oliver gregory <<email>> writes:

Hello Tree Toppers and flying friends, TTT is hosting a low key cross country meet and Fly In for the weekend of Memorial Day. Registration will take place at Friday at 6PM on 5/23 and continue on the morning of 5/24. The meet will run from 5/24 thru 5/26.

This will be a low cost meet with Team Challenge like handicapped tasks. We'll also have fun spot landing and drop streamer bomb drop contests. The gliders and pilots will be handicapped in the same format as the Team Challenge so everyone has a shot at winning! We'll have prizes for the winners. To enter the cross country contest, you must be a current TTT and USHPA member with a Hang 3 level rating. Hang 2 Tree Toppers may participate in the bomb drop and spot landing contests.

The cost of the cross country contest will be $25. The bomb drop and spot landing contests will cost $10 to enter. Pilots may participate in all three contests. We'll give every pilot who enters the bomb drop contest a personalized Arkansas Drop Streamer made by a real Arkansan, ME! We still need a few more volunteers to help out, but the volunteers can certainly fly in the meet. Volunteers should contact me at <email>.

Here's how it will work. We have online preregistration up on the www.tennesseetreetoppers.org site, so get on the list. Just go to the website, click on the link for Mayhem and sign up. The tasks will all be called to equalize the challenges for every skill level and glider performance with emphasis on fun and learning. We may have an open distance Saturday or Sunday if conditions are favorable, but expect most or all of the tasks to keep contestants in the Sequatchie Valley with the goal being the TTT LZ's. Low pressure and fun is what you should expect. This will be a good warm up for those interested in the Team Challenge this fall.

The Tree Toppers will have a nice dinner on the Saturday before Memorial Day. We'll have a covered plate dinner provided by the local TTT supporters and anyone who can help with a dish. With the Mayhem Mini Meet, we'll get to work up hearty appetites!

There will be other fun things to do for pilots and friends too. One will be the Calcutta Auction of Pilots for the XC contest with winning "owners" receiving valuable prizes. All proceeds will go toward the TTT's many projects including the Revamp the Ramp Project and the Landing Field Fund. It's gonna be a blast! I might be flying in it!!!!

Stay tuned to the Oz Report for updates and check out our website at www.tennesseetreetoppers.org for even more info on treetopper events like Team Challenge 2008.