Omaha Pattern Championships,

This event is very special to me as a long time former Omahawk member and the fact that this event was my first Pattern contest in 1978. I flew my Dirty Birdy .40 in Sportsman, a class updated and refined by Wisconsin's Mike Dorna called Club Class, to a first place finish (at least that is what the notes on the back of a photo found last night featuring the Dirty Birdy .40 and Kougar in my driveway.)

The 1978 (I was 14) event is particularly memorable because I "cleared the flight line and judges chairs" after my 90 degree turn towards the pits on my first flight due to EXTREME nervousness!

Thank you to Claude and all of the tireless Omahawks for another fine event.


Rusty Dose
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