BGA at PFA Cranfield !
Mike Cohler
As an avid flyer of both gliders and powered aircraft, I flew down to the
PFA rally last weekend, to find an excellent well-organised day with a
huge attendance, and representation from almost every area of aerial
sport - GA, vintage, microlights, helicopters, girocopters, and even
paramoteurs... with almost everyone behaving impeccably on the ground and
in the air. There was a wondereful flying display from the RAF, as well
as aerobatic displays, and even the Vickers Vimy and a Spitfire flying.
One notable exception was the gliding fraturnity. Not a glider in
sight anywhere, and no British Gliding Association representation. I
reckon that there would have been many converts to flying amongst the
visiting public, and there was a golden opportunity for some converts to
start gliding if the PR effort had been made.
Shame there was no effort made in this direction, don't you think ?
I suppose this should have been directed to UK glider pilots rather than
the whole world but I do wonder if there is a soaring representation at
OshKosh in the USA ??
Mike
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Mike Cohler
Department of Physics,York University
Phone : (44) 1904-432246
PPL( GRP "A" + "SLMG" ), IMC rating
Full Rating UK Gliding Instructor
Assistant Chief Flying Instructor at
York Gliding Centre
Henry Morris
I agree!! I was there as well (by car though), and the only
gliders I saw were on T-Shirts!!
(The National Students Gliding Club will have a stall there next
year....)
Henry Morris
Chair, NSGC
Tim Newport-Peace
In article <31E237...@york.ac.uk>, Mike Cohler <md...@york.ac.uk>
writes
>As an avid flyer of both gliders and powered aircraft, I flew down to the
>PFA rally last weekend, to find an excellent well-organised day with a
>huge attendance, and representation from almost every area of aerial
>sport - GA, vintage, microlights, helicopters, girocopters, and even
>paramoteurs... with almost everyone behaving impeccably on the ground and
>in the air. There was a wondereful flying display from the RAF, as well
>as aerobatic displays, and even the Vickers Vimy and a Spitfire flying.
>
>One notable exception was the gliding fraturnity. Not a glider in
>sight anywhere, and no British Gliding Association representation. I
>reckon that there would have been many converts to flying amongst the
>visiting public, and there was a golden opportunity for some converts to
>start gliding if the PR effort had been made.
>
>Shame there was no effort made in this direction, don't you think ?
>
>I suppose this should have been directed to UK glider pilots rather than
>the whole world but I do wonder if there is a soaring representation at
>OshKosh in the USA ??
>
>Mike
Come on now Mike, what do you expect from an organisation that does not
see the need for Email. It was hard enough to get them to buy a fax.
Tim Newport-Peace t...@spsys.demon.co.uk
Raul Blacksten
Mike Cohler <md...@york.ac.uk> wrote:
> I do wonder if there is a soaring representation at
>OshKosh in the USA ??
I must admit that I have never been to Oshkosh, but from what I
understand, for many years, Jan Scott was practically the only
one to bring a glider (his Minimoa) to Oshkosh, and he did not
do that every year. Some years he had some company, but my
understanding is that he was usually the only one.
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Hugh D Colton
In <4rv176$f...@argentina.it.earthlink.net> Raul Blacksten
year yet. I've also seen glider aerobatic displays and it wasn't a
Minimoa.
Member clubs and area groups run the SSA convention somewhere in the US
every year. Last February/March it was in Huntsville, Alabama. They
did a brilliant job. Next year it will be in Arlington, Texas, just
south of DFW airport. There is no equivalent of the SSA convention in
the UK. There is usually just a get together and dinner at an hotel
just off the M1 in Northamptonshire.
Hugh Colton
mlb...@skcla.monsanto.com
In article <lIiixHAU...@spsys.demon.co.uk>, Tim Newport-Peace <t...@spsys.demon.co.uk> writes:
> In article <31E237...@york.ac.uk>, Mike Cohler <md...@york.ac.uk>
> writes
>>
>>Shame there was no effort made in this direction, don't you think ?
>>
>>I suppose this should have been directed to UK glider pilots rather than
>>
>
I was at Oshkosh a couple of years ago, it was an impressive fly in. There
was representation from the USHGA for sure (hang gliding), but
I don't recall if the SSA were there although they probably were since one
of the flying displays was a glider (don't remember the type) flown by a
famous german pilot (his name eludes me now, but I remember he was an elderly
pilot, having flown in WWII for the German airforce). I don't remember if
paragliding/paramotering was represented but there was a large ultralight
contingent there. It was the first time I saw the Swift, there being the
glider and powered versions there.
Mark Boys