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Title: SAT. AT THE FCM AT AMA. PICS.
Post by: Allen Goff on August 29, 2010, 04:53:14 AM: GREAT FLYING WEATHER. MORE ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

BLESSINGS
ALLEN
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Post by: Zuriel Armstrong on August 29, 2010, 06:34:20 AM: Looks like a great time and great weather. Hope to make it there one year.
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Post by: Dennis Adamisin on August 29, 2010, 06:36:17 AM: Great pix Allen, thanks for the update. MAN I hated to miss this one too...
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Post by: rustler on August 29, 2010, 02:04:55 PM: Quote from: Allen Goff on August 29, 2010, 04:53:14 AM
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!
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Post by: Randy Ryan on August 29, 2010, 03:50:55 PM: Maybe we Brits are not paying enough attention to 'im upstairs!

Not just you guys Ian.
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Post by: John Sunderland on August 29, 2010, 10:54:05 PM: ;D 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. Z@@ZZZ...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.

H^^ Thanks Again!
Title: Re: SAT. AT THE FCM AT AMA. PICS.
Post by: rustler on August 30, 2010, 01:37:10 AM: Quote from: Randy Ryan on August 29, 2010, 03:50:55 PM
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!!
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Post by: john e. holliday on August 30, 2010, 08:52:29 AM: Love the group shot with the two old timers acting as bookends. LL~ LL~ LL~ Your weather must have been better than Topeka KS. The smartones stayed home. Maybe I will make FCM meet one of these years.
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Post by: frank carlisle on August 30, 2010, 11:38:20 AM: 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.
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Post by: rustler on August 31, 2010, 05:23:56 PM: 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.