1st priorities friends &
flying buddies. I just can't say enough on how special this group of
people is. I couldn't begin to name everyone.
Fond memories & random
thoughts.
- being pretty well unprepared
for F3J, and having the scores to prove it. :)
- watching Larry Jolly and
Craig Greening read the air in F3J.
- flying an unballasted 2m in
15+ mph winds... and maxing several rounds. Asking myself turn by turn...
"can I still get back to the field?"
- getting awarded my LSF 5
plaque at the banquet.
- shop talk with Tom and Mike
about building techniques, air reading, etc. Starting to get the bug to
bag my own wing again.
- spending hours in the
corn & bean fields looking for planes.
- flying 4 of my first 5 rounds
in Unlimited grouped with Tom Kiesling. Boy I had him scared.
:)
- Jack's Hobie Hawk launches in
Nostalgia. I thought he had invented a new F3B launch technique. The
figure 8 tow.
My COOLEST moment of the NATS... having an entire cooler full of ice
& water dumped on me while I was napping between rounds. Something
about an initiation or something :) Marc Gellart said I actually levitated
off the ground 3 feet or so.
