Just wanted to give an update on our contest in Crowley, LA. We had 30 pilots registered to fly, with an astounding 13 pilots in intermediate!!! 3 rounds were flown Saturday. Here are the current standings (pictures to follow in subsequent posts):

Sportsman
1 - Mike Pascale - 2000.0000
2 - Quentin Lacombe - 1958.3843
3 - Neil Hont - 856.1917
Unfortunately Neil lost his airplane on landing during his first flight. Thanks to the extreme generosity of John Forestieri he will be back flying tomorrow with a borrowed airplane.

Intermediate
1 - George Miller - 1951.7190
2 - Paul Kenney - 1946.1952
3 - Brandon Landry - 1944.4038
4 - Kevin O'Connor - 1941.0195
5 - Matthew Liprie - 1908.4655
6 - Matthew Frederick - 1902.9628
7 - Tim Tipton - 1894.9291
8 - Jon Martin - 1825.3578
9 - John Violette - 1799.4179
10 - Dylan Forney - 1755.1970
11 - Winston "Eddie" Batchelor - 1725.9515
12 - John Forestieri - 1685.3356
13 - Tommy Scarmardo - 1625.8821

Advanced
1 - Martin Stohr - 2000.0000
2 - Chuck Hochhalter - 1938.3429
3 - Jim Sheffield - 1899.1435
4 - Richard Lewis - 1892.5280
5 - Buddy Brammer - 1758.0612

Masters
1 - Glen Watson - 2000.0000
2 - Lance "Dr." Van Nostrand (from the Clinic) - 1989.9175
3 - Jim Thompson - 1917.9699
4 - Mark Hunt - 1895.6851
5 - Don Ramsey - 1884.0749

FAI
1 - Brett Wickizer - 2000.0000
2 - Earl Haury - 1982.9821
3 - Ron Barr - 1896.1347
4 - Nat Penton - 1690.2429

Lance, sorry, I couldn't resist giving you that nickname. For those of you who don't get the joke, you haven't seen enough Seinfeld reruns. After flying was finished we all enjoyed an expertly prepared Crawfish dinner with all the fixins. We were also entertained by Bryan Hebert and Brett Wickizer putting on some impressive demonstration flights with Nat Penton's Voodoo Express. Pictures to follow, and I'll update this again with final standings tomorrow.

Random pics

I don't remember if it is one of the ones in picture 2, but an e-powered Astral was lost today, may it rest in peace. Also I believe the airplane lost by Neil Hont is the Temptation shown in picture 3.

After the flying was done, we all kicked back, relaxed, and enjoyed some of that fine Cajun cuisine. The last picture is Nat Penton's Voodoo Express flown by Brett Wickizer on a low knife-edge pass over the runway. My only regret is I didn't get a picture of the REALLY low pass.

Jim Thompson is a pattern animal!

It was a very nice contest. It was pretty stiff competition in my class (Intermediate) I just couldn't seem to fly my way out of 5th place for some odd reason. lol.

Matt



YS Performance.

Maybe I should go electric !

I had to leave early today, hopefully Jon Martin will get on here and post the final results. I know he said he has plenty of photos to post. The weather was perfect, and the turnout was great. If everyone thought this contest was big... wait till the Cajun Nats. Jon is going all-out for that one.

Tip of the Texas hat to the Louisiana crew who put on one fine contest! The food, flying and hospitality were all outstanding! IF Jon can out do this in October then I can't wait! Any one who missed this one shoud make plans now for October!! What a perfect way to spend a weekend!! See all you guys in a couple of weeks at Jetero!!

Thank You Matt, I hope everyone had a great time. Special thanks to our C.D. Jim Thompson for all of
his guidance, without Jim this contest would have never happened. I look forward to having everyone
back again for the Cajun Nationals in October.

Here are the final results.

Sportsman
1 - Quentin Lacombe - 3958.3843
2 - Mike Pascale - 3762.2193
3 - Neil Hont - 2515.5607
Unfortunately Neil lost his airplane on landing during his first flight. Thanks to the extreme generosity of John Forestieri he was back flying a borrowed airplane on Sunday

Intermediate
1 - Brandon Landry - 3944.4038
2 - Paul Kenney - 3874.8001
3 - George Miller - 3844.2264
4 - Kevin O'Connor - 3807.8784
5 - Matthew Liprie - 3770.3449
6 - Matthew Frederick - 3744.3465
7 - Jon Martin - 3724.8790
8 - Tim Tipton - 3703.2330
9 - John Violette - 3632.5327
10 - John Forestieri - 3381.7197
11 - Dylan Forney - 3353.0670
12 - Tommy Scarmardo - 3273.2738
13 - Winston (Eddie) Batchelor - 3256.3238

Advanced
1 - Martin Stohr - 3892.2841
2 - Richard Lewis - 3869.3148
3 - Chuck Hochhalter - 3865.3682
4 - Jim Sheffield - 3803.2920
5 - Buddy Brammer - 3575.3321

Masters
1 - Glen Watson - 4000
2 - Lance "Dr." Van Nostrand (from the Clinic) - 3922.3720
3 - Mark Hunt - 3774.6281
4 - Don Ramsey - 3739.7018
5 - Jim Thompson - 3664.1029

FAI Finals
1 - Brett Wickizer - 2000.0000
2 - Earl Haury - 1849.1119
3 - Ron Barr - 1709.8877

Hat's off to Jon Martin, Jim Thompson, and their crew for a very nice event. And the food....wow.


-mark

Many thanks to Jon, Jim and all those who helped with the Food, Festivities and Flying! I had a great time, and hopefully I'll be able to keep my landing gear from folding in the future.

George

I caught Mr. Penton screwing around Sat. night with his Voodoo...

O.K.....so maybe it was really just Brett having all the fun....

random pics...really nice flying site...and some great food too!

Here are a few more pictures.

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and more.

and more

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here they are

Pilots dinner, Boiled Crawfish

This was one fun contest !

Jim Thompson holding the Ray Rhodes Memorial Trophy.
This trophy will be given to one person from District 6
at the end of the year.

Had a great time.
Thanks to Jim Thompson and Brian Hebert for holding the Dixie contest and Jon Martin and the RAMS club for hosting it at their field. What a great event.

BTW Matt - just a small correction. Nat's plane is the 3-D Express not his VooDoo Express. What a weekend for me to forget my video camera [:@]

Eddie

Wish I'd been able to be there...I had to go to Joe Nall for work...I should be at Houston with my new bird that I just picked up in Atlanta...

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