I heard that Dave. Been "working" on my Level IV since 8/22/81! All I lack is the goal and return, had my contest points but lost interest and failed to document them. ;^( That old form is getting a little crisp sitting in the bottom of my flight box!
Since I live in the flatlands, did two one hour thermal flights instead of the slope requirement. It took almost two years to log that second hour flight. We also used to put together small impromptu contests for the Level II and Level III aspirants. If the day looked good we called around until we had enough to meet the entrant requirement. Sorry, Gordy the forecast this weekend, in Dallas, calls for winds in excess of 25 MPH on Saturday and temps barely making it into the 40's on Sunday. Hard to get enough interest for a contest with those conditions, especially since Thursday and Friday we had light winds and temps in the 70's. I had to work however and couldn't take advantage of those conditions, except to drive home from work with the top down in my Miata. Becoming a more skilled pilot, I believe is the whole idea behind the program. Not how fast one can accomplish the tasks. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 10:15 AM Subject: [RCSE] LSF3/Gordy > **No big deal, no boasting to the whole world** > > On the other hand..... > > I'm kinda proud of Gordy for making the effort. Is it bragging or > advertising for LSF? I think it's raised some awareness of this excellent > program and > that's good. > > If there had been an impromptu Level 3 contest in Dallas, I'd have driven > down just for kicks. (Cold front coming through this weekend around here) > > Way back when LSF was just getting off the ground, we used to hold a club > event (ISS) out in Riverside just so new Level 2s could have their first > contest > close to home. Just call around until we had 5 pilots and off we went. > Getting started is easy but completing the tasks requires a lot of > commitment and > enthusiasm. Glad to see Gordy, in his own inimitable way, is bringing that > out. > > My Level 4 has been in progress for over 25 years. A recent 1 hr flight, > and > the threat that Gordy might beat me to 4, has got it going again. A goal > and > return and another 1 hr and it's done. > > Maybe if I fly with Gordy some day ..... lots of good hot air for that 1 > hr...... > > Hmmmm, > > - Dave R > 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
