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josh_glaab
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 Posted - 05/20/2008 : 10:53:40 PM
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Good evening!
The ESL's 2008 Unlimited Soaring season kicked-off with the Tidewater Model Soaring Society ESL Spring Challeng contest with a great weekend of MOM flying on 5/17 and 5/18. The weather cooperated very nicely. Sunshine both days, temps in the 70s. Some wind in the afternoon of both days, some exciting wind to wrap up the contest with on Sunday (15-25).
El Presidente' (Tony Guide) was on hand to throw-out the first sailplane. We flew 7 rounds of MOM with 17 pilots on Saturday and were able to get off the field by 5:30. Sportsflyers and Experts were mixed together randomly in the groups. Some very intense aerial battles broke out and the MOM mood was really kicking. FAI tapes were used with 1-pt increments for the last 2 meters. Most of the fleet on hand were Supras, but there were many Pike Perfects, a Shadow, Tsunami, Soveriegn, Bird of Time, Insanity (in Zebra stripes) an Esteem, a pair of Icons, and even a Waco Millenium. On Saturday, we normalized the flight times only and then added the landing scores. The LSF-Ladder event had 6 contestants with several LSF L-1 tasks being completed. This was a nice complementary event to the MOM and the LSF-Ladder group was brewing-up a good competition of their own.
Dick Proseus did well with his Supra, but couldn't catch Josh. Tom Broeski also flew a Supra (sometimes a fluttering Supra). Letting up on the launch seemed to cure Tom's flutter issue. Neal Huffman (also flying a Supra) took the honors in Sportsflyer class and won 2 rounds (which is great considering that we flew Experts and Sportsflyers together). We should look out for Neal, he is definitely improving, and quickly!
In the LSF-Ladder event we had 6 competitors. Peter Braswell made a re-apperance after being absent for many years. It was great to see him again. Mark Sedlack flew the ladder event but was having issues with popping off. One "feature" of the LSF-Ladder event was that popoffs no longer matter, except for the folks in the winch area who were dodging aircraft! Josh Glaab Jr flew his Piccachu very nicely as was about to sky it out when its' tail failed on launch. The aircraft assembler was suitably admonished (Daddy). Fortunately, there was a golf-cart to be driven!
Lunch was provided both days by Greg Blazey who had a wonderful setup of box lunches for all. This helped us to get through with lunch and keep flying! Many thanks Greg!
We adjourned to the deck at Smithfield Station on the Pagan river. Really a nice place overlooking the river and the marina. A lot of high-quality Apres' soaring broke-out.
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# Class Name Raw Total Rounds Flown
1 E-1 Josh Glaab 7512.71 7.00
2 E-2 Richard Proseus 7467.86 7.00
3 E-3 Tom Broeski 6949.46 7.00
4 E-4 Steve Lucke 6917.39 7.00
5 E-5 Luis Bustamante 6523.57 7.00
6 E-6 Herbert Stokely 5872.48 7.00
7 E-7 Tony Guide 5762.49 6.00
8 E-8 Lenny Strickland 5752.79 7.00
9 E-9 Kerry Cochrell 5667.76 7.00
10 S-1 Neal Huffman 5085.56 7.00
11 E-10 Doug Barry 4854.01 5.00
12 E-11 Peter Schlitzkus 4395.41 6.00
13 S-2 Edwin Arnaudin 4319.69 7.00
14 S-3 Reid Roberts 3579.83 4.00
15 S-4 Regis White 2847.19 5.00
16 S-5 Scott Ewers 2347.75 6.00
17 S-6 David Stack 361.79 1.00
Sat LSF-Ladder event:
18 O-1 Peter Braswell 300.00 higher flight time for 5 min round
19 O-2 Mark Sedlack 300.00
20 Nv-1 Sean Kahldal 800.00 2-5s and 2 landings!
21 Nv-2 Bill Mims 300.00
22 Jr-1 Josh Glaab jr 268.00 2-4 minute flights!
23 Jr-2 Luke Glaab 0.00 too windy for Luke when he got there
On Sunday, we mixed it up and normalized the flight times AND the landings to keep flyers on their toes. Several folks couldn't come back for Sunday's event. However, we did very well again with 13 flyers and completed 6 rounds before 1:30pm and got people on the road fairly early. One thing that did help was that several folks were on-hand to time, like Trish Glaab (yes, even Trish), VanDover, and John Moody. They really helped move the contest along! That was a lesson-learned for other small MOM contests. Volunteer timers are VERY valuable!
Josh Sr. was able to build upon Saturday's victory and win Sunday's event. However, Lenny put a 200 pt hurtin on him in round 3 by flying like a Californian at the right time. Josh did pay Lenny back, with dividends ;-). Tony Guide had an encounter with a Bull, but some patience got his Pike Perfect back without a scratch (or any cow dung) on it ;-). Reid Roberts flew a great set of flights on Sunday and won Sportsflyer. He also racked-up a bunch of advancement points and could have been third in Expert class. Way to go Reid (move him up, move him up)! Luke Glaab was the only flyer in the LSF-Ladder event and took top-honors.
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# Class Name Raw Total Rounds Flown
1 E-1 Josh Glaab 5814.47 6.00
2 E-2 Tom Broeski 5320.10 6.00
3 S-1 Reid Roberts 5302.22 6.00
4 E-3 Steve Lucke 5195.06 6.00
5 E-4 Richard Proseus 5041.45 6.00
6 E-5 Luis Bustamante 4915.30 6.00
7 E-6 Peter Schlitzkus 4781.96 6.00
8 E-7 Kerry Cochrell 4387.47 6.00
9 S-2 Lenny Strickland 4373.78 6.00
10 E-8 Tony Guide 3798.97 5.00
11 S-3 Neal Huffman 3028.32 6.00
12 E-9 Doug Barry 2889.28 4.00
13 S-4 David Stack 2079.30 5.00
14 Jr-1/O-1 Luke Glaab 98.00 1 Flight, then the wanted to ride golf cart!
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# Class Name Sat Raw Total Sun Raw Total Ov tot
1 E-1 Josh Glaab 7512.71 5814.47 13327.18
2 E-2 Richard Proseus 7467.86 5041.45 12509.31
3 E-3 Tom Broeski 6949.46 5320.10 12269.56
4 E-4 Steve Lucke 6917.39 5195.06 12112.45
5 E-5 Luis Bustamante 6523.57 4915.30 11438.88
6 E-6 Lenny Strickland 5752.79 4373.78 10126.56
7 E-7 Kerry Cochrell 5667.76 4387.47 10055.22
8 E-8 Tony Guide 5762.49 3798.97 9561.46
9 E-9 Peter Schlitzkus 4395.41 4781.96 9177.37
10 S-1 Reid Roberts 3579.83 5302.22 8882.05
11 S-2 Neal Huffman 5085.56 3028.32 8113.89
12 E-10 Doug Barry 4854.01 2889.28 7743.29
13 S-3 David Stack 361.79 2079.30 2441.09
Here is Josh Jr on approach with his Piccachu (AKA Soveriegn). Aircraft was equipped with bomb-rack and Piccachu noise maker. Unfortunate structural failure on Saturday (v-tail fell off on launch). Daddy has instructions to rebuild to like-new (Oh boy!), well better than new ;-)
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We got our intra-club grudges out in several heats (Reid with Pike Perfect, Lenny and Josh with Supras)
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Luis Bustamante flew his Pike Perfect very well all weekend. Here is mixes it up with Dick Proseus. Dick just finished his Supra and flew it really nicely.
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Herk Stokely was on hand with his like-new Esteem. I was having some 90-s flashbacks, especially when Herk brought out his like-new WACO Millenium. Herk suprised some moldie pilots who didn't know who he was with that Esteem!
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US NATS-Trained winch-trolls were in their element this weekend. Veteran Trolls Josh and Luke Glaab kep the golf-cart running all weekend.
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Luke's Pteradon (aka Bird of Time) ready to launch on an Jr LSF-Ladder flight. Luke flew his Pteradon very well and is making great progress with it.
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Sean Kahdal (from NC) competed in the LSF-Ladder event. He flew a Marauder, did very well, completed several LSF L-1 tasks and had a hoot. We will see him again!
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Nael Huffman, Sean Kahldal, Pete (SoarKraut) Schlitzkus, and Tony Guide enjoy the fantastic evening weather on Smithfield Station's deck.
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Dave Stack goes for the Gusto....
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Bill Mims gets ready to launch his Spirit in Novice LSF-Ladder class. In case you can't read Bill's shirt, it says "It ain't a sport until someone gets hit". Bill didn't hit anyone, with the Spirit or anything else, but he did have a great time competing with Sean K and getting some LSF L-1 tasks completed. Bill also helped score for our event.
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aeajr
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Posted - 05/21/2008 : 07:46:55 AM
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Josh,
What a great report! I am now even more sorry I missed it. I am sure this will be even bigger next year.
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Best regards,
Ed Anderson
Long Island Silent Flyers
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Steve Lucke
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Posted - 05/22/2008 : 11:33:02 AM
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The TMSS guys put a huge amount of work into their contest, which made it an very enjoyable and very competitive event. And I'm not saying that just because I beat Luis on both days. :-)
Josh, Lenny, Reid, Dave and as well as a bunch of other TMSS members were perfect hosts and made everybody feel like they were at their home field. I'm looking forward to flying in their contest mext year.
BTW: I stayed at the Econo Lodge in Carrolton which is about 10 minutes from the TMSS field. The room was clean and well taken care of and it cost about $84 a night. I would stay there again for next year's contest. |
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