It's natural to not want to be the guy who raises a stink when somebody's doing something risky and marginal, but consider what can happen if it goes wrong. We're all in this together, and we need to watch out for each other and the rest of the public to protect our sites and our sport. -- MGF
Oh goody! That means it's okay for me to speak out?
If we're going to persuade our bag-wing brethren to embrace the true faith of aluminum and Dacron, we need to lay off the pointless trolling and stop acting like a bunch of a-holes. Over and over, I've heard comments from PG pilots who are interested in HG as a crossover possibility, but put off by the attitude and posturing of some in the HG community. Such as Rick Masters and Rodger Hoyt.
Sneering and derision doesn't win friends. It just alienates and divides, at a time when we all need to work together. Hang gliding participation is down, though starting to recover a bit. Paragliding is about flat. We *all* need to be pulling in the same direction, and this sort of divisive crap is the LAST thing we need. If ever there was an example of how to contribute to the decline of hang gliding, this would be it. Knock it off!
Mark G. Forbes, Regional Director, U$HPA
Guess not...
In fact, it looks like the decline in hang gliding is all my fault.
Still waiting on Forbes or anyone from the USPGA to comment on the 909 paraglider corpses I found since 2002.
Maybe they can't count that high.
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It's natural to not want to be the guy who raises a stink when somebody's doing something risky and marginal, but consider what can happen if it goes wrong. -- MGF
Uh, Mark. It went wrong.
Big time...