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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: What is going on with 2024 the SCCBC season?
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:59:51 -0700
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On 2024-06-28 08:10, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 6/27/2024 3:55 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2024-06-25 10:34, Tom Elam wrote:
>>> Dear Alan,
>>> 
>>> Last year, 2023, April-June, there 3 weekends, 9 races at SBBC.
>>> Total unique CW driver entries were 97, OW 37. These are typical
>>> for an entire season for 2021-2023. In April-June 2024 unique
>>> driver entries are 14 OW and 49 CW, about half prior years.
>>> 
>>> These stats are from the SBBC season championship records.
>>> 
>>> Wow, quite the drop. What's going on, Alan?
>>> 
>>> And, BTW, you entered 11 out of a 71 2021-2024 races. None last
>>> year of course, but also none this year and 11 out of 34 in
>>> 2021-22. Have you retired? I thought you were looking forward to
>>> getting back this year. Not so much?
>> 
>> So great to see you taking such an interest in my life, Liarboy!
>> 
>> I wonder if I might take a little interest in yours.
>> 
>> Done much flying lately?
> 
> Well, yes. Two very different flavors. Full scale last 6 months, 36 
> hours logged including 2 family visit trips to Georgia, some CAP
> hours, and just passed a VFR checkride. The Christmas return flight
> from Georgia was IFR all the way home and an instrument approach into
> Indy Metro. Now good for 2 another years on my BFR, taking me almost
> to my 80th birthday. At this time I am also IFR current and capable,
> but those are perishable skills. I'll be taking an IFR skills test
> checkride before the end of September.

Really?

That's interesting.

Because the FAA's registry of airmen has no record of you.

<https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/Main.aspx>

The only "Elam" it lists in Indiana...

....isn't you.

Care to explain?