... We did protest, and in the extreme there's a 5 Euro fee for a formal protest, much like NAR competition. We had an excellent translator (a Ukrainian who...
... certainly ... flight... ... quite ... protest such ... formal ... (a ... helped us ... and ... the "timers"(*) ... Katherine ... they ... most ... the ... ...
... will ... Dave, It hasn't stopped me yet and I'm not your hardcore NAR competitor either. The attraction of an Internats is the cultural exchange, the...
Steve, There is no crime in thinking out of the box. You and Katherine did a bang up job at representing the USA. It's unfortunate that the reflight never...
... Congrats to whoever flew on that team. No one really knows who was on any of the individual teams this year because there's been no organized info about...
... helped us ... Wow, maybe queer 'ol Ed' is trying to make up for his screwing of US Team members from 4 years ago...in the same event no less. ... Katherine...
... FAI politics make D.C. look like preschool. If that kinda thing turns you off, yeah, don't even consider this realm. It's happened many times, and in...
... on ... Chad and ContestRoc Alumni, The US fielded 21 competitors flying the full class of current FAI categories: S1 (two-stage altitude), S3 (parachute...
... Not sure what you're insinuating here, Chad. I doubt very much that the Russian customs would give a fart about some silly rocket contest and hold up the...
... Oh I very much appreciate what John and Bill did. Bill was VERY supportive of the juniors and was there next to the "timers" to support the kids nearly...
In retrospect: I think what we learned from this issue was that some communication would have worked miracles for us. If we had TOLD the timers/officials that...
... In retrospect, yes. But how about next time? Are we to tell the RSO about every aspect of a flight just in case? Are the juniors to do this? We don't know...
It shouldn't. We need to have more people involved and flying so that we can get better at this and be seen in from of the euro judges. It blows that they...
... Oh, I agree. I was just curious what 'reason' if they gave any, why the motors were 'held up'. They more than likely didn't know what they were... chad...
... this? ... And, it's not gonna happen in FAI. For S1/S5, maybe, but try doing that in a duration event, when you've got 15 alleys all ready to fly right...
... The cold truth: The US is never gonna be as competitive as the Euros because we will never show up at a WSMC with as much experience where it counts....
... I'll do you better! I'll name two people: Dave O'Brien Tony Reynolds ... You might have forgotten that Dave O used to fly the "Canterbury Cup" and that...
Not arguing with your point. Just throwing in that from a historical basis there were a few years when US fliers flew each year. This was back during the...
well here of course are my thoughts on all of this... I thought I'd let everybody else vent first.. first all let me ask the obvious: Is it necesary to use...
My understanding is the shipping company did not submit the proper forms to the Russian Customs office. Tony was quite upset by the situation, so I did not...
... 10 ... attend.... I take a bit of offense to this. Well, not over the drinking and ugly American thing, I can't really comment on that. I was either was...
... That would be a cool thing to have happen, but I doubt very seriously it will address the issue I pointed out. I don't see many, if any Euros or anyone...
... I felt I learned quite a bit in the 7 or 8 rounds of S8E/P that George and I flew at the Texas Cup. It was one of the more memorable RC contests I have...
... Probably in his case; I know where he's comming from. ... It was the nicest thing I could say about him, otherwise I'd have been under the first catergory...
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