[NSRCA-dist8] Treasure Valley Pattern Contest Report

[Gordon Anderson]

Mike,

Thanks again to you and the BARKS club. We really enjoyed the contest and the great time we had at the field and dinner.
I have posted your article on the web site along with the contest standings.

It was a great start to the 2010 season!

--Gordon

On May 16, 2010, at 4:15 PM, astropuppy wrote:

> 
> This (below) is written with a BARKS newsletter slant. Nonetheless I thought I would share it with the D8 list and my friend Mike in Chicago. We (BARKS) thank you all for your time and support. I still can't believe you all came to Boise. Thank you so much. Mike Riggs
> 
> ****
> The “Treasure Valley Pattern Contest” quietly began with NSRCA District VIII members arriving Friday to coach new pattern fliers in the art of flying the AMA Sportsman pattern sequence. It was great to see so many people using the BARKS facilities on a beautiful Friday afternoon. As day wore into evening other District VIII members arrived from far away northwest places.
> 
> Saturday morning contestants where greeted with moderately strong cool winds from the north and a very bright sun in the right – eastern – corner of “The Box”. Everybody mulled around munching “Finney” donuts as the temperature rose and the sun rotated out of “The Box”. Visiting Contest Director (CD) Rex Lesher called a pilots meeting explaining the task at hand. Shortly afterward, the wheels of Mike Riggs Sword left the ground marking the beginning of round one.
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> Nathan Wingert, Robert Sox, Jerry Kent and Mike Riggs battled the sportsman pattern more than each other for five rounds Saturday. Shaking their heads the entire time about the difficulty of performing seemingly easy maneuvers on a straight line, parallel to the runway, under the watchful eye of D8 judges. Jerry flew his retract equipped Sky Tiger to a speedy fourth place. Robert Sox epitomized the pattern fledgling, flying his Avistar to third place. Mike bounced his electrified Sword around the box to second place. Topping everybody, Nathan sucked up the gear on his Killer Chaos and flew to a lean mean first place finish.
> 
> All total five – NSRCA District VIII – contestants participated from out of town:
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> Gordon Anderson (Shinden) topped Rex Lesher (Twister) flying FAI(P9, I think). Jim Hiller (Option 120) flew Masters. Steve Sterling (Focus) flew Advanced and Craig Christensen (Integral) flew Intermediate.
> 
> Linda Sterling not only called for her husband Steve; but, spent a fair amount of the day in the judges chair. Meri Anderson spent the afternoon keeping score, instructing BARKS rookies on logistics and answering questions from an endless stream of spectators. In addition to their hard work, both Linda and Meri insisted on buying their own Lynn Street – World Famous – BARKS lunch.
> 
> A great time under great – flying – conditions with great people and without great mishap... Pattern is great!
> 
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