Schedules

[John Ferrell]

Thanks to all for the kind words. The secret is that it really is more gratifying to help put on a contest (even one less than successful) than it is to win one. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve. 

As far as the point about judges eyesight, I have long felt that many judges are supercritical to twitches while neglecting the rulebook. 

When I see an "N/O" on a score sheet I know I have a good judge.

John Ferrell
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Henderson,Eric 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:59 AM
  Subject: RE: Schedules


  Not only did he do the work but he had the results posted almost immediately after the round. Great work John.

  Ref, Terry's tongue-in-cheek line about judging after his eyesight fails. There is a certain amount of "vision" that is not needed for judging. An example; As a judge you do not need to know if the plane is perfectly level when up is applied. You. as a judge, will see the heading loss. The Pilot has to see it before it happens and/or fix it during or before the pull.

  The pilot has to see the position in the spin rotation to judge and anticipate when to stop the plane. The judge only has to see if it stopped in the right place.

  Maybe "vision" is not our eyesight, but our timing???

  Morning y'all,

  Eric.



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  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of RUDDERCABL at aol.com
  Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:17 AM
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  In a message dated 10/23/2003 8:08:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, jivey61 at msn.com writes:


    John
    Pattern flyers of long experience do not quit. They become score tabulaters. 
    Me and 28 other flyers thank you for hiding in the trailer for 2 days.

    The D3 gang
    Jim Ivey



  Jim

  Actually , John came out of the trailer more than he usually does . John is slowly becoming the official D2 score-keeper . His dedication to pattern and D2 has resulted in him being a multi time holder of " The Man Of The Year " award . 

  Every active pattern flyer in the country owes a huge thank-you to John and the many other people like him who play such a large role behind the scenes . 

  Robert Gainey 
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