Flight times at the Nats

[tony at radiosouthrc.com]

Joe:

These are issues that the NATS CD's and Nats director (NSRCA VP Ron Van
Putte) decide.  As a pilot and NSRCA President, I am very reluctant to say
too much....  I don't want to be accused of being on one side or the
other....  The data is collected by those mentioned above and they decide...
That's part of the job description...

Tony Stillman
Radio South
3702 N. Pace Blvd.
Pensacola, FL 32505
1-800-962-7802
www.radiosouthrc.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Lachowski" <jlachow at hotmail.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: Flight times at the Nats


> Tony,
>
> Someone just pointed out to me that running a big class like Masters in
the
> afternoon will probably run into a sun problem around 5 PM.  Come to think
> of it, I remember the sun being a problem for me last year when I flew
late
> in a round when we had the delay. So starting Masters at the typical
> designated starting time of 1 PM is a bigger problem. Just delay all the
> afternoon classes starting time in the afternoon till all the morning
> sessions are done. Frankly, this should outweigh a few guys who can't get
> their instructions right. Just being there an hour or so early will
> eliminate the "so called" confusion. Plain and simple.
>
> Well I'm finished with what I have to say. Whatever Dave and Chip decide
to
> do, I'll abide by in the end.
>
>
> >From: <tony at radiosouthrc.com>
> >Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
> >To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> >Subject: Re: Flight times at the Nats
> >Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:49:04 -0500
> >
> >Joe:
> >
> >I have not seen the final decision on this, but this was recommended by
Ron
> >Van Putte (a Master's flier, I might add) as the Masters class is fairly
> >large in relation to the FAI class.  If we fly the smaller size classes
in
> >the AM, then they will be over at the same time, around noon.  We can
then
> >change over and start the larger classes to finish around 6 PM or so.
> >
> >It is purely to reduce confusion...  That is, we want all the classes to
> >finish at the same time in the morning, so everyone that comes in the
> >afternoon can be told one particular time to show up.  If we list a
> >different time for the two afternoon groups, pilots always get confused,
> >miss judging/flying times, and are not happy!  Sure, it is up to each
pilot
> >to pay attention, but these things do happen and some have gotten pretty
> >upset about it in the past.
> >
> >This issue is decided by the CD generally, but their are the above
reasons
> >for flying FAI in the AM and Masters in the PM.
> >
> >Tony Stillman
> >Radio South
> >3702 N. Pace Blvd.
> >Pensacola, FL 32505
> >1-800-962-7802
> >www.radiosouthrc.com
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Joe Lachowski" <jlachow at hotmail.com>
> >To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 1:30 PM
> >Subject: Flight times at the Nats
> >
> >
> > > Ron/Tony,
> > >
> > > Rumour has it that Masters is flying in the afternoon just like last
> >year.
> > > Whatever happened to the equity of alternating morning and afternoon
> > > sessions each year?
> > >
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