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MOSS held its umpteenth annual "Hanford Memorial " contest
last night. It doesn't have anything to do with nuclear waste facilities,
fortunately.
Ed Hanford years ago laid down the
challenge:
"I'll bet $5 I can outfly anybody in the club after 6
p.m. " So each August 24th we go out and try, and the
longest single flight after 6 pm wins the trophy, which is Ed's $5 bill, framed
for presentation.
Lift last night was scarce, but we had
about 20 club members and a few spouses on the field. Paul Wiese did 5:05
with a Pike Superior in essentially zero lift conditions. That was the
mark to beat.
I found a soft bubble with the Infamous
Flamingoid and did 6:45, and for the first time that I can remember, I was in
the lead in a club contest.
Paul came back and squeaked past me
with a mere 21+ minutes, finding the only real thermal of the night.
The 6:45 held up for second.
Todd Anderson kicked my butt at Air
Hog, though. He laid down the challenge: see who can sit in a lawn
chair and launch and catch their Air Hog the most times in a row.
Then he proceeded to log two catches. I logged a total of
zero.
We ran out of daylight before we could
do the Air Hog pylon, limbo or combat. Or even better the Air Hog
pylon-limbo-combat. Maybe next time.
Tom H. Nagel
Judicium Procurator
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