On Feb 14, 10:36*am, "Tim Mara" wrote:
actually....no.....in our smallish club with 20 or so members I know of only
one data-logger equipped glider (LX21) and it can't easily be just carried
along in any glider since it still requires external power connection and
the owner has the antenna more or less permanently mounted.....moving it
would not be a spur of the moment thing...and besides, if it's there the
owners there and wants to fly his glider (or he would stay home) and it runs
GPS data to his PDA

Another key point that Tim raises. It's hard to explain to someone
who might be part of a large club that there are literally scores of
clubs out there without a single IGC approved logger in the existing
fleet. It's not as if rich members are out there being selfish;
there just isn't a single one in the fleet of either club-owned or
private ships. Couple that with the issue than many of the units are
installed in the panel or in other semi-permanent settings, it does
become an issue for those "grass roots" organizations which we need to
encourage to grow to the next level.