June 2003 Combat Report

Combat Report - Dogfight Over Aurora I

June 7, 2003

Hi George,

A big thanks goes out to you and the judges for a well ran meet. The competition was intense and we finally had some good weather. In a general observation, the level of combat has been elevating at every event. Its gone from one or two cuts to a bunch. As we have said before some of its luck but a lot of it has to do with opening up your field of vision to intercept another persons plane in a pursuit, than to watch your tail to avoid being cut, at the same time maintain a since of stability with your own aircraft to keep from becoming disoriented and meeting terra firma ( Latin translation ) EARTH! All this is happening at about 80 mph , will not give a person much time to react, let alone more than two wrong inputs on the sticks, and if your the lucky one to have the only streamer left and have a gaggle of upset pilots trying to whack off your streamer, now the real flying comes in to play. One interesting comment before the meet I heard was that pylon racers can only go fast and turn left, maybe so , but Dean and I were combating at a lower altitude and no one wanted to come down and play except J.J.

ONCE AGAIN IT WAS A HOOT AND THANKS,AGAIN,

Tom Neff ( one of those go fast and turn left guys )

George,

A few thoughts occur right away:

1. I must have had a target painted on my back in Open B because I couldn't seem to keep a streamer for more than one minute in a round.

2. I'm thoroughly outclassed flying against the likes of Tom, Dean, and JJ.

3. It was a typical Mile Hi Combat event with lots of friendly camaraderie on the ground, a little trash talk (mostly from me), and "every man for himself" once the match started.

4. I had an absolute ball even if I did wreck a plane.

5. 2610 was an absolute blast! I felt really good that JJ only managed to get one cut on me even though his plane was so much quicker and nimbler than mine.

6. You did a great job of putting on the match.

Adam

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