<div>I'll echo Archie on this - even though I did not fly, I did a fair amount of judging during the 2 days - I judged all 6 round - 3 rounds of FAI, 1 of Masters, and 2 of Advanced (including 1 of Intermediate).</div>
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<div>The flying was excellent all around - the new patterns are challenging on the most part - and scoring takeoff's and landing's is something that we have to get used to again. There were no mishaps except for the one that Archie mentioned.
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<div>The Zeque was maidened in 25mph winds on Friday and then did not see competition until Sunday's 5th and 6th rounds after the Focus was lost. However Archie flew it pretty well considering it was "untrimmed" and the throws weren't setup to his liking. Seeing Mark Leesburg take it for a "ride" on Saturday afternoon was quite something considering he'd never flown the P7 sequence before and hadn't flown the plane either. For those of you that have the Zeque and are finishing it up, or have one on order, you are going to love this plane! It definitely will be something special.
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<div>It was also great to meet the Nebraska gang, the Wickizers (again), the trio from El Paso/Mexico, and all the rest that showed up to play in the valley of the sun.</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Archie Stafford</b> <<a href="mailto:rcpattern@stx.rr.com">rcpattern@stx.rr.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Well, for everyone who didn't make Phoenix, I can tell you it was a wonderful week.<span> </span>Weather was great for most of it.
<span> </span>Thanks to the Sun Valley Fliers and Rusty Fried for the great contest.<span> </span>Also want to thank Dave Guerin for all of his help, and I'm sure many will agree. Rusty Dose for letting me use his airplanes, even though we lost his new Focus this morning due to a battery
<span>issue<span>..so</span></span> he then offers me his brand new <span>Zeque</span>.<span> </span>Troy Newman and wife Jenny for letting me stay with them all week.<span> </span>I'm really glad I was able to make it out.
<span> </span>I had to bail a few minutes early to catch my flight back to Del Rio in my boss' K35 Bonanza.<span> </span>I will let some one else post the scores, but I know how the top in Masters and FAI turned out.<span>
</span>Masters and FAI were dogfights all weekend.<span> </span>I think Masters ended up with the 3 of us at the top within 8 or 10 normalized points, and FAI was the same way.<span> </span>Brett <span>Wickizer</span>
is going to be a FORCE in FAI.<span> </span>Every day as the week progressed he flew better and better and was a definite force by the weekend.<span> </span>Troy was flying great with his new <span>Oxai</span> Astral and he flew his Adventure
<span>Bipe</span> as well. <span> </span>Mark Leesburg showed up and <span>and</span> flew Saturday afternoon, and Jason Krause did some great <span>heli</span> flights as the week went on.<span> </span></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The new <span>Oxai</span> <span>Zeque</span> is IMPRESSIVE!!!<span> </span>The plane flies amazing and presents just as well.
<span> </span>Anyone flying these at the NATS this year should be penalized, <span>its</span> just not fair.<span> </span></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyway, just a few observations, now I've got to go unpack.<span> </span></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tough having a contest in late Feb…</span></font><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">
<span>J</span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Masters</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Arch Stafford</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jerry Budd</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rusty Fried</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">FAI</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chip Hyde</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Brett <span>Wickizer</span></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Troy Newman</span></font></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list
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