Glider Racing in the future

Will anyone admit that they have won a glider race due to having the latest gadget in their cockpit?

Is anyone willing to state that they heard it from a fellow who knew a guy that said he won a glider race due to some new geewhizbang gadget in the cockpit?

SF

I admit that I have won contests because:

1. I used electic varios that were better than the pellet varios.

2. I used a GPS rather than relying only on maps.

3. I used a computer with final glide calculations rather than a wizwheels.

4. I have used PowerFlarm to improve situational awareness, especially for gliders behind me rather than rely on see and be seen.

I must be cheating with all this technology and using it for an unfair advantage over all the other pilots that refuse to use modern technology.

TT

In February '96 I had questions about the future of soaring instrumentation.
Had a day off in Montreal, rented a car and drove to Waitsfield. Had coffee in the CAI shop, and talked with them about the glider GPS thing they had developed and tested at Omarama.
My approach was: Why should I let this thing into my cockpit?
Came away convinced it wasn't a horror. Bought their (then) new model 20.
Where would we be without that technology today?
Imagine everyone buys in to new tech, some more reluctantly than others.
The SSA convention would be a good place for technophobes to learn how to embrace new soaring technology.
Jim

Why must someone either purchase and install the latest technology
or... be a technophobe?

I can assure you that I've been involved with developing and operating
some of the highest technologies, things that you can't even imagine
but, if I don't want to install some technology that you think is the
cat's meow, I'm a technophobe.

There is some middle ground after all. Some call it "diff'rent strokes".

On 2/10/2016 12:58 PM, JS wrote:
snip
The SSA convention would be a good place for technophobes to learn how to embrace new soaring technology.
Jim

--
Dan, 5J

On 2/10/2016 3:08 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
Why must someone either purchase and install the latest technology or...
be a technophobe?

I can assure you that I've been involved with developing and operating some
of the highest technologies, things that you can't even imagine but, if I
don't want to install some technology that you think is the cat's meow, I'm
a technophobe.

There is some middle ground after all. Some call it "diff'rent strokes".

snip The SSA convention would be a good place for technophobes to learn
how to embrace new soaring technology. Jim

-- Dan, 5J

Dan, you contentious, technophobic, piece of moose...no, wait!!! Once you get
used to "the new normal" ascendant with much of humanity being continuously
on-line, and compulsively texting to the point of having no time for nuanced
communications, you'll be just fine. Embrace your new reality!

Bob - happily cell-phone-less - W.

On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 6:38:36 PM UTC-5, BobW wrote:
On 2/10/2016 3:08 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
Why must someone either purchase and install the latest technology or...
be a technophobe?

I can assure you that I've been involved with developing and operating some
of the highest technologies, things that you can't even imagine but, if I
don't want to install some technology that you think is the cat's meow, I'm
a technophobe.

There is some middle ground after all. Some call it "diff'rent strokes".

snip The SSA convention would be a good place for technophobes to learn
how to embrace new soaring technology. Jim

-- Dan, 5J

Dan, you contentious, technophobic, piece of moose...no, wait!!! Once you get
used to "the new normal" ascendant with much of humanity being continuously
on-line, and compulsively texting to the point of having no time for nuanced
communications, you'll be just fine. Embrace your new reality!

Bob - happily cell-phone-less - W.

While I would normally NOT reply to this....... I'm sorta, "On the fence". I will assume (yes, I know the acronym of this), this post was a bit of, "Tongue in check?".

BTW, have a great day.

:-D

On 2/10/2016 4:38 PM, BobW wrote:
On 2/10/2016 3:08 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
Why must someone either purchase and install the latest technology or...
be a technophobe?

I can assure you that I've been involved with developing and
operating some
of the highest technologies, things that you can't even imagine but,
if I
don't want to install some technology that you think is the cat's
meow, I'm
a technophobe.

There is some middle ground after all. Some call it "diff'rent
strokes".

snip The SSA convention would be a good place for technophobes to
learn
how to embrace new soaring technology. Jim

-- Dan, 5J

Dan, you contentious, technophobic, piece of moose...no, wait!!! Once
you get used to "the new normal" ascendant with much of humanity being
continuously on-line, and compulsively texting to the point of having
no time for nuanced communications, you'll be just fine. Embrace your
new reality!

Bob - happily cell-phone-less - W.

--
Dan, 5J

Thought I'd included myself on the technophobe list with the early GPS bit!
Perhaps there are degrees of phobia?
Most of us overcame the fear of using GPS, transponder or a pee tube.
Some people refuse to try Vietnamese soup.
Jim