The AFA still puts those little Holsteins on their gliders. But I
didn't see very many of them at PR9. Maybe one, on one of the Duos.

One of the great things about this sport is learning more about the
oldtimers like Vern. At 83, he was the oldest pilot at Parowan. I hope
he's at the next one, so I can listen to some of those stories!

I do want to chime in with 21. As a contest pilot (taking off the
scorer's hat), it was disappointing to see the AFA, an institution I
admire and support, disregard the contest task on 3 days, devaluing
one of them, including not turning in log files on the final day (a
violation of contest rules). The contest management worked hard to fit
them into the contest, doing things like moving the launch point on
the grid so they could launch from the end every day. It isn't asking
too much to expect them to take the contest seriously, and if they
want to do leadership training, they should find a different venue for
it and let those contest slots go to pilots who will be there to fly
the contest first.

~ted/2NO