Take Off & Landing "Reality of a Contest"

[Ron Van Putte]

On May 23, 2005, at 7:34 PM, Scott Anderson wrote:

> Hey Marguerite,
>  
> Pack up the limo and trailer and come on down to Knoxville TN, next 
> weekend for the KCRC pattern meet!!!
> Maybe you can  drag some of the rest of the NJ crew down with you...
>  
> I sure do miss those days of programming your new radio right before 
> the contest..LOL..

Yeah, come on over to Knoxville and meet the Florida mafia.  John 
Fuqua, Tony Stillman and I will be there.  We can talk about scoring 
takeoffs and landings.

Ron Van Putte

>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: MargueriteVG at aol.com
>> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 7:48 PM
>> Subject: Fwd: [SPAM] Re: Re: Take Off & Landing "Reality of a Contest"
>>
>>  
>> Ed Alt
>> Hi Ed
>> I have to agree with one of your statements and that is we should 
>> score Landings and take offs.IN BOTH groups for sure.
>>  
>> PATTERN EVENT   I was   Almost  hit  by  a run away plane  while  at 
>>  full speed landing  (masters or advanced pilot!!)
>>  
>>   I came very close to a sever injury at last years pattern event. 
>> Scott A pulled me to safety as I was in the midst of my sequence.  A 
>> pilot while attempting to land flew his  plane
>> directly at me on the pilots station. the plane out of control came 
>> at me.IT
>>  
>> STILL tapped my foot. This was at FULL THROTTLE on landing a pattern 
>> plane as I stood two stations away flying.
>> Somehow I managed to finish up. I was shaken for quite awhile
>>  
>> This pilot was in the higher class it could have been masters. 
>> Something went wrong somewhere!
>>  
>>  
>> He did apologize these things happen but this was at a pattern event. 
>> I have not had that problem at IMAC.
>>  
>>  IMAC has its fair share of EXCELLENT experience top gun pilots and 
>> it has its fair share of beginners, IMAC has many moving on in groups 
>> just as pattern has from beginner to the next.   Pattern could learn 
>> from IMAC just as well as IMAC  can  learn from the  pattern group.
>>   
>>  
>> IMAC and Pattern should score landings. There should be just as much 
>> focus on landing as any other flying maneuver. Just as much practice 
>> dedicated to a perfect landing (safety and precision)
>>  
>> You have been at a lot of IMAC events but pattern has a fair share of 
>> problems. Did you ever watch beginners with a speeding pattern plane 
>> land at a pattern event.
>>  
>> I have seen beginners in both. In defense of IMAC    I have only 
>> had that bad experience with the pattern event and as I said it 
>> wasn't even with a beginner.
>>  
>> Both groups are working to improve all situations and we are lucky to 
>> have the intelligent support that we have.
>>  
>> IF we include scores for landings and take off I am sure that will 
>> improve the safety factor for all of us flying.
>>  
>> TIME to get the Sequal out to fly.
>> see you all at the flying field
>>  
>> See you all at the flying fields.
>> Marguerite Gargiulo
>>  
>>  
>> In a message dated 5/23/2005 7:23:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>> ed_alt at hotmail.com writes:
>>>
>>> Actually, there is a legion of IMAC pilots who can't takeoff or land 
>>> without
>>> threatening the safety of of others, mainly the guys at the other
>>> pilot/judging station.  I have regularly seen close calls and 
>>> dangerous
>>> displays of model operation at IMAC contests during TO/landing. 
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