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<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well,
Bob ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Let me
tell you what I remember!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It was
a dark and stormy contest. The winds whipped out of the SouthWest, and the
clouds were a portent of imminent disaster.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>There
on the windward horizon appeared a pirate ship: evil black flag flying in
the wind, and racing toward us, menacingly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I was
seated with the other magistrate, the Honorable Steve Stricker ... we were
witness to the awful spectacle.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What
really happened? You, Bob, were on a fold-up bicycle, with a black umbrella for
a sail, doing about 25 MPH without pedaling. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
think Steve and I scored you generously for your Straight Flight
Out.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>still
grinning</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=726022318-24022005>
<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Dean</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<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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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bob
Richards<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:16 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: FAI Weight
Thread<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Yeah, my memory is about as long as my, my, ........... uh, I
forget. :-)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bob. R.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Dean Pappas <d.pappas@kodeos.com></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=346251018-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Bob,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=346251018-24022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It
all happened at once.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<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>Bob Richards<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 24, 2005
8:37 AM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: FAI
Weight Thread<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Dean,</DIV>
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<DIV>I agree 100% about keeping the size down.</DIV>
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<DIV>I may be remembering incorrectly, but I thought the 2m limit preceded
the unlimited displacement. If it did, though, it was by only one rules
cycle.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bob Richards.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Dean Pappas <d.pappas@kodeos.com></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Remember
that the 2M rule happened in the same stroke as the elimination of
displacement limits. The sub-committee realized that displacement was
the "real" limit back then, and now we have the situation where
sometimes it's 2M, and other times it's weight that is the "real" limit.
You know ... I think that means that they got it "right" the first time!
It's just rough to be one of those guys up against the weight. Designers
... how about some top-notch designs in a 72" span, designed to go like
mad with a muffled 140 2-C or 140 FZ?<BR><BR>Deep in my heart, I still
want the planes kept small, for cost
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