AMA rules-what are we doing?

[Tony Stillman]

George:
I have been competing in Pattern since 1976.  Been to LOTS of contests.
There was really only one contest less than 300 miles for me, and that was
the Jim Kirkland Memorial (Ft. Walton Beach).  It has ALWAYS been normal for
us around here to drive 5-8 hours to go to a contest.  Heck, I wouldn't know
how to do it any other way!  If you were able to go to 12 contests within
150 miles, that is AMAZING to me!!!

The mileage has never been an issue to me.  We would leave right after work
at 5 PM and arrive sometime between 10PM and midnight, usually.  If it was 8
hours or so, we might could get away by 3PM.  That's just the way it was.

Nothing has really changed.  There are still enough contests to go to, and
all about the same range.  Some old ones went away, and new ones took their
place.

Tony Stillman
Radio South, Inc.
3702 N. Pace Blvd.
Pensacola, Fl 32505
www.radiosouthrc.com
800-962-7802
----- Original Message -----
From: "GeorgeF." <av8tor at flash.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: AMA rules-what are we doing?


> At 11:01 AM 11/19/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >Tom.
> >
> >     Great to hear that things are on the upswing for you and your
district.
> >Maybe Canada doesn't count for you but the contests I used to attend are
> >down by three by my last count. Attendance at this years contest was down
> >except for Ken Kehners contests in Glen,NY. I can't speak for the rest of
> >the district as I haven't made the long drive. At todoays cost of
> >competitive aircraft when you lose one due to a midair it takes people
out
> >of competition sometimes for the major part of the year. As you know we
had
> >more than our share this last year and that contributed to some loss in
> >attendance. That to some degree will be back next year. Also hopefully
Elba
> >will be able to pull off a contest again in 2003. Have to wait and see as
we
> >are struggling with field issues. I haven't heard if the cancelled
Canadian
> >contests are going to be back in 2003 or not.
> >
> >     To claim that things are going well when the facts show to the
contrary
> >isn't healthy either IMHO.
> >
> >      Del K. Rykert
> >      AMA - 8928
> >      NSRCA - 473
> >      Kb2joi - General
>
>
> I have to agree with Del on this one.  When I was heavy into pattern
> 1989-1991 I was doing 13 contests per year, all within a 150 mile or less
> radius (D1).   Then it seemed that the number of contest started a rapid
> decline and never bounced back.
>
> Now that I live in D3 I was trying to plot how many contest were in a 200
> mile radius this year and could only come up with 2 (Ocala, FL &
> Jacksonville, FL).  I've considered moving to the Virginia Beach area
(D2),
> is pattern on the UpSwing there?  I guess I just live in the wrong area of
> Florida.
>
> George
>
>
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