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    Thanks to all who participated in the Rumble in the Desert! It was a great success and tons of fun, with 15 planes flying and more there to watch! Also, a great big thanks to those who helped us during the event. Without all of your help it wouldn't have come off!

    Thanks also to Ron who just posted the picture of the 13 CubCrafters planes that were there, both CarbonCubs and SportCubs.

    We have tons of pictures and video coming; just need to process them all.

    Great fun!!

    Oh… and did I forget to mention? Ben Hodges with CalCubs took the overall prize, with a combined score including Touchdown zone accuracy, Short Field Landing and Takeoff distances, and Flour Bombing accuracy!

    Congrats to Ben, John, and the CA contingent…. AZ will have some off season training and come back strong next year!!

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    Thanks to all the people who volunteered and made this event possible-including CubCrafters. Hopefully it is the first annual. Great time! I still am surprised we had that much fun and nobody tried to stop us.. When is the next one?

    It was a pleasure to meet all you guys. If anyone is headed to Tahoe please look me up. We have some fantastic flying destinations here in the Northern Sierras and high dessert of Nevada.

    Mike

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    Too much fun!! Great to see a bunch of tail wheel airplanes out doing their thing. The CA group is hoping to enjoy more flying adventures with our AZ brothers (and sisters).

    "Tahoe Cub" won the short landing event BTW, with some impressive flying. So anybody who takes him up on his flying invite may get some really good back country flying tips.

    We're looking forward to doing this again.

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    I was the outsider being from Washington but was welcomed to the group and had a ball. Thank you to everyone for the great time and wonderful lunch. It was so cool to see so many Carbon Cubs at one place just hanging out and having fun. Looking forward to the next event were ever it might be.

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    And Randy won the short takeoff event. He gets lots of practice in the California backcountry.

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    Default Re: Arizona BackCountry Olympics by SunCountry!

    For all of you anxious to see the pictures of the event, here is a link where you can download them all!
    THANKS to Mike Wilson; our official photographer!

    https://innovation.sharefile.com/d/s17040681abd4bd89

    I will also post a few here to give you a flavor of the action, and on my next post Ill recognize the winners!!

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    12 CarbonCubs and SportCubs attended!
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    Default Re: Arizona BackCountry Olympics by SunCountry!

    And, to officially recognize the Winners:

    Christopher Desmond - Closest to Touchdown zone

    Mike Bradford - Shortest Landing

    Randy Clark - Shortest Takeoff

    Ben Hodges - closest Flour Bomb to Target

    Ben Hodges - Overall Winner!

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    Default Re: Arizona BackCountry Olympics by SunCountry!

    And, finally, a nice Panorama shot of all the CubCrafters planes!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick Bosshardt View Post
    And, finally, a nice Panorama shot of all the CubCrafters planes!

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    FINAL OFFICIAL RESULTS POSTING!

    I would like to recognize the official winners and results of the first annual Rumble in the Desert, to go along with the plaque presentation pictures below in this string!

    Spot Landing closest to the line without landing short: Christopher Desmond, CarbonCub 8CD: 0 feet (ON the line!)

    Shortest Landing Distance from the Landing line, w/o landing short: Mike Bradford, CarbonCub 1MB: 145'

    Shortest Takeoff from the Takeoff line: Randy Clark, CarbonCub 56R: 80'

    Flour Bombing, closest to the target from 300' AGL: Ben Hodges, CarbonCub 8ZQ: 15'

    Overall Winner, with lowest total feet on all four events: Ben Hodges, CarbonCub 8ZQ: 310'

    Congratulations again to all the winners, and a great showing from the CarbonCubs!!

    If any of the participants would like to know their actual scores on each event, please feel free to email me.

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