Lone Beagle wrote:
Did it ever occur to any of you that the soaring community
is
responsible for the declining membership in the SSA
and the declining numbers of soaring pilots?

My anwser: No. And what would be the basis for such
an argument?

Heck, it's the 'soaring community' that is bringing
in more to the sport. The only way people around here
find out about soaring is through word of mouth, webpage
searches, and the rare newspaper article. All of the
above are directly attributed to members of our 'soaring
community.' We talk to our non-flying friends, we
talk to our coworkers, and heck, we might even talk
to strangers who ask 'what's that in the trailer.'
We create our own webpages. And, we might even contact
our local newspaper and they come out, take a flight,
and write a story.

Here's one article:
http://www.mydailyrecord.com/main.as...leID=81012&Sec
tionID=1&SubSectionID=&S=1

Here's another:

http://www.mydailyrecord.com/main.as...leID=81011&Sec
tionID=1&SubSectionID=&S=1


Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA