Saturday 10 September |
0700 GodFrog morning everybody! We have low clouds this morning, supposed to clear up, time to go pour some coffee into the processors... ...a peek in the mailbox makes my day. Hi to Geno in Iraq and Jason in the UK, thanks for the very kind remarks. You guys rock too.
0845 Saturday is usually a very slow mail day, but I am humbled by the kudos flowing into my inbox. Thank you all for the very kind words, I really really do appreciate it ;-) ...would...someone...please...submit... ...a new or updated 10-way dive pool proposal to USPA. They are still using the same ones I submitted almost 10 years ago. I'd like to see some of them stay, like the Wright Flier and Raeford Dragon, but let's at least replace the pinwheel and the nova with something more entertaining...like a 10-way compressed accordian, or a 5-way star with 5 leg-locks, remember those? Now THAT would be fun...
0930 ...THANK YOU...we now have a 10-digit grid coordinate on the CGI Godfrog award...it will be rolled out soon for public viewing I hope...teams are landing now...
...tee hee...Robin
Heid has been publishing the wonderful "Daily Vibe" newsletter here every
afternoon, it's full of great quotes and stuff...last night Robin showed me
the "Thanks Omniskore Tim & Ted!" box prominently displayed on page
two...Thanks Robin, we really appreciate it! Just one little detail though:
Ted's not here. I'm doing this by myself this year. But Tedro does deserve
some big thanks for that amazing pile of circuit boards we know as
OmniSkore! ...I've received several requests to post the canopy piloting scores, I will post them as soon as I can get my hands on them, which won't be for a while. Is uspanationals.com posting any results at all, or just pictures?
1100 An email from John Kallend:
Anyone out there know? UPDATE:
Thanks Josh!
1230 ...round 2 is done now and Airspeed and Texxians are separated by 9/100s of a point for second place...will the Knights hold on for that elusive 2005 gold medal? Time for some lunch... ...I am assuming that Chris is taking the 10-way team photos today, he's been taking them for us all week, but I haven't seen him so that's why there are no team photos posted...I'll check into it...
1345 1500 ...attention all you waiting for Canopy Piloting results: If I don't get anything from the Meet Director by 1800 -- that's in two hours -- I won't be able to post them before I leave, and you will need to get them from the host. '
1600 1700 And round six now...Airspeed posts a 13.42 to lock up the silver medal...followed quickly by the Knights with a 11.06 to lock up their gold...congratulations Knights! Well done, you'll go home with at least one gold medal...and finally, those Texxians close out with a 14.16. Outstanding. Here come the Sky Sharks, they close things out with a 23.67, and that, might friends is a wrap. I'll have some final notes here after the banquet as I know of at least two awards to be announced but nobody knows who the recipients are (well, one of them anyway, the CGI GodFrog award). 2030 Sign-Off |
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