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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>At the Huntsville Team Selections in '81 there was a large
numbered wheel on a tripod behind each judge, as the judge assigned a
maneuver score a pointer was rotated to a number on the wheel by helpers for
spectators to view. Of course this was pre-turn around - so there was plenty of
time to accomplish the task. Seemed popular with the flyers, didn't seem to
bother the judges. A "real time" display of the aggregate score for each
maneuver (protects individual judge "sensitivity") would likely improve
spectator appeal - with the rapid fire scoring needed with TA, it's not clear
just how to accomplish this. The spectator input would probably work both ways -
boos for incorrectly scored maneuvers, both high and low. Bet you'd see flyers
wearing earphones (with the volume of something cranked up)!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Earl</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=derekkoopowitz@gmail.com href="mailto:derekkoopowitz@gmail.com">Derek
Koopowitz</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 27, 2007 12:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Are we behind
the times?</DIV>
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<DIV>There is a thread on RCU under the "Classic Pattern Flying" forum about
the team selection in 1972. Way back then they were posting real time
scores of pilots as they flew - apparently they had a "reporter" that looked
over the judges shoulders as they scored each maneuver and then radioed them
to someone that posted/wrote the scores of each maneuver as they were flown
onto a poster size scoresheet attached to a board. </DIV>
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<DIV>With the technology available to us today I would love to see this at
future contests - can you just imagine all the "oohhhss and aahhhs" from the
spectators. :)</DIV>
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