In article .com,
HoUdini wrote:

Great post on a fantastic effort. My question is has it been
considered to package this type of event for sale to an established
airshow event? An established event already has the crowd to which we
want to market, the booth/food/sideshows in place, etc. I can
understand the "desire to do it all" but value of affiliating seems
overwhelming. The challenge would be to locate a willing established
event in an acceptable soaring location which would inspire the pilots.
This could be massaged a little by having the race in the prime flying
location (Omarama) and the finish be at an airshow (say in
Christchurch). Thoughts?

Airshows run to a schedule, glider races don't.

That's the biggest obstacle to overcome in having an audience
watching a glider race live. What do you do for two hours when the
start is delayed waiting for the weather? And gliders finish when
they're done, and that might be hours later than expected.

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Philip Plane _____
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Glider pilots have no visible means of support