https://airtribune.com/dinosaur2015/pilots

There are only eighteen open class pilots flying in the Dinosaur competition.
But, fortunately there are eleven sport class pilots and two rigid wing pilots.
This with a competition that promised in advance $15,000 in prize money and had
lower costs because there was no need for towing.

Without the sport class this would be a very poorly attended competition. It is
also a warning flag to future meet organizers that they should be careful about
how many pilots might want to come to their competition and how carefully they
should encourage sport class pilots.

It wasn't that long ago that there weren't any sport class competitions in the
US. We have worked hard to turn that around despite lots of discouragement from
old fart pilots who felt that this was a travesty. It has turned out to be very
favorable to competitions and has been a whole lot of fun.

It's great to see such enthusiasm from these newer pilots and the fast learning
that is taking place.