Peter,

It does seem like the parachute, an occasional a celebrity, amd the
inconsistancy of small samples have simply increased the hype factor.


I'd say so. But mind you, saying so already made me an "apologist"
here. Which brings me to another reason for the increase, with regard
to the pilot community, not the media: the introduction of gasp
"something new" (tm).

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)