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<DIV>A valid argument too, Bob. I remember a severe wind change, of 180
degrees, at Snow Camp, and unwisely didn't want to forego landing points, and
damaged my EMC so badly that it took Gerry Dale to repair it. Of course,
under the new rules, I would simply have changed directions. Pitiful what
greed will make you do!<G> But, there are those who will not have
the sense to abort a takeoff, or go around, score or no score. But, even
saying that, scoring still undoubtedly contributes to some unsafe
conditions. Just my opinion, also.</DIV>
<DIV>Bill</DIV>
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<A title=bob@toprudder.com href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com">Bob Richards</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 02, 2009 1:28
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Landings
and Takeoffs</DIV>
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<DIV>I'll say it here, JMHO. I personally don't think takeoffs and
landings should be judged. These are the maneuvers that put the plane
closest to the pilots/judges/spectators. I've seen some bad takeoffs and
landing approaches pushed to dangerous situations when they would
probably have been aborted had they not been scored maneuvers. At the
very least, the airplane is at risk. At the most, people are at risk.
I've had one plane fly behind my head at the Nats (between myself, my
caller, and the judges) during a landing when the plane got away from
the pilot during one such occurance. I've also seen a plane slam into a
person in the pits at full throttle, just after lifting off the ground,
when the plane first veered away from the pits and the pilot forced the
takeoff by kicking rudder to get it back on the runway. At no point did
he back off the throttle. In most situations such as this, anyone would
have aborted and started over, but because they are being judged they
keep on pushing a bad situation.</DIV>
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<DIV>And, no, niether situation involved someone in the Sportsman or
Intermediate classes. These were both contestants that had flown pattern
for several years. </DIV>
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<DIV>I thank god they don't judge takeoffs and landings in IMAC.</DIV>
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<DIV>JM2CW</DIV>
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<DIV>Bob R.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 3/2/09, George W.Kennie
<I><geobet4@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't feel the same way as John on the
landing maneuver being relegated to a non-skill element. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All aerobatic maneuvers that we perform
competitively require that we demonstrate to a judge that we have
developed some precise degree of control over the airframe under our
command. To achieve this control further requires intense
concentration on the part of the pilot. I would offer that there are
many airborne maneuvers where the degree of concentration required by
the pilot are significantly lower than that required to bring the
airframe back into contact with terra firma and demonstrate complete
and confident control. This is a skill that is worthy of reward in my
viewpoint.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>G. </FONT></DIV>
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