Why quit pattern.

[D Suding]

That is beautiful, Eric.

I'm not going anywhere.

-D

> 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-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> [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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