On Feb 23, 5:47 am, fredsez wrote:
Over here on this side of the pond, how should I advertise or tell my
friends (yet to meet) that I fly something like an aircraft without an
engine running?
If I say Glider, I often hear "Oh, you fly hang gliders?"
If I say I fly sailplanes, I hear "What is that?"
If I say I am going soaring, I hear "what is that?"
If I say I'm going gliding, I hear "You mean hang gliding?"

That's not a problem, that's an opportunity!

When they utter the words "hang gliding", it gives the perfect
intro to a sales pitch along the lines of
- no, real gliding...
- up to 150mph,
- 10,000 ft and 500km aren't unusual,
- mandatory aerobatic training before you are allowed to go solo
- full aerobatics, loops, spins, wing overs, etc
and then show them a sexy aerial photo of your plane
that you have produced a picture of the glider from your
wallet.