I think we were all tired at the end of the day but the smiles were from ear-to-ear.
I did have some fun by seeing how long I could let the Paragon fly without touching the stick, 3:22 and then had to land or it would have been much longer. It is really weird watching your plane fly with your hand in your pocket and it doing a better job than you could have. When I said no wind, the whole flight (5 min) was over the field and it did not drift more than a couple of hundred feet, total.
Harry is a good CD, not great because he let it rain on us Sunday ;-). Sunday was a challenge and he who launched highest and floated best won, there was no up and only enough lift at time to maintain altitude for few minutes.
Thanks to Harry and the team, great team and good fun.
Jack
On 6/26/06, Harry DeBoer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As the CD all I can say is thank you to everyone who participated 24 Saturday and 19 Sunday ,also to those who came and helped (Larry Jeffries and others). This was the most fun event I have ever attended. If you ever get the chance to get to one of the Woody type contest it is a must. The format allows for more flying in one day then most get in a Month. Several pilots from the surrounding area asked when we would be doing this again and all I can say is not soon enough!!Ken Bates walked away with top honors both days and the overall, Greg Smith took best model Sat, Harry De Boer had longest flight at 1hr 20min 57sec on Sat.Sunday Bob Robinson took best model and Martin Doney had the longest flight at 7 min 57sec.From the times of the longest flights you can see the Saturday was incredible and Sunday was a struggle.I'm making plans to attend as many of these types of events as I can, but I will have to sneak in a Two Meter MOM now and again!!Harry De BoerLSF 6357AMA 2343
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