Spectator sports, was Health of Pattern...D3

[Anthony Abdullah]

I like the LCD idea! It would almost be like at the olympics with the giant score boards. If we are going high tech we can do instant replays as well with ESPN commentators. You think we can get John Madden to haul his big bus to Florence. I heard that Rush Limbaugh is available, and he works for Vicodin.... Ouch! sorry..(he can dish it out, I guess he can take it as well, as long as it's a schedule 3 or 4).
 
"Atwood, Mark" <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com> wrote:Hey! Listen up donut boy...just because YOU can work out 4 hours a day and can still do pull-ups with an extra 180lbs hanging from your ankles (hey...I tried to pull him down) doesn't mean the rest of us have to measure up. Besides...you wouldn't want Margretta to get distracted!

As for Weedon...well...I think he's using the glare to blind the judges...

I still think the way to make it more spectator friendly is to put LARGE LCD displays behind each judge showing the crowd the score he/she just gave on the last manuever...the "ooohs" and "aaahs" would only be drowned out by the "YOUR BLIND!!" and "WHO's PLANE ARE YOU WATCHING??"
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Abdullah [mailto:aabdu at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Wed 10/15/2003 11:38 AM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: Health of Pattern...D3

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 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
>
> =====================================
> # To be removed from this list, send a message to
> # discussion-request at nsrca.org
> # and put leave discussion on the first line of the body.
> #
>
> > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/ms-tnef name=winmail.dat
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Name: winmail.dat
> winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef
> Encoding: base64

=====================================
# To be removed from this list, send a message to 
# discussion-request at nsrca.org
# and put leave discussion on the first line of the body.
#





> ATTACHMENT part 2 application/ms-tnef name=winmail.dat

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/attachments/20031015/5f2b11b1/attachment.html