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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rick:<BR><BR>Well stated...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Tony Stillman<BR>Radio South<BR>3702 N. Pace Blvd.<BR>Pensacola, FL
32505<BR>1-800-962-7802<BR><A
href="http://www.radiosouthrc.com">www.radiosouthrc.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:37
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: NEW concept? for pattern
entry.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#800040 size=3 FAMILY="SCRIPT">I wouldn't get too wrapped up in the
thought that a senior class would be the savior of the pattern
community. Lets view a senior class as a way to keep our best story
tellers involved in our sport. Let them fly what they bring, fly the
same sequences as the rest of us, and when the final scores are
tallied.......award a trophy to best scoring senior within their respective
classes.<BR><BR>I personally feel pattern will, once again, become a very
popular event. The efforts of current flyers to attract new blood
through help and encouragement at the local club level and even possibly a
little stick time on that latest wizbang ship of yours will lock the new guys
and gals that have that little spark in their minds to give it a try.
<BR><BR>The second and very important ingredient in this recovery is the new
ARF industry. Now we can show how to get started in pattern with a
'serious' plane like the Swallow and Quest that has been discussed so much
lately. More cheaper ARFs will be a boon to pattern, lets not poo poo
these planes at the contests by unfairly judging their pilots, especially in
the lower two classes.<BR><BR>I personally have been inactive in pattern for a
few years since my switch to IMAC. I must say the new ARF invasion, the
deletion of flimsy ( I fly off grass ) retracts, and an apparent improvement
in YS/OS engine reliability have wet my appetite to jump back in.
<BR><BR>If I can drag along my ole' pattern pro Dad to fly against other
seniors at the same contest, I think this would be a blast ! He
practices IMAC Sportsman and is my dedicated builder/caller. It wouldn't
take much of a prod to get him entered in a pattern meet.<BR><BR>So, lets look
at the possibility of senior scoring within the existing classes along with an
annual points championship for them. I'd say it just might
work.<BR><BR>Rick Hannah<BR>St. Joseph, Michigan</FONT>
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