[Bob Kuczewski]

Moderator's Note: These posts were moved here from the "Heroes in Hang Gliding: Frank Colver" topic.

Why is hang gliding somehow the only sport that's put the noose of insurance around its own neck?

Why is hang gliding somehow the only sport that's put the noose of insurance around its own neck?

Nah. Nobody could be that dumb.

I didn't criticize your idea, I just pointed out that expecting someone else to take action on it won't work.

Isn't that criticism?

Every state has laws that supposedly protect landowners when they let people use their land for recreation, but too many land owners don't know about them ...

Maybe Paul spaced out when he skimmed over this part:

Inform members on the recreational liability laws of the states. Hold on line workshops on how local flyers can approach a public agency or a private landowner on requesting to fly on the property without insurance.

So Frank is suggesting that USHPA hold on line workshops to help pilots inform land owners about recreational use statutes. But Paul says it won't work because too many land owners don't know about recreational land use statutes.

Paul's illogical comments shed light on how the sport of hang gliding got that noose around its neck in the first place.

[Bob Kuczewski]

On hanggliding.org:

Kinda sad how Bob has devalued the position of those who feel the overwhelming desire to rid flying sites of the ushpa. Comparing the ushpa to the kkk, antifa? Come on. Some of what Bob has said in the past makes some sense, but much of the time he runs right off the cliff, full tilt, without any real desire to truly change things for the better, with most of you following close behind. All without any wings. This cliff is too high to recover from.

DMarley seems to have a hard time understanding analogies. My point is that a public agency cannot on one hand claim that their parks are open to everyone, and on the other hand require membership in a racist organization to use public parks.

UPDATE: My point about racist organizations being inappropriate gatekeepers to public land was NOT to imply that USHPA is a racist organization. It is intended to make an analogy between racism and retaliation for testimony. I have no evidence that USHPA is (or is not) a racist organization, but I have very clear evidence that they have retaliated against pilots for testimony in a court of law. If that wasn't clear in my earlier posts, then it may have led to some confusion in the discussion.

[Bob Kuczewski]

On hanggliding.org:

I attempted to log into my account on u s hawks merely to say a few positive words in attempts to smooth things over. Well, Bob must have put a posting-block on my account, even though I was able to log in.

Doug, there is no posting block on your account. If you're having trouble posting, please give me a call at 858-204-7499. It would be good to talk with you in person.

UPDATE: I just checked my email records, and I had sent you the following email confirmation message on April 22nd 2015:

Hello Doug,

Thanks for signing up on the US Hawks Forum. To keep down spam, I write to each new member to ask for just a little bit (a few lines) about their interest in hang gliding or any other flight sport related to it. So please write back with that as soon as possible. Please don't feel that you have to write something very elaborate. It's just a way for me to be sure that you're a real person with a real interest in flight. : )

Also, if you have something you want to post right away, you should already be able to post to the "New Users Forum":

   viewforum.php?f=19

I can move anything you've posted there to the location of your choice as soon as I hear back from you.

Thanks for signing up with the US Hawks, and please call me any time at 858-204-7499 if I can be of service.

Sincerely,
Bob Kuczewski

As far as I can tell, I never got a response, and that's why your account was never activated. I noticed that you had logged on to the US Hawks (as Doug Marley) during our recent cross-posting discussion, so I've activated your account based on the high likelihood that it's really you and not some anonymous spammer using that name.

[JoeF]

Frank challenges all readers of Jack's forum to prove something.
And I post copy in case Jack erases Franks' post in topic about USHGRS:

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[Rick Masters]

I'd thank you, Frank, but you are only being rational.
Nothing special about that.
That's why we're Hawks and they're not.

[magentabluesky]

Way to go Frank,

42 U.S. Code § 1985 - Conspiracy to interfere with civil rights (2). Link

I just can’t believe the stupidity of an organization’s board expelling someone for testifying in court and openly stating to the public that is the reason for the punitive action.

To have the organization’s legal counsel involved in an open prima facie violation is the icing on the cake.

My remedy is to correct the matter within the family of free flight and not involve the outside authorities.

Listen up. It has been said, “your hearing gets better at the hearing.”

[Rick Masters]

The fact that you should put "legal counsel" in quotes should make all USHPA members very nervous.