Winter / Focus / Fuel

[randy10926 at comcast.net]

I do not burn enough fuel.

Would like to know Don S. answer.  He sure burns and flies a lot.  Seems like everyday for six/seven months of the year.

Randy
> 
>  What is interesting is "when" we burn the fuel. 
> 
> In the Northeast you don't get the chance to burn much fuel before the Nationals 
> (Usually late July). Burning 50 gallons after the Nationals does some good for 
> the next year but the winter can soon dull the newly acquired muscle memory.
> 
> I find that my spatial accuracy, (principally the  exit direction out of 
> turn-around maneuvers), does not carry over through the winter and usually comes 
> back just after July, of course!
> 
> Moving from Boston to NJ made things a bit better but it is still hard to get 
> good practice weather and more than one contest in before the pilgrimage to 
> Muncie. If you accept the principal that a primary concept of what we do is 
> PRACTICED aerobatics, it does leave the colder regions at a disadvantage, no 
> matter how much fuel we burn.
> 
> As regards, where do the best flyers come from? we will never really know as 
> long as we keep the Nationals out of range of the areas where they can fly 
> (Practice) the most. I does tend to look like those that make the trek make from 
> the warm climes, make the grade.
> 
> Eric.
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