Artistic Aerobatics

[Patternrules at aol.com]

 All have made good comments on this subject but pattern will never be for 
the masses, pattern contest will never be for the spectator. I like the AA as a 
side show. I really enjoyed the AA at the Nat's 2 years ago, and think that it 
was a good way to kill some time while finals was being tabulated, just wish 
more had participated.
 Our club has air shows every year, Jeff Hughes and I do pattern demos, and 
the comments are always the same how smooth and graceful we fly, (hey 2 words 
in the judging guide) even though we are not the top fliers in the nation, 
people recognize what we're doing, but would they ever watch 6 rounds of 8 people 
performing the same schedules NO.
 So let's not try to make pattern something it isn't, you'll never see 
pattern on ESPN, we'll never get people to pay to watch pattern, pattern will never 
be held in an arena with 70,000 watching, so do demos at air shows both 
pattern and AA.  

Steve Maxwell
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