|
Previous Questions:
Judging:
Question: I have
attended one aerobatic contest. Although I am not a pilot I found it very
interesting, had a great time watching the flights and would like to get more
involved. My idea is to become a judge, but I am not sure how to go about it.
Do I have to have experience as a pilot to become a judge? What does it take
to become an aerobatic Judge?
Answer:
While there are many aerobatic judges who also fly aerobatics, it is not
necessary to be an aerobatic pilot to become an excellent judge of aerobatics.
In fact, some might say that having flown the figures can be a disadvantage to
a judge because you have a tendency to think about what the pilot is doing in
the cockpit rather than just watching the figure being flown and watching for
errors in the technical execution of the figure.
An excellent source of training for becoming an
aerobatic judge is attending an "Introduction
to
Aerobatic Judging" class. Classes are sponsored by local International
Aerobatic Club Chapters and may be located by visiting the International
Aerobatic Club's website.
http://www.iac.org/calendar/judges_school.html
Attending a
judging class is the first step to becoming an aerobatic judge. Other steps
include taking a written and oral test and doing some assistant judging to
gain experience.
|
