On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 08:01:24 +0000, "Bob Johnson" wrote: > > It could still be a good event if the turnaround was moved back so that a > > typical modern composite sailplane could not launch high enough to get > more > > than about 5 minutes without finding lift.
Maybe I am the only person to remember the old ECSS, East Coast Soaring Society, but we flew in the late 70's and early 80's 2 or 3 (Smarna, DE. York PA, Lancaster, PA, Daniel Boone, PA) of the Tria. each season. I felt as a novice it gave me a fighting chance until the last round - and it was exciting for me. HOWEVER, as I recall, the last two or three seasons, we had an awful lot of ties for the the top positions and that required fly-offs. We always had two or three on same freq - and the event died out... for that reason. Others felt that since many made their time, it became a landing event - go figure. (IHMO) jim ealy ama life memeber #43 Jim Ealy Education by Demonstration 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.
