ORIGINAL: jelaird
I agree with Tony, I plan on flying both this year simply because there are only 2 IMAC contests a year here in AZ. But ouch, back-to-back weekends this April (SCAT/IMAC). Practicing weekends only for both sequences won't be too bad for us sportman classes but just think of the advanced and unlimitted pilots with complex sequences. This could almost kill the already dwindling participation in the Spring IMAC in Tucson the following weekend. I hope communication between the two groups is better next year. I love aerobatics, no matter what the "organization" is called.
All I can say is that the JR-SCAT Series schedule was complete and final in November 2003. Most of the IMAC CDs had not even begun to think about their 2004 schedule at that point. Coordination is an admirable goal, but one that is devilishly difficult to implement in reality.
Add to that the fact most scheduling is handled on the club level and not at the level of IMAC and it makes it even more difficult to accomplish this goal.
Bill.