bigedmustafa,

Pattern seems to ebb and flow in different geographic areas. At the Houston Jetero contest this year we had so many pilots (47) that we were only able to squeeze in 4 rounds. Many more and we'd need a facility with two runways.

It’s a shame the participation is currently down in Omaha, but it was also down in Kansas and Oklahoma a few years ago and it's now back with a vengeance. BTW, I just flew with someone from Omaha last weekend at the Turf Fliers club near Tulsa.

As to flying so much you get sick of it… I love Blue Bell Rocky Road ice cream, but if I ate a whole tub in one sitting I'd get get sick of it too. I’ll bet, however, that Claude was itching to get back to the field in just a few days.

Still lovin' pattern,
Keith B