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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Such was the case when AC
                            said he was leaving at 5:30am to go
                            practice.  </p>
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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">“Oh…and take Chuck”</p>
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                        <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">The real surprise??  The
                            Russians we’re already there and set up to
                            practice.  </p>
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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">We’re hoping for another
                            strong day!</p>
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                        <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Photos – </p>
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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">- Close up of
                            aforementioned surprise.</p>
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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">-  Don and Joe, watching
                            Steve and mentally prepping for their
                            flight.</p>
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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">- Joseph in ready box 1,
                            about to fly.</p>
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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">- Andrew and Kevin
                            enjoying some lunch outside at the
                            competition site.</p>
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                        <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">- Likewise, John Bentley
                            and his wife from Canada enjoying the lunch
                            offerings.</p>
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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                        <div class=""><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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                          <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at
                              11:22 PM Derek Koopowitz via
                              NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.<wbr class="">org</a>>
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                              <div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Courtesy of Mark
                                  Atwood…</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="">Saturday</p><p class="">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 class="">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 class="">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 class="">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 class="">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 class="">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 class="">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 class="">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 class="">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 class="">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 class="">Photos:</p><p class="">- Random Beechcraft that arrived in
                                  the middle of Joe’s flight<br class="">
                                  - 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 class="">
                                  - Local aerobatic pilot and his RV-7.
                                  <br class="">
                                  - Team USA!<br class="">
                                  - A look at all the teams as they
                                  filed in and lined up near their
                                  respective flags<br class="">
                                  - Robin Trumpp and team Germany
                                  working on his new Karat biplane<br class="">
                                  - Team Canada: Xavier Mouraux, Michi
                                  Akimoto, John Bentley and his wife,
                                  and Hartley Hughson and his wife<br class="">
                                  - 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 class="">
                                  - Collection of Team Managers from 27
                                  countries<br class="">
                                  - Honey bee that decided the S in my
                                  hat was its soul mate. <br class="">
                                  - Flight orders for all 4 days!</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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