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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Dr. Mike Harrison 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><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_7241522299399821854WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Very sorry to hear that. I have been where you are. May your dad have peace and may you as well.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Mike <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_7241522299399821854__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></a></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> NSRCA-discussion [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-<wbr>bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Wayne Galligan via NSRCA-discussion<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 9, 2017 10:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mike Mueller <<a href="mailto:mups53@gmail.com" target="_blank">mups53@gmail.com</a>>; General pattern discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.<wbr>org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] New Iowa contest report<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">My second contest ever was in the 70’s was in Cedar Rapids IA. They had pattern and scale in the same event. Flew a Trouble Maker with a ST Bluehead.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I am in Iowa now but didn’t hear about the contest till too late. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Unfortunately I am in Iowa for other reasons... Dad is terminal and we are here for him. Looks like I will be missing the NATS too.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Ya’ll have fun.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Wayne Galligan<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Mike Mueller via NSRCA-discussion <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Sunday, July 9, 2017 9:36 AM<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">To:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Unknown <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> [NSRCA-discussion] New Iowa contest report<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hey guys it was great to be able to attend a new contest this weekend in Cedar Rapids Iowa. <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Cedar Rapids used to be a regular stop for the circuit many years ago. (25+).<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">D5 VP Mark Barnett ran the deal with a lot of help. We had a robust showing of Club Class and Sportsman with many flying in their first contest. This makes it so much more fun. Masters flyers we're paired up with the newbies to make them feel welcome.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Bobby Satalino (Have a nice day!) had a unique training method. Implementing a foam baseball bat and his usual charm. Very effective.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">This was my 3rd contest of the year. All 3 have been well attended and we are having some increase in activity here in the Midwest.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I have to tell you that I know a lot of what's going on in the RC Airplane industry and F3A is doing better than many other segments<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">of the sport. Some words were written of our demise from a local contest and business perspective, not what I've been seeing.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I recognize we have challenges. I commend the effort being put in by so many to promote the sport and would encourage others to look at it in an enthusiastic light. It's very effective when talking to fence sitters and people outside the activity.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">To use a famous quote from Mark Twain "</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated".</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Looking forward to the New Nats which gain has a nice increase in flyers from last year.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Mike Mueller<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> President of <a href="http://f3aunlimited.com/" target="_blank">F3AUnlimited.com</a>, <a href="http://gator-rc.com/" target="_blank">Gator-RC.com</a>, and Caiman Distribution LLC., <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.<wbr>org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion" target="_blank">http://lists.nsrca.org/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/nsrca-<wbr>discussion</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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