Ollie Gregory <<olliettt1955>>
writes:

TTT wants to invite everyone to our Mayhem Party Saturday May
29th! Barry Klein is our new social director and has dictated that the dinner
shall be pot luck and dishes shall be created with an aeronautical theme in
mind. Hmmm? Turbulent Tacos and Hot Buffalo Wingovers! I hear someone has
donated at least one keg of beer. We'll have spot landing contests, streamer
drop contests and fun flying for Tree Topper members. Mayhem with the TTT will
be a low key, fun flyin with lots of things to do for pilots and their families.
The Mayhem Party will be the kickoff party for the Sequatchie Sprints. If we
have winds for the fabulous Henson Gap Radial Ramp, mountain launching Hang 2's
can join in the flying fun!

TTT is hosting the first of three "Race to Goal" Sprint type races over Memorial
Day weekend - May 29th to May 31st. The Sequatchie Sprints format is spectator
friendly with course turn points close to launch. The final turn point will be
centered on launch with the finish radius in the LZ, so it should make for some
photogenic and video friendly flying. We expect the races to be in the 10 to 20
mile range. A typical race should take 1.0 to 2.0 hours if the weather is good.

OzGap 2005 or a similar scoring program will be used to score the event. We will
have Sequatchie Sprints over Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day
weekends. There will be cookouts, bonfires, hiking, biking and hanging out for
families. There will be plenty of coaching and support for pilots new to "Race
to Goal" contests. Take a look at the Google Map examples of possible 14.5 mile
tasks at our Whitwell and Henson Gap sites.

We'll have Kingposted, Topless and Rigid wing classes. Originally we were
planning to charge $60 for the weekend of racing, but we reduce the cost to $20
for three days of racing! I believe the Sequatchie Sprints will be a great way
for pilots considering entering races like Big Spring to get meaningful exposure
to the "Race to Goal" format in a friendly atmosphere with super easy retrieval.
The Sequatchie Sprint format will also allow entertaining viewing for friends
and family. Come enjoy the comfy camping and southern hospitality with the TTT!
Read more about it at our website:
http://www.sequatchiecompetition.com/index.html.