Dear Fellow Sailplane Racers

Good Day fellow sailplane racers,

Unfortunately this is not the email saying I have found a coed
volleyball team that will be traveling around to different glider
contests to help run wings. Nor is this an email to say I found a new
sponsor for soaring contest. I am trying to gain support for my
election in the Rules Committee, so if you have already voted for me
then you can hit delete and get back to work, if you voted for someone
else you still have time you can change your vote.

By voting for me the only thing I can promise that I will do
is....lower the average age. But enough with the things I promise to
do, I hope that I can influence the committee and look at things
slightly differently. I feel that with my experience in flying in 2
World Junior Championships, 1 Australian contest (I hope you enjoyed
the article from last month), 7 US Nationals and 2 Regional contests. I
have a very well rounded view on contests. I have won a few days and I
have been the only pilot to not make it home on others.

I feel the sports class should look at selecting pilots to fly club
class world championships. I feel that the open class could not
sacrifice loosing its Nimbus 3 pilots by allowing a weight change. If
there are only 4 pilots that are willing to travel their large winged
beasts then let them race and get sanctioned, that way there are no
rushed struggles trying to get more pilots volunteering at the last
minute. We will continue to struggle at the world level if we do not
task our pilots on a similar field.

I am concerned that the rules committee will continue to waste time
with legislation intended to compensate for a pilot's lack of
judgment. I know it's not a spectator sport, but there is a crew
down there, waiting and watching, and the finish line is symbolic to
their hard work and devotion to the sport. A pilot is not judged by the
altitude of his finish or the lack there of, but rather by his ability
to make safe judgments in all r=E9gimes of flight. Making rules that
force us to stare in the cockpit and cross-check: altimeter, GPS,
flight computer, altimeter... for some imaginary boarder in the sky,
cannot be considered safer.

If nothing else I will be a new face to point the blame at when you
complain about the rules.

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Best Regards
Garret Willat
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