Quote of the day "Is it hot in here?". Ask no questions and you shall recieve no answers, ask too many question and you shall recieve all the wrong answers! Proven fact!

The Budweisers in the US don't seem so strong but when you haven't slept properly for a week the darn things start doing the trick just dandy. Ok so I changed up my auto entirely, completely and utterly. Apparently that helped, I got a score today better than a darn 4 even after getting to the spot just fine. I'm sure my autos weren't perfect or great to begin with, you know how it is from a pilot's perspective, but watch the video on the website and you tell me? Hehee

I was fortunate enough to get some inputs from my pal Gordie Meade on the flightline yesterday and Gordie, you rock sir! I took his advise, tried the near impossible and managed to get the judges to put something a little more respectable on the score sheet today with an even less than great auto. (I did get to the spot though somehow). We ran through probably 30+ autos yesterday afternoon after getting the motor on the A model re-tuned and the Carbsmart back up and running after the mixture servo failure. Went for another round of getting the thumbs loose and auto practise this morning at a place I'd have to kill you if I told you where it was. Thanks to the folks for draggin us along this morning to their top secret location so we could work a little on our mistakes of the day before.

I hope our efforts to help said friends did indeed return the favour, the score sheet certainly reflected greatness! You go buddy go!

Sorry for all the confusion, but the right persons reading this will understand. :D As ya'll (Yea I can say that proper now, accent and all) can see we're having a bash here right now. Dawie even stepped into the batting cage behind the hotel this afternoon to lay into a few baseballs, yeh you heard right not softballs..baseballs!!! We'll get him on a stiffer pitch setting tomorrow though.

We'll today's flying in general went a little better than yesterday. I scored my own personal best ever at a 212.5 raw, hovering went well, aerobatics went ok'ish and it all paid off just fine. Arney flew the worst I've ever seen him do but knocked out a 209 later the day, good deal for the SA team yes! Jason's flight late this afternoon I unfortunately didn't watch, we really wanted to go watch and see what Scott does on the other flightline to hopefully pick up a few tips on what the judges are looking for. Jason did however knock out a 204, good goin dude! Next time wake up your dad before 9am so you guys can support me at my flight also yeh? Nevermind that, where the hell was our team manager? Rough day, rough week, we'll forgive you guys.

The team did well today again though, raise a beer ya'll! Hopefully tomorrow we can put the icing on the cake and push the SA team into the top 10. I certainly hope we can have all the pilots in the top 40 also, that'll be just awesome.

The judges are still strict, the competition is still ridiculous!!!!! But we're trucking on, celebrating each day's flight to the max. Bringing back good memories no doubt.

Till tomorrow!
Salute,
Spacey out.
08/08/2009