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Thread: Let's get real
Message: Let's get real
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From: abnt at ionet.net (dick smart)
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 13:43:20 UTC
1. How many of you have had to coax a new aerobatic club member to at least try the Basic secquence? You would have thought that you had asked them to land on a carrier at night. With this sort of reluctance, why would we even consider adding hammerheads, which are too dangerous for true Basic category pilots. 2. How about creating two Knowns for Sportsman category? This would provide a better demonstration of each pilot's flying performance than would flying the same Known twice. 3. For the Intermediate Free I suggest that we allow a repeat of one basic figure and raise the K-factor to give pilots an option to include slightly more difficult figures as a natural transition toward the Advanced category. 4. For safety, pilots who fly Advanced maneuvers should be strongly advised to fly at least three times each week to maintain G tolerances. 5. No adjustments to the current rules should be made to accommodate pilots whose aircraft are not suited to their preferred category. Such changes would allow a minority of competitors to dictate to the majority of pilots who sensibly fly in the categories best suited to the performance capabilities of their aircraft. 6. For those dissatisfied with the rules as they are, four choices exist: a.) Move up, b.) move down, c.) more practice, and d.) buy another aircraft. 7. More options and fewer mandatory figures should be considered in each category. 8. I think we should adopt the slogan I saw exiting the ski lift at Wolf Creek--NO WHINERS ALLOWED! 9. Besides we have other important things to consider. For example, what if Texas beats Oklahoma again this weekend. Happy flying, Dick Smart