Re: [RCSE] Level V slideshow

[Pat McCleave]

Title: Level V slideshow

John,   Thanks for sharing,  A Level V could not go to a nicer guy.  To help average out your 2.5 year trek, I have been working on mine on and off now since 1977 or 78.  I still need a goal and return to get me Level IV and then the real fun begins.  I should have worked a little harder in the early years when I used to actually win occasionally, even at the bigger contests.  Oh well, I figure I have several more years to pursue the goal.  Then there is always Laser Eye Surgery to extend it a few more years after that.  Congrats on a job well done.   See Ya,   Pat McCleave Wichita, KS ----- Original Message ----- From: John Erickson To: Soaring List Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 7:09 PM Subject: [RCSE] Level V slideshow I’ve put together a slideshow of different events as I worked my way through the LSF program.  Jim Deck put out some stats about the average time to achieve Level V.  It’s somewhere around 10 years.  I thought 2 1/2 years was long enough!  I was really struggling at times trying to get my 20 person wins.  One day Larry Jolly told me “Don’t worry about the wins.  They’ll come.  Just have fun”.  Truer words were never spoken.  I stopped trying so hard and started enjoying all the aspects of our great hobby.   There were stories behind every task, including the last 2 hour thermal.  The post flight graph from the variometer at one point showed me 150’ below my starting elevation.  All I know was that I was 10’ off the ground with 20 minutes to go.  I caught a miracle hand launch thermal and made it out.  It wouldn’t have been exciting without some drama, and there was plenty of it all though the LSF tasks. A big thanks to Dan Borer, Major Anderson, John Yee, Ian Douglas, Gene Hays, Lex Meirop, Joe Nave, Joe Wurts, Greg Norsworthy, Nowell Seigel, Duke Rovarino, all the guys in our SCSA club, the SWSA club, the TOSS club, the SC-2 circuit, Jim Deck, Bill Rakozy, Tom Kallevang and all the LSF council, and many, many others who I have flown with along the way. http://homepage.mac.com/jrerickson/LSF/iMovieTheater35.html JE -- Erickson Architects John R. Erickson, AIA LSF V #122