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Two separate points, but i'll consolidate them into one post:
1) Kemp & others that film your flights: I'm a tech-savvy guy who's put together some videos. I've shot a fair bit of little clips with my digital camera in the cockpit; but I don't know how to rig external cams or what reasonably-priced equipment might be available. Any of you care to put together a buying-guide or an explanation on how to rig the equipment on a glider? (Preferrably without degrading glider performance too much, since some of us have simple standard-class ships, not long wingers! *grin*) 2) I have outlined and article titled "Soaring: Just for Old Men?" that I've been meaning to flesh out and submit to SOARING magazine. As a young whipper-snapper in this sport (I'm 30), I have a lot of thoughts about the problems that the current soaring community has - especially in the USA - in reaching a younger audience. Some of it has to do with technology and fancy stuff like what's been discussed here; but a lot of it has to do with today's social settings and the psychology of the generation gap between today's glider pilots in the USA (average age being in the high 50's to low 60's), and tomorrow's potential glider pilots (being in their teens to late 20's). I also have some opinions about leveraging the other pilot populations in the USA by having the SSA become a part of AOPA or EAA (at least develop a close relationship with them)... But that's a whole other topic. :-P For the record though, I just got a new Sporty's catalog in the mail and have notice a small but steadily increasing number of soaring products. I'd hate to see the established resellers get squeezed out of the market - but the more "major" publications we can sneak soaring into, the more it'll be "on the radar" of the 400,000+ GA pilots here in the USA. Whether or not they want to try the sport, its good to increase awareness and coordination between powered and silent flight! Again, its another topic for another post/thread.... Take care, --Noel |
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