Thank you!!

[Jason Noll]

The 2007 XFC was once again a very successful event with the help of the AMA and the XFC staff (Frank Noll, Bill Cline, Wendell Adkins & Lisa Adkins). I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone involved for all of their hard work and time spent to make this event such a success. Without all of you, we competitors would not have the ability to compete at such a prestigious event.

To all of the people that went that extra step to help me scramble and get my airplane up and flying again, I truly thank you!! Dave Jones, Mark Leeseburg Jr., Tony Russo, Andrew Jesky, the gentleman who fixed my cowling (sorry, horrible with names but you know who you are!) Dave Johnson, Devin McGrath, I can’t begin to thank you enough. Flying is nothing without friends, and fellow competitors that stand by you in a time of need regardless of shirt color or personal feelings. I hope you all know how much I appreciate your selfless efforts. A special thanks to Dave Jones who led the charge with fixing the Yak.

To all of my sponsors who make all of this possible for me year after year, Desert Aircraft, JR PROPO, R/C Groups, Aerographix, Thunder Power, Tru-Turn, THANK YOU!!!! Thank you to Spektrum for giving me the reliable flying ability throughout the contest.

My fellow competitors, these events would not be the same without each an every one of you. You challenge and inspire me to fly my best and I am honored to be involved with such talented pilots. As time goes by we all get to know each other a little better year after year and realize what great individuals we all are outside of flying model airplanes.

Thank you to my father, Frank Noll for once again calling for me and being my secondary terrain avoidance system. To my family, I love you and wouldn’t want to do this without you.

Last but certainly not least, I would like to Tell Pete Goldsmith thank you for the use of the Yak. For those of you who do not know the story, I crashed my yak on the Friday before the contest. I called up Pete to give him the news and before I could finish the sentence he told me to meet him at his house that same night and pick up his Yak. Pete is known for graciously lending a hand during desperate times and expecting nothing in return. In addition I would like to say thank you to David Payne and John Adams for helping me get the plane flying in less than 24 hours.

A heartfelt thank you again to everyone & I look forward to XFC 2008!!

Jason Noll

[SleepyC]

Congratulations!

All of us here on the FG are proud of you and all the competitors!

Winning is great, but winning with class is 10X better!

CHEERS!!

[madmax]

Jason, thanks for coming in! I wasn't there on Sunday, but heard about the incident, and was really taken by the story that was told. I silently observed something very different about this year's event, and you pretty much nailed it on the head. In the past, everyone's head was in the game, I would have never expected anyone competing on this level to jump in and do what they did to help out. I don't know what it was about this year's XFC -- maybe it was the fact that everyone was pitted next to one another, or the general festive and layed back atmosphere of the event -- whatever the reasons, it was very different, and the vibe was cool. Very cool story.

Congrats on the win dude! It was great seeing you, and having the opportunity to witness this XFC first hand.

MD

[harrys]

Ho Ho Jason

Congratulations! for winning the XFC 2007 i was expecting you to win this event.. You are a great pilot.

harry S.

[merlin3]

congratulations jason and love the sportsmanship that goes on.

[vsnap]

Congrats to you Jason, I wish I could stayed and talked to you a bit more but you were busy gettint the plane ready after the storms.
Take Care
Scott

[Extra260]

Well jason, you earned it. That flying was the greatest I have seen in a while. Good way for you to start the season!