Participation

[Ed Hartley]

Hi Nat,

Well I ain't ready to give it up yet!! Last year was bad with the eye trouble. I only went to one contest in Cullman and wore a patch over my right eye. Came in a well deserved last! That's all resolved now as I am a one eyed pilot for all practical purposes and don't even have to wear the patch. 

My recent flights consists of flying twenty-five Masters avalanche maneuvers in a row. Getting better at it. Not good just better! The fellowship is to good to quit, lots of nice folks still showing up.

I do think we should stop letting the tail wag the dog! I never was good enough to be competitive in F.A. I. as Jason, Chip, Don S and the other top folks are. However, they could do it with a Senior Falcon and they didn't have to learn how in AMA...... (For you young folks, a Senior Falcon is a very old Goldberg trainer!) A lot of others fall into my category and could care less about using AMA to move to F.A.I.. I did enjoy flying F.A.I. when the pattern was such I could get through it. <g> I beat Tony Stillman a couple of times in Nashville, YS of course his engine quit in both cases! <vbg> 

I think if we made all the classes a bit easier where someone could be really competitive in the lower classes without a two meter power house, We would attract more folks! I know there are rare exceptions to this rule. All I get from my hundred-thirty plus club members with a couple of exceptions is, I just can't afford the stuff you use so I ain't gonna. 

Anyway, fun stirring up the mud!

Ed 





  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nat Penton 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 10:19 PM
  Subject: Participation


  Ed Hartley are you trying to make the case that all of us old farts ought to go back to playing cards, VBG ?


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