[Bob Kuczewski]

I've made two New Year's resolutions this year. One of them is directly related to hang gliding and the other is directly related to giving me more time for hang gliding.

Resolution #1 - I'd like to publish an on-line hang gliding training manual based on videos and animations. By now, the web is full of great hang gliding videos and I think the US Hawks training manual should use those resources in its official training manual. I'll be creating a new subforum for people who want to participate in that project.

Resolution #2 - In support of Resolution #1 I won't be watching any television in 2012. I didn't have a television from 2004 through 2010 and that freed up a tremendous amount of time for flying and other projects. Throughout 2011 I began watching television again, and my productivity suffered considerably. I'm sorry for all the newsletters and pilot profiles that I could have published instead of watching flickering images on a screen. I'll try to do better in 2012.

If anyone else has any 2012 resolutions, please feel free to publish them here. We'll check back next year to see how everyone has done!!

Happy New Year US Hawks!!

[Bob Kuczewski]

In support of Resolution #1 (abve) I've created a new forum for the US Hawks Hang Gliding Training Manual Project. It should be visible to all Approved Users, but I am currently granting posting rights based on requests. If you would like to help out with the Training Manual. Please post here or contact me directly (email, PM, phone, or in person). All help is welcome, but we do want to keep that project on topic. Also, in the interest of organizing the Manual, I may move posts or duplicate posts as the chapters of the manual change. This is a case where we're using a forum for a task that it's not really designed to handle. We'll see how it works.

Here are some ideas on how you can help with the manual:

    1. Suggest an outline.
    2. Find and post links to media (videos, photos, animations) that would be helpful to student pilots.
    3. Volunteer to help with writing.
    4. Volunteer to help with our custom media (when we can't find anything else available).

[terryJm]

Exellent, looking forward to an other prosperous year; for myself, Resolution#1-Will not attack anyone by name on the internet. #2-Fly, Fly, and more Flying Hang Gliders. SeeYaSoonest, Terry