"toad" wrote in message
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Guys,

I live in the Northeast US. To do my personal training at a location
that far away, I would need a commercial type operation where I could
do an intensive course. If you know of any that do that, please post
specific names.

The land required is the biggest problem here in the east. Land is
too expensive and too crowded to get a 5000ft piece of land bought and
turned into an airport. Unless you are a long drive from any large
population centers.


I do believe that for soaring to grow, it needs to be more exciting
(for the newbie) and cheaper.
Todd
3S

I think one of the overlooked possibilities for winch sites is underutilized
GA airports. I'm seeing and hearing that single engine GA traffic is WAY
down everywhere. Paying $300 to fill your Cessna's tanks will do that.
Out-of-the-way farm town airports are ghost towns. The EAA Airventure
attendance was down 100,000 compared to last year and many who attended
drove instead of flying. Several clubs operate their winches on GA airports
with no conflicts at all.

Bill Daniels