On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 12:06:57 AM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
wrote on 3/31/2021 7:26 PM:
On Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 10:17:37 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
wrote on 3/31/2021 4:43 PM:
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A hike around and back to camp is not a safari, and neither is flying around and landing where
you started. Have you ever been on a glider safari? They are a lot of fun! And they are a
different experience from flying from the same airport, day after day. I've flown safaris with
groups, and by myself (with my wife bringing the motorhome and trailer!). It's easier to do it
with a motorglider, but it works just fine with a towplane, too.
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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
I was on a Safari in Africa where we had a base camp and came back to that location every night, pretty much the same as the soaring safari that we just completed here in Vero Beach. I guess the motor glider reference has you spinning,

We're talking glider safaris here. No one drives to the airport thinking they are going on a
safari! It always means traveling along to different places to fly, and that's what I thought
you meant when you first began talking about it, and was surprised when all the flying was at
the same place. What you did is very good, but it's better called a "soaring camp/encampment".
If I were within a couple driving days, I'd like attend your camp, but I'd drive 3 days to
attend if it were safari.

Your motorglider references do seem egregious, but I'd still be willing to attend if I lived
closer :^)
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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1

We would love to have you attend our Soaring Safari, already making plans for 2022 that will make our safari an even more successful event. We are considering putting motorgliders in a separate class and scoring more points for the purist, seems like the only logical thing to do, what would be your suggestion?
One of the participants of our Soaring Safari had engine problems and could not launch, I came to the rescue of the motorglider and towed the motorglider with my Pawnee, I even took my GoPro with me so that I could get a video of me towing a motorglider, what a beautiful sight!
Thank you very much for the kind words regarding our Soaring Safari, I would encourage all clubs to set a date each year for such an event. I guess we can all agree on one thing and that is, soaring needs a boost. Our boost came from our Soaring Safari, what it did was bring new members into our club and sport, you should have been there each day especially on weekends to see cars along the road as people were enjoying the sights and sounds of sailplane activity. We set up a picnic area with a great safe view of the flight line for people to enjoy the activity, it worked and most every seat was occupied. so let me close by saying that the TCSC Soaring Safari was the most successful event that our club has ever undertaken and the most rewarding financially for our club, what started as a funny suggestion turned out to be very rewarding.