* del klipped * Re: Re: adding interest and complexity to Sportsman ... again and again and

[Jim Ivey]

Del

Like all other organizations The SPA has it's own set of growing pains,just like NSRCA.
All the classes in SPA use affordable planes, which makes it good for entry level pattern.
SPA caught on ok in the southeast,but slow elsewhere.There needs to be a sparkplug to get SPA started in other areas.

Jim Ivey
Jim Ivey
> 
> From: "Del Rykert" <drykert at localnet.com>
> Date: 2005/01/11 Tue PM 06:52:21 EST
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Subject: * del klipped * Re: Re: adding interest and complexity to Sportsman ... again and again and
> 
> That may be great in parts of the country that offer SPA events but many 
> parts of the country don't. I have never seen one in the northeast. That 
> don't mean they have never had one.
> 
>     Del
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Ivey" <jivey61 at bellsouth.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 2:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: adding interest and complexity to Sportsman ... again and 
> again and
> 
> 
> > Guys
> > I think there is a group that would be useful for the novices. It is 
> > called SPA.   www.seniorpattern.com.
> > None of the classes  have  turnaround. Novice is as simple ,yet demanding 
> > as it needs to be. I have worked with many novices and they progress 
> > quickly because they are not hurried to do 3 manouvers in one pass of the 
> > field.
> > This organization doesn't refer to old people flying pattern,it refers to 
> > flying pattern pre-1976 period.
> > We use planes prior to 1976 and patterns as they were flown prior to 
> > 1976.......Kaos, Ugly Stick, days.
> > www.seniorpattern.com
> >
> > Jim Ivey
> >>
> >> From: "Bill Pritchett" <phelps15 at comcast.net>
> >> Date: 2005/01/09 Sun PM 12:51:16 EST
> >> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> >> Subject: Re: adding interest and complexity to Sportsman ... again and 
> >> again and
> >>
> >> All:
> >> Considering the quality of flying we have witnessed in Sportsman, maybe 
> >> we should add "Novice" to the progression in front of Sportsman.
> >> Pritch
> >>   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>   From: Keith Hoard
> >>   To: discussion at nsrca.org
> >>   Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:22 PM
> >>   Subject: RE: adding interest and complexity to Sportsman ... again and 
> >> again and
> >>
> >>
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