RE: CLUB IDEAS
BY: Ken Ellison to Alain Cadieux on Sat Feb 03 1996 11:24 pm
 >   Anyhow, since I am what I consider still one of the "newbies" that is
 >   part of my point.  Things like that are for the more experienced and
 >   when new pilots or individuals that are thinking of joining the club
 >   ask what the club has to offer, they want to know what it has to offer
 >   for them.  That is where we run into trouble.  You don't want pilots
 >   that still fly trainers up there doing dog fights or club 20 races or
 >   pylon races, etc...  BUT, still there must be something that can be
 >   offered to the new pilots and intermediates that do not yet feel
 >   comfortable doing all those crazy things yet...  Besides, this hobby
 >   is not exactly "cheap"..  and a new pilot does not want to see his
At the club where I fly, We Run an unlimited Pylon race "Run what ya Brung"
trainers, sticks, flying wings etc.. anything. we get alot of new pilots in
there and they really have a ball.. what we do is have them run a practice 
ap
or two and have them run the pylons however they feel comfortable. then we
average the times and give them a handicap. we have had a great responce from
our new pilots and we plan to have many more in the future. 
as for the handicap the new pilots with the slow trainers have the same 
hance
of winning as someone with a really fast pylon plane.. it's all a matter of 
how
they fly there course.. and everyone is trying to beat there own time instead
of the next guys. of course we still have the Q500 Class only. but we always 
ha
ve the Fun Pylon for everyone.
hope this adds some insight.
Neil S.
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