It was a nice contest. Smoke from the fires to the east gave a nice orange color to the sun and produced a haze making me nostalgic for my youth in the Midwest before emissions controls. No carrier guys came to compete, although Mike Potter flew his cool autogyro and some other stuff. I guess Northwest Sport .40 carrier is too sophisticated, so we'll have to come up with a simpler carrier event to increase participation. I raised a fuss to rescedule the contest to avoid a conflict with the Bladder Grabber, but none of the conflicted people came either.
Maybe the coolest thing that happened was when Mike Haverly hooked up his lines backward on his Classic plane. It has tricycle gear. When a nudge of up didn't cause takeoff rotation, Mike rolled for several laps making plans, loosening his safety strap, and finally rotating the handle. We were entertained, and he saved the airplane, a happy ending.
Profile was kinda interesting. Tim Wescott went from last place the first round to first place the second round. Fred Underwood led the first round, but slipped to third place in the second round. He flew last in the second round and recaptured first place.
We adjourned to Mike Haverly's house Saturday for food and fellowship. He had some fine hot dogs, causing some mole jokes. I would have eaten several more, but I had quit taking my statins.
Randy Powell made a rare appearance Sunday. No new cool planes, but he brought the Slider, an old cool plane. Somebody put an oil-absorbing pad under it as required by our airport hosts, not realizing that Randy had converted it to electric. It was inadvertent humor, but humor nevertheless. Randy flew well, leading us to suspect that he has been spending some of his painting time practicing stunt.
Topic: Dick Scobee Memorial Contest Auburn WA August 22-23 (Read 3665 times)
