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It seems we ought to try to figure out ways to get our sport seen by more
eyeballs...and make sure that what people see...is cool...WAY COOL
DUDE!!!!

That seems to be a tough nut to crack. How can we get mass-media exposure
without buying it? Orgs like SSA certainly don't have the funds to buy air
time. Paid ads on popular Internet sites with links to exciting video would
probably attract a lot of eyeballs, but I have no idea what that would cost.

I do NOT recomend trying to go down the path that parachuting is taking.
Have you seen their new competition format - I think it's called
"skimming" - where they negotiate a ground-level course just before landing?
It seems destined to attract the kind of "extreme sports" spectators that
only want to see crashes, and I think that's a terrible image to cultivate
for any branch of aviation.

Roger

In article ,
Roger Worden wrote:
It seems we ought to try to figure out ways to get our sport seen by more
eyeballs...and make sure that what people see...is cool...WAY COOL
DUDE!!!!

That seems to be a tough nut to crack. How can we get mass-media exposure
without buying it?

I'm writing the Sport Pilot article for Soaring, but EAA also wants one
from me about gliders to go in Sport Pilot magazine.

Another possibility is cross-pollenizing to Hang Gliding magazines.
A few ads in the classifieds, at least. C'mon, a big 'ol Nimbus
picture wouldn't get their attention

Orgs like SSA certainly don't have the funds to buy air
time. Paid ads on popular Internet sites with links to exciting video would
probably attract a lot of eyeballs, but I have no idea what that would cost.

I do NOT recomend trying to go down the path that parachuting is taking.
Have you seen their new competition format - I think it's called
"skimming" - where they negotiate a ground-level course just before landing?
It seems destined to attract the kind of "extreme sports" spectators that
only want to see crashes, and I think that's a terrible image to cultivate
for any branch of aviation.

Roger




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Mark J. Boyd

In article 41b1fefa$1@darkstar, (Mark James Boyd)
writes:


I'm writing the Sport Pilot article for Soaring, but EAA also wants one
from me about gliders to go in Sport Pilot magazine.


I have heard (OZ Report) that there is a hang gliding article coming in Soaring
magazine.

Steve

"Steve Bralla" wrote in message
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In article 41b1fefa$1@darkstar, (Mark James Boyd)
writes:


I'm writing the Sport Pilot article for Soaring, but EAA also wants one
from me about gliders to go in Sport Pilot magazine.


I have heard (OZ Report) that there is a hang gliding article coming in
Soaring
magazine.

Steve
Makes some sense, since there was the recent meeting in Idaho.
Consolidating some functions has been on the back burner for some years.
There are quite a number of cross-over pilots, several in my club.

Frank