Paul Ferguson posted to Jim Thomas in regards to 'Contests and LSF Levels,'
"Perhaps we need to leave the existing levels alone and add parallel
'non-contest' levels with more challenging tasks."
SOUNDS LIKE!! LSF AWARDS with a nasty " * " attached to me :-) !! Maybe,
Paul, as a disinterested party you could help the judges somewhere USA come
up with a scientific way to divine dimples :-) !
Sorry! I couldn't resist :-) !! I plan to compete in one international and
two national or regional contests in a busman's holiday to my Homeland
U.S.A. next summer. Is this language lost on you!? It means having FUN
while you are on business! What is the difference between what I will be
engaged in and Gordy!? With Gordy the FUN comes first :-) !! God is MY
boss!! My criteria for participation is similarly expressed as a principle
through the use of reiteration as is the laws of investing in real
estate (1. Location; 2) Location; 3) Location!!!). Expressly, "1) FUN; 2)
FUN; 3) FUN; 4) FUN !!!!!", the first LAW of RC Soaring instituted and
established by JW! I don't expect to win a thing this summer but new
friends--I will try harder, flying in the Eagle Class at the IHLGF, but
RCHLG pilots are getting older (fortunately Joe is still too young to
compete against me) and the competition is gett'n tougher at my (age) level
:-) ! Not that it didn't start out that way, the first year of the Eagle
Class ('98) I had to fly against the TPG's Scharck and Don Richmond. Still
as the AWAY Champ, GRACIOUS Ron (not to be confused with Don) awarded the
First Place Plaque to me which I proudly display; the NEAREST I will
probably EVER get to anything like it!? My third place the same year at
the MidSouths in HL Golf against the likes of Jim Bacus-Bruce Davidson &
Company didn't get me a thing besides hearing my name blared out with a
bullhorn--and I ran the whole course; I think they mentioned that--I
thought I at least deserved a JR or Futaba decal!! Go figure :-) !!
It has been a long while since this thread has made the round--so be
it! As one who had hoped for a career in aviation and passed from true HL
gliders (NOT to be confused with RCHLG) and hand tow gliders with
dethermalizers to full scale while in college, I of course became
acquainted with the FAI international soaring awards. When I was drawn
into RC Soaring I soon became acquainted with the LSF program and
recognized the value of it for the RC Soaring enthusiast. I began my own
effort to bring it to Japan and later was ready to help one of our Japanese
glider-guiders (a better idea) establish it here. Except for the initial
phases, however, it is not a realistic program for Japan! None the less,
any changing of the rules would tarnish its metal!
As Rob Glover posted:
"The LSF is Not going to change it's program.
The LSF is Not going to change it's program.
The LSF is Not going to change it's program."
"Got it? Good." AMEN :-) and "Congratulations!!" to all the Level fives
out there!!
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT ONE, Osaka, Japan (AMA # 53 777 1)
http://www.kcat.zaq.ne.jp/skypilot/
SKY PILOT'S HANGAR--RCHLG AFICIONADO
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