Contest in Auburn, WA August 20-21

[Randy Powell]

Should be fun. Flyer below.

[Howard Rush]

Here is the revised version:

[Howard Rush]

How to get there:

To get there from the south:
From I-5 northbound, take exit 142A to WA 18 E.  Go 2.9 miles.
Take the exit to WA 167 N toward Kent and Renton.  Go 1.7 miles.
Take the next exit, 15th Street NW, east on 15th Street NW.  Go .9 mile.
Turn left (north) onto D Street, just past the Iron Horse Casino.
In 500 ft., D Street turns right and becomes 16th Street NE.  The site is on the left.
In 300 ft., 16th Street NE turns left and becomes E Street NE.  The gate to the site is on the left.   

To get there from the north:
From I-5 southbound, take an exit onto I-405: either the 405 S exit between Everett and Seattle or the 405 N exit at the south end of Seattle.
Take exit 2(2A if from southbound 405) to WA 167 S toward Kent and Auburn.  Go 10.4 miles.
Take the 15th Street NW exit.  Go east on 15th Street NW.  Go .9 mile.
Turn left (north) onto D Street, just past the Iron Horse Casino.
In 500 ft., D Street turns right and becomes 16th Street NE.  The site is on the left.
In 300 ft., 16th Street NE turns left and becomes E Street NE.  The gate to the site is on the left.   

To get there from the east:
From I-90 westbound, take exit 25 to WA 18 W toward Auburn and Tacoma.  Go 23.9 miles.
Take the WA 164 E exit toward Auburn.  Go .1 mile.
Turn right (north) onto Auburn Way S.  Go 1.3 mile.
Turn left onto 15th Street NE.  Go .2 mile.
Turn right (north) onto D Street, just before the Iron Horse Casino.
In 500 ft., D Street turns right and becomes 16th Street NE.  The site is on the left.
In 300 ft., 16th Street NE turns left and becomes E Street NE.  The gate to the site is on the left.   

[Peter Ferguson]

There will be dinner and entertainment at Mike Haverlys house sat after the contest, all attendees and their guests are invited.

[Steve Helmick]

What's the entertainment? I'm almost dreading another encounter with Coco the insane attack cat.  Steve

[Mark Scarborough]

I will be on the west side this weekend, Not sure if I will make the contest or not. Can anyone tell me the intended sequence for flying the classes on sunday? Regarless, the Avenger will be in the pickup and if time permits I will be there.......

[Randy Powell]

Mark,

Click the flyer at the top. It has the events and times. I should be there Saturday (though there is a question there), but will certainly be there Sunday.

[Mark Scarborough]

Randy, it has events and the order, I was actually looking to see if they had TIMES, of course thats hard to predict. Does anyone know if they are going to cycle through the classes in order or mix them up?
as in, fly all of beginner, then all of inter, then advanced. It makes a difference.
since you will be there, maybe I will call you Randy,, make sure your cell is charged up

[Howard Rush]

Click the flyer at the top.

Actually, you should click the flyer in the second message.  The first one is a draft with some errors.

We haven't discussed the order of the Sunday events.  I reckon we ought to.  As I remember, we typically do Beginner flight 1, Int. flight 1, Adv. flight 1, Exp. flight 1, Beginner flight 2, Int. flight 2, Adv. flight 2, Exp. flight 2.  To assign times to these, you'd need to include some dead time as a pad to account for the most possible contestants you'd expect.  It's probably better just to run them continuously with breaks when the judges want them. 
 

 

[Steve Helmick]

Actually, most often we run at least Beginner (and maybe Intermediate) until they're done (2 rounds), depending on entry # in each of those events. This helps free up pit space and also allows Jr. Varsity and Varsity fliers to judge without any interruptions to go fly in the other circle.  That would also help Mark with his time constraints. Steve

[Mark Scarborough]

Thanks Steve, as to helping, the best thing if you want me there is to make sure no one goes to the pylon race in Shelton! LOL,,
I will see ya there, or not,, wont know till then.

though some events at home are conspiring to prevent either trip, my AC in the house died, it gets rather toasty without it, and the life companion, Linda, gets a touch cranky when its hot in the house. I have the new equipment, trying to get my boss to schedule the service guy to do the install, if that happens friday,, well who knows.

[Randy Powell]

Hope to see you Mark.

[Jack Mulinix]

Looks like good weather forecast. It would be good to see you again Mark. Maybe the new ride can help my scores.

[Randy Powell]

I should be there Sunday. Saturday is looking a little wobbly right now, but we'll see.

[Steve Helmick]

Anybody intending to arrive Friday to practise? The field is available, but we'll need to set it up and babysit, ya know. If nobody wants to fly Friday, that's ok, too.  Steve

[Shultzie]

A few shots of the field....(just heard that our vetran Bob Welch will be there along with Joe Dill)

The weather forcast looks pretty darn good...BRING THE SUNSCREEN!

[Peter Ferguson]

Steve, I took friday off and I will be there all day . If anyone wants to fly come on down , or up . flying from 9am-7pm. I'll have the cones set up etc etc.

[Randy Powell]

Fun first day. I took some pictures but I'm too tired to resize them tonight. Will post some tomorrow. I know Pete Peterson won Classic and I think the Dirt won profile. I spent the afternoon trying to trim my PA plane in the practice circle. Joy. The party at Mike Haverly's house was awesome.

[john e. holliday]

Randy are you getting old on us. Well I can wait for the pics, so take care of yourself.