And if there was money on the line?Regis
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From: rdensford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] Contests; why?
This is true about all competition
> At a contest interesting things happen within a
> formal context that makes
> them very memorable. Just sport flying interesting
> things happen but they
> often aren't in a context that makes them
> particularly memorable
Rick has a good point. My first contest, first
flight, I nailed the
It's no different from 25 cent skins when you're playing golf with your
buddies. It adds purpose to your flying - as much or as little as you
want to make it. It can't hurt to try to do your best in anything.
Contests make you pay more attention to detail in trimming your plane
and make you work
I was nervous to fly in my first contest, was just to the point where
landing didn't necessarily involve repairing - one of the fliers helping me
(thanks, Dave!) told me that they were just an excuse to fly...
I still think that holds true, for me at least. Even the more 'serious'
fliers see
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> > At 10:19 AM 1/9/02 -0800, Bill Swingle wrote:
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I've wondered the same thing many times. And I've heard and used all of
the familiar explanations (with which I agree). But I think that the real
bottom line is that people contest because "interesting things happen" in
contests. Its the same reason people watch sporting events and to some
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From: "Bill Swingle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "RCSE Soaring (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 1:19 PM
Subject: [RCSE] Contests; why?
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> Could someone please explain something?
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> Why do so many pilots need contests to
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