Here is an update for those coming to Muncie. The banquet will be 20.00 per person and will be held at Kacy J's in Muncie. They are shutting down the place for us on Wednesday evening and you will have a choice of Prime Rib or Chicken, 3 sides, dessert, tea, or soft drink are included in the price. There will be a cash bar on site. Advanced and Intermediate awards will be handed out at the banquet. FAI and Masters flight orders will be drawn at the banquet. The banquet is not mandatory, but no one without a ticket will be allowed in. If you don't want to go, your award will be available after the banquet. FAI unknowns will be the last thing done at the banquet and any FAI pilot not wishing to attend can wait outside and as soon as the banquet is complete, we will give them their unknowns. After last year, when we had many people eat who did not purchase a ticket, this is the only way we could do this. There will be an auction for the US Team at the banquet as well. I know there is a Contra system, a Futaba 14SG and the list could still grow by the time we get to Muncie.

All schedules for pilots and such, including flight orders, judging assignments and such will be available on the NSRCA website later this week. ABSOLUTELY NO packets will be handed out on site until Sunday. The AMA check in area will not be open on Saturday, so you wont be able to check in until Sunday. You can check in anytime up to the pilots meeting at 5:30. A courtesy weigh in will be available at the museum from 12-2 for anyone interested. Once again, this year, every airplane will be weighed at some point after a flight. Also, this year, we do not have a designated practice day, but most like we will have the sites on Sunday at some point during the day. We are going to STRICTLY enforce that pilots practice on sites they will be flying. This means, FAI and Masters can fly on Sites 1 and 3, and Intermediate and Advanced will be flying on Site 4. THIS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. We have had problems with guys not getting to fly on their sites because others are flying there. Usually it is upper class guys flying on Site 4.

Everything is coming together nicely, and we should have a great time.

See everyone in Muncie,

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