[NSRCA-discussion] The most important thing to understand about pattern

[Peter Vogel]

+1!

When I started in Sportsman I never expected to be competitive in
Intermediate, I took 3rd at the NATS last year and won the D7 championship,
but still feel that Intermediate has a lot to teach me but I'm pretty sure
I'll move up within the next 2 years to Advanced and I still feel Masters
is way out of my reach, let alone FAI.  But I'm not here to win trophies,
I'm here to have fun, compete, and try to make every flight better than the
last one in similar conditions (but fail at that pretty often!)...

Peter+

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Charlie Barrera via NSRCA-discussion <
nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> Hear, Hear! I agree totally. I’ll never be a FAI pilot…I’m having enough
> trouble putting up a good Advanced round! LOL! But I won’t stop trying to
> put up my best flight! …Charlie
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>
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> On Jul 13, 2017, at 10:04 AM, Anthony Romano via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
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> It has been said many times but you can't teach desire. Reread the last
> paragraph of Jason's post.
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>
>
> *Having flown Pattern for so long now I've realized something. Pattern is
> a passion, a want. You can't 'make' someone a pattern pilot, they have to
> be one and not know it yet. Yes pattern makes most of the Worlds best
> pilots, but you can't take a pilot and make them a pattern pilot. If there
> isn't a drive to become better, not the best (that's the 2% of us), you'll
> only have a casual or short term pattern pilot at best. At my age I know my
> time is probably limited as far as being competitive or even having a
> chance at winning big events anymore, but my drive to be better and push
> myself is still there. So I will continue to learn new F patterns that will
> drain me every day I practice because I am a Pattern pilot 😁**Jas i**P*
>
> When do people leave when the top of mountain is insurmountable and the
> effort greatly out weighs the benefit. I have heard hundreds of pilots say
> "this has become too much work" and can't recall one who said this is too
> easy.
>
> Anthony
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