<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Pattern is hard and that does scare the average club schmoe. In an effort to entice newbies into pattern you gotta look for the right guy at the right time. Here are my well collected thoughts for those who (m?) care.........</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">1. Forget the guys who make peanut gallery cracks while you are flying....the wise cracks are insecurity they do not want exposed.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">2. Forget about anyone with GOD syndrome. (Good Old Days). If they think that escapments made for "REAL" pilots you dont wanna talk to them about your digital servos-or pattern.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">3. Forget about anyone who gets excited about............THAT NEWEST P-51 ARF!!!!!!! They are not ready.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4. Forget about anyone who says they have enough "Competition" at work....chances are they are losers there too.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">5. Forget about someone who thinks nuthin' is better than that big O' Ugly Stick......with two aileron servos for "flaperons".</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">6. Forget about anyone who has a fun fly plane and likes to take off, snap three times and loop for a touch and go...in three seconds or less. Chances are he is A.D.D. and the straight lines of pattern will make his brain hurt from lack of stimulation.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">7. Forget about someone who has constant "radio problems"...yeah right.....</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">8. Forget about anyone flying a .46 plane and has band-aids on his fingers</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Now that I have eliminated 98.625% of the average club member...who should you entice into pattern?????? </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">1. The guy who approaches you at the end of a flight and asks about a certain manuever</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">2. Anyone who on their own accord has realized how poorly their P-51, Ugly Stick, or other plane really flies. When he says "everytime I pull straight up like you do my plane veers to the left-why?" He is then a prime candidate. (this is the Horse-lead to water deal-he's gotta be thirsty)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">3. Look for the person who is a decent pilot but is getting bored with the hobby. You can spot him by the following....He has mastered touch and gos, he rarely crashes, he can "SNAP" with the best of them and does it 100 times a flight, he tries to "hover" anything including that P-51 ARF (for realistic flight mode).</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4. Anyone who cleans his plane (even if it is a P-51 ARF) between every flight, is a prime candidate. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">With this being said, I have not found any worthy candidates at the Richardson Club in about 1.5 years. But then again I have not been flying alot for various reasons... </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Remember that I am a qualified amatuer phs...psyh...psycologist,,,,,so this has gotta be right</font>
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Gray Fowler<br>
Principal Chemical Engineer<br>
Composites Engineering</font>