Ahhh jeez, done it again! THIS is the OLC download information link
http://www.gfa.org.au/Docs/sport/OLC_downloads.pdf sorry all Let me further explain my position and thinking. As a small business owner I know success of any business relies primarily on SALES. Gliding, as a sport and like all other sports nowadays must be run as a business - those of you who cannot understand that simply never will, sorry, and those who do are probably business owners like myself. Think of any sport you enjoy for yourself or as an observer and check it from a business perspective. All the big ones are big business, all the little ones are basically, like ourselves in gliding, on the way out. As polarisingly simple and harsh as that sounds, it is. The problem is, we have been doing what we are currently doing and we are going downhill. The answer is, we have to change. Can I make it simpler than that? This is not personal, its a worldwide gliding fact and MUST be addressed before we are all old pilots in old ships, no upcoming kids, no faster, sleeker glass. Understand yet? We either take the bitter pill (c'mon, its a small "fine" towards our future) or we will get sick and die. The OLC should NOT be viewed just as a competition, although that is its original probable intention. The OLC will be able to give us far, far more than just flight comparison and logging of data. It can be used as a sales tool -thats why all the bigger clubs and commercial operations are so well represented there. Honestly, if you were on final glide and the PDA showed impact prior to the airstrip, would you sit there and wait or would you do something? Gliding, as a sport, is on final glide and we DONT have enough altitude- thats my analogy. Hi to all, Wayne Carter _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
