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<DIV> Instead of trying to discourage people from flying FAI you should trying to encourage it , all local contest that I have seen have many more Masters flyers than FAI, very unbalanced.</DIV>
<DIV> If your intent was to make some of us feel bad about flying FAI congratulations you have succeeded. </DIV>
<DIV> Hasn't it been voted on many times that the masters want there own schedule not the P pattern.</DIV>
<DIV> You stated that most FAI pilots only fly P , then in your next sentence you say then we're not FAI if we don't fly both.</DIV>
<DIV>If you think this is how you GROW PATTERN you are really missing the boat.</DIV>
<DIV>Your arrogance is appalling.</DIV>
<DIV> Steve Maxwell</DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pattern4u@comcast.net href="mailto:pattern4u@comcast.net">Grow Pattern</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> 11/11/2005 2:24:58 AM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> What constitutes an FAI flyer.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This question has been going around in my mind since they came up with P-01 and F-01 and FAI wrote it up so that we, the USA, only fly the Finals at the Nat's or team trials.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the (my) old days they had schedules A,B, C etc right up to E. The A-schedule was flown for two years with the new B-schedule as the finals schedule. Then the B was flown for two years with the C as the finals schedule and so on.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nowadays MOST FAI pilots really only fly the preliminary schedules. Next year it will by P-07. If most of the FAI pilots only compete with a P-schedule then I would submit that there is not much difference between an FAI pilot and a Masters pilot. Unless they make it into a Nat's or Team trials final (or semi final maybe).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So maybe we are only being typically liberal and just spinning our wheels with a 406 class or perhaps I have been ignoring the obvious for years and I should accept that the P-series should be our Masters series.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If not then maybe we should start running F-schedules on Sundays for FAI pilots flying AMA 406 at local contests.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lets face it you either are an FAI pilot or you are not. Just flying P-07 next year is like being half an FAI pilot!!!!. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looking to create a debate and hear what you think. Don't really want to upset the middle order of FAI pilots or create a fight, but definitively wanting to be a shade contentious.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eric.</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>