J2M
Senior Heliman
Location: UK
My Posts This: Topic Forum | leadlag
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| I think that there are now many events around the world that do attract the top comp pilots and demonstrators and test the pilots along the same format.
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There's certainly a plethora of competitions but is there another one that, to take one dimension, attracts competitors from as many as 19 different countries.
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| we are starting to see top pilots missing off the lists at 3DM
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Agree that this happened this year in respect of the US contingent which was a real shame. Personally, I would have loved to have seen Danny Yetschin and Tareq al Saadi compete too. Anyone know why these guys didn't show?
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| I think most people would rather take a chance with the British weather than have seen the competition moved overseas.
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What do you base that on I wonder? It's understandable that the UK heli community is miffed that this home-grown competition moved abroad this year but anyone listening to the complaints from pilots, spectators and others following the Glastonbury style event of 2007 and the not much improved weather in 2008 might reasonably have concluded that there's no way the competition could stay in the UK. Just goes to show it's impossible to please everyone all the time.
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| But those same people have seen large price inflation charged in very recent years. Is this large price inflation in overheads justifed or is advantage being taken of the competition's increased prestige?
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No idea whether that's true or not. Are you speaking as a member of the trade?
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| No I don't. So what you are saying? Is it that no one can criticise the event unless you organise it?
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Of course not! To be honest, it seemed to me that there's a small number of people on this thread who I doubt would have the energy and commitment to make something like 3DM happen but are all too ready to criticise this year's event (which was in no way perfect) just because they're upset that the event moved from the UK. Constructive criticism is absolutely OK by me and necessary.
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| This years 3DM was a big step backwards.
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From whose perspective exactly? If you live in the UK and your perspective is that 3DM should always happen in the UK and you aren't willing or can't travel to watch a competition, then fair enough, 3DM was a non-event for you. If you're a trader and you feel you've missed out on a money-making opportunity, again you'll be upset. If you're a fan of 3D and made the effort to go to the competition, you might well have had a good time.
Having said all that, I have to agree there's a quite a few things that I personally hope will be improved including catering (when has 3DM ever had good catering btw!), trade stands, live reporting on the web (blog, pictures etc.), better facilities for the pilots, a location that has better flight connections from around the world, demo pilots who crash a little less often, compulsory attendance by all my favourite 3D pilots from around the world, better judges chairs, hot blondes providing drinks and cold towels for the judges. I'd better stop there |
