It doesn't always go sideways. One friend landed a Craponi on a ranch in Nevada and was issued food, water, a pickup truck, a blanket and a gun by the rancher. I only understand the first four things. There's someone with the contest letters 666 often flying in Utah, a Mormon state, oh dear. And a "junior" girl flew a borrowed glider for a couple of comps which had contest letters SEX.Both asking for trouble! Neither got it as far as I know.
In Britain, the expected payoff thing is a real problem. I used to crew for a balloon pilot. We once landed in a field of immature corn. Kept the balloon inflated until the rest of our crew, the farmer and half the village showed up. They caught the envelope as it dropped, protecting the crop except where the basket had smashed it. Amazingly, everyone walked between the rows... Educated. Jim ________________________________ From: tom claffey <[email protected]> To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Media (sigh) Education of the public is the key here. Texas outlandings near the Mexican border is an issue at Uvalde, the smaller ranch strips they are worried about drug traffic - the larger strips with luxury houses may actually be drug lords!! One issue in England is that balloonists [who do more damage in general] have a standard thing of a gift of 50-100 pounds, when a glider then lands in the area the farmer expects the same. Luckily I have not yet had a bad reaction here in Australia, usually quite the opposite. Tom
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