What constitutes an FAI flyer.

[Bob Richards]

I guess that is the other side to it. It would sure be more of a spectator sport on Sunday!!!
 
Bob R.


Robert Mairs <robertm at sssnet.com> wrote:
I like it.  4 P7 on Sat, and 2 F7 on Sunday.  Would add some excitement to Sundays that's always seemed to me a pretty much, let's get it over with so I can get out of here type of day.  You'd have sat afternoon/evening to get in some practice for the transition to F7.  Could shake up the standings from sat to sun., unless your flying against someone like Andrew.  I think it has a lot of positives.  
 
 
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From: Grow Pattern 
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Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 10:46 PM
Subject: What constitutes an FAI flyer.


This question has been going around in my mind since they came up with P-01 and F-01 and FAI wrote it up so that we, the USA, only fly the Finals at the Nat's or team trials.
 
In the (my) old days they had schedules A,B, C etc right up to E. The A-schedule  was flown for two years with the new B-schedule as the finals schedule. Then the B was flown for two years with the C as the finals schedule and so on.
 
Nowadays MOST FAI pilots really only fly the preliminary schedules. Next year it will by P-07. If most of the FAI pilots only compete with a P-schedule then I would submit that there is not much difference between an FAI pilot and a Masters pilot. Unless they make it into a Nat's or Team trials final (or semi final maybe).
 
So maybe we are only being typically liberal and just spinning our wheels with a 406 class or perhaps I have been ignoring the obvious for years and I should accept that the P-series should be our Masters series.
 
If not then maybe we should start running F-schedules on Sundays for FAI pilots flying AMA 406 at local contests.
 
Lets face it you either are an FAI pilot or you are not. Just flying P-07 next year is like being half an FAI pilot!!!!. 
 
Looking to create a debate and hear what you think. Don't really want to upset the middle order of FAI pilots or create a fight, but definitively wanting to be a shade contentious.
 
Regards.
 
Eric.
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