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<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Along the lines of FAI.......(stuff from Gray below)...</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The 1st two days of F3A at the NATs are "practice" <G>.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The last stand alone F3A Team Selection was attended by a whopping 13 pilots.....roughly 1/2 of the NATs attendance.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Just a data point.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Dave Lockhart</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=sans! size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans!'">A suggestion.....</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif">Start with the FAI USA team. Why does that selection contest allow whomever wants to show up fly at that contest? Implement a qualification sytem for the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> team selection contest first. The Semi-Pros (not so sure we have 100% "pros" anywhere) in these ranks should love it, because then those top 6 (who are we kidding... it may only be 5 who truly have a chance) nationwide flyers going for those 3 spots do not have to sit thru 3 days of wannabe FAI schmoes.</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif">I cannot imagine that a qualification system would do anything but hurt NATS attendence. I do not understand the point of it at all. The NAT is not overloaded. I agree that it is not bad to discuss anything, but if you really think this is a #1 priority topic (I have not seen any others tossed out there), then I think it shows your personal disconnect with the AMA pattern community,402,403,404. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><BR>< FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Signed, <BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif">Peace, Love and Smarter Missiles.........</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"><BR><BR>Gray Fowler<BR>Senior Principal Chemical Engineer<BR>Radomes and Specialty Apetures<BR>Technical Staff Composites Engineering<BR>Raytheon</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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