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<DIV><FONT size=3>Matt,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>The A Pattern was just before my time. When I got involved,
there was Novice, Sportsman, Advanced, Expert, Masters, and FAI. FAI was just
getting into turnaround. Everything else was non-turnaround. Masters wrote their
own schedules from a list of 36 (I think) which was published in the AMA Rules
& Regs. There was a formula they followed which involved a set number of
maneuvers that had to have a total K-Factor of something or other. Normalized
scoring wasn't here yet either and caused quite a stir before it was adopted.
Mostly because nobody quite understood how it worked or what the benefit was.
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<DIV><FONT size=3>My club had an annual pattern contest for club members only
followed by an open pattern contest later in the summer. I was always afraid to
fly in the open contest but worked my way up the ranks in the club contest. By
the time I got the guts to try competing on the road, I was already flying
Advanced at home so that's what I flew in my first contest away from home.
Finished fourth out of four and didn't know anyone else at the contest. My only
point of reference came from any and every magazine column on pattern I could
get my hands on. Guess you could say Dean Pappas has been my coach for
twenty-five years or so without ever knowing it. Anyway, back to your question.
The spot landing was gone by the time I showed up but I'm sure I've left my fair
share of divots trying to land right on the line!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Verne</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Rcmaster199@aol.com
href="mailto:Rcmaster199@aol.com">Rcmaster199@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> Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:30
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> What homework assignment,
was:Schedule - Your homework assignment...........</DIV>
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<DIV>Hey wasn't the spot landing usually followed by a small crater in the
grass runway?? Verne do you remember the spot landing details? RVP?</DIV>
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<DIV>MattK</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 1/14/2005 11:07:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:spbyrum@hiwaay.net">spbyrum@hiwaay.net</A> writes:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Guys<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Spare the traffic
pattern approach.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We’ve flown
it for years in SPA.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We just
took it out for this year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It
takes a LONG time to fly, and if judged correctly, almost every pilot will
owe the judges before he lands.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">Steve Byrum
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of
</SPAN></B>HankPajari@aol.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, January 14, 2005 8:45
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
</SPAN></FONT><st1:PersonName><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">discussion@nsrca.org</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: Schedule design - Your
homework assignment should you chose to accept it.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Found
the old A pattern, the equivalent of
Sportsman.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Takeoff<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Straight Flight
out<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Procedure
Turn<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Straight Flight
In<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Figure Eight
(Horizontal)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Three
Rolls<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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Turn<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Stall
Turn<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Traffic Pattern
Approach<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Landing
Perfection<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Spot
Landing</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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