<div>I agree with both Mark, Keith and Archie. But lets look at another analogy.</div> <div> </div> <div>A higher level pilot flies the reverse golfball, and audibly states "that sucked" while the newer pilot in the back goes "Wow that was beautiful" </div> <div> </div> <div>Who was right?? Probably the pilot who realizes his first push was too sharp, didn't center the roll on the line, made an egg on the loop at the bottom and while doing that moved in 20 yards, the up line was too flat, used a different roll rate on the second 1/2 roll, missed the cross and the exit radius was too relaxed in comparison to the entry radius.</div> <div> </div> <div>Everyone is right, experience is the key.</div> <div> </div> <div>Ed<BR><BR><B><I>Archie Stafford <rcpattern@stx.rr.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content=Word.Document
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mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:navy;} span.SpellE {mso-style-name:""; mso-spl-e:yes;} span.GramE {mso-style-name:""; mso-gram-e:yes;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </STYLE> <DIV class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I will agree with Keith and Mark…best analogy I can give is like in sports, guys say the “game slows down” after they figure things <SPAN class=SpellE>out<SPAN class=GramE>..Same</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=GramE> as in pattern.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Things happen so quickly in the upper classes you have to be watching at all times, and don’t have time to think “did I just see that?”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
class=GramE>on</SPAN> a nasty windy day I’ve watched my scores get hit because of wind correction. One judge sees it correctly, but more times than not the one with less experience notices the plane rather than and track and their brain says “that can’t be right.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You can sit through all the judging seminars in the world, but until the knowledge is applied, it doesn’t matter.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Doesn’t matter what class they fly.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I know guys that are average pilots that are incredible judges, because they’ve done it before.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No one is as good a judge as the first flight they see as their 500<SUP>th</SUP>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Just doesn’t happen.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If that was the case, then why worry about which judges we send to the world team <SPAN
class=SpellE>trials<SPAN class=GramE>..</SPAN>why</SPAN> not just give everyone a written test and who ever scores the highest must be the best….you guys know that isn’t true, that is why we have the software that evaluates judges.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would be interested to see the results of that software with guys who are judging their first <SPAN class=SpellE>nats</SPAN> and see where they rank among judges.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Arch<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Keith Black<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, June 14, 2007 7:01 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PersonName w:st="on">NSRCA Mailing
List</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Nats registration</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Since no one else will stick out their neck, I will. Mark is 100% correct. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The problem has nothing to do with class, intelligence or ability, just experience. Not all, but most, intermediate pilots are simply so new to pattern that they don't know everything to look for. This is why in most cases FAI judges give
out lower scores than intermediate judges. Not because FAI judges are meaner or more conceited, but because they notice more. One could argue that it doesn't matter as long as scores are consistent, but this just isn't the case. When judges notice fewer things, like Mark's example of the snap below, scores begin to rise and it's more difficult for pilots to distinguish themselves. For example, pilot A and B both fly the 45 degree down snap centering and stopping it perfectly, but pilot A didn't match the entry and exit radius (very easy to miss for pilot and judge). If a judge does not notice this then pilot B is penalized and though he performed better on paper he wasn't able to distinguish himself. As a contestant this can be extremely frustrating. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Frankly, there's so much going on in our flights that it's pretty much impossible to catch every altitude difference, centering difference, radius difference, wind correction, etc. To expect they guy that's just moved from Sportsman to do so is really unreasonable.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So, am I against Intermediate or Sportsman judges at local contests? No, they need the experience and judging can teach a pilot so much! It's well worth the occasional round that may not be spot on in judging to get these guys experience because in a few years THEY will be writing this email. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div
class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If your an Intermediate or Sportsman pilot that's competed in fewer than about 15 to 20 contests and this pisses you off all I can say what every parent tells their kids, in a few years you'll understand, there's really nothing to argue about. And though it seems so, I'm not trying to be condescending.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Keith</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:
12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 5pt 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV style="font-color: black"> <div class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A title=atwoodm@paragon-inc.com href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com">Mark Atwood</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">To:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sent:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:49 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Nats registration<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Again, I simply have to agree to disagree. Don’t really want a battle over it. My suggestion would be to talk to someone that judges ice skating or as I mentioned before, diving. An inexperienced judge, even knowing all the rules and downgrades, can do little more than judge the landing. And that’s what we get...Downward 45 snaps that are judged 99% on the exit of the snap with little attention to the centering, entry and exit radius, etc. But maybe more to the point, I know at least MY experience has been, if I’m flying in high wind in front of a masters pilot, I pay a LOT of attention to proper wind correction, knowing that even though the maneuver looks wrong, it’s not, and will be judged appropriately because that person can fly that same correction, and knows what it has to look like. If I have
an inexperienced judge...I focus on “smooth”, with less wind correction, worrying less about proper ‘Track’ 45’s than proper attitude 45s..etc. I think you’ll find a lot of flyers do the same. Is it right?? Don’t know...but it’s certainly the reality.<BR><BR>I know I’m disparaging the intermediate judge...I don’t mean to do that. Some are extremely good. It’s not the class you fly as much as total experience and exposure. Dave Klein (father to Mike Klein, former TOC pilot) never flew above the old Sportsman routine, but did so for MANY years, and also watched Mike fly about 10,000 practice flights of FAI and TOC patterns. He knew what he was looking for. I’m sure there are intermediate flyers out there with equal skills in the chair.<BR><BR>Judging schools are GREAT...a tremendous help. Even the poorest ones add value. AND...yes, there are 15 year master’s pilots who are probably bad judges.
But on any given day, the odds are that the experienced pilot is going to be a better judge than an inexperienced pilot. Again...My opinion.<BR><BR>So it goes back to Ron’s comment...that the CD’s job is to identify which of the various pilots are “qualified”...<BR><BR>-M<BR><BR><BR>On 6/14/07 1:01 PM, "Fred Huber" <fhhuber@clearwire.net> wrote:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">there's a big difference in PLAYING a game of strategy and OBSERVING the RESULTS of someone performing aerobatics.<BR> <BR>You don't even need to know all the rules to observe.<BR> <BR>You don't need to know the weight limit, maximum length or wingspan of the model.<BR> <BR>You don't have to know how to compensate for wind in order to be able to see if a vertical line got blown sideways and should be downgraded.<BR> <BR>Knowing the names of the
pieces (maneuvers) and the shape of the board (limits of the box) and the basic movements of the pieces (textbook description of loop, roll, spin, snap...) will get you MUCH further judging than actually playing.<BR> <BR>Even a judge at a chess tournament only needs to know how to recognize an illegal move. They don't have to be able to beat the worst player in the High School chess club.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Mark Atwood <A href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com"><mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com></A> <BR> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">NSRCA Mailing List</st1:PersonName> <A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"><mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org></A>
<BR> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:44 AM<BR> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Nats registration<BR> <BR><BR>I’m going to simply agree to disagree. Experience in flying, helps your experience in judging, IMHO.<BR><BR>I’ll use a few analogies... Chess. I know the rules. I’m even a decent player. My son is 10...also knows the rules, and for 10, plays ok. But when he looks at the board, he sees 64 squares and a myriad of pieces. He has to evaluate each piece in turn, taking considerable time to make his move. By contrast, my experience allows me to set “groups” of pieces as a single formation...a master player, sees the entire board as a single position, and knows instantly the next move to make.<BR><BR>One more quick comparison and
I’ll try and related it to pattern judging...lol<BR><BR>Diving. How many of you have watched the olympic diving and seen someone do a blinding 3 somersault half twist whatever, only to have the announcer say...”He’s going to have to do a better job of keeping his knees together and holding the tuck farther in the rotation...blah blah blah” and think to yourself HUH?? Did they actually SEE that?? And sure enough, in the slow mo...that’s EXACTLY what happened. The commentator DIDN’T see it...but they knew from the outcome WHAT MUST HAVE OCCURRED TO GET THERE from their own experience.<BR><BR>Back to flying. Much of what we do is anticipate problems and fix them. Some may disagree, but often, judging is know what must have happened to get you into the bad place. That takes experience...I think flying experience, though I suppose significant judging experience
could achieve the same. Bottom line...a sportsman/intermediate pilot, unless they’ve been flying and judging that class for many years, doesn’t have the experience necessary to judge FAI or Masters Real Time. You have to see too much, too fast. You can’t evaluate all the pieces on the board...you have to see the board as a single position.<BR><BR>My .02 cents.<BR><BR>That being said...I fully agree that Intermediate pilots should be used to judge Advanced...mixed with Masters pilots...thats the best way to learn and you’ll still get a good judging result.<BR><BR>-Mark<BR><BR><BR>On 6/14/07 10:57 AM, "Zapata, Lisandro Arturo" <Lisandro.Zapata@rsandh.com> wrote:<BR><BR> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: blue;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial">IMHO<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Even a Sportman who barely know to fly their own sequences, doesn't mean that can't judge even FAI pilots. If he has the knowledge and the ability to judge correctly then you should use him to judge FAI. Is common to think that a FAI pilot who has to know to fly with all the rules in his mind must be a great judge but is not always the case, they can be a terrible judge and a great flyer.<BR>I had seen FAI judges that they aren't even pilots, but they know the rules.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Arturo<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=3> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [<A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org%5d">mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]</A> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Ron Van Putte<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:34 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">NSRCA Mailing
List</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Nats registration<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR>My comments regarding not all Intermediate class pilots being qualified to judge Advanced is from experience. A lot of Intermediate class pilots just moved up from Sportsman and barely know how to fly their own sequences, much less judge a class above them. They don't have the basic knowledge of how to judge correctly. I've had Intermediate pilots ask to be assigned to any other job than being a judge of Advanced pilots because they didn't feel qualified. <BR><BR>Further, like all programs, our judging certification program often leaves a lot to be desired. Despite the efforts of a lot of people like Don Ramsey, how many pilots just got certified by sitting in a group
with a lot of other guys who all took the "test" together? I've seen it happen far too often. Judge certification classes run by Don Ramsey at the Nats take several hours. I've watched some local classes take less than an hour and most of that was taking the test. For experienced judges, just taking the test is probably enough, because they have familiarized themselves with changes to the rules and only need to take the test. However, I believe that pilots who are inexperienced judges are being shortchanged at the local level.<BR><BR>Ron Van Putte<BR><BR><BR>On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:12 AM, John Ferrell wrote:<BR><BR> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I find the lack of confidence in the
Judging Certification Program to be an insult to those who put forth so much effort into it.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR> <BR> <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There are still a lot of Masters/FAI pilots who choose to not waste their time knowing the AMA rule book. And there are many pilots who are new to the Pattern Discipline that have read and continue to read the Rule book like the Bible!<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR> <BR> <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The class one flies is not a good indicator of their judging qualities.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Verdana"><BR> <BR> <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John Ferrell W8CCW<BR>"Life is easier if you learn to plow <BR> around the stumps"<BR><A href="http://dixienc.us/">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Ron Van Putte <A href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net"><mailto:vanputte@cox.net></A> <BR> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">NSRCA Mailing List</st1:PersonName> <A
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"><mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org></A> <BR> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:44 PM<BR> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Nats registration<BR> <BR><BR> <BR><BR>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> <BR><BR> <BR>Ron Van Putte<BR> <BR><BR> <BR> <BR>On Jun 13, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote:<BR><BR> <BR> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">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.<BR><BR> <BR>On 6/13/07, <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Ron Van Putte</SPAN></B> <vanputte@cox.net> wrote: <BR> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR>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. <BR><BR> <BR> <BR>Ron Van Putte<BR> <BR> <BR><BR> <BR> <BR>On Jun 13, 2007, at 5:26 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote:<BR><BR> <BR> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR>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.<BR> <BR><BR><BR> <BR> <BR>On 6/13/07, <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Jim Woodward</SPAN></B> <Jim.Woodward@armorholdings.com <A
href="mailto:Jim.Woodward@armorholdings.com"><mailto:Jim.Woodward@armorholdings.com></A> > wrote: <BR> <BR><BR> <BR> <BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Wow – Awesome! The Masters pilots will get a taste of judging a highly attended FAI class! J J J <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR> <BR> <BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Jim W.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR> <BR> <BR><BR> <BR> <BR> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [<A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A> <A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org"><mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org></A> ] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Derek Koopowitz<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:41 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">NSRCA Mailing List</st1:PersonName>; dist7@nsrca.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [NSRCA-discussion] Nats registration <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR> <BR><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>It looks like we have 115 total registered pilots for the Nats this year (from the AMA website)...<BR><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR> <BR><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>Intermediate - 20<BR><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR> <BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>Advanced - 16<BR><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR> <BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>Masters - 40<BR><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR> <BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>FAI - 39<BR><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR> <BR><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>Those are excellent #'s and I'm hoping that there will still be some late entries that will raise those numbers even more.<BR><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR> <BR><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR><BR> <BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR><A href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</A> <A
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