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At 01:25 01 February 2009, Andreas Maurer wrote:
BTW: At the moment the entire German 15m-class national team consists of pilots of my club I'm pretty content with the situation. ![]() Am I safe to assume that all of these guys have been flying their own gliders rather than club equipment? Maybe one cause for that is that we have a very good social life (and an own club house) - on weekends there's always an afternoon tea, dinner and lunch, lots of wifes and children around. Many good causes to land and have a coffee and some self-made cake... I guess this is what makes many German clubs different from US clubs: The social life often plays a part that is nearly as important as the flying. There are *some* clubs in the US that make the social aspects an attractive part of the activity. At Blairstown, we do OK - on any decent day you will find anywhere from four to a dozen folks hanging around the field after the flying is over, drinking beer and BSing about what great pilots we all are. Caesar Creek, Texas, Chillhowee, and many others have very nice facilities. There seems to be some critical number that has to be reached before this sort of thing can happen. Age also has something to do with it. Our little group in Somerset has an average age probably about half of what it is in Blairstown. The younger folks have families, responsibilities, and even actual social lives beyond the airport, so they are less inclined to stick around when flying ends. Jim Beckman |
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