AMA rules-what are we doing?

[Thomas C. Weedon]

George, Del,
I got started in Pattern in '95 in D4. We have had an up swing since then.
Don't know about the earlier years. Wasn't flying then. All I know is that I
got more than I can handle. So what's wrong with that?
Tom

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Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 11:22 AM
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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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