[NSRCA-dist7] Napa pattern contest

[Daniel Lipton]

I think this is a great idea, I'm 75% sure I'd be able to attend.

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 4:16 PM, Adrian Wong via NSRCA-dist7 <
nsrca-dist7 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> Have you ever try combining wine tasting & attending a pattern contest
> together?
>
> For those pattern pilots who reside in northern CA, I'm sure many of you
> have had the opportunity to fly at the beautiful NBRC club in Napa - a
> wide open airfield surrounded by vineyard. And for those who have not yet
> had the chances, you owe it to yourself to attend our Napa pattern
> contest.
>
> As most you may aware, Gary Stanton passed away two years ago. Gary had
> been an avid pattern competitor, secretary of NBRC & a long time friend of
> mine, who also had been graciously allowed me to use their facility to host
> a number of pattern contests in the past. Unfortunately, because of various
> reason, we have not had a contest there for sometime. However, thanks to
> Gary's son - Richard - we will be able to host a contest again this year,
> and I would like to dedicate this contest to his father Gary as the "Gary
> Stanton Memorial Pattern Contest".
>
> The tentative date for the contest is 9/8 - 9/9. However, I do not want to
> take away a weekend of flying from the club member if we ended up with a
> low turnout. Therefore, please response either to the list or to me -
> riot3d at hotmail.com - so I can have an estimate on how many of you will be
> attending.
>
> As I'm aware, a number of D-7 & some out of town/ district pilots are
> currently attending the AMA pattern Nats until the end of the week. I
> will wait until 8/12 before making the final decision.
>
> Here are some information about the club. The runway have been recently
> resurfaced with new petromat, the length of the runway is 183x22 yards -
> 550' x 66'. It has a shaded pit area & electrical outlets.
>
> Since I can not post picture on this list due to file sizes, I've posted
> the same announcement with pictures on RCU pattern section & on Facebook.
>
> Should you have any question please do not hesitate to contact me.
>
>
> Adrian
>
>
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