Why quit pattern.

[Henderson,Eric]

There is a flame, in the creature known as man. It is known as competitive spirit. It drives us to compete without necessarily having to win or even having a chance of winning. The spirit of what we do makes us show up no matter how well we know we will do, Sometimes we get a break, good air vs. a competitor's bad air. Sometimes our equipment is better maintained etc. Deep inside we know that there is an element of chance that might just change the outcome.

So we show up! Be it 2 gal's or 30 gal's of practice, we are not easily dissuaded, no not us men of precision. If you have the spirit you will be there.

What this behooves us to do is protect that spirit and find ways to make it grow. Protect it from #7 any way we can.

Regards,

Friday-Eric. 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of David Gundling
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 6:33 PM
To: INTERNET:discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: RE: Why quit pattern.


Message text written by INTERNET:discussion at nsrca.org
>4. Time. Interestingly enough it was not building time but flying time.
They
could not dedicate the practice time to handle new routines or do well with
existing ones. Not happy with their performance because of lack of
practice.<

Eric,

I'll second the motion on this one. Was retired a while back and counted up
450 patterns flown in a year. Now I'm working again and am lucky to get 45
patterns in a year. Then I look at the stats posted recently here of people
using 45 and 65 gallons of fuel in 6 months. Let's see 16 oz a flight, 8
flights a gallon., somewhere between 340 and 520 flights with usually 2
patterns per flight. I should compete against this? BTW, flying field is 45
miles away. Lack of time is a real killer.

Dave

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