<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear Carl,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hello from Prague. I returned home from a Czech hospital yesterday, where I had spent two and a half days. I had a heart operation to try to cure atrial fibrillation, which thus far appears to have been a success. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I plan to be back in Billings in December, but obviously will not be participating in the upcoming meet. Amazing isn’t it, how quickly winter sets in back in Montana? At the last meet, the heat was off the chart. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for the updates. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Doug Pressman </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><div class="">On 11 Oct 2017, at 4:37 AM, Carl Thuesen <<a href="mailto:carl@steinerthuesen.net" class="">carl@steinerthuesen.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The last ALES for Columbus this year is scheduled for this Saturday, October 14. Current NWS forecast shows a 30% chance for snow or showers early, while Weather Underground shows a 50% chance at 8:00, rapidly decreasing to 20% by 9:00 with temp climbing to about 40 then. Temps will hit about 50 by 2:00 with wind forecast to top out about 12 MPH. This is do able, although probably not what we might order if we had our way!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Currently we are planning to hold the contest, weather and projected attendence permitting. I will post a final go/no go by 6:00 Friday night, stay tuned! I’m thinking about a 10:00 pilot’s meeting, to allow the weather to settle down and temps to warm up. With the late start we may use the Jim Loughren task format, that is 6-8-10-10-8-6. Standard landings.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">HFT folks please advise if you plan to attend. This may also color our thinking regarding go or no. More Friday.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks all!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">CT<br class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: Palatino; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div>
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