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| Agreed. I also agree about having to drive longer distance about it being two days. But, what if they were smaller closer contests. Could there be more of them? Many fields you can not camp at night... this could make them an option.
My point is that the 2 day contest also excludes many people that would like to compete but may not be able to because of time, the cost to drive so far, and nightly accomodations.
Years ago when it was still called the aerobatic biplane association (yes I was involved back then very early) they did have 1 day contests... same with pattern.
If you had smaller more local contests, you could run only certian classes instead of trying to fill all of them. For example, typically, when IMAC/Pattern starts in an area that doesn't already have a developed program, the first few classes are the only classes flown. Or maybe, they split them into different weekends.
Just thoughts... Believe me, I'm not saying I have an issue with the current program, but I can understand the rational behind a one day event.
Hell... the Rocky Mount contest wound up being a on day event and was great.
BTW: the current program almost forces you into 3 days not 2. Most contests start at 8am on Saturday, which requires you to leave on Friday. This is reality. | |
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I agree with you in many aspects. I too, would like to attend one day events so I could be home on Sunday, but unfortunatley like I said in an earlier post the disadvantages out weight the advantages. I have attended pattern contests that we ended up finishing in one day due to low attendance. The only problem with that is you don't know if it will be wraped up in one day until you are more than 1/2 way through Saturday.
Pattern attendance in NSRCA District 4 has really been struggling for the past couple of years. I don't know if the IMAC numbers are dropping or not, but I do know that there are almost twice as many pilots competing in IMAC contests in our area compared to pattern. I'm not sure what is causing this. I would like to blame it on gas prices, but if that was true, that should effect IMAC also. What gives???