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Subject: Re: What is going on with 2024 the SCCBC season?
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:52:22 -0400
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On 7/16/24 9:14 AM, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 7/15/2024 3:34 PM, -hh wrote:
>> Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 7/10/2024 1:22 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>> On 2024-07-10 07:51, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>> On 7/6/2024 4:42 PM, -hh wrote:
>>>>>> On 7/5/24 2:19 PM, Tom Elam wrote (plus merged posts):
>>>>>>> On 6/28/2024 8:04 PM, -hh wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 6/28/24 11:10 AM, 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.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Christmas of 2023, of course.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> RC model flying has been active since the weather improved in
>>>>>>>>> April. Some of that is documented on my YouTube channel 
>>>>>>>>> available at:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcvZXi-36GQkeHr0FdB4cTg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My latest YT video is rendering as I write this. That one is on
>>>>>>>>> programming my 3 meter Fox sailplane for solo hand launch. It will
>>>>>>>>> be up on the channel by end of today.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Tomorrow I am scheduled to go to the AMA annual Fun Fly in Muncie
>>>>>>>>> and do some instructing with beginning RC pilots. I also just
>>>>>>>>> passed my Part 107 Remote Pilot/commercial drone license FAA
>>>>>>>>> refresher, and good for another 2 on that front years too.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So yes, done a lot of flying. Some airline flying in the near
>>>>>>>>> future too!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Because even 36 hours droning along at a Cessna's 125mph cruising
>>>>>>>> speed is just 4500 miles: enough to cross the pond once...but not
>>>>>>>> back.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We will be flying to Vancouver next month to catch a train to
>>>>>>>>> Calgary then flying home from there. August takes us to France,
>>>>>>>>> Luxembourg and a Viking river cruise to Basel. Flying home from
>>>>>>>>> Zurich. Ten day trip in all. So still traveling too.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oh, so now its a ten day trip for what previously was a twelve day
>>>>>>>> Paris-Rhine cruise claimed back in February?  /s
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How about you, doing any racing lately? I know the answer to that,
>>>>>>>>> at least for SBBC events. Null, zero, nada since 2022. Going
>>>>>>>>> anywhere outside Canada this year?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Life invariably takes different turns.  My last travel comment here
>>>>>>>> was in early 2023, that we were looking (in 2023) to be making up
>>>>>>>> for our CoVid travel lull, but that doesn't mean that it all went
>>>>>>>> as had been hoped for: indeed, it could have changed.  Cancelled
>>>>>>>> outright, or even perhaps upgraded to be in First Class instead of
>>>>>>>> Coach on all of that year's international flights! /s
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Same applies for 2024 as well, for life invariably throws curve
>>>>>>>> balls; this is why the advice was to 'do the hard stuff' while
>>>>>>>> one's body (& finances) are healthy enough to be still able to do
>>>>>>>> what one wishes. Otherwise, one can be pushing 80 and renting a car
>>>>>>>> is no longer trivial, so one can get increasingly constrained to
>>>>>>>> guided tours on cruise ships.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In any event, a week on the Rocky Mountaineer and the
>>>>>>>> aforementioned Rhine cruise sounds to be in the rough ballpark of
>>>>>>>> ($7500+air)/pp, so it does seem like Tommy is perhaps finally
>>>>>>>> breaking out of his prior fiscal constraint, as I'd long advised.
>>>>>>>> Yay, you!.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -hh
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ten was a wrong number for Europe. It IS 12 days plus 2 for to-from
>>>>>>> travel that I did not include in a prior post.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But also plus +3 days pre-tour in Paris, as you've mentioned before
>>>>>> and mentioned again below.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Canada trip is a package tour via a local company. It includes
>>>>>>> several side trips, most meals, air, and several nights in the
>>>>>>> Fairmont Banff Springs and others of similar quality prior to Banff
>>>>>>> Springs. Check the rates on that hotel. $11,990 for 2. Sadly, one of
>>>>>>> the people, a good friend at that, was scheduled to go but died very
>>>>>>> suddenly. The wife has to cancel. It may still be an open
>>>>>>> reservation for two. Interested? Starts July 20.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've been meaning to get back to the Canadian Rockies, but that
>>>>>> start date hits a schedule conflict.  Plus we learned last month that
>>>>>> we're out of shape for any decent hiking in the Rockies (not that
>>>>>> this rail journey would really have much), so not enough pre-trip
>>>>>> prep time either.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Europe trip including air is a bit over $10,000 plus 3 nights on
>>>>>>> our own in a Paris hotel at $300/night, plus meals, local
>>>>>>> transportation and sundries. Likely to also come to about $12,000.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Figured about that, as a cabin on Viking is ~$3800/pp on its own.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your $7,500 pp is spot-on but includes airfare.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As you know, there's several rail journey options to choose from, of
>>>>>> varying lengths; I'd conservatively parameterized to a higher end
>>>>>> tour than what you actually chose.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We also just this week scheduled a trip to Luddington MI to spend a
>>>>>>> week with some good friends at their cabin. I'll be flying us up
>>>>>>> there, only about $600 R/T for air plus taking them out to a VERY
>>>>>>> nice restaurant or two.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We also have the annual ski trip of course. 2024 is a bit of a
>>>>>>> splurge but not that different from many prior years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've not chatted skiing lately with a colleague who spends 2-3 weeks
>>>>>> in Vail each season to know current rates, but I'd expect that the
>>>>>> Epic is still just ~$1K/pp and that condo/AirBNB rates are quite
>>>>>> variable.  Even so, $10K probably covers ~3 weeks when driving.  So
>>>>>> without the ski trip, ballpark $25K for 2024, including the Florida
>>>>>> bit (next below):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> {merge}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Second reply. I just updated the 2024 travel diary and forgot to
>>>>>>> include 2 January Florida weeks. We stayed with friends week 1, so
>>>>>>> that kept the cost down. I think the whole trip was only maybe $3-4k
>>>>>>> all-in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> {merge}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Back again. FYI the club 182 cruises at 160+ mph, not 125.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So its an 5,760 miles upper limit.  That's still not enough to cross
>>>>>> the pond & back...and one still can't nap (safely) when at the 
>>>>>> controls.
>>>>>>
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