[NSRCA-dist1] Would like to get to one contest this summer.

[Dana Beaton]

Hi Ken.  Which contest is best for you is probably best is left for you to decide.  Pocono is fun and this may be our last year at beautiful Hialeah airfield.

From my experience, while a few pilots can be found practicing at Pocono on Fridays before a contest, that may not be the most reliable time to get extra input unless you have made specific plans with someone in advance.  We will likely be setting-up the field for the contest mid-day Friday 6/19, but since most of us live an hour+ from Hialeah field we usually do not stay too late on Friday to be well rested for the drive back on Saturday morning.  That said, perhaps some like yourself who is traveling in from out-of-town may be practicing on Friday evening, but your mileage may vary.  Do you know anyone coming to Pocono that you can connect with on Friday?

Weather permittng, we are practicing pattern most Friday evenings at LVRCS anyway, so you are welcome to practice with us in Easton on 6/26.  This year, the LVRCS is holding a one day AMA pattern contest on Saturday, 6/27.  Then on Sunday, 6/28, there will be a separate Classic pattern contest (both are sanctioned.)  You can drive down Saturday if you wish and fly “Novice" with us on Sunday; or enter the more familiar AMA pattern contest on Saturday in Sportsman. Or you can stay over for both if you like, but we expect the bigger turn-out on Saturday for AMA, and mostly LV members on Sunday afternoon (late morning start due to neighbors and glow only after 12 noon).  http://www.lvrcs.com/content/index.php <http://www.lvrcs.com/content/index.php> 

If we don’t see you at Pocono or the LV, perhaps at the Penguin Pattern contest 8-9 August in Oneida?  Good flying until then!  Dana


> On May 31, 2015, at 7:34 PM, learn2turn via NSRCA-dist1 <nsrca-dist1 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
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> Flew one day in Sportsman last year after Haverstraw.  I'd like to get to one contest this year.  Unfortunately I had a commitment the weekend of Haverstraw this year so it looks like I'll have to pick one of the weekend contests.
> 
> I'm looking at the calendar trying to find one that's at least moderately convenient, they are all 4-5 hours drive.  I thought Pocono would be fun as I used to spend a lot of time in the Delaware River area; I grew up in NJ and used to go camping and fishing out there all the time and it would be run to revisit the area.  But I have a commitment that weekend also.  So maybe Onieda or Leheigh Valley would be one of the ones I could make it to.  
> 
> Anyone have any recommendation on which would be the best for a beginner flying Sportsman?  I'd probably have to take Friday off work for the drive so any event that had a practice day Friday where I could get some feedback (and maybe some trim advise on my planes) would be a huge plus.
> 
> -Ken
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