[NSRCA-discussion] Advancement System

[jeffghughes at comcast.net]

Bob, 

I understand completely, I moved up to advanced, then my daughter got sick and I've been to one contest in 4 years. My flying has regressed, and my confidence along with it. 

Jeff 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Atwood" <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com> 
To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 2:52:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Advancement System 




I know you’re joking some Bob, but I think you’re actually a great example of someone that was able to fly a lot, and progressed nicely through the system, but then when you got to Masters…a time when you really need to practice even more to be competitive, your job suddenly changed,  home life became more complex, and you’re lucky to fly 10 practice flights a year outside of contests.   Your experience and skill would allow you to be competitive in Advanced, without dominating and likely have a lot more fun being a spoiler to that crowd, rather than trying to fly masters without hardly even knowing the pattern. 



You’re the perfect candidate for someone that should be able to choose where they fly (which pattern) and have the most enjoyment.  





From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bob Kane 
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 2:40 PM 
To: General pattern discussion 
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Advancement System 




Hey, I resemble that remark . . . . . . . 




Bob Kane 
getterflash at yahoo.com 










From: "jeffghughes at comcast.net" <jeffghughes at comcast.net> 
To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
Cc: Don Ramsey <don.ramsey at suddenlink.net> 
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 12:17:58 PM 
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Advancement System 


This is all pretty interesting. From my perspective, I didn't  really care who beat me when I was in intermediate or advanced. I just knew that I was seeing the skill level necessary to win. While it's nice to win a trophy in the lower classes, I understood I wasn't competing against the best pilots anyway.  From what I've seen there is a huge variation of talent within a class anyway. I've seen Masters pilots fly that wouldn't win in advanced if they bumped back down (maybe not even in intermediate). People move up for all kinds of reasons unrelated to skill level.  It's also interesting that we talk about using each class to improve our flying until we get to Masters, then it appears nobody wants to improve to FAI. 







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