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Wow!!!!!!!!, that's fantastic!!! Thanks Earl.....a bunch!
<br>Georgie
<p>Earl Haury wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Georgie</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I'll
post the Nats finals unknowns with K's as soon as I get a modem back online.
(Using a different system at the moment and don't wish to retype.)</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Earl</font></font>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:geobet@gis.net" title="geobet@gis.net">geobet@gis.net</a>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:geobet@gis.net" title="geobet@gis.net">george
kennie</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 26, 2004 4:11 PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Welcome Back, Nats Goers!!</div>
George
<p>I really liked what you did. Thanks for sharing. Your analysis
is like having a second opinion and clearly we got the best team.
<p>Vicente Bortone
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<br>Hi Bob,
<br>By the numbers!!!!!! This is almost one of those "be careful what you
ask for situations".
<br>This is truly one of the most wonderful sporting activities that one
can participate in.As with any sporting type event it attracts individuals
with varying degrees of ego inflation, and yes, I'm included in the tally,
but this is the very nature of how it needs to be.And in keeping with the
individualistic nature of the competitors the inflation pressure varies
from one individual to the next.
<br>I'm an Intermediate flyer that, by some quirk of fate, got hoodwinked
into moving to Masters and when I fly that's exactly how I look. Therefore
when I attend the Nats I'm intelligent enough to leave my equipment home,
but I go to see all the great people that over the last few years I have
been able to acquire as friends. Even though I do! n't fly, these guys
receive me exceptionally warmly and really make my visit a thrilling and
exciting experience.
<br>As you are aware from past experience I am an individual that studies
the rulebook religiously and feel that I have acquired a fairly solid analytical
understanding of the rules as well as maneuver descriptions and execution
thereof which causes me to offer corrective advice to competitors whether
they ask for it or not.I try to offer this advice in a helpful way and
not ruffle too many feathers and the end result, for me, is I go away feeling
that I have given someone a means to improve their performance.Because
of those who are receptive I feel fulfilled.
<br>With all of this said, I attended this years Nats, as I did last year,
with my trusty clipboard laden with scoresheets for Masters and F3A sequences.I
then place my trusty lawn chair about 50 feet behind the judges at stage
center and proceed to score, for my own enlightenment, the flyers that
are in ! the hunt.
<br>Well the upshot of all of this is that naturally I canno t get all
the guys that I want in the prelims because sometimes they're flying on
different sites or up at the same time, but what it starts to show are
trends.
<br>Where this really becomes interesting is in the finals where everybody
is on one site and flying one at a time.Here is where you can get them
all.
<br>Another thing that this accomplishes for me is that it allows me to
compare my judging skills against the people on the panel.
<br>It was also interesting to me that as things developed there was an
occasional spectator that would approach from behind to peek over my shoulder
to try and ascertain where I had everyone placed. I would then have to
explain that my numbers were raw numbers only and did not reflect any K-factors
and therefore were meaningless.
<br>After the completion of the final 32 rounds I had a bunch of numbers,
but no really good strong feeling about who would dominate. In round one
of F-05, Jason flew a sequence that was textbook!!! In round two o! f the
first unknown, Quique took your breath away with an almost flawless performance,
but the numbers indicated that both Jason and Chip were extremely close
to his total. In round one Don Szczur's total was a splinter below Jason.From
a gut feeling perspective it was easy to be deceived by thinking that a
pilot who botched 2 or 3 maneuvers probably flew a totally inconsistant
round, but when the final total of the column was tallied you would often
be surprised. This guy Szczur either doesn't have an ego or he sits on
it better than anyone you have ever known.Totally humble, and flew what
appeared to me to be very very consistant. He also did what I felt was
the best rolling circle. That particular maneuver was performed with the
least degree of precision of any in the sequence and the backside was over
the racetrack at Indy.The downgrades were most notable at the 120 degree
points and finishing either early or late with the 120 misses causing the
roll rates to alter dras! tically.The 4 of 8, slow roll opposite was a
tough one with many just barely making the 3 second mandate.
<br>When I arrived home I added up the raw number totals (no K-Factors)and
the placement was as follows: Jason,Sean,Quique and Don tied for 3rd,Chip,Andrew,Troy,Kenny(Kenny
had an aborted round). Round 3 was not kind to Chip as he made a lot of
errors(he would probably disagree, but that's what I saw).As you can see,
with the exception of Chip this comes close to the actual, however, just
before I left Jerry Stebbins gave me an F-05 K-factor form and when I got
home I did the two F-05 rounds(I was unable to get K's for the unknowns)
and placement changed dramatically, which also means nothing without the
unknowns.
<br>Sitting in the chair without a score sheet and trying to rely on your
best judgment will not cut it. Throughout the whole finals I had felt that
Sean had not flown that well, but my own numbers indicated that he was
indeed consistant and his placement well deserved. I only wish that I had
been able to get the K's for the unkn! owns and found out how far off I
really was.
<br>All in all, I had another fabulous time in spite of my tent getting
blown almost into Missouri on Wed. nite.
<br>These guys are so great,......I love 'em!
<br>Georgie
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of us following from afar, congratulate all the participants! Mail traffic
already sounds like it was a terrific event. Special congratulations to
the World Team "repeat", particularly Jason S. with a long-deserved First
Place!!! Masters looks like it was a real battle, too....the placers worked
very hard to get there, and Special congrats to Verne Koester; a man of
his age, doing so well....(he knows I'm joking) Advanced and Intermediate....LOTS
of good fliers, and some names we'll see more of in the future!The list
just wasn't the same without all the traffic you guys generate! So we need
stories....as you all recuperate....tell the tales....</font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Bob Pastorello</font></font>
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<br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1><a href="http://www.rcaerobats.net/">www.rcaerobats.net</a></font></font></BLOCK!
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