Bravo Jack! As to Bob's question...it will become what the people at large want it to be, just like any class in our hobby.
I can see allowing "period" landing implements, ribbed mat material and the gray Airtronics skids and such. I can also see the year cut off moving with the times. Why not just allow a 20 year cut off? Maybe only change it every 5 years. Any design that is over 20 years old should be old enough to be nostalgic by the people who flew them in the good old days. Remember that some peoples good old days are different than others. I am 50 now and I grew up flying Aquilas and Windfree's and so the class as it is is right on target. Someone who is 30 may see a Sagita or Falcon 880 as the good old days and someday it should be. I could also see as some point needing a sub class using an arbitrary date cut off as being what might be called "The Golden Age of Soaring Class". Here's to the good old days. May they live forever. Mark http://www.isthmusmodels.com --- Jack Iafret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may sound goofy coming from the person that > submitted the rules change > proposal, but it would not break my heart if all you > interested in Nostalgia > voted against the proposal to make Nostalgia an AMA > event. > > I did the submission because of a fair number of > requests by Nostalgia > flyers to have it an AMA event. > > I have always treated the rules as belonging to the > flyers of the event, not > my personal rules, so if the flyers want to have it > official, I feel > obligated to at least try to fulfill their desires. > > I have no problem being the "Keeper", but also see > some benefit of it being > official. Let the democratic process take over and > we will see where the > outcome leads us. > > I would hope that even if the proposal passes, any > rules changes proposed in > the next cycle will be for the good of Nostalgia in > general, not one persons > agenda. Again, if all is good in the system ; ), > those self serving > proposals will fail. > > Remember, if you don't vote you condone anything > that passes (or doesn't > pass). > > Jack Iafret > "Keeper of the Nostalgia Rules" > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jeff Nibler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:46 AM > Subject: [RCSE] Thank goodness for RES and NOS > > > > Jeff Nibler wrote: > > > > > Thank goodness for RES and NOS! > > > > Yes, but for how long? > > > > As I composed the RES rules, Nostalgia was in the > back of my mind. I > > envisioned 'modernizing' existing sailplanes with > better airfoils, > changing > > moment arms, better construction techniques, etc. > Consequently, I > 'borrowed' > > part of the wording for landing skids from the > existing Nostalgia rules > > (thanks Jack). My philosophy was that if it works > in Nostalgia, why not in > > RES? To date, the only contest I am aware of that > follows the rules to the > > letter is the Nats; everyone else allows the use > landing arresting > devices. > > A current rules change proposal would remove the > section from the rules > that > > prohibits their use. > > > > If Nostalgia becomes an official AMA event, how > long will it be before > > someone changes those rules to allow landing > arresting devices as well as > > the cut-off date for Nostalgia legal aircraft? My > guess is three years, > the > > length of an AMA rules cycle. > > > > And what will we have then? > > > > Bob Johnson > > Fond du Lac, WI > > > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in > text only format with > MIME turned off. > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in > text only format with MIME turned off. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
