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Message: [ACRO] Revising categories & Recreational Aerobatics Program
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From: Gdinning at aol.com
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:56:51 UTC
Mr. Gilhausen's recent suggestion about adding "super sportsman" to the U.S. competition categories, in an attempt to preserve entry-level categories but allow growth in more advanced levels, seemed like a good idea to me. I can think of another possibility, as well- moving beginner competition to the proposed "Recreational Aerobatics Program" (see latest SA, p. 35). If this program really, truly got off the ground, Basic and "Easy Sportsman" might be run in it as a low-stress, informal competition, with critiques and optional judging. It would allow learning and growth by people scared off by the contest atmosphere, encourage self-taught Sunday afternoon aerobats to take their training more seriously, and maybe even solve the "no medical but safety pilot" type of situation discussed a while back. A glaring problem I can see is that the program might exceed the organizational resources and interests of local chapters, who, let's face it, are there for the serious competitions. It also might be neglected by an IAC fixated on national teams, merchandising and TV coverage. It would be a clever way to maneuver the low end people out of the way, then kill them off by neglect-- unintentionally, of course. The figure given was 5,600 IAC members, 800 competitors. It'll be interesting to see whether those non-competing 4,800 members are just lurking, or are willing to participate if given the right opportunity. Greg Dinning Attachement 1: part2.html
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