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The Tulsa Glue Dobbers Jumbo is coming together!!! You
may already know we have multi-Tournament of Champions, (TOC) Competitor
Sean McMurtry booked as our headliner for Saturday and Sunday Noon
demos...but that's not all. Also,
TOC competitor Bill Cunningham, whom we all know, will be rubbing elbows
with all of his fans again and will be a great draw for our event. Jason
Danhakl from
San Antonio
will be our 3D draw (Jason just finished 4th out of 15 at the Extreme
Flight Championships in
Troy
OH
on June 12th). If those names
weren't enough, Airplane Blaine Austin (also a former XFC pilot) is also
coming (www.blaineaustin.com).
Blaine
is the President of the Extreme Aerobatic Club, which holds weekly events
all over the South. We are
counting on
Blaine
to bring quite a few of those pilots with him as TGD registered pilots.
In addition,
Blaine
will also bring his sound system.
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As of this writing (6/13), we have approximately
50 pilots who have tentatively committed, and the list is growing. If
I had to guess, I would say we are going to end up around 70-80
pilots...but it could be more. You
can always go to RC Universe in
the events section to check on our progress and the tentative pilots list.
It is also interesting to read
the list for the pilot's comments of those coming. There
has been talk about spectators, and as you know our parking is limited. With
70-80 pilots and half of those pilots having trailers....we can
quickly become very tight on parking space.
Nevertheless, I have spoken with Julie Chin at Ch. 2, and there is
a possibility she might do a live feed from the TGD field on Saturday the
30th. Needless to say, parking
coordination will be very important. We will need real physical help during the week of the
Jumbo,
probably starting early in the week of July 24th. If
you noticed, 70-80 pilots is an
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increase 4X what we
have had in the past, so HELP WILL BE NEEDED. In
addition to "help getting the field ready”, we still need help
during the event for; Parking, Registration, Concessions, Inspections...We
can't do it without you, and you are the Glue Dobbers. By
the time you read this, TGD officers will have met and understand the
workings of this event in detail. You
will be able to ask
Randall Blackwood
,
Doug Bromley
,
Jack Rogers
, or myself about the Jumbo...we all should be equally informed. I
will have a sign up sheet at our next meeting with positions that will be
available.
Let's exceed our guest’s expectations this year and keep
building on this event year over year. IT'S
NOT TOO OFTEN YOU GET 2 TOC PILOTS AND 5 XFC PILOTS AT ONE EVENT!!!! But
we are going to have them at ours! Let's
all get involved and enjoy this big event.
Submitted
by
Tim
Davie
Jumbo
2005 CD
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