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Bad publicity
I just searched on "glider" on the BBC's news web site. What I found shocked
me. Of 46 results returned for the period since May 1998, not a single one mentioned any form of achievement whatsoever in gliding. See here for the search page: http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/...&start=1&q=gli der&scope=newsukfs Given that British pilots have been spectacularly successful in international competition over the last few years, either our world-famous national TV news service is deliberately ignoring us, or our governing body is failing miserably in getting the message across. We all know the press love a good disaster but when a few Brits kick a ball into a net they all get gongs and the papers go wild for weeks. Why can't gliding get so much as a mention, even when we produce a world champion? I know ours is a minority sport but the British media are not usually shy about trumpeting British successes. For the (dismal) record, here are 33 of the 46 headlines on the BBC site; I think they speak for themselves. (The rest are mostly about Steve Fosset's preparations for record flights or other non-fatal glider incidents reflecting in various negative ways on gliding): Glider death crash boy named Teenager dies in glider crash Glider death would be 'perfect' Crashed glider 'caught on cable' Glider pilots in mid-air collision Fatal glider crash witness appeal Glider pilot dies after crash Glider crash inquiry opens Glider crashes into mountain Dead glider pilot named Pilot powerless to stop mid-air collision Inquest into air collision Glider pilot dies in crash Crash pilot faces law suit Glider crashes on main rail route 'Experienced' glider in crash Glider crash pilot named Glider crash inquiry starts Inquest into glider deaths Glider death pilot named Glider crash victim 'loved flying' Glider crash victims named Two die in glider crash 'Freak' air crash inquiry continues Elderly man survives glider crash Two dead in glider and plane crash Two dead after glider accidents One dead after mid-air collision Three killed in air crashes Three dead in glider crash Pilot unaware of rambler death Leading glider pilot dies in collision Two killed in gliding accident |
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