Fred, It seems to me that Joe already gave us a treat (and a beating) several years ago at the 2 Day Rose Bowl Soaring Festival. If I remember correctly he flew an EPP Foamie TG-3 to first place in 2M, and without any landing arrestor. Joe is a gentleman and an outstanding pilot. I have learned, and still learning, a lot from him. It has been said (tongue in cheek) Joe can thermal a brick. I believe it.
Pete Olsen SWSA -----Original Message----- From: FRED SAGE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 5:00 PM To: John Erickson; Dan; mike reagan; Soaring List Subject: Re: [RCSE] Who won Visalia? The overall winner at Visalia is generally considered to be the highest score in the unlimited category. That's certainly the way the trophies are presented. The reason for this is almost everyone participates in unlimited so there's many more contestants in unlimited than in any other class or even in all other classes combined. However, the overall winner or highest score obtained in the unlimited class is not necessarily the highest score achieved in the contest as it's not unusual for a two meter glider to outscore the unlimited gliders with the tricky landing tasks. Unfortunately, the only way the winner of the two meter class would be considered the overall winner is if he flew his two meter glider in the unlimited class. Maybe Joe will give us a treat next year by trying that scenario. An even more remarkable achievement is Mike Reagan also beating the overall winner while flying his AVA in the RES class. It's absolutely unbelievable that he was able to beat many of the best glider pilots in the country in a landing task that required extreme precision with an RES glider. Way to go Mike! Regarding your question about Grey Eagle participants, they appear to designated by an astrisks. Don McNamee finished second in RES with a score of 2448, so he won the Grey Eagle cup. Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "mike reagan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Soaring List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Who won Visalia? > A 2 meter has scored in the top ten the last three years running. They just > don't score it as overall; they score it by class. Great flying by Joe and > Mike. > > What happened to Grey Cup? > > JE > -- > Erickson Architects > John R. Erickson, AIA > > > > From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:38:30 -0700 (PDT) > > To: mike reagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Who won Visalia? > > > > It appears that a recalculation is in-order > > http://www.cvrcsoaring.com/2003_leaders.htm > > > > Dan > > > > --- mike reagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Check the scores, First place Joe Wurts( 2 meter) 2555, second > >> place Mike Reagan(RES) 2511, third place Jim Sneed (open) 2508. > >> Something is backwards here. AVA man > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and > > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME > > turned off. > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
