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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The indoor events are a lot of fun, especially for those of us in northern climates where the flying season is a bit more limited.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I posted quite a bit of stuff on RCG….more media than will pass through the mailing list format.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1771400&page=3">http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1771400&page=3</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Quinn<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 10, 2012 10:33 AM<br><b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> [NSRCA-discussion] HEF and F3P<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>My first HEF (<b>H</b>oliday <b>E</b>lectric <b>F</b>ly) was amazing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Overall it was a lot of fun.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The facility was great!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Musical Chairs with airplanes was a riot.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Watching two huge B 17s or a B 36 fly indoors was hard to believe.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Seeing 20 or maybe 30+ airplanes in the air at the same time was a sight to behold.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Oh! Yes, Santa was there as well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The best, however, was F3P!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Deep gratitude goes to Devin M. RJ G. and Dave L!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They seemed to be the “power” behind the contest.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I apologize if I left any one out because there were a lot of hands making things work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AMA President, Bob Brown, was a real fan of the F3P and spent much of his day just watching and doing a little coaching as well. Bob also passed out the beautiful awards made by RJ himself! F3P and NSRCA have a great friend at AMA in Bob Brown along with Dave Mathewson, and several DVPs, like Mark Radcliff and Tim Jesky, just to name a few who were at HEF 2012.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I came with my little E-Flight Extra 300 3D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It could almost do the Sportsman sequence, but…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>After my first “flight” I was offered 4 F3P airplanes from other competitors!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Sunday I flew Jeff H’s “heavy” F3P airplane. It was about 5 oz.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then I flew Mike H’s 3+ oz. F3P airplane.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was amazed!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to everyone who made my weekend so inspirational!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim Quinn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PS: If you missed HEF 2012, be sure to put it on your calendar for 2013.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PPS: Next year I am anticipating Karen L to be flying along with the rest of us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>