Bernie,

You missed the most important word in that document......the word reccomended. This does not mean that it MUST have flaps, or that you MUST fly all the manouvers listed there. The monuovers were compilied by the AMA to act as a suggestion to the TCD's of manouvers that the AMA deemed important to demonstrate full control of a model airplane.

For example... A couple of weeks ago I did a sign off of an individual on his first flight he almost botched his landing, the airplane was drifting off the centerline. It was a moderate crosswind and he almost drifted off the runway when he got a little slow. What made me convinced he knew what he was doing was when I saw the rudder kick over to correct the problem. Seems like a minor thing but he saved a potential dorked airplane and it showed me that he instinctively knew how to correct a bad flight attitude with the proper control. Had he rolled it with aileron he would have snapped it into the ground. I think the majority of the turbine CD's on the list have enough experience to be able to watch a guy fly one or two flights and know if he is competent.

DR

BTW I don't even own a radar gun!