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<P>I understand completely, I moved up to advanced, then my daughter got sick and I've been to one contest in 4 years. My flying has regressed, and my confidence along with it. </P>
<P>Jeff</P>
<P><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Mark Atwood" <atwoodm@paragon-inc.com><BR>To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR>Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 2:52:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Advancement System<BR><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I know you’re joking some Bob, but I think you’re actually a great example of someone that was able to fly a lot, and progressed nicely through the system, but then when you got to Masters…a time when you really need to practice even more to be competitive, your job suddenly changed, home life became more complex, and you’re lucky to fly 10 practice flights a year outside of contests. Your experience and skill would allow you to be competitive in Advanced, without dominating and likely have a lot more fun being a spoiler to that crowd, rather than trying to fly masters without hardly even knowing the pattern.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">You’re the perfect candidate for someone that should be able to choose where they fly (which pattern) and have the most enjoyment. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Bob Kane<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 08, 2009 2:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B> General pattern discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Advancement System</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hey, I resemble that remark . . . . . . .</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Bob Kane<BR>getterflash@yahoo.com</P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">This is all pretty interesting. From my perspective, I didn't really care who beat me when I was in intermediate or advanced. I just knew that I was seeing the skill level necessary to win. While it's nice to win a trophy in the lower classes, I understood I wasn't competing against the best pilots anyway. From what I've seen there is a huge variation of talent within a class anyway. I've seen Masters pilots fly that wouldn't win in advanced if they bumped back down (maybe not even in intermediate). People move up for all kinds of reasons unrelated to skill level. It's also interesting that we talk about using each class to improve our flying until we get to Masters, then it appears nobody wants to improve to FAI. </SPAN></P>
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