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<DIV><STRONG> All have made good comments on this subject but pattern will never be for the masses, pattern contest will never be for the spectator. I like the AA as a side show. I really enjoyed the AA at the Nat's 2 years ago, and think that it was a good way to kill some time while finals was being tabulated, just wish more had participated.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG> Our club has air shows every year, Jeff Hughes and I do pattern demos, and the comments are always the same how smooth and graceful we fly, (hey 2 words in the judging guide) even though we are not the top fliers in the nation, people recognize what we're doing, but would they ever watch 6 rounds of 8 people performing the same schedules NO.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG> So let's not try to make pattern something it isn't, you'll never see pattern on ESPN, we'll never get people to pay to watch pattern, pattern will never be held in an arena with 70,000 watching, so do demos at air shows both pattern and AA. </STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Arial Baltic" size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><B><I>Steve Maxwell</B></I></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>