Health of Pattern...D3
Bill Glaze
billglaze at triad.rr.com
Wed Oct 15 10:27:24 AKDT 2003
I've got a better idea for spectator appeal:
How about the double Weedon performed by Weedon himself in a thong?
Tell me we wouldn't fill the spectator area!! How about it, Tom? I
guarantee I'd enter the contest (even if I'm 600 miles away) , and I
further guarantee that there is no way I could keep my wife from the
contest. Just think of the press and TV coverage!!
Bill Glaze
Anthony Abdullah wrote:
> By Jove I think you've got it Bill. All the pattern participation woes
> can be solved. Think about it, the first Swedish swimsuit pattern
> team. come to think of it, that would probably solve all of the
> judging problems as well. Who could judge a Double Weedon performed by
> Kathy Ireland in a thong bikini. even if I saw the manuever (big if) I
> couldn't downgrade it. We would have to institute severe downgrades
> for Adonis Weedon when the shirt comes off and the sun glistens off of
> that physique of his.
>
> Bill Glaze <billglaze at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>
> We just might have to re-think the idea that pattern can't
> be a spectator sport..........
> Bill Glaze
>
> "Atwood, Mark" wrote:
>
> > You're safe. I only wear the short skirt when Mike Dorna
> or Bill Gregg are judging...
> >
> > -M
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anthony Abdullah [mailto:aabdu at sbcglobal.net]
> > Sent: Wed 10/15/2003 8:54 AM
> > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > Cc:
> > Subject: RE: Health of Pattern...D3
> >
> > I must concur, it was the pattern planes of Mark, and the
> Klein boys that got me hooked on pattern. Watching them fly
> at the local field with the retracts and smooth flying is
> what influenced me to get into pattern.
> >
> > Back in style or not, Mark, if I see you in tight jeans or
> a short leather mini skirt I am calling Linda!
> >
> > "Atwood, Mark" wrote:
> > I agree...but I'm not sure it's the French.
> >
> > When I first started flying pattern...it was because those
> were the coolest airplanes. Period. I got caught up in the
> competitiveness...but the original allure was the
> airplanes...curares, Tipo's, Phoenix, etc.
> >
> > Then they all started looking like the same pencil thin
> plane...one after another. And the scale aerobatic planes
> where coming out in mass.
> >
> > I remember the first time I took my El Nino, which was
> considered wide body at the time (narrow compared to my Rev
> Pro now) with fixed gear...and suddenly I was getting a LOT
> of attention at the field again. It was a cool looking
> airplane. (is) The new planes look much more like real
> airplanes, and have reclaimed the sex appeal that are old
> planes once had.
> >
> > Not sure who said it, but it's all a cycle...thankfully
> tight jeans and short leather skirts are back in style too.
> :)
> >> -M
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: middletn [mailto:middletn at gbrcaa.org]
> > Sent: Tue 10/14/2003 7:35 PM
> > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > Cc:
> > Subject: Re: Health of Pattern...D3
> >
> > Hate to say it, but I'm thinking that we owe some of the
> revival of pattern
> > to the French. Why? Well in my opinion, the shear volume
> of sexy new
> > aircraft will turn heads at any local field, and there's
> the hook. They
> > have somehow managed to combine looks with functionality.
> Sorry, but Chip's
> > Bipe is something only a mother could love. (Heading for
> bunker)
> >
> > Kenneth Blackwell writes:
> >
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > I would have to say that pattern in D3 is in good shape.
> We had a total of 15 contests including the District
> Championships. In addition, I understand that there may be
> another FL contest before the end of the year.
> > >
> > > 5 - Florida
> > ! > 3 - Alabama
> > > 3 - Tennessee
> > > 3 - Alabama
> > > 2 - Louisiana
> > > 1 - Georgia
> > > 1 - Arkansas
> > >
> > > There were 4 new or renewed contests and one that was
> lost due to their loosing the field.
> > >
> > > Most contests were reasonably attended with 20-25
> contestants, however some newer contests had as few as 14.
> It's a building process to get attendance. Several of the
> bordering contests had good representation from surrounding
> districts such as Sulphur (D3) with people from Texas (D6).
> > >
> > > We had 40 contestants at the District 3 Championships
> held at the new club field near Pensacola, FL. At that
> contest we had people from all over the district and one
> (Brett Bowen) that flew all the way from Washington State.
> > >
> > > Also, D3 was fairly well represented at the NATS.
> > >
> > > I attended 10 contests in D3 plus the NATS and my season
> finale at ! the D2 Championships at Burlington, NC for a
> total of 12 contests this year.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Ken Blackwell
> >
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