Superstition Pattern Contest AZ D7
 

<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt">Gentlemen just reminder of the upcomingSuperstition Pattern Classic on May 4^th and 5^th here in Apache Junction, AZ.This is our first contest and needs your support to make it a permanent one.Hope you guys can make it.</div>

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I will be there, flying Advanced. Gary gave me a flyer at Riverside, I've seen pictures of your very nice facility. Looking forward to it!
-Robert

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I am planning on it!

Thanks,

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Gary

Went to pre-register on the D7 site and it's not the correct contest. Please register me.

Thanks
Randy McElhattan

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I am working on getting this sorted out with our webmaster.

Thanks,

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The website link for contest registration from the D7 page now points to the NSRCA contest calendar. Thanks to Derek K. and Robert B! This should enable you to register for any upcoming contest in D7.

Thanks,

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I guess I'm missing something. Where on the NSRCA site can I register, the link takes you to the results page.

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It displays a results link... this isn't the results page. Click the event name and once you're displaying the event then you'll be able to register.

http://nsrca.us/index.php/event-cale...210&Itemid=602

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O.K. got it.

Thanks
Randy

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Since we had to mark Jarvis absent this weekend, I took it upon myself to report on today's results

Nineteen pilots and Vic showed up to brave the warm breezes of the desert. After a nervous start things settled down and we had a pretty great day. Everyone cooperated doing their judging duties and drank lots of water so no one had to be carted out.
There were two close calls, on one flight Rusty's battery puffed up and split, but he was able to dead stick in without any damage. The other incident was Dalesbeautiful Angel's Shadow lost power on takeoff, he flew straight ahead and landed in the cactus and whatever else is out there and the only damage was to his pride and one wheel pant lost it's nose.

Sportsmen
Peter Vogel 3000.00
Davis Fielder 2641.977
Steve Ross 2315.843
Steve Hosner 2108.576

Intermediate
Randy McElhattan 3000.00

Advanced
John Gayer 2978.507
Rusty Fried 2973.655
Robert Fish 2919.371
Gary Switala 2791.309
Mike Austin 2690.520
Ken Melbye 2643.410
Jeff Hill 2587.671

Masters
Jonathan L. Carter 2988.858
Jeffrey Carder 2957.261
Bryant Mack 2943.691
Fingers Capone 2856.315
Dale Olstinske 2822.435
John Bentley 2779.769
John Contreras 2550.305

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Here are a few more pictures

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Great turnout on your first contest- sure wish I was there! Just got home from work and enjoyed seeing the pics- thanks and please post more tomorrow?

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A huge thank you for putting this contest on! You guys did a fantastic job. Superstition Airpark is a great place to fly and the AMA club rolled out the red carpet for us. Additionally, thank you to all of the out of town people who came to support the contest.

We had very challenging conditions with a strong, near direct cross wind for most of the weekend. There were many hard fought battles at this contest.

Jeff

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Here are the final results. You will want to check the point difference in the top two of advanced and masters.

Sportsman
Peter Vogel 4000.000
Davis Fielder 3677.271
Steve Ross 3375.117
Steve Hosner 3353.224


Advanced
Rusty Fried 3978.921
John Gayer 3978.507
Robert Fish 3887.440
Gary Switala 3673.462
Mike Austin 3595.335
Ken Melbye 3547.368
Jeff Hill 3499.286


Masters
Jonathan L. Carter 3985.585
Jeffrey Carder 3984.920
Bryant Mack 3979.793
Dale Olstinske 3852.867
Fingers Capone 3812.793
John Bentley 3759.494 ( worked hard all weekend, nice job)
John Contreras 3453.582


I forgot to bring my camera card in so I'll be back in a minute to load up the mug shots...

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Here are the pictures

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And a few more .... back in 2009I flew in a (pardon me) IMAC contest and took a picture of the welcome cactus. Can anyone see any difference in 4 years?
The last picture is the group that drove the furtherest award. The Nor-Cal guys won it.......there is a joke about winning the year end award somewhere in here....

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Oh, what the heck, Here's a picture of my IMAC plane back then, Rusty said it was a pretty plane, I wonder if he remembers that. Also a picture of the field, a big difference. That was Janurary 19, 2009, super cold.The big cub in the background is Bill Hemple's 40%'er.

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Hey Guys
I'm sorry that I could not make the trip, it looks like you all had a great time, next year for sure, great job putting on your first pattern contest.
Way to go Ken, John, Gray and Mike.

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Sounds like you guys had a great weekend - wish i could have been there - but the MaiTais are too delicious and the sun and surf too inviting (oh well someones got to do it) miss you guys and will be looking forward to next time - Victorville maybe??

"Sir William"

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Thank you Gary, Ken and John, and every one else who put in the time and effort to put on such a well run show. Congrats you guys, everything was smooth, and your facility was top notch. It was well worth the drive from So. Cal. Jennifer and I wish to thank you for making us feel welcome, and we look forward to doing it again next time. Here are some more pix.
One more thing. I thought it was awesome how you supported the new guys, they had a great time, and hopefully they will stick with it. You are great ambassadors to the sport.
-Robert Fish

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Just echoing my thanks to Gary and the great folks at Arizona Model Flyers! It was a lot of fun and GREAT to see some new folks from the club getting into pattern! There should be a "caution" sticker on "gateway" models like the Osiris and the Vanquish: "Caution: This model will change your attitude about every other model you own and will likely lead to a life-long addiction to the sport of pattern flying" :-) I'm looking forward to seeing some of y'all at some of the CA events!

Gary, you should think about expanding the contest to become a D6/D7 shootout! Y'all are perfectly located for it.

Peter+

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Oh! And HUGE thanks to Dale O for being a "driving machine" to haul us NorCal guys to + from the contest. Believe it or not, he drove a full ELEVEN+ hours straight through last night with some incredibly challenging wind conditions. I think he had to hold left rudder in for almost the whole drive, and that Sprinter presents a massive profile to the wind. I don't think I've ever seen wind power generators spinning that fast... I'm pretty sure I would have dropped due to fatigue after just a few hours of driving in that wind!

Despite the amazing lack of damage to the Angel's shadow after the deadstick takeoff, I think Dale's Karma bank still has a significant positive balance! :-)

Peter+

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Many thanks to Gary, John B. and all of the Arizona Model Flyers who worked hard and put on a great contest. You all ran a top notch contest. The battles in Advanced and Masters came down to the last round and were amazingly tight.

Thanks again,

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Great contest, great weather including the challenging crosswind. It is really good to see a second Arizona contest again. Already planning for next year and hope to have more New Mexico representation for 2014.
John Gayer

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Any chance the scores can be emailed to me for the website?