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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Ya, I was judging that round. Nothing sucks worse than
a mid air, but they happen occasionally. Thankfully we couldn't say they are
common. I remember sitting there in shock myself, not really knowing what to
say. Airplane shrapnel was raining everywhere. The only one I've ever seen that
was worse was Emory Schroeter and Mike Hare. Spinner to spinner, THAT was a
devastating impact.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>On the bright side, it WAS a nice pull =) Nice and
round, centered, and right over the markers. Looked like a 10 in the making. I
felt sick about the mishap, for both you and Tony. But they all have expiration
dates, too bad you can't read them =/</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Welp, burn some fuel, Ocala awaits! (You are going
aren't you?) You have definitely perservered (sp? whatever) over last season so
you're hooked now. If I can help ya out in any way, just drop me a line, I'm not
far away.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>-Mike</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bladesmith@mindspring.com
href="mailto:bladesmith@mindspring.com">Erik Newsholme</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">NSRCA</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Curious About Mid Air
Collidions</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">District 3 Andersonville, my first contest in
Sportsman flying a Zen 120 in the third round. In the previous 2 rounds
I had pulled the loops too late and was told by the judge of the error.
So on this round I was going to get it right. The flight was great and
when I got to center position I pulled into the first loop, at the
90 degree point things were looking good till my plane went through Tony
Stillman's new Panacea. Both aircraft were lost. My first midair
ever in RC. Shock set in, then to my surprise the guy I was flying
against leant my his plane for the rest of the contest , which I
won. Tony also won on a borrowed aircraft. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"> What an introduction
to pattern. </FONT><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"> Came away with a
Silhouette from the contest which got to fly in 2 more contests before being
lost to radio interference. But have a pair of Focus II's for the
upcoming season. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>
<DIV>Erik Newsholme</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="mailto:bladesmith@mindspring.com">bladesmith@mindspring.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=BUDDYonRC@aol.com href="mailto:BUDDYonRC@aol.com"></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> 2/13/2005 9:20:50 PM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Curious About Mid Air
Collidions</DIV>
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<DIV>While talking pattern the question came up about how many mid air
collisions there were in a season flying pattern.</DIV>
<DIV>I thought I would post the question and possibly get an idea of the
number from the your answers.</DIV>
<DIV>At the contests that I attended in 2004 I counted four, let me know
what contest you attended that experienced one.</DIV>
<DIV>Buddy </DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>