Just participated in my first fun fly in years, and had a blast.

I was in novice since Ive just started flying again, and here are the novice events:

1) taxi/race around 2 cones, then back to the start line, kill engine w/ radio. Timed event.

2) 7-11, pilot (with plane running and waiting) starts rolling dice until he rolls a 7 (time starts on first dice roll). Once he rolls 7, he takes off and another pilot rolls the dice, trying for an 11. Once he hits 11 the pilot with the plane lands, time stops when wheels hit ground.

3) Roops. Plane takes off, time of 60 seconds starts when wheels leave ground. Pilot completes "Roops" (1 roll, followed by 1 loop). Pilot with most "Roops" in alloted time wins.

That was it. Pretty fun, simple, and for me, heart pounding since I havent done this stuff in years!

Other events from other classes that I remember:

1) Loops 'contest' - pilot, with plane waiting rolls one die (dice). What ever the number is, multiply by 5 and the pilot must take off and do that many loops. (yes, this past weekend everyone seemed to hit 6, and have to do 30 loops!) Time starts when the pilot makes first roll, time stops after pilot completes loops and lands. (wheels hit ground).

2) Dixie Death - pilot takes off, does 3 loops, 3 rolls up, 3 spins down, and lands. Timed event.

3) touch-n-goes for time - do a certain number of touch-n-goes in a certain time. This event can go two ways, 1) either you have time X to do Y touch-n-goes, or 2) you have to do X touch-n-goes, who ever is faster wins.

4) "closest landing" - pilot takes off and then lands. There is a spot painted on the ground, who ever stops their plane closest to that spot wins. Usually people will designate to a specific spot on the plane, such as the spinner.

5) 'bomb drop' - pilot must drop some kind of bomb (back when I use to do this it was usually a steel washer with a piece of ribbon attached), closest to target wins.

thats just the tip of the ice berg though!!!!!!

clay