Karen and I are back from the TNT @ the Southfork Ranch, sponsored by the SLNT!!
What a Hoot !!
Congradulations to Pard, Jim Bacus......
I got to Hook Up with some of my 2001 Nats buds from the area as well.
Major KUDOs to the whole team, that thru adversity, managed to put on a really challenging contest.
My Sincere Thanks to Henry Bostick for inviting us and feeding us...
Thanks to all the Donors for the Raffle prizes.... I won a Nice 2 Meter Wing Bag From Barry Kennedy !! Way Kool !!
I Shipped Sport tube FedEx 2-3 day ground for 30 bucks one way...
I Flew my Icon as well... Came home with 2 pieces of wood, and scant points away from the coveted Golden Chalice.
Sundays Conditions were tuff, and Bacus Earned it....Trust me..
My best to all Capn Jack
At 01:31 PM 10/11/2004, George Voss wrote:
Congratulations to D.O Darnell, RES winner, Jay Schultz, Sunday's unlimited winner and Mr. Bacus for being Saturday's unlimited and the overall TNT winner. The SLNT club and CD Henry Bostic did a great job in seriously trying weather conditions. The winch crews worked hard keeping the three winches going. The wet ground wasn't helping but they did a great job...thanks guys. To give you an idea of how bad the weather was, the CD asked me 2 questions after my last flight; did you make your time, and did you have sight of the airplane the entire flight? The answer to the first question was yes and the answer to the second was an emphatic, NO!
I flew my trusty Icon on Saturday, (thanks again Tom S.) and my Ava on Friday and Sunday. I only lost sight of the Icon once on Saturday, right after the zoom. I lost sight of the AVA 4-5 times on its last flight. I'd estimate the ceiling at 500-700, depending on where you were in the sky. Low clouds blew through each day, walls of rain at times, mist almost all day on Sunday...it was interesting to say the least.
It was a pleasure to see everyone, put faces to names, see people I haven't seen in weeks, months and in some cases, years. I got to meet Jim Bacus, see Capt'n Jack and his lovely wife and the others from SOAR. I got to chat with my building buddy Dale King, got to meet Don Richmond who won the award for longest mileage traveled to the contest, from San Diego and of course, all of the Texas bunch.
I re-learned one lesson I was taught years ago, and my buddy Dale Nutter says as a mantra, "if you can't land you don't deserve to win." That was true at this contest as I made all but one time out of the entire weekend but dropped one landing each day. That dropped me to a top 10 finish. The guys from SOAR were hitting their landings and only a few points separated the winners from the rest.
Were there any negatives...yes? This isn't a slam on the club but something all of us as CD's should watch out for. It seemed like we had lots of flyers making downwind landing approaches over the pits, launch area and even the landing area. There were several close calls as some planes weren't carrying enough airspeed and dropped out of the sky onto modelers in the landing zone. Guys, come on! Let's all be safe and not fly over others heads at a low altitude. Soaring is one of the safest forms of modeling aviation and we need to keep it that way.
To recap, a great weekend of soaring in Dallas this weekend thanks to the SLNT bunch. For those that couldn't make it, you missed a good one. gv
-----Original Message----- From: James V. Bacus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 11:56 PM To: RCSE Subject: Re: [RCSE] Jim Bacus 2004 TNT Winner
Thank you Mark, I had a great time! It was a pleasure to meet you in person and fly with you for the past two days. I will be posting a picture of your Chia nose cone very soon.
I will be back next year, but you are certainly invited to come up to our Fred Fredrickson contest in Chicago next year, or maybe even consider Nats.
At 01:30 PM 10/10/2004, Mark Williams wrote: >Jim Bacus after two days of very challenging weather conditions wins the >2004 TNT Overall Title. Congratulations Jim good flying, well deserved and >we hope to see and fly with you again soon. > >Thank you to all of the flyers that came into Dallas from many miles and too >many venues to list. > >Mark Williams
Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net
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