Gordon, Jim's animal friend was Joe Dirr, of the Cincinnati Club !! Joe towed the whole event, primarilary for the McCarthy team as a relief and for me. Based on what he saw, the whole contest, Joe has gone and bit the dust and now has a couple of fine F3J machines on the way...guess that he figured out that flying was gonna be even more fun that towing.. Look for him in the future... Best of Luck !! 8-) Jack Strother [EMAIL PROTECTED] LSF President LSF Level IV Loveland, OH >From: Gordon Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Jason Werner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: "RCSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [RCSE] Ok...then what did really happen >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:11:23 -0700 > >At 12:22 PM 9/13/01 -0400, Jason Werner wrote: > >As someone who was supposed to be at the team selections (Midway airport >is > >a fin place to sleep :), I missed the excitement. > > > >So what did happen? What was the REAL story behind Gordon flying out of > >turn? Any other facts? > >There was some confusion (most of it in my head) as to which round we were >flying and who was in it. We had a 4 man team, and as such flew in *every* >group in *every* round. I stepped up to fly one group early (in Darrell >Zaballos' slot), an error which was not pointed out by the official timer >(who had the pilot's name on the score card for reference). Not that it >was the timer's responsibility, but after a day and a half of >Gordon/Joe/Gavin/Darrell/Gavin/Joe/Gordon/Darrell/Darrell/Gordon... You >get the point. Or maybe not. I can blame it on jet-lag, since we were >still pretty much on Czech Republic time during the trials. > >After the flight the error was detected, the CD (Phil Renaud) was presented >with the facts: I, as team manager and pilot, fouled up. His choices >were: > >1) Zero both of us. >2) Zero Darrell for not flying in his slot. Let me fly in the correct >slot. >3) Zero me for being stupid, let Darrell fly in my slot. >4) Apply mercy, swap the flight order. > >Phil went for #4. This went unprotested at the contest. > > >Stop just throwing insults, and explain SIMPLY AND CLEARLY what your > >perspective was and let people know. Right now there is no one on your > >side. > >The other controversy: 4 Man Protection > >The CD decided to extend protection to 4 man teams (from the original 3 man >team protection). There were two 4 man teams, and no teams larger than 4. >The CD put the change in protection to a vote and no team opposed the >procedure change. > >I think that Phil's decisions at the team selection were strongly driven by >a desire to see the team selected in the air, rather than in the usual >ground/rules war that seems to accompany every FAI event. > >One Last Note: > >I'd like to thank my team mates (Gavin Botha, Joe Wurts, Darrell Zaballos) >for whatever it was they did (and it was plenty, to be sure) to get me on >the team. Huge thanks go out to John Asplund (tower and caller), and the >towing services of Jim Bacus, Rick Griebenow, Karl Miller and Jim's animal >friend (whose name regrettably escapes me). You guys were great, and great >launches were the norm. > >Gordon Jennings >Saddened by recent events >Proud to be on the team > >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and >"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
