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<DIV>Steve, keep up the good work. It is hard to convince new or
prospective pattern flyers they don't need a full blown 2 meter pattern plane to
be competitive when most of us are flying them. We have been somewhat
successful this year in attracting new flyers into Sportsman and Intermediate
here in District 7. And they are using either sport or less complex models
like Tiger 2s or 40 sized Kaos's and Ultra Sports to get started.
With pretty good success I might add. They can spend most of their time
learning to fly pattern rather than be drowned in complex engine and airframe
problems. </DIV>
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<DIV>Like I said, keep it up. It will pay off over time.</DIV>
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<DIV>Don</DIV>
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<DIV>Like I saidIn a message dated 6/9/2004 3:13:55 AM Central Daylight Time,
patternrules@sbcglobal.net writes:</DIV>
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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>
<DIV><EM>Steve Maxwell</EM></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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