F.L. Whiteley wrote:

Surprisingly, wear of the uniform was one of the big draws to CAP (according
to a survey). My local CAP squadron does scant little, if any, flying.
Other squadrons do much better. Explorer Scouting may be an opportunity to
organize a youth group with an aviation emphasis. See
http://www.learning-for-life.org/exp...ion/index.html

Frank Whiteley

A survey of teenagers at large? I'd find that real surprising, unless
the uniform was a hoodie, baggy pants and an MP3 player (girls or boys).
I would imagine very different results if you just surveyed the CAP
kids. I think the sport (in the US) would benefit greatly from courting
more than the pre-ROTC teens. For most kids a big attraction of soaring
might be that its not *uniform*, not the same thing all the other kids
are doing. CAP and Scouts offer a straight forward avenue into this
population, and I'm all for utilizing it, but I don't think we are best
served by acting like a branch of these organizations.
Skate parks! That's where we can go to get access to a different crowd
of kids. I'll try it if Salida ever gets flight instruction going again.

Shawn

P.S. Frank, don't they fly the K-21?