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<p class="MsoNormal">Sunday – It doesn’t seem
like we’ve been here for a whole week
already! FINALLY the competition is upon
us. There are many advantages to getting
here a bit early, not the least of which is
that everyone knows there way around the
area at this point. Early in the week we
are pretty strict about all staying
together. “no man left behind” so to speak.
That usually means a lot of patience when
trying to coordinate a group of 9-12 people
caravanning with 5 vehicles. Every
destination takes about twice as long to get
too (so as not to lose anyone) and every
task and decision seems painfully slow. But
as we become more and more familiar with our
routes, and the various destinations, it
becomes easier and more reasonable to
separate from time to time.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Such was the case when AC
said he was leaving at 5:30am to go
practice. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“um, Yeah… go for it.
Let me know how that works out. We’ll meet
you at the contest site” </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Oh…and take Chuck”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The real surprise?? The
Russians we’re already there and set up to
practice. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The reality is that’s how
all these guys are wired. Andrew and Kevin
were also gone early while the rest of us to
headed to the contest site with Joseph and
Don who were scheduled to fly 2nd at 9:09am.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let me start by saying
this was THE nicest day we have had BY FAR.
Sunny most of the day, moderate winds
(7-10mph and even calmer in the afternoon)
and around 70deg. For the first time we
were able to spend a good part of the day
without coats and hoodies on.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The organizers were kind
enough to put all our pilots on the same
line so we all flew on line A today. It’s
nice because it saves a lot of driving back
and forth between the two lines which are at
opposite ends of a mile long runway. At
8:30am they began warming up the judges with
several demo flights from Argentinian F3A
pilots all of whom did a really nice job.
Up first for the entire contest was Steve
Underwood from the UK. He put up a nice
flight and tolerated a lot of ribbing about
having flown the best flight of the contest
and being in 1st place. It didn’t last long
though as Joseph was second up and really
put up a smooth, well paced sequence. He
got pushed out a little more than planned in
his spin and was forced to move the plane
back in a bit aggressively in the next
maneuver, but all in all a great effort. He
was rewarded with a raw score of 439. More
on where that puts him in a bit.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I want to digress
slightly to mention that without asking,
without being told, our entire team was in
the ready box area to watch and support
Joseph's flight. That meant that the guys
at the practice site 25 min away had to pack
up early and get on the road long before
their own contest slot would have warranted,
just to make sure they watched their
teammate fly. It’s a good feeling when the
whole team is focused on the whole team. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ll cut to the chase a
bit and just say that the entire team put up
fantastic first flights. If nerves were
present, and I’m sure they were, it didn’t
show in their performance. AC's debut on
the world stage was not only well executed,
but well received, putting up an admirable
449. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Andrew followed with a
465, and Jason batted clean up in the
afternoon with a 462. Some relative scores
on Line A for comparison, Stephan Kaiser
flew a 453, and CPLR flew a 484. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Notables on the other
line, Gernot (Austria) flew a 462, Robin
Trump (Germany) a 451, Lassie (Finland) a
447 and Onda (Japan) a 427.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We won’t be able to
compare the two lines until after flying is
done tomorrow. I wish I could post ALL the
scores, but they never listed them, and
they’re not yet up on the web site. These
are all from memory and discussing them with
the various pilots. It’s like trading
baseball cards, “I’ll tell you Andrew’s and
Jason’s score if you tell me Robin's and
Gernot's…”. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The atmosphere was quite
festive at the competition venue all day.
There were actually a lot of spectators,
many with families of kids. The nice
weather certainly helped the turn out, but
it was encouraging to see so many people in
attendance. It sort of proves that with the
right marketing, there is some interest from
the community. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think the organizers
have to be very pleased with everything
about the event. It seems to be running
very smoothly. That’s not to say there
weren’t a few issues. The most alarming
was the full scale plane that attempted to
land (the airport is officially closed) in
the middle of the morning. It was a little
dicey as line chief stood in the center of
the runway trying to wave him off. For a
minute we were getting ready to make a mad
dash to clear the runway of people and
planes, but he eventually got the message
and we heard him throttle up to continue
on. His flight path following implied that
he was a little confused as to where to go
from there, but he eventually went on his
way. I’m guessing he’ll start paying more
attention to NOTAM’s in the future.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kevin had a minor
wardrobe malfunction as the ties on his
contest bib tore off one by one, but some
creative cutting and some shoe laces
alleviated that issue. At least for the
day. We also had a little entertainment at
Linda Jesky’s expense as a bum knee decided
to temporarily give way leading her to
re-enact the public service announcement for
Stop, Drop, and Roll. She was ok, but more
importantly, it was caught on camera :) </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After all our contest
flights were finished, we headed back to the
practice field for a few more flights. This
time is was Andrews turn to be in the air
when a full scale jump plane came in for a
landing, touching down almost on Andrew’s
centerline, while he was still in the air.
The practice site is still an active
airport, but with minimal traffic. On this
occasion there was a group skydiving over
the airport and the full scale was coming in
to take them back up again.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The day ended with some
rain moving in, packing up, and heading back
to the inn. We stopped at a local
grocery/Walmart style big box store called
COTO for some suppies, only to learn that
Sunday is clearly shopping day in this neck
of the woods and we waited in long, slow
lines to check out. Urgency doesn’t not
seem to translate into Spanish here.
Speaking of Spanish, I doubled my Spanish
vocabulary today by adding the word
puntuaciones???. Scores??? The constant
question I'm asking to get our score sheets
and hope to see a list of scores. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tomorrows schedule has us
flying on site B, with AC up around 9:40,
followed by Andrew and Jason before the
lunch break, and Joseph rounding out the day
with a 3pm scheduled flight.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re hoping for another
strong day!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Photos – </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Leslie finds an
interesting surprise outside her room.
Seafood raining from the skies. NO clue how
this got there, but the ocean is about ¾
mile east of us.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Close up of
aforementioned surprise.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Steve Underwood
(kneeling) and his caller preparing to kick
off the start of the 2017 World
Championships!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Don and Joe, watching
Steve and mentally prepping for their
flight.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Our judge panel. If
you look closely, you’ll see our very own
Don Ramsey is 3rd from the left.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Joseph in ready box 1,
about to fly.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Andre from South Africa
getting ready for his flight. Andre has
been SA’s top dog for many years, and now
has Roston Dugmoor, former Jr. World
Champion nipping at his heels</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Andrew and Kevin
enjoying some lunch outside at the
competition site.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Likewise, John Bentley
and his wife from Canada enjoying the lunch
offerings.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Russian Canopy!!! The
rebuilt Angle’s Shadow Canopy. 80gms (10
lighter than the original) comprised of foam
ribs and central spine and Nylon reinforced
tape! It was an excellent fit and flew well
for their young pilot. A real lesson in
overcoming adversity.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Linda J. taking a roll
down the hill. She really was ok And no,
we don’t have a callous cameraman (chuck??),
he happened to accidently capture her in the
background of another image.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Jump plane about to
touch down. Note the wind sock with we have
been using as a center pole.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Chuck, me, and our
innkeeper friends that came out to the
practice site to see what all these crazy
American’s are really up to.</p>
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<p>Saturday</p>
<p>SUN!!! We can see the SUN!!!
Seriously, we woke up to not only a
pretty day, but a warmer one. The
highs were in the upper 60’s and with
the sun out it was quite pleasant IF…
ok, it’s a big if, IF the wind wasn’t
blowing. But even the winds gave us a
little break today, blowing in the low
teen’s rather than the low 20’s. </p>
<p>We left for another early start to
the practice field today that was made
all the better thanks to Leslie
Hockhalter who with diligent searching
managed to find us cheap insulated
travel cups that actually hold more
than a thimble full of coffee (or in
my case tea). It’s the little things
in life…</p>
<p>The practice sites were full today as
everyone was getting in their final
efforts. Even with an early start we
were behind the Taiwanese who
apparently must sleep at the field.
The winds as I mentioned were less
severe, but still not light. We traded
obscene wind quartering out from the
North East for merely heavy winds at a
90deg cross pushing in from the South.
Better?? </p>
<p>AC started with a few flights of F-17
before he retired that for the next 4
days and focused his remaining time on
P-17. The noteworthy event of the
morning came during Joseph’s flight
when low and behold, we heard a full
scale!! Now bare in mind, we have not
seen ANY signs of general aviation
here what so ever. So it was a bit of
a shock to not only see a small
private plane, but to see it at
1000’AGL coming straight through the
center of the box. Joe had plenty of
time to get down low while it passed.
He resumed his sequence only to here
Andrew yell “he just lowered his
gear…”. Sure enough, Joe managed to
land and clear the runway less than 30
seconds before a Bonanza touched down
on our runway. We were told later that
the airport isn’t actually closed.
They just see very little traffic. NOW
you tell us.</p>
<p>A few more flights and then we all
packed up to go get ready for the
opening ceremonies. For those that are
unaware, the host country organizes an
opening ceremony in the same vein as
you see for the Olympics, albeit on a
significantly smaller scale. But the
idea is the same, with a parade of
teams by country, and a little
fanfare. We try to do our part to
represent the US, dressing and working
as a team. We arrived well in advance,
were grouped behind a local
representative holding our USA sign
and proceeded to walk into the main
area in a long parade among a
surprisingly large crowd of
spectators. Admittedly it’s fun to
have a large crowd of people clapping
for you as you’re introduced. </p>
<p>After the opening statements and
playing of the anthems, we were
treated to a small airshow that
included an RV-7 doing some low
altitude aerobatics with smoke (lower
and closer than would EVER be allowed
in the USA I might add). They also
performed a nice synchronized 3D heli
demonstration (Also lower and closer
than felt comfortable safe!). After
that it was a nice party atmosphere
with music playing, some food and
beverages for the pilots and
supporters, and a general meet and
greet for all involved. A little
social relaxation before the stress of
the competition takes hold. </p>
<p>Last event of the day was the team
manager meeting for me, to learn the
flight schedules and discuss any rules
issues or procedural nuances to the
venue. Mostly normal Q&A about
various procedures along with some
guidelines for how timing, scoring,
weighing will be done. Most notable
was a short lecture on the
inappropriate use of some of the new
gyro technology (it’s prohibited in
any way, shape or form) and a reminder
that this constitutes unsportsmanlike
behavior which can result in
disqualifying not only the offending
individual, but their entire team. In
other words, they take it very
seriously.</p>
<p>We make a very concerted effort to
have the whole team at every flight to
support one another, which will make
tomorrow a very very very early start
as the guys will try to put up a
practice flight in the morning and be
back in time to see our first pilot,
Joseph, put up his official contest
flight at 9:09am. The others fly later
in the day, AC @ 10:40am, Andrew @
11:16am and Jason @ 2:24pm.</p>
<p>Fair warning, scores will NOT be
posted real time. We will get our
personal raw scores upon completing
the flight, but a summary of scores
will not be posted until the end of
the day. On a plus side, with only 2
judge panels, we will get normalized,
ranked scores after 2 days, rather
than having to wait 4. I'm sure others
will post, but I'll try to be sure to
post the days scores here as well.</p>
<p>Update on the lost Russian canopy: It
was never found, so they were up until
5am fabricating a new one, and
successfully flew it today! When
you’ve traveled 12,000 miles to
compete, you find a way. Kudos to the
Russian team for both ingenuity and
perseverance. </p>
<p>Photos:</p>
<p>- Random Beechcraft that arrived in
the middle of Joe’s flight<br>
- Sergio (flying) and Marcelo
(Calling) from Columbia. I’m pretty
sure they’ve been appointed the
official translators of the US F3A
team. Without them, we’d be surviving
solely on McDonalds, Oreo’s and
Pringles. <br>
- Local aerobatic pilot and his RV-7.
<br>
- Team USA!<br>
- A look at all the teams as they
filed in and lined up near their
respective flags<br>
- Robin Trumpp and team Germany
working on his new Karat biplane<br>
- Team Canada: Xavier Mouraux, Michi
Akimoto, John Bentley and his wife,
and Hartley Hughson and his wife<br>
- Team China – in an embarrassing
twist of language diversity, Jenny,
their helpful translator, had to help
out the event director during the Team
Manager meeting in explaining his
English explanation, to other native
English speaking TM’s. Say what??<br>
- Collection of Team Managers from 27
countries<br>
- Honey bee that decided the S in my
hat was its soul mate. <br>
- Flight orders for all 4 days!</p>
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