HOW MANY GLIDER PILOTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB

You need to have more Youth involved in changing your
light bulbs. The lack of youth in lightbulb changing
is going to ruin this sport. Imagine all the old glider
pilots standing on chairs inthe clubhouse, with their
bad sholders, knees and backs, an accident waiting
to happen. 'Wait' Id better report this to the safety
officer!)

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Over here in the UK many clubs run cadet schemes to encourage the
younger generation, who can't afford their own light bulbs, into the
sport. The unfortunate consequence of this is that the younger
generation are quite disdainful of the qualities of the older
incandescent type of light bulb uttering phrases like "those old bulbs
couldn't shine very far beyond the airfield boundary so their not
competitive" and "modern flourescent bulbs shine much further".

It's a disgrace, attitudes such as those expressed above are taking the
skill out of our sport. Mark my words, the youth of today couldn't
change a light bulb without a GPS and a PDA to help them find it!

Great fun!=20


Rgds,

Derrick Steed