No, you are the one who don't get it. How does one pilot flying in a
contest, or doing a badge or whatever, prevent another pilot from
getting his kicks twirlybirding around the sky? The ATTITUDE divide
that supposedly interferes with your enjoyment of the sport exists in
YOUR head, not mine or anyone elses. YOU are the one who looks at a
magazine article about Striedeck or Ittner or whoever and imagines that
they and all their friends are looking down upon you.


5-BG wrote:
fadoodle

you wrote "You've hit the nail on the head here. I think this is the true source
of all the whining you hear about the two or three pages of Soaring
typically devoted to contest related news

YOU DON'T GET IT EITHER!!!.. its not about the "2 pages" , which are actually quite a bit more than 2 pages.. but about the ATTITUDE that divides the membership. To the extent that everything is about performance and winning, the sport is leaving behind many, old and WOULD BE pilots. I saw Chuck Yeager on TV the other night flying a glider... with a safety pilot no less.. are you seriously suggesting that his ego is in danger because he was just having fun in the air.. with CHOKE.. a safety pilot along for the ride.. No I would have given a bunch to be that other pilot and to simply have had the privlege of flying just for fun with gen Yeager.
There are many "for fun" pilots who have very expansive "ego walls" filled with decorations and rememberances of past exploits that make a soaring badge or second place finish at the nationals seem almost laughable. These pilots have left behind, long ago, the need for constant ego stroking.
Perhaps the current situation will provide an excuse for the ssa to reevaluate its core values and thrust of its operations.

wrote in message oups.com...

Bill Daniels wrote:

"It seems to come from people who don't care to make an
effort to be good enough pilots to compete and whose egos can't stand
hearing about those who can and do. "

You've hit the nail on the head here. I think this is the true source
of all the whining you hear about the two or three pages of Soaring
typically devoted to contest related news.

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