Please . . . . come and get involved at a competition!
During the course of the year there are many opportunities for people at
all levels of experience to get involved at aerobatic competitions, not
just to judge contest flights but to help us to carry out all sorts of
other vital tasks smoothly and efficiently. There are pilots and
aircraft to register, judging sheets to prepare, briefings to organise,
pilots to 'wake-up' in time for their sequences (you'd be surprised . .
.), score sheets to be fetched from the judging line and passed to the
computer operator / scorer, all manner of administrative problems to
sort out, and the Contest Director and the Chief Judge are always
looking for assistants for the Judges, the Marshaller and the Scorer.
Getting involved - even in just quite minor tasks - will
give you a much better insight into what really happens at aerobatic
competitions, and is far more satisfying than just sitting on the
sidelines and watching everyone else do the work. Preferably you should
telephone or email one of us a week or so before the published contest
date so that we can plan ahead with your involvement in mind. If however
you are already at the contest and have some time on your hands, seek
out the Contest Director or the Chief Judge and ask one of them for
something to do. Your offer - we assure you - will be warmly received.
We hope that you have found this booklet on aerobatic
judging informative and helpful. If you would like to find out some more
about judging, aerobatic flying or perhaps joining the British Aerobatic
Association then just call one of the key people listed below - we will
be delighted to answer your questions.
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