One other thing Ron. You do a good job of promoting the event.
And the Nats suffers from just the opposite on the weather. There were
many years when soaring was stuck in the last week of July. By the last
week in July, Muncie is usually hot and humid.
Of course, every time I have been to San Diego, I have managed to get
some of the not great weather. It's just not right to get hot and humid
and thunderstorms in San Diego.
Ron Scharck wrote:
Steve:
It really isn't fair to compare the NATS HLG event to the IHLGF. They are
two entirely different cats. I use to attend the NATS on a regular basis,
competing in most of the events, and I loved every single one of them. The
LSF guys do a great job (in cooperation with AMA) of putting on a host of
soaring events, most of which are very demanding from a personnel
standpoint; and they only have a week to in which to cram all those events.
I know that I am not telling you, or anyone else who reads this and has
actually been to the Soaring NATS, anything new.
In real estate, something I have a passing knowledge of, the three key words
are: LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION! The IHLGF has that in spades. When
someone plans to come to the IHLGF, they can be assured of four things which
few other locations can boast...and they all have to do with being located
in Southern California: 1. Great weather, relatively speaking; 2. Great
flying conditions (if you don't mind a dirt field); 3. A large contingent of
very talented pilots; and, 4. One of the top tourist destinations in the
world. In all of the years (12) the IHLGF has been held, there has only been
two delays of starting the contest on time. Both had to do with an early
morning misting. There has always been 6 rounds flown on Saturday and seven
(including the fly-offs) rounds flown on Sunday.
Those are the basic reasons why the IHLGF has been able to be as successful
as it has been. Just the dumb luck of being in the right place at the right
time!
Ron
Ron Scharck, Registrar
IHLGF 2005
6005 Hidden Valley Road, Ste. 200
San Diego, CA 92009
Direct - 760-496-7987
E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 6:59 PM
To: Ron Scharck
Cc: Lex Mierop; 'James V. Bacus'; [email protected]
Subject: [RCSE] Contest Cosmo WAS: JR Aero tow Reply
The sad part is, the NATS will be lucky to get 22 from not much more than 9
states for HLG.
Steve
SOAR
LSF IV
At 08:44 PM 6/8/2005, Ron Scharck wrote:
Lex: You left out a couple of countries that added to the "cosmopolitan"
atmosphere of the IHLGF; France and Taiwan. Altogether we had 94 registered
pilots at the IHLGF 2005 representing seven countries and 15 states. Not
bad
for a hand launch glider contest. We will get ol' Jim down here one of
these days:)
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Lex Mierop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 3:52 PM
To: 'James V. Bacus'; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [RCSE] JR Aero tow Reply
Shows that you've never been to the IHLGF. We had Englanders and
Brazilians, Japanese & Kiwis. Also Yankees, Good ol' Southern Boys, Texans,
Midwesterners and them funny guys from north of here that don't seem to
know
what that big yellow thing is in the sky...
:-) :-) :-)
-l
-----Original Message-----
From: James V. Bacus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 1:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [RCSE] JR Aero tow Reply
Nice write up Jack, there was a guy from Canada as well. And of course the
two guys from Japan doing the video show.
I would say it was the most cosmopolitan event I have ever been to.
Jim
Downers Grove, IL
Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR
AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net
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