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Continued....
The weather again cooperated this year so the
field trip for Sunday was a go. We were fortunate to have two
excellent demo pilots who took
our new judges through the "wringer". A BIG Thank You
goes out to David Moser and Joe Cutright who were brave enough to practice their wind correction
in front of the avid class.
We appreciate the preparation you guys made for us. We also
would like to thank the
Gateway Radio Control Club in Jacksonville FL., and
Peter Jackson
for preparing their flying field and allowing us to use it for
training.
Sunday morning dawned a bit
chilly (for Jamaicans) with a light wind blowing from the East.
The practical application of what was learned the previous day
was put into play when Joe
took to the air & demonstrated various Snap Rolls (including
the now infamous "shoulder snap"). During this time the good, bad & ugly were shown so
that judges could differentiate. Then David took flight & showed
many variations to spins & hammerheads. Then Joe came back & did
tailslides & an Unknown. Next, a portion of various sequences
were flown by Joe, as unfortunately, David's prop "bit" his
fingers & he had to sit it out for a while. The technique
of comparing scores & explaining what certain deductions were
and why was used to good effect. We actually did not see the
wide variation of scores that we normally experience during this
portion of the training. On the final
2008 Unlimited Known sequence, flown by David, he "slipped" in a
few predetermined mistakes & was caught by most of the "eagle eyed"
judges.
The Flying & Judging Seminar
came to a close at 12:00 pm and IMAC Certificates (including
Instructors) were handed out to each attendee. We would like to
thank everyone for taking the time to being there and we can
assure all members of IMAC that superb judging is on the rise,
not only in our S.E.
Region, but also throughout our entire system.
Our sincere appreciation goes out to Stan and Nora
Stockman for handling all of our documentation for the
event. I would also like to publicly THANK Stan Stockman,
Ty Lyman & Kent Porter for the numerous hours that they spent in
preparation for this function. We could not have done it without
you guys. We would like to also thank the Executives of IMAC for
their decision to administer a grant allowing us to be able to
hold this event, and again, to all of our generous sponsors,
THANK YOU.
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