[NSRCA-discussion] Natural Progression

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Not to belabour the obvious....flying the P just to get to the Final wasn't such a bad move. If one made the Final (which until very recently didn't require a F-flying Semi to get in), and then one flew the P in the Final and got all zeroes, he would end up in 8th. Not too bad, if the flying in the Final was the only motivator.

Of course, one would not get away with that today. 


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From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com>
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Sent: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 8:42 am
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Natural Progression


"Koenig, Tom" <Tom.Koenig at actewagl.com.au> wrote: 

The fact remains we need to get to finals first! Its not that we cant fly the finals, infact, once there, our top pilots could easily mix it with the best. But at a worlds, the competition in the pre-lims is so tight , that you really have to be on the top of your game.



Very interesting point, Tom, and I agree.

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I've only entered the Nats in the FAI class once (way back in '95) and I had to decide whether to practice the F sequence at all. I decided my main goal was to make the finals, so I only practiced the P schedule. Alas, I did not fly my best and did not make the cut. (Not that my best would have made the cut!) If I had made the cut, I would have made a bee-line to the practice site and spent as much time as possible flying the F sequence. :-)

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Bob R.

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