*"**I would suggest your major problem is the Blanik, the glider equivalent to the 1961 VW beetle."*
I dont think thats very fair. 1961 beetle is a classic! much more sought after than a blanik. Tom (ok, i'll admit to it. i own a 57 beetle. a kombi, beach buggy and a 67 beetle. no glider though). On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:43 PM, tom claffey <[email protected]> wrote: > I would suggest your major problem is the Blanik, the glider equivalent to > the 1961 VW beetle. > > The weather you cannot control. > Tom > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Grant Davies <[email protected]> > *To:* 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, 8 July 2011 9:34 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia! > > On 07/07/2011, Grant Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Being only new to Gliding and seeing and hearing about membership issues > my > >> two bobs worth is the if Gliding isn't in people's faces how do we > expect > it > >> to flourish. I look at magazines on flying while in the newsagency and > think > >> if I saw one about Gliding I might have joined Gliding earlier. > > >I thought that the numbers showed the GFA didn't have a recruiting > >problem, it had a retention problem. > > >Cheers, > > >Al > > Hhmmmm wish someone would tell the punters in our region that. > > We ran an open day last year and that did net a few new members, then we > had > our trainer grounded (Blanik) and then it rained and rained and we got > bogged (see attached, line up of bogged vehicles, rather hilarious) and a > lot of those new members dropped off. So yes retention was an issue but it > was more due to weather and lack of an aircraft to keep up momentum. > > Attracting more members is always on our agenda and our success seems to be > commensurate with the amount of exposure we get out there by advertising or > turning up to events etc. > > We have a grant application in for a new aircraft and will get our Blanik > back in the air ..... soon we hope. > > Kindest Regards > Grant Davies > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3749 - Release Date: 07/07/11 > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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