<div dir="ltr">The training link John posted in K-Factor magazin I find amazing:<div><a href="https://www.fai.org/page/f3-aerobatics-training-material-judges" target="_blank">https://www.fai.org/page/f3-aerobatics-training-material-judges</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I also captured the GPS coordinates for the flying fields:</div><div>- April 23/24 Medford, Oregon D7/8 Shootout (<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">42.4188,-122.7678)</span><br>- May 21/22 Tri Cities, Washington (<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">46.3549,-119.3530)</span><br>- June 25/26 Boise, Idiaho (<span style="color:rgb(17,17,16);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">43.452763,-116.157289)</span><br>- July 23/24 Redmond, Oregon (<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">44.2932,-121.1455)</span><br>- August 13/14 Becks field, Oregon (<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">45.1415,-122.6766)</span><br>- September 3/4 Mollala, Oregon (<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">45.1326,-122.5467)</span><br>- September 24/25 Redmond, Oregon D8 Championship contest<br></div><div><br></div><div>Igor</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 10:48 AM Nathan Wingert via NSRCA-dist8 <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Does the addition of the April contest before Richland impact when we would do the judge training? <br>
<br>
, <br>
Nathan<br>
<br>
> On Feb 14, 2022, at 10:58 PM, John Bentley via NSRCA-dist8 <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> The contest directors have finalized the District 8 2022 contest season. The<br>
> Schedule follows:<br>
> <br>
> April 23/24 Medford, Oregon D7/8 Shootout<br>
> May 21/22 Tri Cities, Washington<br>
> June 25/26 Boise ,Id<br>
> July 23/24 Redmond, Oregon<br>
> August 13/14 Becks field , Oregon<br>
> September 3/4 Mollala, Oregon<br>
> September 24/25 Redmond, Oregon D8 Championship contest<br>
> <br>
> Contest Directors please get your sanctions into AMA<br>
> <br>
> We will all need to have an FAA Number as well as a Trust(FAA) number for our<br>
> contests this year.<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.faaregisterdrone.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.faaregisterdrone.com</a><br>
> <a href="https://trust.modelaircraft.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://trust.modelaircraft.org/</a> <br>
> <br>
> I will be at every contest Hope to see you all.<br>
> John<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> ------ Original Message ------<br>
> Received: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 08:59:59 PM MST<br>
> From: stnagler--- via NSRCA-dist8 <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
> To: Bill Carder <<a href="mailto:billcarder65@gmail.com" target="_blank">billcarder65@gmail.com</a>>, "AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY"<br>
> <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist8] 2022 Schedule<br>
> <br>
> John,<br>
> <br>
> Thanks for getting the schedule started... excited to get back in the<br>
> air with everyone... when will it be solidified so we can start booking<br>
> arrangements?<br>
> <br>
> Regards<br>
> Scott<br>
> <br>
> <br>
>> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 7:48 AM Bill Carder via NSRCA-dist8 <<br>
>> <a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> The Sept. dates would work will for at least a couple of us that travel<br>
>> home south at that time.<br>
>> <br>
>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 7:59 PM Bob Crump via NSRCA-dist8 <<br>
>> <a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>>> Thanks Sean, I guess I have a new name “big Bob”. Sounds like my<br>
> rapper<br>
>>> name.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> Sent from my iPhone<br>
>>> <br>
>>> On Feb 7, 2022, at 6:15 PM, Art Kelly via NSRCA-dist8 <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> For what it’s worth, the Medford contest has a lot of history. Big Bob<br>
>>> pointed out that WAY back it had a nice following. That was before I<br>
>>> arrived in the Rogue Valley. The July date may have been on the calendar<br>
>>> then. Also, as we were trying to get pattern reignited here we worked with<br>
>>> different dates the first few years. It began to grow and the district<br>
>>> pilots agreed that it could become the district championship AND a<br>
> shootout<br>
>>> with D-7. Of course nothing remains static.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Art<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 5:44 PM Sean Mersh via NSRCA-dist8 <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> <br>
>>>> Hi Bob,<br>
>>>> as far as I know, July 9/10 was never the traditional date (maybe it was<br>
>>>>> 6 years ago, before I got to Medford?).<br>
>>>> And yes, the probability of rain is higher in April versus July, but<br>
>>>> July has other issues: heat and smoke from fires 😐. There are no easy<br>
>>>> solutions; each one has advantages and disadvantages...<br>
>>>> Thanks,<br>
>>>> Sean<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Sent from Outlook <<a href="http://aka.ms/weboutlook" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://aka.ms/weboutlook</a>><br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> ------------------------------<br>
>>>> *From:* Bob Crump <<a href="mailto:bob.crump@yahoo.com" target="_blank">bob.crump@yahoo.com</a>><br>
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, February 4, 2022 6:59 PM<br>
>>>> *To:* Sean Mersh <<a href="mailto:mershs@hotmail.com" target="_blank">mershs@hotmail.com</a>>; AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY <<br>
>>>> <a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
>>>> *Cc:* John Bentley <<a href="mailto:j.bentley@usa.net" target="_blank">j.bentley@usa.net</a>><br>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-dist8] 2022 Schedule<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Hi Sean, I have two questions and a comment. Wasn’t July 9,10 the<br>
>>>> traditional date? And isn’t the probability of rain much higher in<br>
> April<br>
>>>> versus July.<br>
>>>> My info indicates around a 30 percent chance of rain in April versus<br>
>>>> about a 3 percent chance in July.<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Thanks, Bob<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> On Feb 4, 2022, at 3:43 PM, Sean Mersh via NSRCA-dist8 <<br>
>>>> <a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Hi John,<br>
>>>> thanks for distributing the proposed schedule; it has been eagerly<br>
>>>> anticipated throughout D-8. However, I must report to you that our club<br>
>>>> members were surprised to discover that the Medford pattern contest was<br>
>>>> moved from 23/24 April to 9/10 July. As you may remember, I sent you a<br>
> link<br>
>>>> to the Rogue Eagles event calendar on 16 December, indicating that we do<br>
>>>> not have a lot of open dates for a pattern contest.<br>
>>>> I realize that you are concerned about weather issues here in April, but<br>
>>>> 9/10 July will not work for us. Our club has about 130 members who enjoy<br>
> a<br>
>>>> wide variety of activities during the summer months, and we have two<br>
> events<br>
>>>> (a pylon race and a rocket launch) scheduled that weekend. Additionally,<br>
> D7<br>
>>>> has a contest scheduled at OCMA (Steve Hannah) on the same weekend and<br>
>>>> published their calendar in December, so our contest could not be a D7/D8<br>
>>>> shootout.<br>
>>>> Thanks,<br>
>>>> Sean<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Sent from Outlook <<a href="http://aka.ms/weboutlook" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://aka.ms/weboutlook</a>><br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> ------------------------------<br>
>>>> *From:* NSRCA-dist8 <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>> on behalf of<br>
>>>> John Bentley via NSRCA-dist8 <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 1, 2022 8:27 PM<br>
>>>> *To:* <a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a> <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
>>>> *Subject:* [NSRCA-dist8] 2022 Schedule<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Hi all, after talking to the Cd's here is a tentative contest schedule<br>
>>>> for<br>
>>>> the<br>
>>>> year 2022. This schedule took into account the weather conditions for<br>
>>>> each<br>
>>>> contest venue. Last year we had weather issues at some contests and this<br>
>>>> schedule will hopefully rectify those issues. We will also have the D8<br>
>>>> championship at a central location in Redmond as they have lifted the<br>
>>>> 400 ft<br>
>>>> requirement.<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> The opening contest will be at the Tri Cities, WA location. Bill Bowen<br>
>>>> has<br>
>>>> agreed<br>
>>>> to host the judging seminar at his contest. I will run the seminar which<br>
>>>> will<br>
>>>> start at 8am on<br>
>>>> Saturday and finish at noon. The seminar will include active panel<br>
>>>> judging of<br>
>>>> each and every class. Up to 6 judges will judge each demo flight and an<br>
>>>> active<br>
>>>> discussion will occur after the flight. We did this at the Boise contest<br>
>>>> last<br>
>>>> year and it was very successful as a learning tool. We will need at<br>
>>>> least one<br>
>>>> pilot from each class to fly their pattern and be judged. The main<br>
>>>> contest<br>
>>>> will start at 1pm after lunch and fly 2 rounds on Saturday and 4 rounds<br>
>>>> on<br>
>>>> Sunday.<br>
>>>> Please visit the NSRCA site and review the judging criteria and<br>
>>>> re-certify as<br>
>>>> a judge.<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Schedule:<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> May 21/22 Tri Cities, Washington<br>
>>>> June 25/26 Boise ,Id<br>
>>>> July 9/10 Medford, Oregon D7/8 Shootout<br>
>>>> July 23/24 Redmond, Oregon<br>
>>>> August 13/14 Becks field , Oregon<br>
>>>> September 3/4 Mollala, Oregon<br>
>>>> September 24/25 Redmond, Oregon D8 Championship contest<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Thanks to all<br>
>>>> John<br>
>>>> <br>
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