Michael, I got the following reply from a friend in a private email. I won't disclose the name but you can see that in the Midwest the statement holds some water. You need to mover where you get some bang for you housing buck. :>)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- > Certainly they will not come from the young > people that have families to rise. The silent EXAMPLES we are giving at our > contests say that the average cost of a competitive ship is as much or more > than the young families house payment. This sounds familiar for some reason..... John -----Original Message----- From: Michael Lachowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:43 PM To: John Subject: Re: [RCSE] Re: Wood Crafters 06 Announcement John wrote: > That said, maybe we should think about where new blood will come from, and > who is are target new members. Certainly they will not come from the young > people that have families to rise. The silent EXAMPLES we are giving at our > contests say that the average cost of a competitive ship is as much or more > than the young families house payment. Yes, you can get in cheaper but > people learn from what they see (the high percentage of very expensive > planes) and the not what they are told (It is not the equipment it's the > skill of the pilot that counts). It may be time to re-thing, and redirect, > where the AMA and LSF is directing the marketing for new soaring members. Well in the northeast, I wish I could buy a model for monthly house payments. I always wonder about people who talk about cost. Most people fly the same sailplane for a few years. So the average cost is pretty low. Especially when you compare it to the money folks sink into the electric stuff which is obsolete the next year... It's all about how you set your priorities. With the exception of weather and what appears to be an excess of GPS on RCSE at the moment. I also know a lot of guys with families who can only fly because of ARF's. They only have enough spare time to get out for flying and don't have the time to build. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
