It would be interesting to get a cross-section of us
committed glider pilots find out just what drew
them to gliding .. my own story isn't that different
to Michael's .. always loved flying but knew
absolutely nothing about gliding until I met someone
who already did it. Hooked ever since! Does
My introduction to gliding back in the 70's was pure chance. I wanted
to fly power, so one day did the rounds of the schools, Bankstown first,
out to Hoxton Park, and then to Camden, and discovered gliding.
Being a uni student with limited $$4 at the time, when I found out
the costs
Peter Creswick wrote:
Then, the finished DVD could be sent back out to all clubs to use /
distribute as they saw fit.
Put it up for download somewhere: you only need one club member
with broadband and a DVD burner to make as many copies as the club
needs.
(that goes for any promotional DVD,
in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Flying Flicks and attracting members
My introduction to gliding back in the 70's was pure chance. I wanted
to fly power, so one day did the rounds of the schools, Bankstown first,
out to Hoxton Park, and then to Camden, and discovered gliding.
Being a uni
On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 20:44:42 +1000 (EST), McLean Richard wrote
[snip]
I agree with previous comments re: 30 second max attention
span, storyboards etc .. still not convinced we can't
do this ourselves though! I might have to make an
effort to learn more about the editing process give
it a
Jason Armistead wrote:
Regarding non-linear editing (NLE) PC hardware, you are generally looking for
a PC with
No, you're looking for a Mac, where the smallest configuration
you can buy does everything in your list.
(and an iPod doubles as an external firewire hard disk too :-)
iMovie is actually
At 11:57 AM 4/08/04 +0930, you wrote:
My experience is that there are a small percentage of people in the general
populace who wish to fly and will actively seek out ways of learning how to
aviate. I actively sought out to learn how to fly and was keen to learn
powered flight from a young age
I agree.
Fellow glider pilots can watch gliding and flying videos all day, although
admittedly it can be like watching paint dry.
Whenever I have shown non flying people people gliding or power flying
flicks, their eyes glaze over and they wonder when it will stop (much like
taking on AEF up on
Gidday
It seems to me that we don't really consider why people want to fly and thus we do not
set our marketing to appeal to those seminal desires.
For me there was a strong element of imagination in my desperation to fly, it was
about being birdlike and high above the world. Even now, 33 years
