Hi Bill, You may also remember the East Coast Vintage meet held in Winston Salem, NC. I think Tom Dixon organized it. The Metrolina Control line Society
helped Tom with manpower. I spent the weekend judging classic with Bob Baron.
North Carolina has the advantage of being apx. half way from the northeast to
Florida to keep drive times more reasonable. The Huntersville flying site is a much
better facility than Winston to handle a big meet. You could get volunteers from
the local MCLS club as well regional volunteers so manpower shouldn't be a major
problem. There are however, 2 issues that have to be handled :
1. Startup Funding: Once a contest is established entry fees can sustain most of
the costs of future events but the initial outlay must come from somewhere.
Usually it is club dues or etc. I don't know if MCLS would want to take on funding
such an event. So Bill, funding needs to be figured out. Maybe you could organize an "east coast stunt association" to support this event.
2. Scheduling : You need to avoid schedule conflicts not only with southeast events but with popular events in the northeast , Florida, Tenn. and other states
you hope to draw participants from. The VSC has the advantage of having almost
no other contests to compete against. It isn't impossible to do just difficult.
So Bill, I think it is a great idea to bring to bring a big event back to Carolina , but
these a some of the details that would need to be worked out to bring your vision to reality. I admire thinking "BIG".
Wish you well,
Pat Robinson