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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi George,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I met you at the 2004 Nats and have read
your posts over the last few years, thank you. I enjoy very much reading
about Nats experiences and insights and remember a couple of stories from Jason
and Don Sczur which I’ve saved to my Nats folder to re-read when the urge
strikes. Yours will go in that folder as well. I flew
Intermediate in 2004, Advanced locally in 2005 and I’ve moved up to
Masters this season and only have one contest behind me. Life things have
taken priority over my flying the last couple of years and haven’t
allowed the dedication I had in 2004, although the love for the sport is still
burning. I LOVE competition flying, and when I can’t be somewhere
doing it, then reading about it is the next best thing….perspectives are
a good thing about God’s creation and I enjoy the variety. I’ve
seen you with your notepad and close observance of flying and appreciated your
kind words at the 2004 Nats. I appreciate the way you enjoy
our sport and your sharing of your notepad of observations and your experiences,
please keep enjoying, sharing and encouraging. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I hope to see you at the Nats again in the
near future.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thank you….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Chris White<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tulsa</st1:place></st1:City>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>george w. kennie<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 02, 2006
6:23 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">NSRCA
Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [NSRCA-discussion] me, at
the Nats</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OK
Guys, here goes............................<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sunday
morning saw me out on the flight line early and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Troy</st1:place></st1:City> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chad</st1:place></st1:country-region>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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 <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Muncie</st1:place></st1:City> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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 (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chad</st1:place></st1:country-region>, 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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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 !!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Here's
what I have:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Andrew,
F-07-1 = 1000, F-07-2 = 1000, Unk -1 = 937, Unk-2 = 942 Total = 3879<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Chad</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, F-07-1 =
895, F-07-2 = 894, Unk - 1 = 895, Unk-2 = 911 Total = 3595<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Chip,
F-07-1 = 964, F-07-2 = 971, Unk - 1 = 989, Unk -2 = 997 Total = 3921<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dave
L F-07-1 = 905, F-07-2 = 946, Unk - 1 = 959, Unk -2 = 903 Total = 3713<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Don
F-07-1 = 965, F-07-2 = 954, Unk - 1 =1000, Unk -2 = 923 Total = 3842<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jay
F-07-1 = 998, F-07-2 = 961, Unk - 1 = 989, Unk -2 = 1000 Total = 3948<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sean
F-07-1 = 960, F-07-2 = 984, Unk - 1 = 978, Unk - 2 = 879 Total = 3801<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>QQ
F-07-1 = 959, F-07-2 = 958, Unk - 1 = 987, Unk - 2 = 942 Total = 3846<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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 = <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chad</st1:place></st1:country-region> .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I
had no idea what these numbers were going to show until today and am as
surprised as anybody. I think <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chad</st1:place></st1:country-region>'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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Great
work you guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Georgie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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