At 22:30 30 December 2004, John Sinclair wrote:
I look at soaring's lack of groth from a purely economic
point of view. When I got into the sport (1970) one
could buy a competitive sailplane for about the cost
of a 4-door family car ($10,000) Now days a competitive
sailplane costs almost 5 times as much as the family
car. Little wonder we can't attract new blood.
JJ


Actually, it is worse than that. I bought a new Buick
Century Wagon in 1980 for $5600.