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<DIV>There you go, Precision Aerobatics at its finest. Sometimes the good ol'
days were just plain bad, and never to be heard from again.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/7/2005 3:34:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
vanputte@cox.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>On Jan
7, 2005, at 2:14 PM, Earl Haury wrote:<BR><BR>> Hmmm - actually the old
D-Novice flew FAI schedules (similar to <BR>> Masters) and D-Expert flew
the same schedules but was the F3A class of <BR>> the day. Interestingly,
C-Novice and C-Expert were parallel AMA <BR>> classes - but were rarely
flown due to the touch & go in the <BR>> schedules. F3A was the
"favorite" schedule back then - same story - <BR>> different preferences.
BTW, the B class (similar to advanced) got to <BR>> do the touch & go -
lots of fun with retracts and wood props.<BR><BR>Ah yes, I remember it
well. As I recall, the Touch and Go was the <BR>first maneuver after
Takeoff and was often the last maneuver, when it <BR>became a Touch and Stay,
after the prop hit the runway and/or the <BR>retracts failed.<BR><BR>Ron Van
Putte</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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