<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#d8d0c8"><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 5/14/2003 5:27:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ev3464@sccoast.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Someone mentioned they hoped everyone did not jump on the band wagon and feel that if you are not flying a bipe you are not going to get score, remember we are our own JUDGES at most contests. I to hope that the current designs get a chance to digest</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">before this bipe/gas engine etc thing gets our attention. Chip could make a Falcon 56 look like a contender, just my personal </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Earl Vincent</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d8d0c8" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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Right on Earl; well said. Recently I had a conversation with a young top pilot who suggested to me that the newer wide bodied models score better than the older toothpick types, due to judge perception or preference. I asked him to show me where it says that in the rule book. <BR>
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I am pointing this out, particularly with the Nats right around the corner, that IF we have this kind of perception out there, please recalibrate yourselves. It doesn't matter what a pilot flies or who the pilot is. If they fly it well, please give them the score, and vice versa<BR>
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Matt Kebabjian <BR>
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