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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I like it. 4 P7 on Sat, and 2 F7 on
Sunday. Would add some excitement to Sundays that's
always seemed to me a pretty much, let's get it over with so I
can get out of here type of day. You'd have sat
afternoon/evening to get in some practice for the transition to F7. Could
shake up the standings from sat to sun., unless your flying against someone
like Andrew. I think it has a lot of positives. </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=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> Thursday, November 10, 2005 10:46
PM</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!!!!.
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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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Eric.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>