"5Z" wrote in message
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wrote:
This "making us look bad" argument seems highly theoretical. How many
people outside the gliding community actually download and look in
detail at OLC flight logs? My guess is approximately zero. I think
we're flattering ourselves to think otherwise. We are inventing
imaginary demons to scare ourselves with.

Actually, I use the OLC a LOT when describing soaring to non sailplane
pilots. I tell them to visit there and see what can be done in a
sailplane. This is much more concrete than telling them that I
typically fly 2-300 hundred miles in a flight. The OLC provides
"proof" that many people do this, etc....

Some of these people may indeed get interested in looking at various
flights, and I really don't want them stumbling on questionable ones.
I want them so see what can and is generally done legally. I really do
think the OLC is a great way to "sell" the sport of soaring.


-Tom


The last time I was in the local FSDO office renewing my CFI-G one of the
FSDO folks made an offhand statement that, "Gliders don't go cross country",
or words to that effect. Unable to resist, I showed them the OLC web page
and got a "WOW!" response.

Now, given some of the astonishing posts on this newsgroup, I'm wondering if
that was such a good idea. I have to assume the FAA knows how to download
and view IGC files and the full significance of encryption.

Bill Daniels