Glider Presentations to Non-Glider Pilots?

On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:28:02 PM UTC-5, JohnDeRosa wrote:
- What do you do after the $100 hamburger? The flip side of that is
"Whats the point? You can't get anywhere!" This is the Sailing
versus Power Boating discussion.

Well, I'm sure that most transitioning power pilots would indeed not be able to get anywhere. But as a large number of people on this group know, it is possible to develop skill and go places in a glider. It's called the Art of Soaring...

-John

On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:50:36 -0800, John Carlyle wrote:

On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:28:02 PM UTC-5, JohnDeRosa wrote:
- What do you do after the $100 hamburger? The flip side of that is
"Whats the point? You can't get anywhere!" This is the Sailing versus
Power Boating discussion.

Well, I'm sure that most transitioning power pilots would indeed not be
able to get anywhere. But as a large number of people on this group
know, it is possible to develop skill and go places in a glider. It's
called the Art of Soaring...

..... maybe showing them a video or two of mountain soaring or a spot of
ridge running would put across the point that gliders aren't limited to
flapping round the home field.

I'd suggest:

"Lightning for Turnpoints" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oT7kcjmBY4

"Hawaii Glider Record Altitude Mountain Wave Flight"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY--mA-
Iico&playnext=1&list=PL2F7CCD3412F7947E&feature=re sults_main

or some of the ridge-running out of Logan.


My non-soaring friends who've been shown "Down at the Seaside!" http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs666zqMw0s all say its one of the best soaring
videos they've seen, though you may prefer a US equivalent if there is
one.

HTH


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