On May 19, 4:40*pm, "Morgans" wrote:
As a student pilot, thinking more about gliders lately, I started reading
this group. *I can't help but notice that talk of contests seems to dominate
the subjects here.

I think I would enjoy gliders just for the fun of flying, and seeing what
you could do individually, and for the beauty of silent flight. *Is it so
necessary to fly in contests to have fun?

How many people here just fly gliders without flying contests?

Role-Call?

Fly mostly in contests -

Fly occasionally in contests -

Never fly in contests -

Where do you all stand? *Curious, I guess.
--
Jim in NC

I've never flown in a contest and I absolutely love to fly my
sailplane. I can't get enough of soaring. That's not to say I wouldn't
enter a contest someday. The point is, you definitely don't need to
compete to have a tremendous amount of fun. X-Country soaring presents
a lot of challenges and rewards all by itself. Whether it just be
personal goals, badges or OLC, there's plenty of soaring to do outside
of organized competitions.