Dear Fellow Sailplane Racers

Even better. 10 years from now we'll all have doppler radar thermal
detectors. As with GPS it will be impossible to keep them out of racing
once everyone has bought one for their fun flying. Then leeching and
gaggling will completely disappear. No point in leeching if the thermal
is already shown on your heads-up display. Safety will improve
dramatically, except for the danger to personal health of pilots during
rules discussions.

John Cochrane
BB

What I learned from this thread is I need to quit flight instructing
and tinkering with gliders in the evening so I can get a desk job and
keep up with RAS.

I didn't plan on anyone biting, I wasn't baiting, if I was baiting I
would have stated first that we should drop all these classes and only
race PW5s, thats the only true way to determine a better pilot.

I understand that we make rules with the intent of keeping pilots safe,
I was at Ohio with UH, DJ and KM when we were talking about the
different rules that have been made because of stupidity by one or a
few pilots. But if we continue to make more and more rules trying to
make up for judgment, then we are sunk as a sport. Soon there will be
no gaggle flying because it is dangerous. It is I have yet to be at a
contest where I have not feared for being hIt.

The rules are vague enough that it is up to the CD and the rules
committee to decipher what they are saying during each contest. Some
get airspace penalties some don't (that's more a scoring issue). Don't
believe me go into the scoring office some evening, a copy of the rules
are sprawled out over the coffee table, the scorers eyes are bloodshot,
and the CD is loosing hair. I think pilots like simple rules, I know I
do, but maybe that's because I dropped out of college to buy a Discus2,
and I don't have my PhD.

The only thing that I can do if elected is lower the average age of the
RC...That's about it, but trying to gain votes by stating how I feel
about wearing pink bunny suits, is a way I might be able to get some
votes. Don't you elect someone to a committee that you have the same
opinions for? Or is it like voting for King and Queen in High
School....he's cute ill vote for him. Wait we didn't even get to post
our pictures...I like his name it sounds cool. Wait this is the
RC....he's a middle aged white male it will lift his spirits on life if
I vote for him....Oh wait he's an eldery retired male he needs
something to do with his free time, i'll vote for him.

Oh yea and it takes 16 pilots to safely change a light bulb.

Garret