I'm sorry but I can't help but share this with you guys after seeing that pic...It brought back some great memories!
Flashback...2004 NATS I'm taking a break from the Trolls (one can handle just so much within a given period of time) and wanted to catch some pics of the UNL launches, kinda' up-close & personal. DP (pilot) and Mike Smith (timer) are in the launch group going up. I ask DP if he minds if I kinda' "hang" with them during the flight, maybe learn a little something (maybe via osmosis? Yeah right!). The launch goes off, DP gets to where DP wants to be, which is generally far higher and further away than anyone else is comfortable with, and they wander over to the landing fence. I'm listening, they're not saying too much...over here, over there, etc. They both look satisfied and then they both proceed to park their butts on the ground & stretch out (just like the photo). I'm listening really hard, making sure I don't miss anything, I mean really hoping to pick-up some "pearls of wisdom". Wrong! They are talking about this, that, & the other thing...Anything BUT soaring and the Insanity. DP is kinda' nudging it every once in awhile and THAT is IT! No exchange of this air, that air, or no air. I looked down at them and said "DP, do ya' mind if I say something?" DP glances up & says "Sure, go ahead". I said "Frankly DP...Watching you fly is friggin' boring!". He and Mike both cracked up and DP looked up at me, with a big smile, and said "Yeah, I know, I just don't like to work too hard". That, to me, will always be one of my favorite memories of attending a NATS. Lemme tell ya' something, with all the posts going on about competition vs fun vs more representative, more RES, less 2M, etc...We're really undervaluing one of the truly great things about the NATS, and that is that we have some of the finest people in attendance, regardless of what they fly, or how well they fly it, that I have ever had the pleasure to meet and get to know. THAT my friends, is something that I hope will NEVER change... -Sheldon- Head Turnaround Troll -----Original Message----- From: Jon Stone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:23 PM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: RE: [RCSE] RES not for the "elite" Take a look at this picture. Shows the 2nd place pilot in unlimited flying his 6-servo plane during the heat and intensity of the Unlimited contest at the NATS this month. http://www.knology.net/~jstone/nats/dp.jpg Looks pretty intense to me. 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
