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Advanced and Masters are not our entry classes and should not affect
future participation. Those new to pattern should begin in either
Sportsman or Intermediate depending on skill level. When a flyer
feels he is ready to move up, he will try flying the next class in
practice. If it is too difficult to even see a way to fly that
sequence reasonably, then that pilot was not ready to move up and
should stay in his current class another year (or more). We do not
lose people because they stayed in their current class, we lose them
because they moved up when not ready and find they are outclassed
without the vision, coordination, time to practice (or name your
reason) to be competitive. Not competitive for winning, just
competitive. <br>
Both Masters and Advanced can, and probably will be, changed next
year. Any substantial problems can be addressed then. Many have
tested these sequences. All have have flown them successfully, if
not always happily. We can go on and on about ugly maneuvers,
difficulty levels and dislike of change but that happens every
cycle. <br>
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Just for comparison here are Advanced and Masters from 20 years ago.
Overall both appear somewhat easier than the current sequences we
are flying but not a lot. Total KFactors are a bit lower. Also we
are flying many of the same maneuvers. I hope you noticed the knife
edge top of the cobra in masters. If you go back even further you
can find a two roll loop in the days before retracts...<br>
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John Gayer<br>
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