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<DIV><FONT size=3>Hank (I assume),</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Thanks, the opinion of people like yourself is the one we've
been missing for a long time. It's also the most important one. If nothing else,
this forum provides a mechanism for those of us who've been in the game for a
while to hear the viewpoints of those on the outside considering it. I'm not
sure that this describes you, but we sure need some feedback from those
we're trying to attract. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>I've helped various people in recent years that want to get
into pattern. The most recent was last summer and involved two guys. Both are
way above average sport flyers and both went full boat with Focus II's and all
the right stuff. One of the guys used to fly the old Sportsman pattern in
pre-turnaround days and was one of those "weekend warriors" I described. He can,
BTW, fly three horizontal rolls very well and actually flies the maneuver rather
than just surviving it. Anyway, I had a VERY difficult time convincing him to
fly Sportsman because he was very competent flying the Intermediate maneuvers
one by one. I finally convinced him to go with Sportsman and he had an extremely
frustrating experience trying to keep it all in the box. I thought he was going
to give it up but he hung in there and actually won the contest I was prepping
him for.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>The other guy wanted to fly in Advanced because he could do
all those maneuvers one by one. I couldn't talk him down to Sportsman but at
least got him to go with Intermediate. He was in over his head and got creamed.
I'm not sure if either or both of these guys will be back, but I'm sure they'd
compete in the Sportsman schedule I described and that's two more contestants
than we'd normally have. Once we had them around us for a few contests, who
knows? And once they spread the word about how much fun they were having with
this challenging, but low pressure schedule, who knows how many other sport
flyers they'd attract? More guys for us to meet, help, and get to join
us.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Right now my club sees me practicing Masters and occasionally
Andrew Jesky practicing FAI and all the other stuff he does. I have no doubt
that these guys can't relate what they're doing to what we do, no matter how
much we try to convince them. They could relate to those other two guys, though,
especially if they were flying one maneuver at a time rather than the whole
package that comes in a turnaround schedule. Food for thought, but I think it
could be contagious.......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Verne Koester</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=HankPajari@aol.com
href="mailto:HankPajari@aol.com">HankPajari@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 14, 2005 9:45
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Schedule design - Your
homework assignment should you chose to accept it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Found the old A pattern, the equivalent of Sportsman.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Takeoff</DIV>
<DIV>Straight Flight out</DIV>
<DIV>Procedure Turn</DIV>
<DIV>Straight Flight In</DIV>
<DIV>Figure Eight (Horizontal)</DIV>
<DIV>Three Rolls</DIV>
<DIV>Immelman Turn</DIV>
<DIV>Stall Turn</DIV>
<DIV>Traffic Pattern Approach</DIV>
<DIV>Landing Perfection</DIV>
<DIV>Spot Landing</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>As we can see this is much less demanding that the current
Sportsman but at the same time gave a beginner confidence that he
wouldn't smash his airplane or make too big a fool out of himself, it really
wasn't a whole lot more complex than a fun fly event. However, I
think given the state of the art today, the Sportsman as it is
now is not too demanding, except the fact that you have to stay in the
box. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I really like the Sportsman you came up with and honestly believe that it
would bring more pilots into the fray. You don't want it too easy but at
the same time you don't want airplane breakers either. The way it is
setup today the maneuvers are a little easier than the ones you propose but
the pilot may feel rushed to stay in the box. This leads to botched
maneuvers and maybe an out of control plane. Remember I am talking about
entry level here. Personnaly I would rather be challenged by tougher
maneuvers than being rushed to stay in the box and risking a rushed maneuver
and blowing it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Good thinking, thanks.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>