[RCSE] "ESL Contest was tough on me today and Deleware's top pilot too!"

[GordySoar]

So I met Joe Melchoir at the motel in Manassas last nite, this morning we loaded the planes in the back of the pick up, and headed toward the field. We were almost there, when I had a feeling that I should check the stuff in the back.  Sure enough Joe's Mantis fuse had blown out!   We drove all the way back to the start, about 40mins to find that it was pulverized on the highway.   We ended up back at the field just in time for the first flight, the weather was awesome and there were quite a few pilots.   I had brought the world's heaviest carbon Supra and my Perfect and Joe and I had registered on the same freq, so we managed to fly the whole day with out a problem.   Joe fell in love with the Supra, especially when he ended up crushed in sink just after a great launch, then worked  a handlaunch bubble at tree top for the whole 10mins!   Since it wasn't man on man, I decided to fly all my own air, and got caught twice for several minutes of lost time in the 8 rounds we flew.  Well with Tom Kiesling, Phil Barnes, Mike Lachowski and Josh Glaub, losing any points is the kiss of wood death :-)   It was awesome getting a chance to fly with them again, great guys all.   No regrets considering things could have been worse, but tomorrow's another day and another chance to see all the guys fly and for me and Joe to have a less dramatic start! :-)   Wish you were here! Gordy Warrenton VA