<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Well, there's always me. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have hope, but no illusions, about my performance against today's Master class pilots. I am actually flying at a level higher that what I was doing five years ago, but the performance level of all pilots in the class has improved more. Even so, it's sometimes frustrating to be doing a good job of flying maneuvers that would have given the best in the world fits ten years ago and still finish in the bottom third of the class.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ron</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Aug 16, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Bob Richards wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>There is probably no hope that an old fart like me could come back and spank anyone. :-(</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bob R.</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Ron Van Putte <<A href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">vanputte@cox.net</A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class="replbq" style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">That's right. Glen's coming back to defend the Nats Master class <BR>title doesn't guarantee anything. Bad luck, equipment problems and <BR>many other factors will play into Glen's success. After all, David <BR>Snow might return to defend his title and if Donny Wright ever gets <BR>off his duff, he could come back to defend his.<BR><BR>Ron Van Putte<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">NSRCA-discussion mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>