| steve b | 22 | steve c | 18 | johnny h | 20 | bruce l | 22 | richard h | 14 | ||||
| mike c | 19 | aaron c | 13 | pierre g | 16 | mario p | 16 | chuck l | 18 | ||||
| gopal d | 16 | mitch a | 14 | bill s | 9 | john r | 7 | jay b | 9 | ||||
| sharon c | 10 | brian j | 12 | david t | 17 | terry m | 7 | tom b | 7 | ||||
| john m | 17 | dennis c | 12 | scott b | 11 | jerry d | 8 | karen g | 4 | ||||
| paul p | 9 | tom h | 6 | ken v | 5 | mike b | 4 | larry w | 3 |
the 5 finalists after the dust cleared and the ties were flown off were:
| steve b |
| bruce l |
| johnny h |
| mike c |
| chuck l |
i won't even try to describe the final battles... they were too beautiful and amazing for my limited abilities to explain... i can't believe how well our foreign-devil guests can fly... if you are interested in blow-by-blow accounts of individual battles, please feel free to ask the fliers to share details... suffice to say that the final fly-offs consisted of some of the most breathtaking maneuvers i have ever seen... masterful flying... jaw dropping... rear-end-clenching... point after point until finally, at the end of the day, 3 fliers emerged victorious...
the eventual winners of the 2001 shortline fighter kite world cup:
| first: | bruce l. |
| second: | chuck l. |
| third: | johnny h. |
say, maybe the hornitos did work afterall... obviously, nfkaguys are used to post-hornito flying because of our heavy training schedule and johnny escaped it's devastation only because he doesn't touch alcohol... a lesson to all... fighter pilots should either drink a lot or not drink at all.
