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> Darryl
Ramm <darryl.ramm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
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>The point was not belittling the 2-33, the point was somebody asking
>about seeing what "the other side is like". If the other side they are
>interested in consists of flying around in older trainers then that
>is a valid thing. If somebody really wants to see what XC gliding is
>about - there may be better ways to experience this. Or at least be
>aware there is a difference. Now whatever the original poster had in
>mind and whatever existing information/interest he has in soaring was
>never really clear.
I don't think he mentioned XC gliding.
>I've just had a few too many conversations with power pilots at
>air****ts in their Columbias or Cirruses looking at some older training
>glider and wondering what it is people see interesting in this s****t,
>especially since what they seem to notice are people shooting patterns
>(all the XC ****ps are out flying XC and the power pilots usually don't
>get to see them).
You might notice that a majority of the planes at the air****ts are
not Columbias or Cirruses. There are a lot of old 150's, 172's, Cubs,
tri-pacer's. People are far more likely to learn in a 150 or 172 than
they are in a Columbia.
In the glider world, I think the fans of the "floaters" have an equal
right their interests. Sure, the scoring for competition is based on
skilled pilots in fast aircraft with excellent l/d ratios. However, just
as with sailboats, not everyone is into competition.
I think I share a low interest in competition at the moment, since when
the folks in the glider operation showed me a map of the then-record from
there in a glider, my reaction was that I could do that pretty much any
day in a cessna 172. ( And in the cessna, I could do my own retrieves;
which is useful if you don't have a crew. )
Alan
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