Thanks Brent. We try to give our new flyers the attention they want and help them have fun. It's exciting to get someone hooked on our sport.
Mike Remus LOFT Glider Club Fort Wayne IN LSF Level 5 #112 Remember; Dreams are the seedlings of reality. Dream Lofty dreams! On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:47:34 -0500 "Douglas, Brent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Without muddying the subject by tying 2-Meter to Nats, there has to > be a > class to draw new fliers. It's one thing to say the class wouldn't > entice the elite to travel for an event, but it's closing the door > on > new fliers to say they're worthless. > > How many new pilots show up at the field with an Eraser, an Icon, or > a > quiver of $200+ handlaunches? Hopefully not many. They come out to > our > field with Spirits, GLs, Aspires. Retirees, kids with their > parents, > just hoping not to crash. > > How do you keep those guys interested? What do you do - make them > fly > with the unlimited ships, beat their brains in until they go buy an > Eagle or a PT-40, never to be seen again? Why not let them fly 2 > meter > with the better fliers, let them learn and compete on more equal > footing? > > Ft. Wayne's gotten several new fliers out the last few seasons; > their 2 > meter club contests are well attended, and those guys are sticking > around. Guys just gassed to catch lift, let alone make their times, > new > guys. Flying 2 meter and learing to love soaring. The guys to > watch > out for in 5 years. > > I look at that as a success, and I hope that it catches on down > here. > > Brent > > > 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 > > Mike Remus LOFT Glider Club Fort Wayne IN LSF Level 5 #112 Remember; Dreams are the seedlings of reality. Dream Lofty dreams! 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
