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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:BUDDYonRC@aol.com">BUDDYonRC@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
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family="SANSSERIF" face="Arial" lang="0">Ron<br>
Since you mentioned next year I have a Question/Suggestion/Proposal.<br>
Why do we not have final's for Intermediate and Advanced classes?<br>
I think not having finals leaves the impression that Intermediate and advanced
class pilot's are someway inferior. I hereby suggest that they be added to
next year's Nat's.<br>
Site four is not being used on final's day and could be used for lower class
finals.<br>
Having finals in the Intermediate and Advanced classes would in my opinion
increase participation and also give the pilot who somehow had a bad day
like Chip Hyde had this year a chance to come back and win.<br>
I know this would increase the staff work load but we are NSRCA members
to and deserve equal treatment even though we have not progressed enough
in our flying skills to qualify as Masters pilots.<br>
I would like to hear responses Pro and Con on this subject.<br>
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I have been thinking about having a finals in Intermediate and Advanced for
several years. The only negatives I can think of involves the people to
run it. We can probably get site workers who are willing to stay around
for an additional day (that we'd have to remunerate). The real problem I
can see is the judges. We could have the Intermediate pilots fly first and,
if we couldn't get qualified judges, have the Advanced finalists judge them.
We'd have to convince some qualified Master class pilots to stay and judge
the Advanced pilots. I would only consider having the top 20% (rounded up)
in the finals. Based on this year's enrties, that would be 3 Intermediate
and 6 Advanced finalists. It's worth considering.<br>
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Ron Van Putte<br>
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