All kinds of cool wood on the field, I had wood before the contest even started. Jack had made custom foot pads for our winch pedals with our name and club embedded in epoxy, what a nice gift. And then not one but TWO level V plaques presented at the pilots meeting, which makes I think 7 level V pilots in our club. Several more of us are very close to joining them.
TK, Jack and I were all flying our ICON's at over 100oz. The turbulence was so severe at points my ICON was tossed in the sky like I had no radio control several times. But it was a beautiful sunny day otherwise, and everyone was having fun. It is good to test your limits in winds like these, twists the strategies a bit.
TK ended up winning the contest with his "Big Red" ICON, with Steve ("how many pilots are in the contest today") Meyer bringing a close second with a fully ballasted Eclipse. 8-)
Certainly a fun time, and with the weather changing probably my last contest of the year, it was memorable.
At 06:32 AM 11/8/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There were 17 enterants present, The "Winds" were outta the North, and blowing. I am sure that Bill W. will file a report soon,
My Point here is the Thank, the Club for 2 nice presentations. Before the contest began, and at the end of the pilots briefing ,
Wayne Fredette was presented his LSF Level V Plaque by Jim McCarthy.
I also, was presented with my nicely laminated plaque, containing my Level V parchment, by the LSF President Tom Kallevang.
The SOAR club boasts 7 LSF Level V fliers, ( Maybe more), with many more on the way.
The Turkey shoot was challenging and fun. It was a fun day, Lots of wind, lots of failed task attempts. Sorry you could not be there.
Thank You SOAR Jack
-- Jack Strother Granger, IN
LSF 2948 LSF Level V #117 LSF Official 1996 - 2004 CSS Gold
Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net
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