ORIGINAL: mjfrederick
This was almost as much a social event as it was a practice day. We had a good lunch of hamburgers and potato salad, and spectators and pilots alike sat around chatting away.
Matt forgot to mention, it was a three day event. With two travel trailers onsite for the weekend, I am now planning to build permanent hookups for them to use in the future. After a few tough years with hurricanes, our club is well on the way to reclaiming its place in the pattern community. Most people remember us as Dixie RC, now renamed Atchafalaya Basin RC. We have hosted many, many contests dating back to the early eighties. Our club has members with multiple NATS awards, WC's awards and also several members that have been quite active in the NSRCA.
We flew Friday, Saturday AND today. Friday was sausage poboys, Saturday night was white beans with rice, today was spaghetti. The eats were all great! Today, it got HOT, with the temp display in my SUV indicating 101 when I finally called UNCLE and went home. High points included the late Saturday night wine tasting social till 10:00, while watching Bryan Strachan do some night flying with his Extra 260 (I think) which was plumb lit up with a light kit. I was amazed.
This morning started out with a small mishap, a plane got attacked by a tree. I have a scientific explanation, all true, but it winds up with .... trees suck. Then, we all had a piece of the Bryan Hebert Happy Birthday chocolate chip cookie. Two bipes in the air today, the Euphoria and the Alferma, also a Valiant, a Shinden, a Patriot 3D. Yesterday included two Integrals. Heck, several guys even flew control line yesterday. We were all betting... over or under. ( Whether or not the pilot would last over or under five seconds before crashing.) Jim Thompson and Bryan Strachan both went the distance! Jim also spent some time with the buddy box instructing his young grandson. Gee whiz, it was a fantastic weekend, thanks all that came, for making it what it was. We're gonna do this again.
Brian Clemmons