Re: Re: 2016 F1D WC bid

From: William D. gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 08:14:28 -0400

There's an old song (probably before DD was born) that says "ya gotta
accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative".

On 4/11/2014 10:05 PM, Don DeLoach wrote:
> Hear, hear!
>
> Like most FFers I have no interest in F1D. F1N is a different story.
>
> DD
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 11, 2014, at 7:05 PM, <leop_at_lyradev.com
> <mailto:leop_at_lyradev.com>> wrote:
>
>> Rubbish.
>>
>>
>> The USA has at least two viable sites for an indoor WC. West Baden
>> and the Kibbie Dome have both put on contests in the past year and
>> both are sites of the previous indoor WC's (1980 and 1996
>> respectively). Since 1996, all of the indoor WC's have been held in
>> Serbia (Belgrade) or Romania (Slanic). And, if the ETSU basketball
>> moves all of its home games out of the Mini-Dome and the Mini-Dome is
>> renovated in a way favorable to indoor flying, another site that has
>> held past indoor WC's will perhaps be available again. Furthermore, I
>> suspect there are other suitable sites outside of eastern Europe.
>>
>> A second consideration concerns the possible inclusion of F1N
>> (gliders) in the FAI WC listings. A site that could hold a combined
>> F1N and F1D WC would allow for better turnout with the resulting
>> improved financial aspects. Thus, a site that is good for both F1N
>> and F1D would be the optimum for future indoor WC's.
>>
>> LeoP
>>
>
Received on Sat Apr 12 2014 - 05:14:34 CEST

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