At 09:38 AM 30/03/04 +0930, Michael T. wrote: >As with these things, such segments on TV seem to cause a flurry of >passenger flights, but how many long term members result. SOme may argue >that if one useful long term member joins up, this is not a bad thing.
Back in 1956, Brian Creer wrote in the AG of the day, how gliding promoted itself by showing a launch, some loops, and a landing. And that while that was exciting in 1936, in 1956 the audience was bored. Pity that in 2004 the footage was... guess what... when all around was the Club Class Nationals, and opportunities for linkages to be made to the breadth of diversity inherent in the sport. *(No criticism of gliding or media people involved in putting the segfment togeyther, just a reflection of the unchanging place where peoples' heads are at while the world moves on). I worry that not only today is the audience bored, but sees gliding as distinctly un-cool. Which represents the kiss of death in consumer society. We'll gauge by the number of phone calls received. -- Emilis Prelgauskas B.ARCH ARAIA [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
