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<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I drew
a lot of fire for flying in Masters and FAI a few years ago,. primarily
because the word flying needs a better definition. Before I get into
that, the motives for flying in more than one class are almost always to
help the CD or even the competitors in the other class. In all cases I was
asked if I would fly by the CD. I paid the money to prevent the CD losing money
on the their trophy purchases. It felt noble and it never crossed my mind that
someone would object.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>People
who were not even there, one guy in particular, wrote to the AMA and the NSRCA
and the Eskimo-list objecting to this conduct. Why thought I? Years later I
figured it out. Some of it was election politics but most of it was
because of our desire to be precise and apply the rules. Once it was because I
unwittingly took away some championship points from a
contestant.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>One
year three of us in Advanced also flew Masters because no Master pilots had
shown up. It saved the CD the cost of three unusable trophies and we had fun.
This is where you get into the words, "Flying another class". It needs it be
broken down into actually competing and qualifying for advancement and
championship points, and just flying because you want to give it an unofficial
go. You declare which is your official class and then one of them does not
count. Sounds OK so far, but what about the situation where you beat someone in
their official class when you are just flying for fun. Not
good!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Once I
was asked to fly so that two rival FAI pilots would have separation
for the judges, sort of like a warm-up pilot each round. That was OK but
what if I had, by some quirk of luck, had won!? The net of it all is that
flying two classes is that it does not work well. Based upon what I have seen
and experienced I would not do it again.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As a
pilot it was great fun. The CD's soon found that they could not use me as a
judge. You really needed two planes, one set-up for each class. You needed a
great caller and a lot of concentration. One contest ran two rounds in a row,
one on each flight line. This meant I flew masters on line A and then
immediately flew masters on line B. Then FAI schedule D on line A and the
schedule E on line B. Try that without blowing a maneuver.... One contestant
complained that it gave me, wait for it, an unfair advantage because I got
more information on how the wind was blowing....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Never
again. I'd rather give the CD a donation next time....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Eric.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=528130616-15092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bob
Kane<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 13, 2003 8:43 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Multilple entries
question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>You could allow someone to enter their own class and FAI as long as it was
spelled out in the sanction request and advertized as such. Thats the rule for
deviating from the rules <IMG
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<DIV><BR><B><I>Patternrules@aol.com</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><FONT
face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>Bob
now that you mention it I do recall reading that, now would the advanced
notice from the CD be able to change that rules for the
contest?<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
face="Arial Baltic" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><I>Steve
Maxwell</B></I></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><BR><BR>Bob
Kane<BR>getterflash@yahoo.com
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