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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=940301001-20112004>Rich,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=940301001-20112004> Sure - he deserves it! I was hoping to see Dean
fly at Black Dirt but instead he helped all of us struggling Sportsman pilots.
Between tuning motors on the flight line and calming everyone's nerves when
landing in the crosswind, he was real busy! Oh yeah, he did some judging too,
but I never saw him fly. Maybe this year...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>John Pavlick<BR><A href="http://www.idseng.com/"
target=_blank>http://www.idseng.com</A><BR> </FONT>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Fletcher,
Richard<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 19, 2004 2:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
'discussion@nsrca.org'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Diamond stab cross section - Dean
Pappas<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
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size=2>The first time I saw that technique was in the early 80s when I
was admiring one of Dean's gorgeous 'Maya' renditions. It had a diamond
airfoil stab and he explained that it made the elev stick softer around
neutral. You see boys and girls, that was before expo was invented!
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<DIV><SPAN class=503355318-19112004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>Speaking of Dean, he is the reason I got into pattern. It was 1983 at
Floyd Bennet field in Brooklyn NY and I was told that the field was closed to
regular flying the next day as there would be a pattern contest at the site.
So I went to the field very early to get some flying in before the contest
started. Suddenly an army of trucks and vans started pulling up and a fleet of
gorgeous pattern planes were setup in the pits. I watched Dean fly three
rolls in the Master's pattern (don't laugh) and between the totally axial
rolls, smoke against the blue sky, and the gorgeous Tipo I was hooked. At this
point I am not sure whether to thank Dean or
not!</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=503355318-19112004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>Rich
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