Artistic Aerobatics suggestions

[Keith Hoard]

Unless you figure out a way to get scantily clad chicks to a pattern meet. . . attendance ain't gonna change much. . . .

Maybe instead of the top manufacturers sponsoring pilots, they would get more mileage by hiring local female models to show up to pattern events in cutoff t-shirts and short-shorts to walk around giving out glow plugs. . . .

It works at automobile shows!!!

Keith L. Hoard
Cordova, TN
khoard at midsouth.rr.com


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Glaze 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 2:13 PM
  Subject: Re: Artistic Aerobatics suggestions


  Dave:
  While the TOC drew large  crowds, the attendees were still model airplane enthusiasts.  Point being, that even "The Greatest Modeling Show On Earth"<G> didn't attract large numbers of pure laymen.  Some, yes; big numbers, no.  And, having been associated with a truly large, well publicized  contest in 1960 in Miami that DID draw huge numbers of spectators, (literally thousands of spectators, pictures on the front page of  the Miami Herald, B & W TV time, etc.) still and all, did modeling advance because of this?  I fail to see how, if it did.
  My feeling is that recruitment will not be coming from the public ranks, but from interested modelers.

  So, for now, I feel that the sport would be best served by satisfying the folks that are in it presently, and try to turn them into "recruiters" of additional folks from the local model field, who are already interested enough to watch pattern folks fly.  Takes work?  Yes.  Doable? Also yes.
  And, I'll also say, with a tip of the hat to Dave Lockhart, that the newer pattern ARF's of reasonable price, will go a long way toward advancing this sport.

  Bill Glaze

  David Harmon wrote:

    I agree with the below...I think the AA idea is silly anyway as well as having an announcer for the 'spectators'.

    These contests are not TOC type events that draw crowds from all over, these contests are local and interest in them will probably be limited as far as 'spectators' are concerned.



    Regards

    Dave Harmon
    NSRCA 586
    K6XYZ[at]comcast[dot]net
    Torrance, Ca. 

    -----Original Message-----
    From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On Behalf Of MargueriteVG at aol.com
    Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 7:14 AM
    To: discussion at nsrca.org
    Subject: Re: Artistic Aerobatics suggestions



     less pattern  contest events and split dedication because of a new "group" is one of the reasons why I agree   that  we should not move to quickly into Artistic Aerobatics if at all?

    Marguerite





    In a message dated 1/25/2004 7:42:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, Divesplat1 at msn.com writes:





      I am also terribly against trying to have a freestyle, AA portion Sunday afternoon.  Here is my reasoning.

      1)  Many contests we attend don't fly all 6 rounds as it is(this really upsets me even though I have driven a distance.  Stay till 3 and finish the whole thing is my idea, but many differ.)



      2)  To add AA would only either extend the time people were there and still not finishing the pattern contests, or end up loosing more pattern contest for something new and different.
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