A. Realty is in the numbers. B. Model Aviation WAS chuck full of sailplane contest reports, ADVERTISMENT from vendors and mfg, but that was yesterday................
C. So the question is, what happened to the interest in RC Soaring. ???????? To me, this questions is what should be discussed and hopefully lead to: "what can we do to promote RC Soaring". Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill's Email" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bill Swingle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "soaring" <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Model Aviation Control Line??? > > > Bill Swingle wrote: > > I am curious. Does control line truly have a big enough following to > > justify all the press it does get? > > > > I'm doubtful. > > Here's some numbers: > > 2005 NATS attendance: > > RC Total = 433 > > Soaring = 151 > > Control Line = 223 > > Free Flight = 348 > > Makes you wonder why the Free Flight guys are not screaming?? > > > > > Personally I consider it so basic and elementary that it's boring. Why > > do people fiddle about with it? Of course I feel the same about glow > > power as well. :-) > > Everyone thinks that the other guy's hobby/interest is lame. You should > hear what my power friends say about gliders. What the heli guys say > about plankers, what the TD guys say about slopers, and on, and on, and > on, and on, and on, and on............................... > > > There was also no heli column or scale aerobatics column this issue. I > have not seen them yelling, yet!!! > > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
