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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Guys,</FONT></DIV>
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size=2> I have pasted a
few of the questions into one note so that I can answer them in one go. I
am seeing that the randomizing statement that I made is not making it clear what
will happen. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Q. <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG>I just remember PRIOR to the seeding, a LOT of collusion
amongst fliers about what frequencies people were on so to be in…or not in… the
same group. </STRONG></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000>A. This can't happen this time around. The only thing that you can
try to do is be on the same frequency as someone you know or not be on the
same frequency as someone that you know. The pilots have no input as to what
grouping they will be in on each day. the only grouping that is inviolate is
that you will be on the same site as the person or persons on your frequency.
You may well be required to change to your second frequency to spread out
the pilots over the 17 available frequencies. You will use this frequency for
the whole contest.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000>Also the closing date is July 10 for registration. It does not
matter if you are Chip Shulman, Jason Hyde, Don McMurtry or Sean Szczur won't
get in after that date. (BG) This is because the event director will have
pre-scheduled every pilot for every round and their work assignments
etc. for every day between Monday and Wednesday. It also prevents
behavior in the question above. This information will be in your pilots
packets.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Q. <STRONG>The image I'm getting also
includes a bunch of tearing down airplanes and moving from one flight to
the next.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A. Using the matrix system you will have two
flight lines on the same site. You fly both rounds on that
site. No need to reassemble etc. planes to do this.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Q. <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG>Seems to me it’s far more likely to get “Stuck” on a line
with MULTIPLE top pilots and not have a chance with this method. At least
with the seeding…there was a “Finals” caliber pilot in each group to help set
the bar…</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A. The pilots will be
put into in new groups every day. Looking at it another way using 40 masters
pilot as an example. Twenty pilots will fly two rounds on one site and twenty
pilots will fly the same on the other site. The next day a new mix of
twenty pilots will fly on each site and similarly the same thing on
the third day. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There is no way that
you can avoid flying against top pilots from last year in squads of this
size. As a point of reference, you all might not have realized this,
but seeding ensured that you always flew against not 1, but 4 of the
top 8 seeded pilots in every round, every day.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
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face=Arial><FONT color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>Eric.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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