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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Mmmm K messenger shot....check.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I take it you were offended by the suppositions.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>But you didn't actually touch on the mechanics, to fly F
or not other than only at the Nats. Currently only 8 people in the US ever fly F
in competition. There may be some stray contests that use the F pattern, but
it's rare.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>So what do you think about flying the F
pattern?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>-Mike</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=patternrules@earthlink.net
href="mailto:patternrules@earthlink.net">Steven Maxwell</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, November 11, 2005 12:24
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: What constitutes an FAI
flyer.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>
<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="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Eric.</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>