A second hearty Congratulations for both Phil Gaisford (flying my WX Discus 2A) and Peter Deane -- 1st and 2nd Standard Class (although that could easily change order with final scores)! Gary Ittner and Chip Garner also flew a magnificent contest -- Congrats for their 1st and 2nd place!

You might be wondering why I didn't fly my Discus 2A at the Standard Nats. I've been very busy preparing IT presence and software scripting in order to support the WGC in Uvalde with Dan Gudgel. Last January, I decided it would be too much pressure on my preparation for weather support to both fly at Nationals and spend almost 4 weeks down in Uvalde. I decided at the SSA convention I would loan my ship to a pilot for Montague. It was Peter Deane and Chip Garner that suggested I offer it to Phil Gaisford.

At that time I decided... "What a great idea!". I can support the U.S. Standard Class team (Peter and Phil) and also add contestants for the Montague Standard Nats. Phil probably wouldn't have driven the 6000 miles round trip from Massachusetts. Costs are high enough as it is for Peter and Phil to fly the Worlds in Argentina starting in December.

I encourage anyone with an interest in supporting top U.S. team pilots to loan out their contest ships and help defray expenses. It might be the only time your glider wins a U.S. Nationals!

Walt Rogers, WX

PS - Gosh... it sure looked like a great contest. Maybe I should have flown myself.