Another contest for D3 in the books. Thanks to Mac Hodges for letting D3 have the Andersonville contest there again. Emory and his family did a great job keeping things flowing, even with a computer bug that delayed seeing a few rounds of scores for a while. Victor had a back-up system rolling soon after it was discovered and before the 5th round things were back on track. With the chance of rain late Saturday and Sunday, Emory decided we would fly as many rounds up to 5 before dark. Well as weather persons are, we were able to finish 5 rounds and still have some sun for a nice Jet show from Marcio and more flying up until dark.

The downer of the event, as you have read, was on Sunday when Brett was finishing up his Rolling 8 in F and Mike Wingo was exiting out of a maneuver in Advanced and they mid-aired (I was calling for Brett and watching for Mike but didn't think it was an issue. I was wrong. Mike also said he thought he was further out than it appeared. Maybe the morning sun got to us). Unfortunately, neither plane survived, but thankfully they missed going in the lake.

I want to thank, on behalf of the Team, everyone that supported the Team again (last time I beat on you D3 guys for your support at contests... this year) and a special thanks to Emory for his contribution on behalf of the contest. He usually takes $100 from the proceeds and buys a small plane as a raffle prize. This year he approached me about getting 5 raffle tickets instead for the pilots. With his decision, and the support of the other pilots, we raised over $400 (I'm sure more including what Brett ended up with) for the Team.