The weather forecast wasn't looking good for today, so it was decided yesterday that today would be a rest day with no contest flying. Joerg Stieber recalled that he saw the first Top Gun movie while attending the Canadian Nationals at Chipman in 1987 (Tony Burton and our Contest Director, Bruce Friesen, also competed in the Chipman Nats in 1987). So, a gang of pilots took advantage of the day off and drove in to Edmonton to catch the latest Top Gun movie on Imax.

The sun was hidden behind a high overcast most of the day, shutting down most of the convection. Some local radio-control pilots came to the field and put on a demonstration of their flying skills, including (lack of skill?) a spin into the ground and a totaled model plane.

The highlight of the day was the whacking of a piñata, where everyone lined up to get their whack. Our contest director, showing his engineering skills, arranged his turn at the exact moment of failure. The contents included the usually expected candies, as well as various pilot-oriented goodies. Yaw strings, tie-down ropes. Strangely, the most popular items turned out to be the condom catheters, which quickly (and anonymously!) disappeared.