<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Very heartbreaking news!</div><div>I met Matt, and Mike, back at the 85 NATS in Westover. Matt first struck me as a very personable guy.</div><div>Every time I saw him after that, whether at pattern contests or the Toledo shows, he always had a smile on his face with a great outlook at life.....and he was always talking about pattern and how he always was working to get better. Indeed he was a great pattern pilot but an even better person with a great soul.</div><div>The big man upstairs took another great one from us.</div><div><br></div><div>My condolences to his family.</div><div><br></div><div>Oscar</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>On Aug 3, 2017, at 6:17 PM, Joe Walker via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501502106010_657687"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501502106010_657685"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501502106010_657684">This is very sad news indeed Mark. My condolences to the entire family. I remember competing with Mike and Matt back in the day. We flew expert turn around together! He was always so good natured and a rock'n pattern pilot.</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501502106010_657602"><span><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501502106010_657599"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501502106010_657601"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501502106010_657690">Joe Walker, NSRCA President (& friend)</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501502106010_657598"><span><br></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Thursday, August 3, 2017 12:53 PM, "Atwood, Mark via NSRCA-discussion" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv8592485664">
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<div class="yiv8592485664">Matt Klein, long time pattern flyer in the 80’s and early 90’s, younger brother of Mike Klein, lost his battle with brain cancer early this morning. True to form, he didn’t want anyone to know. The last few times I flew with him he was apparently
dealing with radiation and chemo and not a word of complaint or discomfort. Always happy, always quick to verbally jab and spar with all of us… </div>
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<div class="yiv8592485664">When I started flying pattern in ’89, Matt flew at my local field and was competing in Expert turnaround, the first AMA pattern to have turnaround maneuvers. Matt struggled with some mild mental disabilities, but when he had a transmitter in
his hands, he was a fantastic, focused competitor. I won’t bore you with a million Matt stories, but one in particular will inform those that didn’t know him. The pattern started with a figure M with 1/4 rolls… Matt mistakenly rolled the wrong way
coming down from the second stall and pushed out inverted rather than upright. Now keep in mind, we use to fly 200m out at about 800mph in those days… with pencil thin fuselages. I think he was flying a curare. Anyway, rather than take an obvious zero,
Matt proceeded to fly the ENTIRE remaining pattern inverted, only half rolling on his final landing approach. No zero’s. No even a downgrade.</div>
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<div class="yiv8592485664">The last decade or so Matt turned his RC talents to Helicopters and Military scale, always busy building and flying. His was a unique voice for what our hobby can give to a person, and what that person can give back. </div>
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<div class="yiv8592485664">Please send your thoughts to Mike and his sister Kathy, and Dave & Sherry - Matt’s mom and dad who attended and competed along side Matt for so many years. </div>
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<div class="yiv8592485664">I’m crushed…</div>
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