>From my 45+years in gliding I personally believe people want to learn and they want to learn *NOW *and time restraints are far more important than the bright sleek glass ship in our president article. Take a look at RAAus 10000+ members- People get to fly within 15 minutes arrival at airfield.
The $30 for AEF to GFA is sure a large - Personally I would not mind as much if say people under 25 got it for $15. I do know GFA have a special deal with AAFC so why not all young people. .Despite this huge initial charge and no 3months Student Membership of GFA I am very encouraged the number of young people learning to fly in past say 18 month- there is a ray of hope out there. And as for CASA - As old Jack Iggulden would say we know and understand gliding CASA (or DCA as he always called them) do not Just a thought Ian McPhee 0428847642 On 7 September 2011 20:22, JR <jma99...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > ** > Is'nt the new look magazine unreal,but I must say I was a little disturbed > by the Presidents article on our ageing glider fleet. For starters my club > had a plan to fly our blanik for at least its 3750 hours, which would have > put somewhere near 60,000 dollars in our bank account, but thats not to be, > and it would seem that, having had that taken away from us, we are now > going to be paying more to GFA for AEF's aswell, where will it all stop. And > as for nice new plastic gliders, I have seen some fairly shabby looking > examples of them aswell, and the maintenance for me doesnt change from > plastic, wood or metal, I do the same job on them all . It does'nt matter > what its made from or how old it is, an inspection is an inspection. And on > the subject of ageing aircraft, I noticed in CASA's booklet on ageing > aircraft, GFA didnt get a mention, and we are probably leading the field in > old aircraft and how to maintain them, something I think we should be proud > of.... So I guess what will happen is all the little clubs will disappear, > and all the big clubs will be left to cover the ever increasing costs of GFA > and all the people who know how to maintain sailplanes will disappear > aswell.I assume flarms will become extinct as there wont be that many > gliders left flying.So I guess this means the end of the horse drawn > zeppelin... > regards > JR > PS sorry the humour content is low, but...... it happens > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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