Doug Hoffman wrote:
Shawn wrote:

We're coasting at this point.

I agree.

Whatever you do, don't blame it on the kids.

I didn't and don't.

They're dealing, as well
as we've equipped them (Ha!), with the world we've made for them.

Yes. The older generations, all of us, should be doing a better job of
guiding the younger generations. I would like to see a national
effort, similar to the "space race" of the 1960's, to stimulate
technical excellence in the education of our youth.

Great idea.

I guess I've strayed a bit from soaring. Sorry. One of my heroes is
Dick Schreder. He successfully single-handedly designed, built, and
piloted his own gliders against the best in the world in soaring. An
amazing accomplishment.

I got interested in soaring as a kid because a friends dad was building
a Schreder design in his garage. I joined the SSA at 14, got a ride,
hung out at the glider port (Black Forest in CO), and learned to fly at
28. Ah well, the SSA at work in the late 70's.

Shawn