Another sign-of-the-times...

Yesterday I displayed my glider at a large youth scouting event held at
the local airport. I spent the day seating kids in the cockpit,
answering questions, and of course trying to keep the glider in one
piece.

As usual there were a few kids that asked some very insightful
questions, but it was the comment of one that I found disturbing. One
young man casually stated that the glider did not seem to have a lot of
"protection". I was impressed that a young 10 year old would be so
aware and concerned about the crash worthiness of my glider. When
asked, "what do you need to be protected from?", he answered very
seriously, "snipers".

Another sign-of-the-times...

Curt Lewis - 95 USA
CFIG/ASEL
Genesis 2
Blanik L33 Solo

Curt,

Thanks for displaying your glider. You never know
who gains a bit of
insight into our sport.

I had a CAP cadet help display a K-21 at an airshow
and he brought a flight
helmet for others to try on. He mentioned the glider
was nuclear powered
from a source 93 million miles away and the visor on
the helmet would
offer protection from the power source.

That=B4s normal Lewis.....my son at age 10 wanted to sleep in bed with
the wife and I along with a shotgun to protect us from the boogie man.
The sniper came from the fact you=B4re flying the Batplane. R
CLewis95 wrote:
Yesterday I displayed my glider at a large youth scouting event held at
the local airport. I spent the day seating kids in the cockpit,
answering questions, and of course trying to keep the glider in one
piece.

As usual there were a few kids that asked some very insightful
questions, but it was the comment of one that I found disturbing. One
young man casually stated that the glider did not seem to have a lot of
"protection". I was impressed that a young 10 year old would be so
aware and concerned about the crash worthiness of my glider. When
asked, "what do you need to be protected from?", he answered very
seriously, "snipers".

Another sign-of-the-times...
=20
Curt Lewis - 95 USA
CFIG/ASEL
Genesis 2
Blanik L33 Solo

Maybe it's not such a "sign-of-the-times". Steve Wittman was shot at by
some inbred redneck and had his fuel tank holed flying "Bonzo" back to
Oshkosh from the Miami Air Races. And that happened in 1950.........

wrote:
Maybe it's not such a "sign-of-the-times". Steve Wittman was shot at by
some inbred redneck and had his fuel tank holed flying "Bonzo" back to
Oshkosh from the Miami Air Races. And that happened in 1950.........

On the plus side, I'd wager (money, not my hide) that the average idiot
shooting at aircraft isn't as good a shot in '05 as they were in '50.
Lots more vets, hunters etc.

Shawn

With all that video game training, the new breed of idiot may be better at
hitting a moving target than the 1950's version was.

Ray Warshaw

"Shawn" sdotcurry@bresnananotherdotnet wrote in message
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wrote:
Maybe it's not such a "sign-of-the-times". Steve Wittman was shot at by
some inbred redneck and had his fuel tank holed flying "Bonzo" back to
Oshkosh from the Miami Air Races. And that happened in 1950.........

On the plus side, I'd wager (money, not my hide) that the average idiot
shooting at aircraft isn't as good a shot in '05 as they were in '50. Lots
more vets, hunters etc.

Shawn

Seems we have rednecks this side of the pond as well.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/eur...an/4155310.stm
Dave

Sure. But only with a mouse

Raphael Warshaw writes
With all that video game training, the new breed of idiot may be better
at hitting a moving target than the 1950's version was.

--
Bill Gribble
http://www.harlequin.uk.net
http://www.scapegoatsanon.demon.co.uk
"Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - Emerson