Dear Mr. Kilian:

I'm at a loss to figure out how you can interpret my previous post
addressing the opinions and considerations of statements made by Mr.
Byars as a personal attack, nor was it intended as such, nor do I
believe it was received by Mr. Byars as such by referencing his
subsequent posts.

If I made a chatroom faux-pas by adressing the post to a specific
person it was done without malice.

On the other hand, you, sir, leave little doubt as to the intention of
your post. I hope you somehow feel better by attempting to belittle me
personally. I guess I'm the foolish one who thought discussion of
issues concerning soaring via this open forum allowed the expression
of differing opinions.

You may be interested to know that it is reasons like this that I
choose not to be involved in the competitive aspects of soaring. But
just because I have not [recently] flown in a contest shouldn't
reasonably preclude me from having educated opinions based on 27 years
of a variety of soaring experiences (to include, I might add, contest
flying), should it?

I wish you the best of luck in your upcoming 13th New Castle contest.

Best of Regards,

Ray Cornay