Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Here is some picture that I took at last years Tennessee Tree Toppers Team Challenge. Below the pictures, is the new email that Ollie sent out today about the upcoming Team Challenge.
Kevin Carter is working on Eric Donaldson's glider. That Kevin just keeps giving his talent to others! I hear that Kevin & Eric are doing well at the ECC this year, also.

Mark P. & lady. Talking about a world class pilot !

After it was all over, the food was served and the band started play, only then did Ollie slow his pace a little.
Ollie wrote:

Looks like the TC might fill up before we even advertise it! So far we have 38 registered and a team of 5 from Pennsylvania led by Dennis Pagen. Dennis says they are committed, but only one is registered so far. Dennis sent me an email today requesting space for the PA team. He may or may not fly, depending on how his ski injury is healing. Dennis plans to lead a video launch seminar and help with all our other seminars.
We are very fortunate to have so many talented pilots willing to help us!! Mark Stump will give his fabulous "Fly4Fun/Is It Safe" talk to start us off Saturday night. Mark's is my favorite hang gliding talk and will set the tone for the meet.
Jim Lamb will give us an "Essentials of Thermal Soaring" talk to help us stay airborne.
Terry Presley will give us a "Restricted Landing Field Technique Seminar" with video enhanced learning for when we venture from the nest.
Mike Barber will help with his great "XC Decisions" talks and others.
Kevin Carter will do his "Landing Techniques" and "XC Strategies" talks with video enhanced learning and everything else he does.
New Englander Lindsey Chew will do a SeeYou Seminar with Stan Roberts helping. We plan to download a team's flights and run them simultaneously on SeeYou over Google Maps to relive the "Thrill of Victory and Agony of Defeat" thing with the team that wins a good day.
We'll have a "Weather Talk for the Attention Deficit Disordered." No! I will NEVER make you suffer through one of my weather talks again! This talk will be fast and furious weather for the point and clicker with help from Nate Newkirk, Jeff Nibler and me. We'll try to hand outs! Nate has come up with some amazing stuff. It's guaranteed to blow your socks off!
OK! Lets count em!
Thats 5 Former World Team Members, A World Record Holder, A World Champion, some New Englanders that talk funny, a couple of not too shabby old Arkansans and some incredibly talented up and coming pilots in this group. How could you miss it???!!!
How bout it Colorado?? I'm talking about you Jim Yocom!!
AND THERE'S MORE! We'll have to have rest days from the seminars! We'll have a great party at the end of it all and a mid week party where we'll take over a local Mexican place with some great live entertainment!I can't wait!
I'm flying in this one so we'll need lots of organized volunteer help to keep everything going. TC2008 ran so well, we'll be Meet Headless again this year. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated, including designated drivers for the Mexican Party nite!
I can hardly wait!
Ollie

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