Ray Marvin

The FAI RC Soaring Team Selection Program is underway again to select the U.S. team to go to the World Championships in 1979. Plans are to run this program in essentially the same manner as the previous one, which Jim Simpson so ably conducted. It was a good program which resulted in a team which went on to take first place individual and first place team honors at the World Championship in South Africa. In the coming program we will be seeking a team which can repeat this performance. The program is being administered by the National Soaring Society, but is not restricted to NSS members. It is open to all AMA members. For those who are not aware of how the program works, the procedure is as follows. The first step is to enter a quarter-finals contest. The cost will be $25, plus the cost of an FAI stamp, but there will be no additional charge if you advance to the the semi-finals and finals. We are in the process of setting up the contest schedule now, so check in your area to see if there is a quarter-finals contest scheduled. If not, get your club to sponsor one; get an AMA Contest Director in your club to apply for a sanction, and schedule the meet during the month of April, May, or June.