(Mark James Boyd) wrote in message news:403f918a$1@darkstar...
G.Kurek wrote:
I once participated in traveling around Midwest with a Pw-5 and we
were giving out a free rides to anybody that qualifies, the effects
were depressing, all we met was bunch of numbnuts who's only concern
was who is going to pay for a tow...

Hehehehe. Another good reason to have a competition pilot fly
it during a competition as a demo. Then maybe DON'T let anyone
fly it unless they beg and fill out a ton of paperwork, and
make a non-refundable down payment (which just so happens to be the
same as the price of the tow) :P

But face it, glider pilots are as a group trying to
get something for nothing, right? Heck, we're too cheap
to pay for most of our climb. We expect mother nature to provide
it. How cheap is that!

It is allways a tough question to let someone fly a new glider for
nothing or even the price of a tow. There is alot at risk, the only
demo glider, and what of insurance? If someone puts down a deposit
that is diffrent but for the rest of us we will just have to take the
word of our fellow pilots and make our desicions on that.