<div dir="ltr"><div>Doug,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks. I hope my distress call works and I hope you can make it to the contest. Mac's field is a great place to fly.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rob</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Doug Harvel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spa364@gmail.com" target="_blank">spa364@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Rob thank you so much for your distress call. I have been one of the one's<div>pleading for better attendance in D3 and thank you so much for your efforts.</div><div>I must also admit that I am one that has missed many events lately, and had</div><div>even planned on Baton Rouge in D6 but health once again got in the way.</div><div>My wife and I plan on arriving at Hodges along with our mean dog on Monday</div><div>Memorial Day for a week at one of the most beautiful rest areas and just</div><div>happens to be a great flying field with a very cordial host in Mr Mac Hodges.</div><div>My wife says we coming if we both have to charter an ambulance to get </div><div>there. Health problems may once again prevent me from flying but by doggie</div><div>good Lord willing and the creek doesn't rise we gonna be there.......Love all</div><div>you guys and cant wait to see everyone at Hodges...Only made two contest</div><div>in past two years, and may have to change Dr's to get there this year but gonna</div><div>bust a rear trying........Doug Harvel...aka....BOPOD</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Robert Campbell via NSRCA-discussion <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div>We're now less than two weeks from the Peach Pattern Classic at Hodges Field, Andersonville, GA. We have use of one of the best (if not the best) flying site in the country. We have the state-of-the-art scoring system. We have everything, EXCEPT contestants.</div><div><br></div><div>Right now, we only have ten registered pilots. I was hopeful things were getting better in D3 with 19 pilots coming to Ocala. Unfortunately, we dropped to 12 at Eglin, and Andersonville is looking like it may be even smaller. We are at risk of losing this contest in the future if the turn out is low. Here in D3, we can't afford to lose any more contests. We're currently down to six scheduled contests, including the District Championship. So, if you are a D3 pattern pilot and can possibly make it to Andersonville, please come and support the contest. And, If you are in another district and can attend, we'd love to have you too.</div><div><br></div><div>I just got back from the Atchafalaya Basin contest in Baton Rouge, LA. They had 32 pilots show up. I'd like to see D3 contests getting back up to that number. I'm trying to recruit some new pilots from here in the Florida Panhandle, but that effort won't pay off until next year, at the earliest.</div><div><br></div><div>If this e-mail sounds like a distress call, that's because it is. Right now, D3 appears to be in a graveyard spiral of low turn out and contest losses.</div><div><br></div><div>You can pre-register for Andersonville at <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/nsrcad3/home/contest-registration" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/nsrcad3/home/contest-registration</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rob</div></div>
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