Re: Glider curious

At 20:15 29 July 2008, Tim Mara wrote:
>this I think is one of the biggest problems with the lack of growth in 
>soaring today...
>We fail to realize that soaring of all sorts is meant to be fun and is 
>fun.....at all levels but if we keep telling our students, club members
>and 
>those who come to check us out that flying anything less than a new 
>super****p is "less than" or not fun they too will believe it...
>WE http://www.wingsandwheels.com/Brokenstraw.htm
still use a K7 as our
>basic 
>club trainer it does a good job and does it at a lower cost than other 
>options....we get $5.00 for rental and typical tow to 2000' are still
just
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>over $20.00.....instruction is free....  once soloed we move student up
to
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>the K8.....still $5.00 a flight...
>if we told them these were just old clunky gliders and not worthy of
their
>
>interest I'm sure they too would see them this way, but as it is, they
are
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>still fun.......and affordable....and it allows more people of different

>backgrounds to partake in the s****t....for the fun of it..
>tim
>
>Please visit the Wings & Wheels website at 

www.wingsandwheels.com

I think Tim Mara really nailed with his post..Glider flying had better be
just a bunch of plain old fun or why bother?  I have seen enough of the
high end snob factor in gliding to last a lifetime and it has put alot of
people out of the s****t, including my father!
I give alot of rides and let me tell you just getting off the ground in
anything is a heck of alot better than standing there looking up!
Nick Kennedy
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>"J a c k"  wrote in message 
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>> dscopel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> You definitly need to love flying to accept to be trained in a
>>> Schweizer.
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>> I take it you don't love flying. Why do you do it?
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>> Jack 
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