Joe Nall Cancellation

[Robert Zambelli]

I just received this:    

Thank you for supporting the Triple Tree Aerodrome with your pre-registration for the 2020 Joe Nall. We are saddened by the cancellation of our event. Full refunds for purchases made towards the 2020 Joe Nall are anticipated to happen within the next 10 to 14 business days. Refunds will be processed back to your original payment method. Thank you for your patience while we navigate the refund process.
We look forward to seeing each of you back at our future events, including Nall in the Fall, The Triple Tree Fly-In, and Heli Extravaganza.
Thank you for your continued support of our dream. Please visit our website, www.tta.aero, or approved social media outlets for the latest updates.
Regards,

 Robb Williams and Mike Gregory

[M. Scott]

Sad day. I was really lookin forward to it.
Mike

[Peter in Fairfax, VA]

Thanks for the notice, Bob.

Though a sad day, a good call by the leadership.  We will fly another day.  At present, looks like a lot of building/restoring happening, as well as running motors in the back yard.

My own plan:  Visit other flying fields for coaching when the "weather" improves.

Peter

[Randy Powell]

Hmm, I'm starting to wonder if we could do a sort of online contest. Go to your flying sight and set up your stooge. Set up Zoom Meeting and all your buddies do the same. 

Yea, maybe not.

[RC Storick]

Watch this short clip  https://twitter.com/i/status/1245772330829148165  It is on Twitter

[Dan McEntee]

   Interesting video. The only funeral I have heard of is for the woman who was considered St. Louis' "first" Covid fatality.  She was a Red Cross worker. They would not let anyone view the body, and made her family watch from the windows of their cars at the cemetery. Now, I may be wrong, but if a person is deceased,, they are no longer breathing. Bodies that are deceased and have been embalmed can be sanitized, I do believe. Any funeral directors out there?  How can they still be infectious?  I still have lots of questions in my mind.
  Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee

[pmackenzie]

The danger at the funeral would be from the other attendees.

[Tom Vieira]

Watch this short clip  https://twitter.com/i/status/1245772330829148165  It is on Twitter

Jeebus Cripes a mighty...  facebook is a CIA/NSA plot, and twitter isn't 

5k dead since it started out in the states, it's just a slightly busier than normal "season" for that industry.  That number isn't really big when you look at how many people die in a month anyhow...  The government isn't faking these people's deaths or whatever other nefarious plot you can imagine for pushing the democrat's agenda or anything like that (which is where i can easily see this descending in to...)  "where are the bodies" and "where are they putting them" holy hell in a handbasket people really need to find ways to occupy their time....

[mike londke]

Watch this short clip  https://twitter.com/i/status/1245772330829148165  It is on Twitter

Talk about drinking the kool-aid. That guy is insane.

[RC Storick]

Now, lets really think. Does anyone have an idea of how much a trillion dollars is? Or  (6) six trillion that they are proposing?. Let us put it into something we can get a grasp on. ! trillion seconds is 1,000,000,000,000 seconds is 31,688.74 YEARS The Ponzi scheme is about to collapse  Don't trust the math? GOOGLE IT!  Back to airplanes

[Dan McEntee]

    The contradictions continue! Two weeks ago or so, when all of this really hit the fan and people were looking for masks to wear, we were told by the "experts' that a mask would really do you no good, unless it was one of the special N95 or what ever they were.! Now we are being told to wear a mask all the time and made out of ANYTHING!  We just went under a statewide stay at home order, and St. Louis City and County closed the parks because on the weekends people were gathering in the parks in groups to party and have picnics. So, instead of just breaking up those groups, siting them for the violation and send them home, they preventing every one from using the parks. Now, instead of having a known safe place to walk your dog, fly a model or whatever by yourself or in a group of one or two who you KNOW are not infected, they will be pissing people off who will seek other avenues to try and keep their sanity.  The news media has started to run out of really pertinent things to report and talk about, that the news casts have started to look like a telethon!, and all they can report are numbers!  And even those vary from source to source. This is being dealt with like we all have anthrax or something, and all the news is dire and depressing. Early one when it was reported that malaria drugs could be effective treatments, the reports were poo pooed by the"experts." The same for when it was suggested that blood platelets from people that were infected  and recovered could be effective in helping new patients ward off the infections. Now both have been shown to be effective. The platelet treatment isn't exactly a break through and has been known treatment for other illnesses. I have been trying to avoid a lot of the news casts as it is mostly repetition and negative and trying to make headway on cleaning my garage, basement and working on some small projects. I was supposed to go back to work on the 13th, but I doubt that will happen, so will have a some more time really work on it and maybe get a new model started.
    Type at you later,
    Dan McEntee

[Peter in Fairfax, VA]

Dan,

You're right that "the experts" make one conclusion, then another.  That's how science goes.  Despite the errors they make, a "first we fire all the scientists and destroy the vaccines" strategy isn't that great of an alternative.  Right now, exploring vaccines seems like the way to go.

I'm with you on the clean out the shop thing.  While I've been dealing with this task continuously for several years, handling estates of model builders, now is an especially good time, as there are no trips to the gym / movies / park / store, etc.  And a lot of folks that are suddenly working at home have the task of making their home into the front office of a business.

Someone recently shared a video of a model airplane contest circa 1947 or 1948 recently.  Wow, were contests heavily attended in that era.  That was quite the golden age for model aircraft.  A lot of what happened in control line seems like it was influenced by the 1948 to 1952 era.  I'm looking forward to attending my first Joe Nall, seeing how it presents our sport.

cest,

Peter

[pmackenzie]

The two conclusions are not mutually exclusive.

First one was that a mask will not be that good at preventing you from getting infected.

New advice is that if you are infected but have no symptoms that a mask could help to prevent you from infecting others.
So go with the assumption that everyone could be infected, then everyone wearing a mask could help.

The good masks should still go to the hospital workers, and along with gowns, gloves and face shields are the only thing preventing them from getting sick.

Of course I have no mask, because I did not buy any when they said not to 

My sister has  been making them for a local hospital.
The hospital provided the pattern, picks them up, sterilizes them and hands them out to discharge patients.

[Mark Weiss]

Hi Guys....as reported earlier, the Board of Directors at Triple Tree cancelled this incredible event for obvious reasons. The good news is that two years ago they started the "Nall in the Fall." This year the dates are October 3 - October 10, 2020.

This means all 7 flight lines will be open for business and of course our three world class circles will be ready to go! Now, I need your input as to what the week will entail. Of course attendees can stay one day or as many as they would like. My problem is the popular Huntersville, NC, Fall Contest is only two weeks later! I do not want to "steal" folks that normally go to that contest and go to Triple Tree instead.

So, please post your ideas about what we can do to have a great week this October! Last year, we had open flying on the three circles and it was a great time! Please post your thoughts so Will and I can plan a great week for all those who attend.

Stay home and stay well. Thanks, Mark

[Robert Zambelli]

Bob - I think that contest is a GREAT idea and I hope to attend.
I rarely visit the northeast but your contest would give me a good reason for doing so.
If I do attend, I would gladly help judging if you need me.

By the way, what's that stuff you refer to - snow?

Bob Z.