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In a message
dated 9/6/2006 10:28:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Harold hits
the nail on the head ... The reality
facing a novice of dropping a thousand bucks or more on an aircraft and
(maybe) the same on a radio and p'haps half that much on incidentals is
enough to make a 'grown man cry' ... Can a
beginner afford such ? ... who wants to afford such and then not even know if
s/he can fly that glider, use that radio, understand the incidentals just
purchased ? ... Bill Warren
( http://www.aerosphereonline.com/-
OPENING SOON ! )
and Ray Hayes at Skybench ( http://skybench.com/ ) are making a
concerted effort to keep the cost of soaring down to an affordable level and by
so doing, hopefully, will attract more novices to our grand hobby
... Their
websites are (and will be) a wealth of information about the sport, the
basics, the costs to be expected and much more ... Thousand Dollar 'hard body'
zoomies won't be found here ... When you have
interested folks show up at your field, refer them to these guys and
then, take a few minutes away from your flying to answer questions, do a
'Show and Tell', let 'em even fly one (at a safe altitude, of course) - in other
words, get 'em involved ... If we don't
plant the seeds to grow this hobby, than we're gonna get nothin' but weeds
... Pepper |
