Some excellent writing about dwindling numbers

JJ's post in regards to the latest issue of Soaring motivated me to rerea=
d the post in one of the hang-glider sites. They are also losing numbers=
, and this topic gets beat around quite often in the winter in RAS. I en=
courage you guys to read the post about "branding" on this linked site, p=
articular paragraph 8. Rather then waxing on about the glamour of the sp=
ort, he states some facts that I think need to be discussed more often by=
our group. Learning is hard, progressing from beginner to intermediate =
may be even more difficult. This is as true for sailplanes as hang-glide=
rs. =20
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