Ray Lovinggood wrote:

Y'all can actually get a glider pilot to change a light
bulb? Consider yourselves fortunate. In our club,
we don't want to do anything but fly. Yea, we can
get a few to tow and a few to instruct, but ask them
to change a light bulb? Not with us. We have to pay
an A&P to do it. Then we raise club dues to cover
the fees to the A&P.

Our club uses Experimental light bulbs, which do not require an A&P to
change them. We can't get insurance for them, but we save enough in the
long run, it doesn't matter.

I remember that in the old days, club members were much more
resourceful, and did not mind spending all Saturday winding new
filaments, soldering them into the old sockets, and sucking out the air!
The "Instant gratification" of the younger generation has ruined this
sport, and that's why it's declining.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA