<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"> That's funny too because Dave Snow was fixing things on my plane that I didn't even realize. Now it flys way better than me. Mike<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 8/30/10, Atwood, Mark <I><atwoodm@paragon-inc.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Atwood, Mark <atwoodm@paragon-inc.com><BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Sportsmanship<BR>To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR>Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 1:04 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=yiv809910720MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">Wellllll… I’m apparently not as good of a sport </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">L</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'"></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv809910720MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">I did help him trim it after the contest…does that count?</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv809910720MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'"> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Keith Hoard<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 30, 2010 1:55 PM<BR><B>To:</B> General pattern discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Sportsmanship</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=yiv809910720MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">Did you at least show him the courtesy of not beating him with his own airplane?</DIV>
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<P class=yiv809910720MsoNormal>On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Atwood, Mark <<A href="http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=atwoodm@paragon-inc.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com">atwoodm@paragon-inc.com</A>> wrote:</DIV>
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<P class=yiv809910720MsoNormal>People can say what they want about the pattern crowd, but I’ve never experienced anything other than a great group of people welcoming me 20 years ago, and continuing to show great sportsmanship and support. That was exemplified this weekend in St Clairsville by Dave Johnstone our District 4 VP. </DIV>
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<P class=yiv809910720MsoNormal>I had the misfortune (and stupidity) of crashing my airplane in an early morning practice flight of the FAI F pattern when I got disoriented in the sun low to the ground and was unable to recover prior to WHAM!! With no back up plane, my contest was over. Dave Johnstone, the only other guy flying FAI with me this weekend immediately offered to share his Integral for the remainder of the contest.</DIV>
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<P class=yiv809910720MsoNormal>I realize this happens more than not, that someone offers up an airplane. But seriously, this is a huge gesture. ESPECIALLY considering that I had just dumb thumbed mine into the ground. Add to that we were directly competing against one another.</DIV>
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<P class=yiv809910720MsoNormal>I think it says a lot about the people we fly with and I certainly felt honored that he trusted me with his airplane. So Dave, Thank you again. Your gesture made a really bad day a lot better and allowed me to enjoy the rest of the weekend. And thanks to everyone that’s done something similar. I’m sure there was some nail biting involved with each flight (especially going through F with a foreign setup!) but it was VERY VERY appreciated.</DIV>
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<P class=yiv809910720MsoNormal>We “play” in and amongst a great group of people. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise…</DIV>
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<P class=yiv809910720MsoNormal>-Mark</DIV>
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