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- Texas has hills too
Kiwi Cup Mini Events
CD, Brian Van Nest reports: Flyoff for mini’s this morning. Weather has been beautiful, light breeze until evening, so to avoid trees we finished this morning. Last evening the smoke filtered in and this morning very smoky. 11 major wildfires in California currently burning. Off to F1E hill this morning.
F1G Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 FO1 F02 TOTAL
1 Ladislav Horak 120 120 120 120 182 180 291 1071
2 Tony Matthews 120 120 120 120 120 180 90 870
3 Bernard Guest 120 120 120 120 120 119 719
4 Geralynn Jones 120 120 120 120 180 83 683
5 Jerry Fitch 120 120 120 116 120 596
6 Tiffany Odell 120 120 120 120 105 585
7 Peter Brocks 120 120 120 120 92 572
8 Kurt VanNest 87 103 120 57 120 487
9 Tom Ioeger 105 100 109 43 111 468
F1H
Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 TOTAL
1 Blake Jensen 120 120 120 120 120 600
F!J Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 FO1 TOTAL
1 Faust Parker 120 120 120 120 120 180 355 1135
2 Mike McKeever 120 120 120 120 120 180 241 1021
3 Terry Kerger 120 120 120 120 120 DNF 600
4 Glen Schneider 120 113 106 120 93 552
5 Dave Parsons DNF DNF DNF DNF
F1S Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 FO4
1 Jack Murphy 120 120 120 120 120 600
2 Julie Parker 108 120 120 120 120 588
3 Bob Sifleet 120 120 120 104 120 584
4 Terry Kerger 120 107 118 95 74 514
5 Ben Tarcher 107 53 115 120 395
6 Larry Norvall 120 120 67 307
Texas has hills too
From:Pete Reinhart
SEN 2900 Americas Cup comments:
1. Not to belabor an obvious dig at my home state, but Texas does have several excellent sites suitable for F1E participation.
The one that comes prominently to mind is the well known hang glider site 30-40 mile northwest of Austin.
It is essentially an isolated mound 3-400 feet high with road access to the top and to the landing fields below.
A low altitude flight in an appropriate type aircraft would find many more in the hill country and farther west.
2. May I mention also F1G as a non-controversial class with stable rules, satisfying performance, and a class that it is possible for the home-based gentleman craftsman to compete at the highest level?
I close with the oft quoted Bob Bullock saying, “God Bless Texas”
Pete Reinhart, Austin, Texas