I think what could be useful is limited only by ones imagination.

I would particularly like to see the best previous day OLC flight in the US and live-tracking information so newcomers could see what gliders are really doing in the hands of real glider pilots.

That would counter a widely held opinion, particularly among airplane pilots, that gliders just get towed up only to glide back down. Many consider the assertion gliders can go XC to be untrue or at least an extremely rare occurrence.

Bill D




On Thursday, February 7, 2013 7:32:57 PM UTC-7, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Thursday, February 7, 2013 12:34:09 PM UTC-7, Bill D wrote:

On Thursday, February 7, 2013 11:56:41 AM UTC-7, Lucky812 wrote:



I have people ask me about gliding all the time. I always send them to the http://www.letsgogliding.com/ site and forward them links for Bruno Vassel or Balleka videos on YouTube.















Does anyone else have any favorite sites that they send people to in order for them to get interested in gliding?







Not a direct answer, but the LGG site could be much better than it is. Anyone with web development skills want to volunteer to make it better?



What would you add? It's simply a promo/intro site. A content management system elsewhere to capture the inquiring mind might be useful. But for the first time viewer, the LGG site remains appropriate for its intended audience.



The cardinal rule of web development is to answer the question 'who's your audience?'



Getting people to the web site is more important. Could we redress the images and verbage? Sure. Could we test a different video? Yes. Who's your audience?



Frank Whiteley