Hey, I am lookin' forward to the El Toro jet rally this weekend. I would like to compliment my dad (Paul Reese) for making such wonderful graphics on the invite. I am excited to see all of you this weekend!

See ya,
Corey Reese

You are referring to Best in the West.
Well written bud.
Here's a pic of you from last weekend. Good thing you didn't punch it right then huh?

I did mean to say The Best In The West! If I punched it I wouldn't even be able to begin to tell you how bad that would hurt! :rainfro:

Glad you guys can make it , see you guys this weekend , and hope to see a few out of state jet jocks also , CRCJAmember. Ed Pinzon

Hey Corey:

Which kit is that F15? Looks like a Top Gun Aircraft.

Antony

Naw,
That's Corey's Philip Avonds F-15. See you guys out there...

Punch it?

Yeah, Corey's actually a great singer, but I don't know how he'd sound as a soprano, so I'm glad he didn't get a radio glitch/throttle surge right then, too...

All is well with day one at The Best in the West! We had 31 registered pilots. not bad for the first day!

Other than a few complaints about lack of airspace, we all had a great day of jet flying. There where no crashes or major mishaps.

I hope to see the rest of you tomorrow. Thanks again for all of you supporting this event.

Mike Sieniarecki
Contest Director, Best in the West
Sales Manager, Hitec

Anyone have pics to share?

Hey guys,

What did you think of Best In The West? What did you think of the Jets? What did you think of the flying space? I thought everything was nice, except for the flying space it was a little tight. But, I had a great time!

Corey Reese

Mike, Bill or anyone, write and say who won what awards.

Ray

Ok, Mike has all the paperwork in his car , but here goes. If I miss anything I will update tomorrow.

Peoples Choice John Redman BVM Mig15

Best Scale Flight Corey Reese Avonds F-15

Best Ducted Fan Ad Clark BVM UltraViper

Best Turbine Tad Krzanowski I think L 37

Most Spectacular Flight Joe Mcbride Yellow F-18twin

Best Electric Savage Brothers Not Sure

Best Finish and Markings Bill Brundle BVM Balsa Bandit

Contest Directors Award Jason Somes BVM Bobcat XL

Thank you again to all the pilots who came out and made this areally great weekend. See you real soon.


Bill Brundle

Best DF - Addison Clark Jr - BVM Ultra Viper
Best Scale Flight - Corey Reese - Avonds F-15 Eagle
People's Choice - John Redman - BVM Mig-15
CD's Award - Jason Somes - BVM Bobcat XL
Best Finish/Markings - Bill Brundle - BVM Balsa Bandit T

Tad's A-37 Dragonfly and Joe McBride's Yellow F/A-18 also won awards but I can't remember which ones..

I found the airspace to be a little tight but very flyable. I had a blast. Jason let me wring out the BVM Bobcat XL for a couple flights, Mike Hemperly Jr let me fly his BVM Bandit V, and Tony Frakowiak let me burn a few gallons of Jet-A through his RAM 500 powered Std Bobcat on Friday.

Other than the flying space which WILL be resolved for next year, the only complaint from me was the hazy visibility and that's just not something anyone can do anything about

Doug Cronkhite
Team JR

Great event guys. It's hard to believe that a great event could be only an hour away. Guess this is going to spoil us when we're faced with the 6 & 7
hour drives to St. George, UT/Fresno-Madera/Mesa, AZ, etc. The OCMA site was perfect, especially for those seamingly unlimited vertical guys. It truly was enjoyable getting together with familar faces and meeting new ones also.
My son could not be more estatic over his first "official" event as a pilot.
After his garnering of the "Best Scale Flight" award, I jokingly requested help in compressing his head so it would fit in the car for the ride home. Fabulous job Mike, Bill, Larry and all the support staff. First class event, and one that I know will become one of the country's premier events. Thanks to John Redman for giving Corey some stick time on the Bobcat. Now the 12 year old is houndin' me for a Tam Jet Pipe with that other thing in front of it for his F-15...thanks alot. Jason, Joe and all you other envelope nudgers...great show, as always. My buddy Mark Padilla, I am so proud of the way you handle yourself, and your spectacular heli show on Sat. more than made up for Sunday's shorter demo. In fact, you'd need five more spectacular crashes to match Saturdays' amazing performance. You should be proud. Shaun, way to belt out the anthem. Fitting beginning to a great day.
Again, great event to all involved and, thrilled to have been a part of it.
Paul Reese

Here are links to pictures of the winners from Best ....

Peoples Choice John Redman BVM Mig15
http://airrayinc.com/bestwest1/ddMvc-012f.jpg

Best Turbine Tad Krzanowski T-37
http://airrayinc.com/bestwest3/xxMvc-001f.jpg

Most Spectacular Flight Joe Mcbride Yellow F-18 1/7 scale
http://airrayinc.com/bestwest3/mvc-001f.jpg

Best Electric Savage Brothers
http://airrayinc.com/bestwest4/1Mvc-006f.jpg

Best Finish and Markings Bill Brundle BVM Balsa Bandit
http://airrayinc.com/bestwest3/mvc-009f.jpg
Bill I hope this is the right aircraft

Contest Directors Award Jason Somes BVM Bobcat XL
http://airrayinc.com/la%20jets%2002/la02dMvc-007f.jpg

Best DF - Addison Clark Jr - BVM Ultra Viper
http://airrayinc.com/rabbit2.jpg

Best Scale Flight - Corey Reese - Avonds F-15 Eagle
http://airrayinc.com/bestwest4/crMvc-010f.jpg


I had to jump into the archives to get a picture of Addison, he seem to have his anti-ray-dar up during the event. Also I didnt have a good one of Jason by himself, so I used the image my daughter shot.

Ray

Hey,
I just wanted to say that was one of the best jet events that I think has ever been put together. I had a great time hangin' with all the guys. John I would like to thank you again for the stick time on the bobcat. Dude.....Uncle Shaun thanks for the help with the jet. Ray nice job on the pics. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the type. Thanks for supporting me dad your the greatest! Mike thanks for putting together such a great event. Hope to see everyone soon!

Corey Reese (son of the greatest dad ever)

Hey Bill,

Have you decided yet if you are going to put the gulls logo on the side of your awesome BVM Bandit? If you haven't already got the E-Mail my dad will probably send you an e-mail showing you what it would look like with the logos on it. I can guarantee that it would look awesome!

Corey Reese :rainfro:

Corey,
I will await the e-mail from your father with anticipation. I think that the logo would be very appropriate. Hey by the way congrats on the trophy. Will you be heading to St. George?


Later

Bill

Hey Bill,

I will remind my dad on the logo, thanks for the congrats. No doubt I will see you in St. George. How much would a balsa bandit be with my DF in it? I was lookin' at your bandit from pics. and I was just dreaming what it would be like to have one with my df in it. I WANT ONE!
later,
Corey Reese :rainfro:

Let's talk about that in St. George. I may have a line on a Balsa Bandit.


Bill

That's great Bill! I will see you in Utah. We'll talk then.

Thanks alot
Corey Reese