[NSRCA-discussion] Nats registration

[Ron Van Putte]

It is true that SOME Intermediate pilots are qualified to judge  
Advanced and are used if they are.  The event director's job is to  
discover who is qualified.  That's why we pay him the big $.  <VBG>

Ron Van Putte

On Jun 13, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote:

> Provided that the Intermediate pilots aren't qualified to judge  
> Advanced, right?  And since there are 20 Intermediate pilots they  
> can help out with judging Advanced as well - since everyone has to  
> be certified.
>
> On 6/13/07, Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:
> As a former Nats event director, I must point out that the Master  
> class pilots are used to judge the Advanced AND F3A pilots, thus  
> the problem with the number of Master class pilots.  If you use  
> three judges on both Advanced lines, that's six judges each  
> session.  Then, if there are four F3A lines, that's another twelve  
> judges.  So, the first two sessions of Advanced and F3A requires 36  
> Master class judges.   Oh oh! we run out of Master class judges on  
> the third day if we only have 40 Master class pilots and nobody  
> volunteers to judge extra sessions.  That's why Dave Guerin's hair  
> is turning gray/falling out.
>
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
> On Jun 13, 2007, at 5:26 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote:
>
>> And for one year there will actually be enough judges to judge  
>> Masters - we've always struggled with not having enough F3A pilots  
>> to fill the Masters judging pool.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/13/07, Jim Woodward <Jim.Woodward at armorholdings.com > wrote:
>> Wow – Awesome!  The Masters pilots will get a taste of judging a  
>> highly attended FAI class!  J J J
>>
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>>
>> Jim W.
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>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca- 
>> discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org ] On Behalf Of Derek Koopowitz
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:41 PM
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>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Nats registration
>>
>>
>>
>> It looks like we have 115 total registered pilots for the Nats  
>> this year (from the AMA website)...
>>
>>
>>
>> Intermediate - 20
>>
>> Advanced - 16
>>
>> Masters - 40
>>
>> FAI - 39
>>
>>
>>
>> Those are excellent #'s and I'm hoping that there will still be  
>> some late entries that will raise those numbers even more.
>>
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