At our field there are some pattern legends that show up infrequently. The times I've seen them and spoken to them are on weekdays before 3 p.m. At Scobee, we see all types of planes and it gets hugely busy on weekend mornings. I fly a pattern sport plane that some think is a pattern plane (FLASH 45Pro).

Scobee is a public airpark that requires AMA. The pattern planes show up more after winter. They are older pilots but will answer any question in detail. Be ready to listen. The host club as far as I know has not sponsored a pattern event in a while. The types of aerobatic planes I see are IMAC and F3A and their pilots have great skill. They command the whole field. Others watch.

As I used to fly at Scobee during the 80's there were only slightly more pattern pilots out there. They flew ballistic as I do now. 3 out of the 5 regulars from back then, I've seen this past year. It may not be the field the pattern pilots use in the Houston area. I see them fly F3A. One is an Allure and another I cannot remember the type but it was homebuilt. I was astounded by their lack of weight.

My next pattern plane will be a Lightning since I love to build as well as fly.

One type of pilot that is in a minority out here are Multirotor. I'm dipping my foot into it and really enjoying it, with a mini. There was one that came out and he had the whole special area to himself and was really turning loose. I'm sure Europe and Asia have aerobatic classes for multirotor pattern, this could be a bridge both ways to keep aerobatic competition alive.