Membership is growing, the long term weather prognosis is outstanding, Airways have decided that recreational flying is worth preserving, Part 115 is dead...well that's the report I'd love to give...
However our friends in the US of A are trying...check out this video put together by 2 of their members...
http://soaringcafe.com/2012/06/ssas-new-lets-go-gliding-video/
Excellent start...
I'll bring a copy to the AGM this weekend.
What I'd really really like out of the US of A is one of those Drone/UAV things...
Rather than killing civilians with it we could use it as an unmanned tow-plane. Control it from the cockpit of my glider...a self-launcher like no other...
all hail to left launchers - for when the tow plane is sold to pay the airport lease
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