RE: Re: The Problems with Indoor FF

From: Tony MATHEWS <tmathews1_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 21:30:52 -0400

Generally I'm a positive person. That said, I can find nothing wrong with the basic premise of John's post. I've often thought (and told many who would listen) that we have been recruiting at the wrong end of the spectrum. I've often felt that this is now a hobby for the retired. Not for juniors.
Tony

To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
From: john.barker783_at_ntlworld.com
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 17:26:18 +0100
Subject: RE: [Indoor_Construction] Re: The Problems with Indoor FF




















    
            
            


      
      








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

 








 

      

    
    
        
        
        
        


        


        
        
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