<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 9pt">At my first contest Mark Atwood called for me. Here is the dialog that makes the point...This is pretty funny...

I took off and started very smooth. Markwas doing his best to keep me calm as I was a nervous wreck. I made my trim pass and headed for the first maneuver, here we goand went something like this:

Mark: Ok nice straight line don't move the sticks and let the plane fly the straight line...

Mark: 1/2 Cuban Eight.

Mark: Very nice, now level out and lock on the straight line back.

Mark: Your line is drifting, just a touch of rudder slowly to correct.

Mark: Perfect, Now do the same maneuver you did on the other end.

Larry: (very animated tone) Holly crap, I did a reverse didn't I !!!!!! Dang it !!!!!! That's a Zero right?

Mark: (Whisper) OK calm down, don't let the judges know you screwed up because those were very nicely flown.

Judges: Too late, we got it...(giggle and chuckles heard behind me)

When I got my call sheets I saw what Mark was trying to tell me...On both call sheets a 9 and a 8.5 were scribbled out and a zero put in it's place...

Lesson learned...There is a better than50/50 chance at local meets one or both judges may miss it. Especially in the beginning of the season after the schedule changes...

I still laugh about it today...

Larry Diamond</span></div>