[LASS Soaring] Expensive planes reduce Nats attendance?

[Brian Kopke]

Gordy and I agreed on one thing today, taking your $125 beater to the NATS
even with Top Gun skills to fly it isn't likely to get you first place.
Guys with better planes and mediocre skills have one advantage: better
planes.  They launch better, fly better, and land better even at the hands
of so-so pilots.  Although you prolly will out pace 75% of the field.  And
there's always that chance....and that would be fun.

Brian

Tony, I see you had your fun Saturday.  I haven't been sailing in a T-storm
since I lived in MI.  Good times.



On 8/5/07, Nex12Go at aol.com <Nex12Go at aol.com> wrote:
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>  I don't know about the excuses anyone else makes but if I still had a
> $125 glider I would fly it in a contest if it was the best plane for the
> task.  There are a lot of people out there with $1,500 ships who can't fly
> so I don't totally buy the excuse of not having a ship to compete with.
> Not saying I can fly.... just saying that is not an excuse of mine
> besides... If you really think you are going to win when you go to a contest
> then you must really be skilled.  Or you must really think you are.  I do it
> for fun.  When it stops being that then........ .
>
> I didn't go to the NATS primarily because of a little burn out.
>
> Caught 2 inches of rain on the river Saturday.  What a blow!!!
>
> Tony
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