AFA Cadet XC Team - MIA at Montegue?

The AFA still puts those little Holsteins on their gliders. But I
didn't see very many of them at PR9. Maybe one, on one of the Duos.

One of the great things about this sport is learning more about the
oldtimers like Vern. At 83, he was the oldest pilot at Parowan. I hope
he's at the next one, so I can listen to some of those stories!

I do want to chime in with 21. As a contest pilot (taking off the
scorer's hat), it was disappointing to see the AFA, an institution I
admire and support, disregard the contest task on 3 days, devaluing
one of them, including not turning in log files on the final day (a
violation of contest rules). The contest management worked hard to fit
them into the contest, doing things like moving the launch point on
the grid so they could launch from the end every day. It isn't asking
too much to expect them to take the contest seriously, and if they
want to do leadership training, they should find a different venue for
it and let those contest slots go to pilots who will be there to fly
the contest first.

~ted/2NO

The AFA did not show up at Montague because they b0rke a vehicle on
the way there from Parowan, I'm told.

Should also note that while PR9 may have been over-subscribed a month
or two prior to the contest, that was not the case when it started;
the last person on the waiting list got in. So the AFA, in this case,
didn't "waste" any contest slots.

The CD and the SSA rules committee have a good dialogue with the AFA
that continues. Hopefully Charlie will chime in here with what he
knows, which is a lot more than me.

2NO