new members (monkey see monkey do)

[AtwoodDon at aol.com]

Steve, keep up the good work.  It is hard to convince new or  prospective 
pattern flyers they don't need a full blown 2 meter pattern plane to  be 
competitive when most of us are flying them.  We have been somewhat  successful this 
year in attracting new flyers into Sportsman and Intermediate  here in District 
7.  And they are using either sport or less complex models  like Tiger 2s or 
40 sized Kaos's and Ultra Sports to get started.   With pretty good success I 
might add.  They can spend most of their time  learning to fly pattern rather 
than be drowned in complex engine and airframe  problems. 
 
Like I said, keep it up.  It will pay off over time.
 
Don
 
Like I saidIn a message dated 6/9/2004 3:13:55 AM Central Daylight Time,  
patternrules at sbcglobal.net writes:

 Eric columns in Model Aviation, and Bob Pasterello win at Temple,  with a 
$350 plane   has done a good to show new people  inexpensive ways to get people 
interested in pattern, something all  of you don't have time, like others of 
us that can spend lots of  time at our flying fields, like a recently retire 
guy like me, and I have  always been this way in pattern, is to spend as much 
time at the field as  possible, and I have been flying the Quest for a few 
months now this  has had a twofold effect, # 1 I have gained great confidence in my 
 flying skills using the Quest a plane I really don't care that much  about 
meaning that the price is cheap at $ 250 this isn't an  ad, there are other 
inexpensive planes like the Swallow the Venus and many  others under $250 # 2 it 
has shown other sport pilots that this really  isn't that expensive, one of 
the things I do is always have sportsman  schedules at the field to show people 
what the maneuvers are, the other  thing and a lot of you do the same thing I 
know is giving help with setups and  how to trim a plane, even when it take 
away from your flying, I have been  back flying this will be the 4 th year and 
the fruit of my labor are  starting to pay off, when I started back there was 
only one part time  pattern pilot at our field he showed up 2 or 3 times a week 
for a couple  of hours, so it seems that exposure is the answer to getting 
new pilots, as of  now I have 3 new pattern pilots, and 2 more showing interest 
at our club,  one of which is an NSRCA member the others will follow by the 
end of the year,  all this is about is getting new members so if you can work it 
into your  schedule try to spend a little more time at your flying  field.  


Steve Maxwell



 
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