Exercise 13-4 Redundancies

Correct for style, spelling and grammatical errors. Also, tighten to remove redundancies, but do not rewrite this story. Underline changes you make. You may use dictionary and style book.

Zipping through the sky, like 7 irate super-charged bees, they dart and flit trying to cut off each other's tail. Its all part of combat. In attempting a kill, quite often one will plunge down to the ground. If you've ever wished there was something different and exciting you could do on a Sunday afternoon, then mark the third Sunday of every month on your calendar. That's when the Azalea City Model Aero Club meets at its field on the old Irvington landfill site to do battle, get together and fly remotecontrolled airplanes. ``Each plane trails a long colorful crepe paper tail,'' said President Richard Moore. ``The goal is to cut off the other plane's tail. The pilot who registers the most cuts is the winner.'' ACMA holds an open each month. Heat times are are welcome, however, they anything that is airworthy combat event every third Sunday of 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. All pilots must be AMA members. ``Open'' means can be flown.

``Combat is where a number of people can fly any type plane,'' said Frits Jetten, the clubs Vice President. ``But you don't want to fly an expensive plane. The plane that most pilots fly is basically just a wing with a small fuselage. One that is fast and agile. You certainly don't want to fly your best plane. I've seen as many as eleven go up with no collisions, but sometimes there is a kill, and you might lose the entire plane.'' All the planes go up into the air at once. Each pilot has a spotter who helps him keep an eye on his plane. Pilots and spotters stand more than 100 yards from the planes which are flying overhead. There might be other planes with similar

colors, but with the aid of the spotter, the pilot can concentrate on their own flying skills, while the spotter keeps an eye on the entire field and tells the pilot when his plane is straying away. Frits Jetten's present combate plane is a blue and white plane, Scat Cat, that has been crashed several times, but after each crash Jetten has been able to make repairs and continue to fly, and make cuts. Gordon Barton's flying wing (the Spook) revealed pilot error in a recent heat race. Gordon was keeping too close to the ground and apparently lost concentration for a couple seconds, and the Spook fell down to the ground below. ``A few pilots do not think they are good enough, or are not ready to fly combat.'' Barton says. ``If you have graduated past the high wing trainer and can do the standard aerobatic maneuvers rolls, loops, fly inverted, and land smoothly you can fly combat. Anyone wanting to fly can touch base with any of our combat pilots, and they will be willing to provide advice and insight to anyone wanting to get active into combat.` You do not need to own a plane or be a member of the club to enjoy the flying activities. The events are free to spectators, and the public is invited at no charge.