Involving the pattern community as a whole.

[Del Rykert]

Hi Dick

    Yes I remember you very well. I never judged with you as you were often
judging FAI and I was a pee-on (vbg). I believe I applied for level 3 when I
decided to quit for the previous mentioned facts. Also have my private and
have a few stories I share when camping at contests.

Thanks for your post and reminding me of some of the rest of the story.

     Del K. Rykert
     AMA - 8928
     NSRCA - 473
     Kb2joi - General


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Smith" <flyrrs at cfw.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: Involving the pattern community as a whole.


| Del,
| Interesting.  Wonder what rating you held while in the USPJA.  A USPJA
| judge's proficiency level ranged from a '5' (one's rating when joining
USPJA) to
| a '1' rating , the highest (very experienced and met the rigorous criteria
| established for a '1' rating).  One could not qualify, achieve and be
upgraded
| to the next higher judge level unless certain criteria had been met and
the
| upgrade request was approved by USPJA's
| qualification board.  It took a lot of personal effort
| to achieve a '5' rating, signifying that person was well experienced and
| qualified.
|
| The USPJA was originally organized to establish a uniform standard of
judging
| pattern. Unfortunately however, and in my opinion, attempts to integrate
USPJA
| judges
| into judging scale flying proved itself less than satisfactory as few
USPJA
| judges (as do many flyers) had full scale experience, were  unfamiliar
with the
| various full scale
| a/c, how they were flown, flight envelopes, capabilities, etc.
| Consequently the judges took some hits. However, I wouldn't see this a
reason to
| quit the USPJA, nor should it have been. Reasons for the passing of the
USPJA
| was much more involved than this.
|
| I thought I would inject my thoughts on the subject as for a number of
years was
| a full time USPJA #1 judge, was an (former) Army pilot, and has been
involved in
| modeling and aviation since a boy. I used to tell others ""That when you
were
| too old to fly (competitively) you judged" <G>
|
| Guess I better get off my soap box...
|
| Regards,      - Dick
|
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