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<DIV>This letter needs to be sent to AMA as a letter to the Editor. Maybe it
will be published in the next issue!</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry T.</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 08:27:28 -0400 "Thomas Shaw" <<A
href="mailto:shaw.thomas@worldnet.att.net">shaw.thomas@worldnet.att.net</A>>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just read Mike Hurley's RC Scale Aerobatics
column in the November issue of Model Aviation. He has been following
Chuck Hobart around as a newcomer to the sport and has a Q&A in the
article. Chuck makes a most unfortunate comment regarding the unfriendly
reception he received at a pattern contest a few years back.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't believe that Mike intended to malign the
NSRCA and I don't doubt Chuck's experience,</FONT> I just found it sad
that the NSRCA would get the negative press.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This past September I spent several hours as a
visitor at the Milan Michigan pattern contest to see what the sport is all
about. I am considering joining the NSRCA and getting involved in
pattern competition. I don't think I have met a nicer group of
people. Especially when you consider that everyone was busy
competing. Each and every person that I spoke with took the time to
answer my questions in a friendly and thoughtful way. Even the contest
director took time to talk with me in the middle of the contest and it wasn't
just a five minute chat. Based on my esperience I have every intention
of joining the NSRCA.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope the contrast of these two stories can be
of some help to the organization.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Shaw</FONT></DIV>
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