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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hey Gray,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>How many 9 year olds do you know that can
afford their own IMAC airplane????:) Joking aside…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My feeling is in agreement that if you
cannot safely take off and land in the conditions of the day….you shouldn’t
be flying. Yes, if landings & takeoffs were scored we would see
better takeoffs and landings again. I’m amazed that I even see a
few FAI pilots do blast & go…yank and bank takeoffs and then
try to make the rest of the flight look smooth & precise….whether we
like it or not an impression has been made to the contrary. AS
far as the safety vs score situation goes: Anyone who is willing to risk
loss of control and danger to the crowd for any score shouldn’t be
flying competition. (Let alone a 1K maneuver score!!!!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ability to fly???? I am a CFI and
what do we drill in to ourselves and our students???? “Know your
personal limitations and don’t fly beyond them” This is
a part of flight training that should be common sense, but….. if the case
is children flying model airplanes, ADULTS have to supervise and assume
responsibility.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think there’s 2 cents worth
somewhere in there</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Gray E Fowler<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 19, 2006 2:11
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NSRCA Mailing List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
Sportsman supplemental rules?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Wow! I find it hard to believe that someone would
own and fly a plane that they in essence cannot land. That is a beginners
mistake and I see it alot at my club, and we call it "Too much plane
for the pilot". Usually this happens with a persons second airplane of his
RC career, not someone at a competition. We all bung a landing now and then (
as if evident for the constant need of replacement chin cowls) , but I have to
seriously question that if at a contest a pilot cannot land a plane they
brought, should it be allowed? If it is too much plane for the pilot, the
pilot need to step down his plane or learn to land it in PRACTICE, before his
thumbs are shakin' at a contest.</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>I
will once again cast another vote to score T/O and Landings knowing the odds
are in my favor that "others" will not a second time sneek around the
majority to enact personal agendas-but thats a differnet topic......</span></font>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>When
flying RC planes of ANY type there are only two required manuevers...T/O and
then Landing.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'><br>
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<br>
Gray Fowler<br>
Senior Principal Chemical Engineer<br>
Radome and Composites Engineering<br>
Raytheon</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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