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![]() For gliding contest at GatorCity, Florida the following kit is recommended, but nothing is required: Signal Mirror . WaterproofMatchKit Flares, either groundstake type or flare gun type SmokeBombs: Yellow, Orange, or Red (register your color with contest management) AntiGator weapons, blade weapons or sidearms acceptable Hat with StrobeLite, powered by propellor beanie or solarcell charging SnakeBite Kit, including cutting tools and tornaquets US MilSpec P-38 can opener and food, or vienna sausage in pulltop tins AirHorn, fullsize or miniature US MilSpec Mosquito Repellant, or DDT - OD Money, local currencies Script equal to $100 Survival Food addl: Hostess Twinkies, AtomicFireballs, etc for aggression Alcohol, to be approved by Contest Committee Radio optional Compass optional GPS and Cell or Sat phones Forbidden, unfair to competition Maps, the older the better, extra 500 points award if carrying roadmaps only, and additional extra 500 points for carrying only a Southeast US States Roadmap. Extra 1000 points Award for hitchhiking back from landout, carrying your kit or parachute if any, and retrieving yourself with only one helper. 1000 Points for leaving cold beverages with Contest Management upon return before morning of next day after landout. Playing Cards Aviator type. Smokes, 2 packs LuckyStrikes and 2 packs Camels provided with entry fee. Or bring RYO. Chewing gum, as avail JuicyFruit, Beemans, and Wrigleys 2 Packs HighTemp Chocolatebar PorkRinds, salted and nitrated for chemical balance Five Dollars in Quarters for telephone, if you can find payphone and want to bother Waterpurification Tabs, Chemical, MilSpec Solarblanket, reflective lt. Epirb for waterlandings recommended. More swamp water than dry land over your course is a probability. Optional: WaxImpregnated Cardboard Coffin, avail onsite by prepay of $50 or $100 to wife at time of need. Seminole Style Bullrush Burial in swamp by natural processes $50 Airboat hire bodytransport to inner swamp place at cost plus, or for economy a towed keel-hauled ride can be shortened by big gators enroute If heiress wants to take pilot home, IcePacking of Body in Plastic bags for interstate transport extra at cost plus. Discount for small bodies, under 130 lbs. Extra charge for bodies over estimated 180 lbs. You or your crew must obtain your own DeathCertificate, but we will provide Notarized Affidavit of Demise for $10, plus cost of Notarian. Yall Come. Jim Culp USA Manager Contest Committee GatorCity Glider Contest First day, April 2005 |
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