Good luck Diana! I'll be rooting for you!
Thanks Mari.
Before my last lesson John showed me the Primary sequence on the IAC website so I have an idea what you will be doing.
The sequence looks easy enough, but I already have a list of things that can go wrong just trying to figure it out by myself.
The guy who was going to help me get ready for the contest is too busy to help me now, so, once again, I'm on my own trying to understand what to do. I've had some good advice from the Citabria forum and from the KC contest director, who even went up and shot a video of flying the sequence for me when I posted asking anyone if they could show me what it's supposed to look like. He's been a big help long-distance. His being so willing to help has made it easier to squelch some of the nagging negative thoughts that keep popping up in my head. Now I know that there will be at least one friendly person at the contest in KC who will be nice.
Everybody keeps saying to just have fun and not to worry about the rest. Even if I can't do a slow roll in the Citabria.
And I almost had myself convinced not to worry so much till yesterday when I found out that Giles Henderson is planning to compete in Primary in his Cassutt. I thought I would be competing against people like me.
I really admire Giles, and am looking forward to meeting him and watching him fly. He has been competing for years and years and years and consistently wins the Sportsman Sequence flying his clipped wing Cub. You have to fly really, really well to win in Sportsman flying that.
I'm still planning on going to the contest in Sterling on Saturday just to see what the whole thing is all about. I'll let you know what my newbie observations are.
Have fun at Sterling! I hope you get to meet Marijke...she's flying her 7KCAB in Primary. Paul from KC will probably be flying his Decathlon in the Sportsman, so go say "hi" to him if you have time.
Let me know what you think about the event and the people.
Are you going to volunteer?