On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:24:28 UTC, Robert Ehrlich
wrote:

: Ian Johnston wrote:

: That is very true. But then, I left out "Buy a glider" as well...in
: some cases flying a club glider will be fine, but that tends to make
: the wait longer and the flight shorter ...
:
: Where I am flying, there is also a para-gliding club operating on
: a slope on the border of the airfield when sailplanes are not flying.
: Most flights in club sailplanes are much longer than paraglider flights.

That is true. It is, of course, no reason to sneer at paraglider
pilots, who seem to enjoy their sport, and it's even more reason to
get frustrated about the typically short flight time limits on club
gliders ...

Ian