<div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><div>I would like to pass the last communications I had with Jim with some history too. I met Jim at the Nats. I just checked Don Ransey's web page <a href="http://donramseypattern.com/">http://donramseypattern.com/</a> because I cannot remember all the details. We met the first time at the Nats in 2001. We were flying Advanced together. I remember that we spoke in Spanish a lot because he just wanted to help me. We communicated mainly by email after that. His spanish was excellent as he was on anything related with our hobby. After that we flew the same plane (Abbra) and we shared a lot of information about trimming and adjusting the plane. I saw Jim back in the Nats in 2003. He flew Masters and I was flying Advance at the 2003 Nats. Based on Nats information we flew at the Nats the last time in 2006. I was flying Masters and Jim was flying FAI-F3a. Then this year I have the chance to go to a contest in Arizona. As soon I registered in the contest Jim sent me the following messager:</div><div><br></div><div>Vicente - we are off to a good start. See you next week !!</div><div>I responded:</div><div>Yes, I am in Albuquerque. Final drive to Mesa tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you.</div><div><br></div><div> When I saw him he was so happy and gave me a big hug. Same we finish the contest the next day. It was a pleasure to share some of my life with Jim. He was a great person. </div><div><br></div><div>Vicente "Vince" Bortone</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:54 AM steve hannah via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<div><div><div><div><div id="gmail-m_-1030778248428348101gmail-m_-8968235997529324640gmail-yiv5567717270"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr">Hello everyone,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I think, by now, everyone on this list has probably heard of Jim Woodward's
passing. If you are like me, you are still in a state of disbelief.
His cousin, John Ingle, contacted me and asked for folks to send along
any pictures they might have of Jim and of him flying or with friends at
contests. He is considering putting up a tribute page for Jim as
well. But in the meantime, send along notes and pictures to John so he
can share them with the family. Likewise, if you know of other friends
that may have not heard yet or may have additional pics from his IMAC
days then please share this information with them.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Here is John's email address: <a href="mailto:jedijingle@gmail.com" target="_blank">jedijingle@gmail.com</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks so much</div><div dir="ltr">Steve Hannah<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><span></span><div><ul><li><span></span><br></li></ul></div></div></div>
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