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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I must admit, I joined NSRCA about 2 years before I started
competing because of the Buyers Guide. It was a great source of
information on top quality RC equipment. I started competing due to the
prompting of Bob Schofield and Ken Alexander. I always had an interest in
competition but never met anyone that was into it. Prior to Bob Schofield
joining our club, no one in my previous 2 clubs competed in anything.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Other than health or finances I don’t think I’ll
ever quit. I fly more now than I did as a sport pilot because I now have
a motivation to get my butt to the field even when the weather sucks. My
flying skills were stagnating as I tried to bore holes in the sky as a sport
pilot. I wanted to learn how to fly the plane rather than have the plane
fly me. Competition especially pattern was and is the ticket. Also
by competing you learn an awful lot about how to properly build, trim, program
and setup any airplane. You even learn how to tune and maintain the most
advanced engines/motors around. I’ve learned more about this hobby
in my 5 years in pattern than I would have learned in a lifetime otherwise.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>And to top it all off, the people that I’ve met in
pattern are top notch.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Why do you fly pattern?</span></font></p>
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