RE: Re: The Problems with Indoor FF

From: John Barker <john.barker783_at_ntlworld.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 17:26:18 +0100

Just for a few minutes wake up and have a check on reality. Our generation
is dying off and our hobby of Free Flight, Indoor and Outdoor, is dying with
us. Modern medicine, hearing aids, glasses, joint replacements and such
like allow us to keep on with our hobby just a little longer but not for
much longer. World wide the flying sites get fewer and fewer and the
difficulty of travelling to them gets greater. However I think we have
little reason to complain; we have lived though interesting times and have
had a wonderfully hobby that suited those times so well. It was the
exciting era of the aeroplane. We grew up with stories of the pioneers, we
built models and many of us became a part of the aircraft industry. We’ve
had a great time.

Today the aeroplane is no longer exciting, at best just part of the
transport system and at worst, with the influence of the green lobby, an
object of hate. Now I know that our hobby is much more than just being
interested in aeroplanes but please be objective for a moment and
acknowledge that the generations following ours do not want to take up Free
Flight as a hobby – you will be much happier once you do accept it. Don’t
bother to quote the insignificant few who do try Free Flight, they don’t
come near to matching the rate at which we are dying off.

Once you accept these facts (and I can’t find a shred of evidence that they
are not facts) then we can stop wasting time on recruitment drives and
special designs for non-existent beginners and start doing something about
improving things for the people who really matter – us.

John Barker - England
Received on Fri Jun 05 2009 - 09:26:36 CEST