Hi All, It was another great day at 60-Acres Park here in Redmond, WA. There was a good breeze out of the North keeping temperatures in the mid-70's, clear skies and some pretty nice thermals made for a fun contest. A good flight could get you a 3 or 4 minute time, but the off-field landings were a problem for most of us! The Bush Pilot award goes to Al Bangham who ended up off field, and spent the next couple of hours looking for his plane. He returned triumphant, with several blackberry bush scars to prove it (we like to call those Battle Scars)! Some of the others of us ended up off field, but were able to find our planes a little more quickly. Structural failures were also a problem, wing failures, tail failures, and flutter kept several competitors from doing even better than they did. The Sticky Fingers award goes to Paul McKee who flew wonderfully his first round with his Uplink (in his first HLG competition), then went out for the second round, and on the first throw his entire vertical and horizontal tail assembly departed from the plane! The fuselage and wing continued for an 8.3 second flight, but that was all the more points Paul was to get that round. Not to be discouraged, Paul went back to his car and within 3 rounds, he was back with a reattached tail and new pushrods! He went on to fly quite well. The final standings had Mark Bryan beating out his brother Brent by a mere 77 points to take 3rd place. Come Back (again and again) Kid Joseph Conrad came out of nowhere to take 2nd place, and May's HLG contest victor, Dick Barker was triumphant again, this time by a hefty 343 point margin. (BTW, The top four places were all taken by Wing-Launched airplanes, see all the results at the bottom of this email). So, is Dick and his Discus Launch going to dominate the club? Will the Bryan family replace the Pearson family as the Seattle HLG Mafia? Will the blackberries be in season? All these questions and more will be answered at the next HLG contest, the big AMA sanctioned event August 19th! (www.reddata.com/sass/HLG_00.htm) Door prizes donated by Thermal-Gromit Works (www.tgworks.com) were presented at the conclusion of the contest. A Model-Down alarm was won by Joseph, who then gave the prize to Al so Al wouldn't have to spend so long out in the weeds next time. Jonathan Bryan won a 110 mAh Battery Pack for one of his future planes. Covering tape and hinge tape went to several folks whose names I've forgotten to write down. SURVEY Now the survey part: 1. For August 19th 2000, we'd like to get as many folks as possible to show up for the event. I'm curious how many HLG pilots there are in the Pacific Northwest, and what it would take to get them to come to Seattle? 2. In 2001 the Seattle Area Soaring Society is planning to hold a 2 day HLG event, likely in mid-August. What would it take to get folks from all over to come to this event? i.e., ask yourself, what would it take for me to drive/fly all the way to Seattle? Please send my your thoughts on these items and I'll compile them and send them on to the SASS 2001 2-Day HLG Events Committee (me and my dog Aileron). Thermals, RED -- Adam Weston Seattle, WA July Scores: Pilot Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Rnd 6 Rnd 7 Final Score Dick Barker 1000 1000 1000 772 1000 654 885 6311 Joseph Conrad 667 944 652 957 1000 1000 748 5968 Mark Bryan 667 1000 1000 963 857 720 741 5948 Brent Bryan 1000 851 688 1000 929 736 667 5871 Jim Pearson 875 972 750 766 687 797 1000 5847 Phil Pearson 778 908 719 749 659 1000 941 5754 Adam Weston 778 980 639 1000 931 866 497 5691 Jonathan Bryan 667 913 783 757 815 727 870 5532 Tim Johnson 875 869 505 835 581 481 1000 5146 Lauren Anstead 875 801 778 738 578 557 819 5146 Bruce Kimball 889 741 695 652 624 655 865 5121 Paul McKee 1000 15 0 0 988 857 980 3840 Tim Naugler 625 758 556 896 426 1 0 3262 David Anstead 625 700 518 321 473 318 0 2955 Alan Bangham 625 850 445 274 0 0 0 2194 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
