On Friday, February 22, 2013 1:15:03 PM UTC-8, Tony wrote:
As the new SSA Youth Committee Chairman i feel i can comment on this with authority.



No you are not considered Youth, even if you act like you are under 26. Sorry.



That said you are absolutely right based on most of my observations at the airport/gliderport, mid 40's is a very popular age to get into or back into aviation.

I think the main point of this thread is that instead of focusing on attracting real youth, we should focus on the middle age crowd who can actually afford soaring and have the time to pursue it. We simply can't compete against hang gliding and paragliding for the young crowd.

Ramy