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Old 10-13-2008, 11:35 PM   #61
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Anyone know if Todd Bridges did his freestyle?

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hahaha i did my freestyle.... well most of it...
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Old 10-14-2008, 02:20 AM   #62
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hahaha i did my freestyle.... well most of it...

I thought you flew great Todd! That was weird how your plane didnt recover out of the inverted flat spin though. Any ideas? I was surprised how well it faired. Very minimal damage as far as i could see.
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Old 10-14-2008, 11:41 AM   #63
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The Rest of The World team said that they sent you money for a ticket to Tucson so you could be in the Boat Race. When you didn't show the event was cancelled. What did you do with the money Sam?
LOL...Hummmm???

No...I don't blame you Sam. This time Max dropped the ball.
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Old 10-14-2008, 05:10 PM   #64
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That was my first TAS and all I can say is WOW!!! On Saturday, I commented to a friend from my club that I thought anyone who put a plane up deserved a first place trophy. That wind was just unreal. Got to see the first half of the freestyle competition Sunday and I felt like I was still flying my trainer...on the buddy box. The noon demo on Sunday was awesome. Matt...if you read this, your demo even impressed my wife. Hope to make it back next year, but don't know if I'll still be in the region. Uncle Sam gets a say in that.
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I thought you flew great Todd! That was weird how your plane didnt recover out of the inverted flat spin though. Any ideas? I was surprised how well it faired. Very minimal damage as far as i could see.
Haha thanks. Well I did kinda go into that inverted spin at like mach 3 haha so it prolly just had to much momentum to stop. Yeah the damage was minimal needs a new prop, a new rudder, and a bit of epoxy on the bottom of the firewall and im good to go!
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The Rest of The World team said that they sent you money for a ticket to Tucson so you could be in the Boat Race. When you didn't show the event was cancelled. What did you do with the money Sam?
I lost in the stock market. I was listening to that Hardball guy and bought Wamu stock.
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Old 10-15-2008, 01:46 AM   #67
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Hey guys,

Made it home safely! WOOHOOO!!! What an event!! I have never flown in any competition anything like Invitational in Tucon. It's not just a matter of getting through the rounds without a zero its a matter of flying every maneuvre perfectly or else you slip back 3-4 spots! Incredible! As for the freestyle, I'm over the moon!! My plane is still in flyable condition!! And to top it off got a nice shiney second place trophy as well!
Thank you all very much for the support, I've been reading it every night after practice and competition and I really appreciate it. I had a great time over there, but man is it good to be back home! Now i get to do the fun stuff again, back to school and re-adjust my body clock so that I don't feel like breakfast at 7pm.

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How about some video links? Anyone?
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How about some video links? Anyone?

I'm working on getting some from Sunday's freestyle onto youtube.
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Sweet! I have been there the last two years but couldn't make it this year....Thanks.
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How about some video links? Anyone?
The videos are all over the other threads about Tucson.
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Sweet! I have been there the last two years but couldn't make it this year....Thanks.

Here are the links to the videos I shot Sunday.

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