02, 2006 7:23 PM<BR><B>To:</B> NSRCA
Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] me, at the
Nats<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P>OK Guys, here goes............................</P>
<P>2006 Nats is history and being there was, as always, a priviledge that I
will probably not be able to enjoy for too many more years, but the experience
creates an indelible memory event that burns in your psyche for an indefinite
period of time.</P>
<P>The really special part of the experience is the people. I think that this
is my 5th year and renewing aquaintances previously made and meeting new
people is fabulous. I arrived Sat nite and got my tent set up in it's usual
place and realized that it was still light out as this is the first year that
Indiana has gone on Daylight Savings time so it was light out 'til almost
quarter to ten. There was more than one nite that Sean McMurtry was actually
flying at 9:30 P.M.</P>
<P>Sunday morning saw me out on the flight line early and Troy was putting up
some practice flights and we spent a few minutes discussing/sharing flight
elements and execution anomalies and corrective inputs. Received so many
familiar hellos from the likes of Earl, Robert G., Harry Ells, the Canadians,
the D1 guys, and so many that they are too numerous to mention. Also spent
quite a few minutes talking with Sean who is a real friendly individual and a
real gentleman, who informed me that he was competing with Naruke's actual
airplane. That thing was gorgeous and the detail of the craftsmanship was
astounding.The pipe mount was to die for! Instantaneously removable and
absolutely foolproof ! What a work of art.</P>
<P>Up to now I had been at site 1 so I decided to go over to site 3 and see
what was going on over there. As I was driving over, I thought to myself,
"it's only 9:30 and if this was over right now, I have already had the
greatest time, and the contest hasn't even started yet. At site 3 it was
almost a repeat of greetings and after a settling down period I started to
watch some practice flights. Jim Woodward showed that his efforts over the
last year were not wasted as his flying was top notch.Jim decided that his
electric was not giving him the best opportunity for the scores he felt he was
capable of so after a couple of days with the electric he made the switch to
glow and felt that he did indeed improve his standings.</P>
<P>At one point, I was sitting out under the judges sunshade during a practice
session observing the flyers executing their sequences and who pulls up a
chair and begins to chat , but Jason. Now I have to tell you that Jason really
didn't know me from Adam and yet he was the most affable friendly guy you
could ever hope to meet. I teased the daylights out of him about getting a
haircut and tried a whole bunch of stuff to rattle his cage and he would just
come back with a quick quip and put you totally at ease. What a wonderful kid
!!!!!!!!!! I love'im (and no, that didn't influence my scores)</P>
<P>All the old stand-bys were there to keep everything running smoothly. Bobby
Stout, John and Bill, Jerry P., line chiefs that I didn't know, but everybody
did a teriffic job of making it a well run event.</P>
<P>I met some neat new guys on site 4. There was a fellow flying a Nat Penton
Voodoo Express ( I think his name was Lewis). Another kid flying an Adrenaline
named Paul Futey. It was great to see again Carl Zavalney, and Keith Black and
it's impossible to remember everybody, but like I said, you really feel that
this is a special experience.</P>
<P>Monday morning I got into my trusty chair behind the flight line and did
some P07 scoring to try to sharpen up my judging skills in preparation for the
real serious stuff. I Scored the guys that I thought would be in the thick of
it at the end on site one, first round. One individual that impressed me was
Chad Northeast.Chad was flying an airplane called a Twister that I think is a
Synergy derivitive powered by a Plettenberg electric and it was balletic. The
plane flew, what appeared to me, to fly slower than anybody else's electric
and Chad was quite precise in his execution. I let him know that I thought he
was doing well after his flight. I discovered later when I checked my numbers
that his scores were a little lower than most of the top guys, but there's
something about his presentation that keeps you rivetted. His is indeed a very
pleasant presentation. After that round I went to site 3 and scored a few guys
over there, knowing that at this juncture in time, all that I was doing was
getting a feel for consistancy.</P>
<P>The first 3 days were spent trying to get my head to interpret what my eyes
were seeing, but on the 4th day things really got heated up ( of course Muncie
was it's usual high temp environment as well). I feel that being away from the
competition environment for a year and being a year older that I'm starting to
lose a little of my sharpness and judging ability as I was concious at times
that I was occasionally missing a few things, but I think the overall
relativity of the scores that I arrived at are still consistant within that
envelope.</P>
<P>I found out that my position, 50 feet behind the judges does not afford me
a view of the box constraints and although I scored Troy quite highly, I was
advised later that he had quite a few box violations because he flew in too
close which knocked him out of the finals.Needless to say, I was saddened to
learn of this as he takes the sport very seriously and I like to see him do
well. He had a really nice airplane and flew it with the skill of the top
eschelon pilots. </P>
<P>Since returning home I have been quite busy so haven't had time to get to
my scoring etchings till now. Seeing as Vicente was kind enough to send us
Northerners a good dose of Kansas weather (it's 100 degrees here today) I have
been quarantined to the indoors with a little extra time so I thought I would
pull out my score sheets and run the numbers in order to see how I stacked up
against the official results.</P>
<P></P>
<P>This number thing is a real revelation. It seems to indicate trends and
weaknesses and consistancy of each individual. Sometimes as you begin to
tabulate the results it can get pretty scary when there are only 5 points
separating the first 4 guys you've totalled. I felt, before I left for the
Nats this year, that it was probably going to be a tight race, with Sean and
Jason in attendance and was looking forward to the outcome with great
anticipation.</P>
<P>Last year I felt that Chip flew poorly and I was surprised to hear that he
had done well at the Worlds. Well I have to tell you that this year he
vindicated himself on my scorecard.He seems to have the ability to do better
when the pressure is greatest and really comes through.</P>
<P>The day of the finals was a nightmare !!!!!!!!!!! The day started out
overcast, but not excessively windy, so the first round of F07 presented no
more problems than anticipated and everyone flew O.K.</P>
<P>Next came the first unknown and you begin to see in the scores areas of
weaknesses and strengths in the different individuals. Some individuals
displayed tremendous consistancy no matter what was thrown at them with their
scores staying within close proximities (Chad, Chip, Jay, QQ). It's probably
unfair to some individuals to rate them in exactly this way due to rthe
extreme weather that blew in for the last couple of rounds.This contest may
have had a totally different outcome without the extremes of weather that
these poor souls had to tolerate. In the final round, Dave L and Don were
required to fly in winds that were just under the threshold (40mph) and it
hadn't let up very much when Chip flew last and almost won the round on my
scorecard.</P>
<P>Please remember, these are only MY reflections, and there is no way to
verify my qualifications for my conclusions or even indicate that I know what
I'm talking about, however, what is certainly true is that these eight
individuals flew very difficult sequences in a manner that was exemplary and
with extremely closely matched performances. This was tight flying my friends
!!!!!!!!</P>
<P>Here's what I have:</P>
<P></P>
<P>Andrew, F-07-1 = 1000, F-07-2 = 1000, Unk -1 = 937, Unk-2 = 942 Total =
3879</P>
<P>Chad, F-07-1 = 895, F-07-2 = 894, Unk - 1 = 895, Unk-2 = 911 Total =
3595</P>
<P>Chip, F-07-1 = 964, F-07-2 = 971, Unk - 1 = 989, Unk -2 = 997 Total =
3921<BR></P>
<P>Dave L F-07-1 = 905, F-07-2 = 946, Unk - 1 = 959, Unk -2 = 903 Total =
3713</P>
<P>Don F-07-1 = 965, F-07-2 = 954, Unk - 1 =1000, Unk -2 = 923 Total =
3842</P>
<P>Jay F-07-1 = 998, F-07-2 = 961, Unk - 1 = 989, Unk -2 = 1000 Total =
3948</P>
<P>Sean F-07-1 = 960, F-07-2 = 984, Unk - 1 = 978, Unk - 2 = 879 Total =
3801</P>
<P>QQ F-07-1 = 959, F-07-2 = 958, Unk - 1 = 987, Unk - 2 = 942 Total =
3846</P>
<P>My numbers indicate an order of finish as follows: 1st = Jay, 2nd = Chip,
3rd = Andrew, 4th = QQ, 5th = Don, 6th = Sean, 7th = Dave L., 8th = Chad .</P>
<P>I had no idea what these numbers were going to show until today and am as
surprised as anybody. I think Chad's one point consistancy over the first
three rounds astounding. Chip worked at keeping his scores up every round to
win a well deserved second. Andrew, make yourself up an unknown sequence every
week and work on unfamiliar stuff. It's obvious you nail everything you get to
practice (you surprised me). Don was unfairly sentenced in the final round.
Just wait 'til next year.</P>
<P>Great work you guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!</P>
<P>Georgie</P></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>