Interesting watching this discussion on Tim's format....and how
critical some people are of it. I applaud him for just trying
something different to mix it up a bit. Don't get me wrong...I love
to fly MOM and SMOM, but I almost prefer straight MOM, as I learn
more. In SMOM, you tend to rise to those equal to your level, and
then stick there. Equal skills, close results, and most of the time
same mistakes. I don't learn as much when I fly with guys with
skills equal to mine. Where I learn is trying to fly with those
ABOVE my skill level. (Way above!) Then you get radically different
strategies, techniques, etc which you get to compare directly against
your own. No better learning than doing (or trying to
do). Watching that last flight group in SMOM is interesting, but I
don't learn nearly as much as I would if I was somehow also out there
with my own plane. Hell, with Tim's format, just might be able to
fly in that same flight group as Daryl! I guess for me it's more the
learning than the wood. I can feel very good about my flying, and
still be in last place. (I HOPE not, but weirder things have happened!)
-Les Grammer
-NWSS
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