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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks Anthony. It's been a looooong tough week. Andrew
and I both had to judge on Wednesday plus we both flew. Then it was off to AMA
headquarters to get Andrew's Unknown schedules, a process that took until 9:00
pm to complete. We worked on those in the hotel until about 1:30 am before
calling it a night. Back up at 5:30 to head out to our respective Finals sites
with every intention of calling for each other. District 4 came thru huge on
that with spotters equipped with walki-talkies at each site keeping track
of flight orders so we wouldn't miss our turn to fly. At one point, Mike Pavlock
was waiting in front of the FAI site with vehicle running while Andrew flew
and I called. As soon as he landed, we handed off his equipment to our FAI site
D4 helpers and jumped into Mike's car. He raced us over to the Master's Finals
site with the pilot preceding me already halfway thru his schedule. We jumped
out, took a breath, and it was my turn to fly. Never quite settled in on that
one but we'd have never pulled it off without everyone's help. Of course, we had
backup callers available if needed, but both felt more comfortable with doing it
the way we've been practicing every day for the last 3 weeks. It was especially
important to me since I was flying at "Spaghetti Junction" (X runway - left
side) where I can never find a straight reference line to the runway and have to
rely on my caller to tell me whether I'm coming in or going out so I can adjust.
Anyway, the whole process probably sounds kinda nerve-wracking but it was sorta
calming for me. I had no way of knowing how anybody else in my Finals class was
doing so all I had to do was go up and try to put in my best flight. Best part
of all was no hand shaking in the Finals which I was concerned about since I've
never gotten there before. All in all, I was pretty calm and had no time to just
sit there and worry about it. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Verne</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=aabdu@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:aabdu@sbcglobal.net">Anthony
Abdullah</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 24, 2004 5:36
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Address</DIV>
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<DIV>Congratulations Verne!!!!!! As well as the rest of the D4
competitors!!</DIV>
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<DIV>Anthony<BR><BR><B><I>Verne Koester <<A
href="mailto:verne@twmi.rr.com">verne@twmi.rr.com</A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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Don,<BR>It's <A
href="mailto:verne@twmi.rr.com">verne@twmi.rr.com</A><BR><BR>Verne<BR><BR><BR>-----
Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Don Ramsey"
<DONRAMSEY@COX-INTERNET.COM><BR>To: <DISCUSSION@NSRCA.ORG><BR>Sent: Friday,
July 23, 2004 9:54 PM<BR>Subject: Address<BR><BR><BR>> Anyone know Verne
Koester email address?<BR>><BR>> Don<BR>>
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