Re: Re: Photos of Mini-Dome Banners at ETSU site of AMA Indoor FF Nats/USIC

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:03:12 -0800

I wouldn't exactly call ETSU the middle of the country, but I understand
the tradition. All I'm saying is if the banners are too much to overcome,
a world class building is available if people are willing to fly into
Spokane and drive for 90 minutes.



On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Don DeLoach <ddeloach_at_comcast.net> wrote:

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> Jake,****
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> That’s great and I know well how great the site is. The big downside to
> Kibbie is the remote location. If Kibbie were in the middle of the country
> then I’d say let’s move USIC there immediately!****
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> A big hurdle to overcome is the * tradition * of USIC at ETSU. It has been
> held there every year since 1987--combined with Nats all but three of those
> years.****
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> Tradition (for better or worse) is a powerful thing.****
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> Don DeLoach****
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> Editor,* *NFFS *Free Flight Digest*****
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> *From:* **Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com** [mailto:**
> Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com**] *On Behalf Of *Jake Palmer
> *Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2011 8:13 PM
> *To:* **Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com**
> *Subject:* Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Photos of Mini-Dome Banners at
> ETSU site of AMA Indoor FF Nats/USIC****
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> Don,****
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> Renovations at the Kibbie Dome are complete and it's a much better site
> than ****Johnson City****. If you want more information contact me off
> list.****
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> Jake Palmer****
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> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Don DeLoach <ddeloach_at_comcast.net> wrote:
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> Then open your wallet Joshua. ETSU is a marginal site with the scoreboard
> and an unacceptable site with the banners. $1300 to have them taken down
> each year is ****
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> I'd encourage you to join NFFS and get involved with Nats planningWe need
> a new Nats site.
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> Don DeLoach****
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> On Nov 18, 2011, at 7:27 PM, jwfinn_at_lycos.com wrote:****
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> > It's completely unusable above the banners. Larger models like F1D
> require
> > way more space than what's available between the banners and the speaker
> > cluster. A large number of models would be lost.
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> Jake, I fly F1D with VD propellers. I know the risks, and it is 100% more
> usable than the places I currently use for F1D testing. You take the risk
> or you don't. I'm willing to because Kibbie is impossible for me and I
> enjoyed attending USIC for the first time this year enough that I'd like to
> go again.
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> -Joshua****
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