SAT. AT THE FCM AT AMA. PICS.

[Allen Goff]

GREAT FLYING WEATHER. MORE ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

BLESSINGS
ALLEN

[Zuriel Armstrong]

Looks like a great time and great weather.  Hope to make it there one year.

[Dennis Adamisin]

Great pix Allen, thanks for the update.  MAN I hated to miss this one too...

[rustler]

GREAT FLYING WEATHER. MORE ON SUNDAY NIGHT. BLESSINGS
ALLEN

Maybe we Brits are not paying enough attention to 'im upstairs! Year on year our Nats is a case of great weather right up to the day before, three days of wind and rain, then great weather again once it's over. This year I thought we'd cracked it. Lousy weather for a week beforehand, and I fondly thought "Great, this will blow itself out by the w/e leaving us with a few days good weather". WRONG. Yesterday we had 15-18mph winds, gusting to 28, with heavy rain showers. Nevertheless I CD'd Classic and Vintage, and Shaheen tabulated everything including F2B. We then returned home last night.
I read today it was 40mph with gusts to 60. All C/L flying cancelled for the day.
I guess the traders and swapmeeters must have had a good day!
Hey ho! Here's hoping for next year.
I'll have to attend an FCM meet one day!

[Randy Ryan]

Maybe we Brits are not paying enough attention to 'im upstairs!


Not just you guys Ian.

[John Sunderland]

  Just wanted to thank all of the FCM for a fine weekend of flying. I have not been in attendance in a few years and it was just wonderful start to finish.

This afternoon it got a bit warm and yours truly was bushed. ...Congrats to all the winners and my pals. I high tailed it home immediately after the presentations and didnt pump arms and pass out hugs before leaving.

Thanks Again!

[rustler]

Maybe we Brits are not paying enough attention to 'im upstairs!
Not just you guys Ian.

Hi Randy.
I now read that by Sun. evening the camp site is half empty, (all gone home), loads of tents destroyed. And this with one day still to go!!

[john e. holliday]

Love the group shot with the two old timers acting as bookends. Your weather must have been better than Topeka KS.  The smartones stayed home.  Maybe I will make FCM meet one of these years. 

[frank carlisle]

I can add some pix from Saturday.

As long as I'm able I'll be there next time too. It's my favorite contest.

[rustler]

Further to my posts above - Well, here we are, first day after our Nats. Bless my soul, - all England is encompassed by one huge isobar, high pressure. Looks like someone drew a line all around the country on the weather map! Temp. around 70deg., winds 1-7mph.
Hey, that's perfect Nats weather.
I'm seriously considering giving up stunt at our Nats and flying a little speed, although even that was grounded on Sun.