I have to tell you guys that I am sick today....I picked up a summer cold that's got me lower than I've been in a lot of years, but when I dialed into the F3j World site this morning...things got worse... Cody had taken a zero for landing out..and that slid him off the leader board....and I am totally depressed about it, because in all my time of flying, I have met some great guys, and some great young guys, but Cody is someone that I have come to respect on a level like my own son. He has consistently represented the best in all of the USA Soaring Community...so my heart goes out to him today... and I urge all American soaring guys to applaud Cody Remington and his work, performance and just plain class as a young man. And then I got happy, REALLY happy! The sun shone in to America's bedrooms ...DP is in the fly offs! While it would have been super to have all our seniors in the fly offs, I think its especially neat to have our own three peat F3B guy and F3J World Newbie Daryl Perkins make it! Despite equipment dramas and newbie (okay I get to tease him a bit here) jitters, his teammates managed to keep him focus'd ! I know that the guys in that group are fantastic fliers and I've been fortunate to meet some, even eat lunch with some at the Calgary Worlds, so I can tell you that each and everyone are guys who like to fly model sailplanes and have fun with their friends doing it. But they aren't the types to give a single second to any one :-). Applause all around for all out pilots and team members, they earned every penny donated. Excited and going flying in Chicago with TK and Jim McCarthy today....you?
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