NEW CLASS for experienced pilots.

[Ron Van Putte]

jim ivey wrote:

> Next contest  bring your SPA plane and I will take you on with my 
> Daddy Rabbit. We will fly expert maneuvers. How long has it been since 
> you put 3 loops on top of each other and in the same plane?
>  Joshin'
>  

I have an SPA-legal Kirkland Intruder which is configured just as Jim 
Kirkland flew it when he won the Nats in 1970.  It has a Super Tigre 
G-60 Bluehead engine and is also painted exactly as Kirkland 's airplane 
was.  There is no way I'd accept a challenge to fly against a Daddy 
Rabbit with an OS .91 4-stroke engine in it.  When the SPA allowed the 
.91 4-stroke engines in SPA events, I dropped out, because the nostalgia 
was gone.  The logic of allowing those engines but disallowing retracts 
escaped me.  Kirkland's 1970 airplane had retracts.  

Ron Van Putte

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>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Ron Van Putte
>     Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 6:32 PM
>     To: discussion at nsrca.org
>     Subject: Re: NEW CLASS for experienced pilots.
>      
>
>
>     jim ivey wrote:
>
>>     I'm over 60. What you gonna do with Me?
>>      
>
>
>     A mere youngster.  Barely old enough for AARP.  Doesn't even
>     qualify for Medicare.  You will know you are getting old when it
>     hurts to get out of bed in the morning and you realize that it's
>     as good as you'll feel all day.  
>
>     Ron Van Putte
>
>>      
>>
>>         ----- Original Message -----
>>         From: Henderson,Eric
>>         Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 1:52 PM
>>         To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>         Subject: RE: NEW CLASS for experienced pilots.
>>          
>>         Maybe one SPA class for over 55's with mixed planes....
>>          
>>          
>>         -----Original Message-----
>>         From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>>         [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of GW
>>         Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 1:51 PM
>>         To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>         Subject: Re: NEW CLASS for experienced pilots.
>>
>>         great idea. SPA style planes(older designs-Nostalgia-Pattern)
>>          mixed into AMA pattern.
>>         That will raise attendance and promote growth.
>>          
>>         GW
>>         Gerald Williams
>>         Email : gw at gwair.com <mailto:gw at gwair.com>
>>         Webpage: www.gwair.com <http://www.gwair.com/>
>>
>>             ----- Original Message -----
>>             From: Henderson,Eric <mailto:Eric.Henderson at gartner.com>
>>             To: discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>>             Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:45 AM
>>             Subject: RE: NEW CLASS for experienced pilots.
>>
>>             I like suggestions - good one Dean!
>>              
>>             E.
>>              
>>              
>>             -----Original Message-----
>>             From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>>             <mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org>
>>             [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Dean Pappas
>>             Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:41 AM
>>             To: discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>>             Subject: RE: NEW CLASS for experienced pilots.
>>
>>             Why not add noise-limited Nostalgia-Pattern at our events?
>>             Regards,
>>                 Dean
>>
>>                 -----Original Message-----
>>                 From: Henderson,Eric [mailto:Eric.Henderson at gartner.com]
>>                 Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:35 AM
>>                 To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>                 Subject: NEW CLASS for experienced pilots.
>>
>>                  After several long "fireside chats" a similar
>>                 non-turnaround thought pattern came up about over
>>                 55's having a non-turnaround class.
>>                  
>>                 Complex center maneuvers (e.g. easier to see) for the
>>                 old guys but non-scored turnarounds. Keep it to say,
>>                 10 maneuvers. Would make judging a lot easier. Could
>>                 retain more pattern pilots as they age!? (Even CD's :-))
>>                  
>>                 Lest we not forget our biggest challenge is numbers
>>                 of participants. As a % of RC pilots we are a decimal
>>                 point! That scares me. Not enough youth and then we
>>                 have the "silverbacks" giving up because the routines
>>                 stretch their vision on turnaround maneuvers.
>>                  
>>                 If it was not for the noise problem of the older
>>                 designs I'd also run SPA at a 401-406 pattern event.
>>
>>                 Regards,
>>
>>                 Eric.
>>                  
>>                  
>>
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