<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4247" class="">I want to thank all the people who stepped up to make this year's NATS a success: </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><span class=""><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4532">Leslie Hochalter, Lindy Jesky, </span>Jacob Tocco and Evelyn Jesky, scoring. Jeff Hill, Bobby Stout, Tim Jesky, Robert Mairs, Tom Stennis, and Jerry Plyler, flight-line operations. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr">Al Glenn, NATS ED understudy.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr">Jon Carter, Chief Judge.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr">Scott Smith for his excellent Master Scoring software and support for this year's NATS.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr">Tom Miller for his help with the Aresti diagrams.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr">Thank you also to the AMA staff: Yolanda Jones, Colleen Pierce, and Wayne Yeager.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr">Jessy Symmes for her coordination for the NATS Banquet.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr">Tony Stillman, who took my feedback from last year and made sure we capable equipment for weights and measures, and for his support throughout the week.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr">And last, but certainly not least, to all the competitors and their families and friends, thank you for your support of the NATS. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr">Jim Quinn asked me what the highlights of the NATS was for me . . . . . the opportunity to reunite with my extended flying family and share some great memories.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr">For 2016 Al Glenn asked me to also say "Did I mention I need judges!"</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr">See you next year on the flight line.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4248" dir="ltr"><br></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4249"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4278"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437768775883_4277">Bob Kane<br>getterflash@yahoo.com</div></div></div></body></html>