[NSRCA-discussion] Rule 8.1.1

[Mike Hester]

Having called most of the flights for our example in question, here's my 
take.

He lost the handle almost every flight. He had a blast and flew relatively 
fantastic, but got numerous zeroes. I talked him through it and tried my 
best to keep him calm and focused, but it was obvious he was just not an 
intermediate pilot yet.  A lot of thing that are supposed to be learned in 
sportsman simply weren't there. Oh he had some fantastic manuevers, but he 
had a lot of zeroes too, and box management in the wind was.....a struggle 
to say the least.

With the question being "should he have to move up after he gets home", well 
the rules say no. This does open an interesting can of worms. I know we have 
a couple of sportsman pilots here in this district right now that ARE ready 
for intermediate.....I doubt they'd trophy at the nats, but they could 
handle it fairly well....and if they went to the nats, came back and flew 
out sportsman, that could get interesting.

However with that being said, these guys are the type that are more likely 
to stay with pattern in the long run, so it makes you wonder.

-Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Archie Stafford" <rcpattern at stx.rr.com>
To: "'NSRCA Mailing List'" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rule 8.1.1


> Wayne,
>
> This I have to disagree with.  I think the NATS is a great experience, 
> even
> if you are just going for fun.  There are a great number of guys who go 
> just
> to fly for fun, knowing they will not be competitive.  A good friend of 
> mine
> who was a Sportsman pilot last year went to the NATS with me and flew
> Intermediate.  He finished about as low as he could finish, but had more 
> fun
> than about anyone I know.  It also significantly helped him for the rest 
> of
> the year in sportsman.  He no longer was nervous in front of judges and
> such. He has moved up to Intermediate this year, but he had a lot of fun
> doing it.
>
> Arch
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of wgalligan
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:47 AM
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> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rule 8.1.1
>
> I think if the pilot is good enough to fly Intermediate at the NATs level 
> he
>
> should stay in that class.
> .02 worth...
>
> WG
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Keith Hoard" <khoard at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:22 AM
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Rule 8.1.1
>
>
>> Does Rule 8.1.1 apply to the Nats?  For instance, a Sportsman pilot
>> goes to the Nats and flies in Intermediate because Sportsman is not
>> offered.  Can said pilot go back to Sportsman after the Nats?
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Keith Hoard
>> Collierville, TN
>> khoard at gmail.com
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