Weight is not the issue!

[Terry Terrenoire]

Well then, that makes 3 of you who are depriving yourselves of the
comraderie and challenge of Precision Aerobatic competition, because of
the actions, or perceived action, of others. Why wouldyou let someone
else determine your happiness.

Back to costs. You have read some of my earlier comments but just because
I can justify the expense now does not mean I always could. For many
years I flew Bridi XLTs. One was scratch built. Then I got a good deal on
an Atlanta, and flew it for 2 years. That was followed by a Conquest IV.
It was only 2 years ago that I finally moved up to a 4 stroke plane. It
was one I bought from a fellow club member who had it in his basement for
nearly 4 years. It took me another 2 years to get it built. Therefore, it
was about 5 years "out of date", but I got a good deal on it.

You can still find older 4 stroke designs that can be built for about
what a 60 cost 10 years ago, and be fully competitive in all but FAI.

It is just a shame to see someone with an interest in anything, let
others determine their happiness!

Terry T.

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:29:25 -0500 "GeorgeF." <av8tor at flash.net> writes:
> 
> >
> >Back to you situation, George, If you have flown but 1 contest in 
> the
> >past 11 years, why should you have a say in what the rest of us 
> are
> >doing?
> >
> >Terry T.
> 
> 
> Because I have the same if not more of pattern as any other NSRCA 
> member.   You ask why I should have a say, well because I paid my 
> dues to 
> both the NSRCA and the AMA.  That should be enough.
> 
> Oh, the reason I lost interest in flying pattern was not because of 
> 
> turnaround.  It was a combination of cost and politics (actually a 
> few bad 
> apples who were trying to convert the NSRCA into another IMAC), the 
> same 
> reason our two other die-hard club members quit pattern.
> 
> George
> 
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