Comparing speed to navy carrier to me doesn't add up. In speed which I don't fly for several reasons one of which is the strength and finesse of controlling the plane that it takes is judged on one thing, "top speed". Carrier is judged for take off (just touch the water after take), high speed, low speed, and landing. No comparison.
Maybe if the CD or ED could figure a way to do it and announce this information in their description of events to be flown it mite be OK? I would think that the NWS40 event would be flyable for any person. That was one of the reasons it was developed. Take off in still air questionable (lack of power), high speed 60 mph in your wildest dreams (usually mid to high 50s), low speed can be done without a hang (you must practice), landing is as easy as it will ever get in carrier. So if you can do the pull test OK then I would hope that you could fly the event OK. With just a little practice you can get pretty good at this event and there are many time that the high score will go the guy that just had some good air while he was flying, the scores can be very close. Of course if Burt and Eric show up and there competition is made up of fliers that "maybe" are flying the event once a year (at most) then what were they expecting. Sorry if I offend, but if you put next to nothing into an endeavor why would you expect to get anything out of that endeavor.
If you would like to help keep older fliers in carrier there is a key thing we all can do and that is call your CL carrier reps and ask their support for Rule proposal CLNC 17-01. This change would help all carrier people and their planes/equipment to stay in the game a little longer and would not make our sport any more dangerous than it is now. Eric