<DIV> Pattern is on the rise in my area D5. In Missouri alone this year they had 5 contests and they were pretty well attended. We had 40 contestents at the D4 champs in KY. too! It might be a regional problem. Mike<BR><BR><B><I>Del Rykert <drykert@rochester.rr.com></I></B> wrote:
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#0000ff>In some areas of the US it is on the wane. Clubs can't justify holding a contest if only a handful of contestants show up. Many clubs that used to hold pattern contest no longer do. From that perspective the pattern scene isn't well. Just look at the NSRCA numbers and one can see the major decline.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#0000ff> Del K. Rykert<BR> AMA - 8928 <BR> NSRCA - 473<BR> Kb2joi - General </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 13, 2003 9:35 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: moderator....</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Jon….you just ain’t getting it…..Pattern is not going to die out….ever.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-no-proof: yes">Regards<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = "urn:schemas:contacts" /><st2:GivenName><FONT color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-no-proof: yes">Dave</SPAN></FONT></st2:GivenName><FONT color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-no-proof: yes"> </SPAN></FONT><st2:Sn><FONT color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-no-proof: yes">Harmon</SPAN></FONT></st2:Sn></st1:PersonName><FONT color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-no-proof: yes"><BR>NSRCA 586<BR></SPAN></FONT><st1:PersonName><FONT color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; mso-no-proof: yes"><A href="mailto:K6XYZ@comcast.net">K6XYZ@comcast.net</A></SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT color=blue
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><st1:PersonName><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><A href="mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org">discussion-request@nsrca.org</A></SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> [mailto:</SPAN></FONT><st1:PersonName><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">discussion-request@nsrca.org</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Jon</SPAN></FONT></st2:GivenName><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><st2:Sn><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Uhler</SPAN></FONT></st2:Sn></st1:PersonName><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><st1:date Year="2003" Day="13" Month="10"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Monday, October 13, 2003</SPAN></FONT></st1:date><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><st1:time Minute="21" Hour="21"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">9:21 PM</SPAN></FONT></st1:time><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><st1:PersonName><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><A
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nope, not again...</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I think pattern is a great tool for teaching pilots a lot about flying. The short time that I spent practicing has taught me a lot. It is so much more fun trying to learn to rudder correct than it is learning to hover.....I was teaching a young kid at our field the other day. I never really taught the use of the rudder until I started flying pattern. I just figured they would start using it someday, now I am trying to get people to mess around with it early in their training.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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