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<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Ron,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ohmigosh, no ... that's not what I meant: I would never have wanted to
drag up an old unpleasant bit, like that.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It's
much more funny when you can laugh at someone anonymous!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Nope,
I'm talking about one morning when you, John Fuqua and I were judging the
Sportsmen.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>One of
the pilots was doing a magnificent job of butchering the schedule, when he got
to the last maneuver: the dreaded 3 Horizontal Rolls.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>At
just about roll 2, you leaned over and muttered, "here goes" and sure enough, at
roll 2-1/2 the poor pilot's processor went BZZZTTTT, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>a wisp</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>of
blue smoke poured out of one ear, and the elevator stick went all the way back.
The Earth shook as it impacted just about 25 yards ahead of
us.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>We
felt it in our feet.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>That's
not all ... about 1/2 hour later, we took the 250 foot walk to the water jug,
and met my kid brother and Darlene Fredericks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>They
were on the next line, another 250 feet down the runway with Verne
Altamirano.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Over a
cup of cold water, they asked if we had felt the ground shake, and did we know
what it was!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Of
course we told 'em!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=120082321-06012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Then
there was the time you presented me with those knee pads. I still have
them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dean Pappas</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sr. Design Engineer</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Kodeos Communications</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">111 Corporate Blvd.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">South Plainfield, N.J. 07080</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-7817 phone</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-2392 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">d.pappas@kodeos.com</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Ron Van
Putte<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 06, 2005 4:13 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: adding interest and complexity to
Sportsman ... again and again and <BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/enriched format --><BR><BR>
<DIV>On Jan 6, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Dean Pappas wrote: </DIV><BR>
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<DIV> <FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>Oh yes, 3 rolls is
infinitely more useful for teaching "elevator timing" than 2. You can
fake it for 2, but the 3rd one requires that the plane be under control
after 2.</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>Hey Ron van Putte ... you
out there?</SMALL></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SMALL>Tell the man about the time
the Earth shook in Lake Charles! </DIV>
<DIV></SMALL></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
<DIV>Yes, I'm here. What Dean referred to here was my infamous crash at the
Nats. This was back in the days when some radios were having 3rd order IM
problems. I was on the center line of three lines along the same runway. I was
flying a JR Century 7 on channel 40. We started the day's flying with the guy
two ahead of me crashing on channel 40. The next guy went up, also on channel
40, and he crashed too. I went up and the radio failed to respond as my
airplane was vertical in a reverse Cuban 8 as I was setting up to enter the
pattern. It went in absolutely vertical directly in front of the flightline to
my left. I handed the pin to the guy behind me and said, "Let's see what kind
of ba!!s you have". He wisely refused to fly. When I got to the other
flightline to retrieve the wreckage, Dave Brown said to me, "Your engine never
sounded better!" I guess Dean was there too. </DIV><BR>
<DIV>Ron Van Putte </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>