<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Mike,<div><br></div><div>Thanks again to you and the BARKS club. We really enjoyed the contest and the great time we had at the field and dinner.</div><div>I have posted your article on the web site along with the contest standings.</div><div><br></div><div>It was a great start to the 2010 season!</div><div><br></div><div>--Gordon</div><div><br><div><div>On May 16, 2010, at 4:15 PM, astropuppy wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br>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<br>
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</style><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">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.</p><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; ">
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">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.</p><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; ">
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">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.</p><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; ">
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">All total five – NSRCA District VIII
– contestants participated from out of town:</p><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">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.</p><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; ">
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">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.</p><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; ">
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">A great time under great – flying –
conditions with great people and without great mishap... Pattern is
great!</p>
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