<DIV> Steve you bring up some great points here. We need to push pattern to our club members and having inexpensive alternatives is going to help. We aren't getting any new flyers at our contests here in Northern D5 and this concerns me. Mike<BR><BR><B><I>Steven maxwell <patternrules@sbcglobal.net></I></B> wrote:
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<DIV> Eric columns in Model Aviation, and Bob Pasterello win at Temple, with a $350 plane has done a good to show new people inexpensive ways to get people interested in pattern, something all of you don't have time, like others of us that can spend lots of time at our flying fields, like a recently retire guy like me, and I have always been this way in pattern, is to spend as much time at the field as possible, and I have been flying the Quest for a few months now this has had a twofold effect, # 1 I have gained great confidence in my flying skills using the Quest a plane I really don't care that much about meaning that the price is cheap at $ 250 this isn't an ad, there are other inexpensive planes like the Swallow the Venus and many others under $250 # 2 it has shown other sport pilots that this really isn't that expensive, one of the things I do is always have sportsman schedules at the field to show people
what the maneuvers are, the other thing and a lot of you do the same thing I know is giving help with setups and how to trim a plane, even when it take away from your flying, I have been back flying this will be the 4 th year and the fruit of my labor are starting to pay off, when I started back there was only one part time pattern pilot at our field he showed up 2 or 3 times a week for a couple of hours, so it seems that exposure is the answer to getting new pilots, as of now I have 3 new pattern pilots, and 2 more showing interest at our club, one of which is an NSRCA member the others will follow by the end of the year, all this is about is getting new members so if you can work it into your schedule try to spend a little more time at your flying field. </DIV><BR><BR>
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