Sitting here at work wishing I was back in Muncie for some more flying.
The week of the nats was great. We had great weather, great access to circles, and great support from the nats Administration.
We had fun times spent on the grass flyover areas throwing gliders and flying RC Helicopters and launching cool rockets! Some of the best times at the nats are the evening goof around sessions after practice. It’s fun doing that stuff and getting to know people in a different setting.
The competition, it was fierce this year as it always is every year. Three of the top 20 qualifiers from my circle ended up in the top 5 flyoff on Saturday. Myself, Paul, and Brett were together for initial cut to 20 then we went on with David and Howard to round out the final 5. I have always said I wanted to go to the Northwest Regionals, well, they brought it to Muncie. Complete with rainy/foggy/cool weather as well. It was a hard fought contest and in the end David stood at the top. I did my best with my new plane that only had 5 patterns on it when we left Dallas but it wasn’t enough to overcome David’s precision and consistency. Congratulations goes out to David for another Nats championship.
Next year it will be a different story.