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Eric:<br>
Somewhere in your lucid explanation there must be a reason that the
other classes did not commence with the composition of new schedules
when the Masters schedule was composed.<br>
Obviously, these other classes then could have been installed when the
Masters was. People are available that would have been more than eager
to work on the other classes parallel to the classe(s) which were
changed. Was there no opportunity for that to happen? To someone on
the outside looking in, it just seems as if part of the organization
moved ahead, while part was left to stagnate. Or so I see it.
Illuminate me.<br>
In the event, it would seem to me that now is the time to compose the
committees, which in turn can formulate the schedules for all of us,
all classes. Perhaps this is ongoing, and I just haven't been aware of
it. I hope.<br>
Respectfully, <br>
Bill Glaze<br>
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Henderson,Eric wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="177470718-23012004">Bill,</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="177470718-23012004"> It's not fair to say the vote was
ignored.The vote occurred just before the change-cycle for the AMA
closed. there was absolutely no way to propose complete schedule and
ascending schedule changes in the time available.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="177470718-23012004">The lead time to make new schedules took
over a year the last time we did them. A sub-committee, split into two
teams, and did approx.. four schedules for each class. They were tested
and tested, and then voted on at sub-committee level. the winners
were narrowed down and voted on at the NSRCA board level and finally
sent out in the NSRCA survey as structured groups of schedule options
for the NSRCA membership to vote on. ( We all got the same stipend for
all of the work!)</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="177470718-23012004">The next window when the
voted-on-change-all-schedules-change can be proposed to the AMA is in
two years time. The Annex proposal, if it passes, should help us a lot
in this process. But if we want to design what we fly, it almost
behooves us to start designing now. Tony understand this stuff. He had
the vision and was the one that commissioned the original
sub-committees long before I got the job of finishing them.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="177470718-23012004">Regards,</span></font></div>
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class="177470718-23012004">Eric.</span></font></div>
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face="Tahoma" size="2">-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org">discussion-request@nsrca.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org">mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org</a>]<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bill Glaze<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 23, 2004 1:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Artistic Aerobatics<br>
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Interesting, that this subject should come up.<br>
I feel that a big factor, would be the very thing that is under our
noses. (admittedly, some few will object to the idea)<br>
Change the flight sequences at least every 3 years, as the
questionnaire said. Said questionnaire was ignored in this particular,
in the last rules cycle for all but (significantly) Masters. And, of
course, FAI.<br>
It would help in the boredom category. IMHO, it would help much more
than looking at pattern airplanes flop all over the sky. But then, who
am I? I haven't even done a great job of what we're flying
now.<G><br>
In any event, Eric, I sure appreciate that you're so active in the idea
dept.<br>
<br>
Bill Glaze<br>
NSRCA 2388<br>
AMA 2221<br>
IMAC 1624<br>
N7WWS<br>
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Henderson,Eric wrote:<br>
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<div><span class="698583514-23012004"><font face="Arial"><font
color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="698583514-23012004">As
some of you may know I ran an FAI-FG1 event a couple of years ago at
the Nat's after the finals. Quique, Troy and Chad Northeast put on a
really great show for us while we waited for the Masters and FAI
results.</span></font></font></font></span></div>
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<div><span class="698583514-23012004"><font face="Arial"><font
color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="698583514-23012004">I have
not heard much about this event type since then. I was wondering if the
FAI adopted it or not.</span></font></font></font></span></div>
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<div><span class="698583514-23012004"><font face="Arial"><font
color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="698583514-23012004">Flying
a pattern type plane to music is very attractive. It is one of the few
times where the plane does not drown-out the music! More correctly
said, the planes have to comply with size weight and sound FAI
regulations. They do not actually have to be what we fly in a pattern
contest. Some guys use the same planes and swap-in 3-D wings and stabs.
They often change their props.</span></font></font></font></span></div>
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<div><span class="698583514-23012004"><font face="Arial"
color="#0000ff" size="2">It is, of course, the rest-of-the-world's
version of IMAC freestyle.</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="698583514-23012004"><font face="Arial"
color="#0000ff" size="2">I have written, <em>not without a shot or
two across my bows</em>, that the delineator between precision
aerobatics and scale aerobatics is that pattern is based on practicing
the routine, a lot! </font></span></div>
<div><span class="698583514-23012004"><font face="Arial"
color="#0000ff" size="2">I see IMAC pilots practicing tailslides and
Harriers and torque rolls, but rarely the routines they fly. In
particular, wannabe IMAC pilots fly the hover stuff for most of their
flights. Once in a while I "push my luck" and I ask them why they
practice most, the thing that they will do least, in a contest. (Maybe
once in a freestyle routine at the end of an event). </font></span></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span
class="698583514-23012004">The answer always is, "Because I want to
get better at it and it is fun". Are they having more fun than us? I
know that watching a loud plane hover over the runway is fun for a
while but it gets old pretty quick and even becomes annoying. A bit
like when we played our </span>4<span class="698583514-23012004">5's
on repeat. We coul listen to the same song, that we had just purchased,
but our allegedly tone-deaf fathers were soon motivated to become
"discus" throwers!!!!</span></font></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span
class="698583514-23012004">The question is still out there however,
"Are we boring?" and "Do we, (pattern pilots), need be more
watchable"???</span></font></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span
class="698583514-23012004">Regards, it is still winter - Eric.</span></font></font></font></div>
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