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Old 09-17-2017, 10:02 AM
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More on-the-scene reports please!

The results page has Bob Mills in a close group for Sport Gold today, with Andrew Findlay and Vicky Benzing. One of them could be the
winner if Jeff LaVelle blows up, although he hasn't in previous years.

What happened to Relentless? Results page shows two DNS and one slow heat, then not scheduled for the final.

Ross, you're supporting Andrew and who else?
You know the racing game Dan - hard to get accurate reports from the participants while the competition is still going on. For instance, the last two days in Unlimited Gold, Strega has sailed around the course with Voodoo losing about a second a lap each heat. Does that mean Voodoo is slower, or that Stev-O now just knows what he needs to know for today? Reports from reliable sources say Steve-O is smiling and relaxed.....

But back to Sport - no word on what happened to Relentless - I saw this morning on the pairings that he wasn't listed. Hasn't really been a factor this week anyway.

RARA does some things well, some things poorly....but whoever does their online "results" page is definitely on the ball. Updates have come almost as fast as you can get back the shade to look at the iPad after some races. Follow along here:

http://reports.airrace.org/

We've been putting some behind the scenes "flavor of the event" reports on the KP web site as well.

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Old 09-17-2017, 10:37 AM
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Just got a report that in the Sport Medallion race this morning, there was a mid-air just before the start. Both planes got on the ground (on runways) and pilots are safe, but the race was red-flagged before a lap was complete.

Don't know anything more now.

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Old 09-17-2017, 11:18 AM
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#26 RV-8 had aileron damage from Glassair III (correction:GP4) prop strike.
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Old 09-17-2017, 11:50 AM
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Not a Glassair - it was a GP-4 and an RV-8.

Here's a link to our report on Kitplanes from our on-the-scene reporter Tom Wilson:

https://newsline.kitplanes.com/2017/...class-mid-air/

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Old 09-17-2017, 11:54 AM
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Dang! glad they made it down safe, so does this qualify as a required prop strike disassemble inspection?
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Old 09-17-2017, 06:13 PM
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Not a Glassair - it was a GP-4 and an RV-8.

Here's a link to our report on Kitplanes from our on-the-scene reporter Tom Wilson:

https://newsline.kitplanes.com/2017/...class-mid-air/
Ouch. Glad to hear they both got down in one piece. Looking at the race results on airrace.org, it looks like the same two planes were DQ'd from their previous race on Friday.
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Old 09-17-2017, 09:15 PM
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More on-the-scene reports please!

What happened to Relentless? Results page shows two DNS and one slow heat, then not scheduled for the final.
Relentless pulled up at the start near the first pylon and quickly landed on runway 14. It was too far away to see anything.
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Old 09-17-2017, 09:52 PM
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More on-the-scene reports please!

The results page has Bob Mills in a close group for Sport Gold today, with Andrew Findlay and Vicky Benzing. One of them could be the
winner if Jeff LaVelle blows up, although he hasn't in previous years.

What happened to Relentless? Results page shows two DNS and one slow heat, then not scheduled for the final.

Ross, you're supporting Andrew and who else?
Also Mark Fredrickson's Lancair 320. He won Medallion Gold after the race was scrubbed due to a mid air where all involved managed to get down safely.

Andy saw his highest GPS numbers by a big margin and was actually showing some shadow to Jeff for the first lap but had some finger trouble unfortunately and pulled out of the race only to discover the issue and have power come back.

I had such a good time. Both Mark and Andy and their crews were very friendly and I spent a lot of time with both teams but they didn't need any help with their SDS stuff. All worked flawlessly.

Kevin had a series of Mayday's throughout the weekend unfortunately. Rumor was fuel system issues- contamination.

Vicky did very well after being plagued by problems as was Dave Sterling. Things worked for them in the gold finally.
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Old 09-17-2017, 10:16 PM
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Ross, Couldn't find you out there, but had a great time at the races. Next year!

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Old 09-18-2017, 05:55 AM
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Ross, Couldn't find you out there, but had a great time at the races. Next year!

Caleb
Too bad. I should have given you my cell # before I left. Glad you enjoyed it!
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