Nate Dixon Memorial Pattern Contest Report
Gary Weaver Field, Othello, WA
Written by Gordon Anderson, NSRCA District 8 Vice President
The Nate Dixon Memorial Contest was held at Gary Weaver’s field in Othello, Washington July 9th and 10th. There was a pretty small turn out with only 7 contestants; 1 Intermediate, 5 Masters, and 1 FAI pilot. We flew 4 rounds on Saturday and 2 more on Sunday, with pretty good weather. Friday’s practice weather was not so good.
Fortunately it did calm down for the contest. We did have to deal with a little wind, mostly blowing out all weekend.
The Nate Dixon Memorial Contest Group!
The small turn-out made for a pretty relaxing contest but it did present some judging challenges. With mostly Masters Pilots we were forced to use the system I discussed a few months a go where the Masters Class pilots judge the Masters Class. This requires proper rotation of judges and normalization of the judge’s scores. This is not ideal but the only way we could run the event without having the same judges in the chair all weekend.
The Nate Dixon Flight line.
The only negative event that happened during the contest was the loss of Pavel’s new Focus. The plane went down on Friday during the practice session before I arrived at the field. I do not have all the details but it was a total loss, and he went on to fly his backup.
Intermediate
1st Pavel Saterik 4000.00
Masters
1st Lyle Laughery 4000.00
2nd Gordon Anderson 3961.19
3rd Mike Lance 3923.62
4th Bill Bowen 3743.14
5th Rex Lesher 3513.29
FAI
1st Brett Bowen 4000.00
Click here to see scores for all rounds.
Given the fact that the contest was small we all took a break at lunch and my wife, Meri went in to Othello and brought us all lunch. We finished up on Sunday around noon and got everyone home early!
Brett Bowen made a bunch of nice Nate Dixon Memorial crosses for our airplanes. This was a very nice way of remembering Nate. Thanks Brett!
The Nate Dixon Memorial Cross!
See you in the pits…
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