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4th Row from L to R: Stan
Johnson, Frank Rothmeyer, Fred Pennington, Dave
Denison.
3rd Row from L to R: Jerry Weesner, Tom Hinson, Erwin Hellman,
Robert Padilla, Marlin Smith, Ken Rindfleish, Son Ngo, Jeramy Melton.
2nd Row from L to R: Rick Fortenbury, Shawn White,
Marce Armendariz, Len Alessi, Shawn Guthrie.
Front
Row from L to R: Kohl Kaiser, Dan Rathbun, Jerry Dellinger,
Clint Duewall, Mithc Rein.
Not
Pictured: Irv Lenz, Shawn Smith, Steve MacDougall, Bill Pearse,
Bruce Walker, Dave Pattison.
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Going into the Unknown Sequences on Sunday morning,
there was a very close race in the Intermediate and Unlimited classes
with a mere few hundred normalized points separating the "Top Dawgs"
of each class. The morning was cool and breezy and the
Intermediate pilots had to warm up their fingers to fly their Unknown
Sequence. The judges asked the pilots if their knees shaking had to
do with the temperature or the unknown sequence itself. Advanced,
Unlimited, and Sportsman Classes followed with their unknown sequences
and everyone completed without mishap. In fact, during the 2-day
event there were a few minor incidences but no pilot totally lost their
plane. The Unlimited pilots and the crowd were treated with a
special surprise - their unknown was straight from the JR
Challenge. Basic pilots also got to fly their sequence once in
lieu of an unknown just to keep the total number of flights equal. In
total, every pilot got to fly at least three full rounds of their Known
Sequence and 1 Unknown Sequence. The wind picked up again in the
afternoon but that did not stop the Free Style event. Daniel
Rathbun put up quite a show for the crowd with with his 40% Carden CAP
doing rolling circles, harriers, and torque rolls just a few feet off
the deck. Clint Duewall showed that he had rhythm by synchronizing
his maneuvers to the beat of the music. He also threw in some low
point rolls, tumbles and spins which are always crowd pleasers.
Sean Guthrie closed the contest by showing the crowd that you don't have
to be a veteran or even need a great big plane to do 3D. Sean
demonstrated that he will be a force to contend with in the future with
his point rolls, hovers, and spins in his U-Can-Do 3D. |
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