Fw: moderator....

[Del Rykert]

In some areas of the US it is on the wane. Clubs can't justify holding a contest if only a handful of contestants show up. Many clubs that used to hold pattern contest no longer do. From that perspective the pattern scene isn't well. Just look at the NSRCA numbers and one can see the major decline.

     Del K. Rykert
     AMA - 8928 
     NSRCA - 473
     Kb2joi - General 


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Harmon 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:35 PM
  Subject: RE: moderator....


  Jon..you just ain't getting it...Pattern is not going to die out..ever.

   

  Regards

  Dave Harmon
  NSRCA 586
  K6XYZ at comcast.net
  Torrance, Ca. 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Jon Uhler
  Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:21 PM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: Re: moderator....

   

  Nope, not again...

   

  I think pattern is a great tool for teaching pilots a lot about flying.  The short time that I spent practicing has taught me a lot.  It is so much more fun trying to learn to rudder correct than it is learning to hover.....I was teaching a young kid at our field the other day.  I never really taught the use of the rudder until I started flying pattern.  I just figured they would start using it someday, now I am trying to get people to mess around with it early in their training.

   

   
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