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The decline of gliding - a worldwide issue?
@Eric, I consider gliding a leisure activity, like biking on city trails to get an ice cream.
Soaring is something closer to the Tour de France, or a mountain bike time trial. Both share a fundamental skill, and you can't race in the Tour de France without being able to take a bike along a city trail to get ice cream. I agree, a lot of overlap - is a 5h Silver duration flight soaring or gliding? Floating may be gliding, flying away from home is soaring, task flying to me is a bridge (simplified). Too many clubs are averse to flying away from home and force gliding on their members who are looking for soaring. I empathize with them XC development is rife with risks. I'm not right, but I don't accept that this sport needs to be in decline, and think that statement should be rebutted at best, or ignored/dismissed. |
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