Don, Enter the Wood Crafters 2004 Soar In Reunion on Thursday and Friday, next Memeorial Day Weekend, fun fly your woody designs, enjoy the Scale aero towing, watch Don Harris win the longest flight again, last time it was three hours plus. And best of all, I'm sure the guys would enjoy having you with us. One of the events that I still do is the Mini Hi Start group launching for 60" or less sailplanes and it is still received very well because it is just plain fun to fly in it. You might enjoy this event too.
Ray Hayes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Remus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] LSF what should it be? > Come on Don, Please take a minuet to answer Jack's and my questions. We > clearly see that you are dissatisfied! > Exactly how would you change things? Spell it out for us. How would you > like the LSF to be? > Fair enough? > > Mike Remus > > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:41:35 -0400 "Don Stackhouse @ DJ Aerotech" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I think some of you are missing the point. Some of us simply don't > > like > > competition flying. The personal reasons vary, but there is a > > significant > > portion of the soaring community that is just plain not interested > > in > > competition flying. Period. It's just not our thing.We may enjoy > > group > > activities. We may enjoy communicating with other sailplane flyers. > > We just > > don't like to turn our hobby into a contest. And, contrary to the > > implications of some of the posters to this thread, there is nothing > > > > "wrong" with our designing, building or flying abilities, and there > > is > > nothing "wrong" with us for not wanting to participate in organized > > contests. > > > > We (if I can take the liberty of speaking for a lot of other folks I > > > > haven't personally met in all cases, but who have expressed similar > > > > thoughts) are not trying to destroy LSF. We are not trying to change > > the > > existing LSF soaring levels, or "cheapen" them in any way, or > > "dilute" the > > requirements, or make them easier. We respect the folks who have > > completed > > the LSF program to whatever level, including Level V. We just don't > > like > > flying in contests, and are not interested in a program that > > requires > > extensive amounts of something we do not enjoy nor want to do, in > > order to > > complete the "program". LSF's existing program simply does not offer > > us > > something we find attractive. > > > > The big problem I see in all of this from the LSF's standpoint is > > that the > > LSF is the official SIG that represents the interests of the entire > > soaring > > community to the AMA. However, the LSF offers little of significance > > > > outside of its competition oriented focus, despite the fact that a > > significant portion of the folks it is claiming to represent are not > > > > interested in competitive soaring. If LSF wants to be soaring's > > epresentative, it should try harder to represent all of soaring, not > > just > > the active contest fliers. > > > > > > Don Stackhouse @ DJ Aerotech > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.djaerotech.com > > > > 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. > > > > > > > Mike Remus > V.P. LOFT Glider Club > Fort Wayne IN > LSF 5 > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > 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. > 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.
