2007 Pattern Nats Monday, July 23
Intermediate and Advanced results--text summary.
Intermediate results--all rounds.
Don Ramsey's history of NATs results, including 2007.
Dave Lockhart's notes on who was flying what in FAI:
JAS - Hacker C50, TP QQ - YS170 Andrew - Hacker C50, TP Sean - YS170 Chip - Hacker C50, TP Brett - Hacker C50, Evo Don - YS170 Dave - Hacker A60, TP
Sunday, July 22
11:40 PM
While I was uploading the final report (below) on Saturday night, I was quizzed by a local Sherrif's deputy about what I was doing outside of AMA headquarters at 11:30 PM. I must not have been too coherent as it took several repetitions of the story to assure the officer that all was well.
I slept as long as I could this morning, then drove back to Buffalo via Defiance, Ohio, where I visited with my sister and brother-in-law for a light lunch.
I've been home for four hours or so. I've transferred the pictures to my desktop and edited and uploaded the pictures from Saturday.
I enjoyed the time very much. It was great to meet so many people in person whom I know only through reading about them or seeing their posts online.
Saturday, July 21
Final Report
I'm downloading the last pix from the two cameras I've been using.
I definitely want one with an optical viewfinder the next time I try something like this.
Nap time
I uploaded the lunch notes from just outside the doorway of the AMA Museum. It was shady, quiet, and near a power plug and picnic table. Then I went indoors to see the plane that Quique Somenzini donated to the museum on Tuesday. He had tears in his eyes as he talked about how he started flying RC with his dad. Dave Guerin is very proud of the fact that this may be the only plane that won the Nats two years in a row.
This is Dave's fourth time directing the Nats. He figures he'll probably carry on until he's 70. The process starts in October with a meeting of all directors at Muncie and gives him something to do from then until the next July. It's a challenge getting the whole team put together and laying the groundwork for the event.
I had some ice cream and a banana. Tum #1 is hitting the road after the awards banquet, so I won't have the fridge and freezer here much longer. It's been grand!
Troy Newman's bipe--demonstrating Unknown #2.
Lunch time
I just wolfed down four White Castle sliders in TUM #1. I'm leaving two for other folks to sample. If they move quickly, that is. Some folks have six-pack abs. I've got a six-slider stomach. :o(
Bad news for Chip Hyde--I heard that his batteries shifted and he had to make an emergency landing without completing F07 on his first flight this morning. He can recover--only the best of two F07 and the best of the two unknowns count for the championship and team selection.
"Rusty was here." Wherever you see the Team USA Argentina logo, you know Rusty has been at work. I had hoped to find some leftovers nearby, but it may be that the JR Young Champions decided to clean their plates.
A special edition of the Futaba 10TC, sighted on the Masters' flight line. "If you want to get rid of radio interference, get rid of the radio!"
11:00 AM
See yesterday's blog for some details on the scoring mixup in FAI.
It is clear and sunny again today, with less wind. The FAI F07 schedule is over and the first set of unknowns are underway.
I slept in as late as I could. It was only as I was pulling in to the parking lot at site 1 that I remembered that the JR breakfast for champions was this morning. That means there must be leftover donuts somewhere at the flying site. I'm going to keep an eagle eye out for them as I try various locations to upload this entry.
Troy Newman had a biplane on the line this morning. I think he flew one of the demonstration flights for the judges. Chip Hyde and QuiQue Somenzini are also flying bipes.
