Why would you want to grow the Sport, it is a perfectly fine glider.
Making it bigger would only cause handling problems. Unless
there should be some kind of threesome glider (has that been done)?
Anyway thats WAY too kinky!
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sg wrote:People need to be aware of the sport first. I didnt even KNOW you could go hang gliding until I was almost 30
I also think there are some bad assumptions out there. The reasons more people sign up for PG lessons, is the lower entry barriers in the beginning, IMO.
So its really (in this order)
1) awareness
2) access to training/instructors
3) quickness/ease of training
4) available locations for H2's to fly
Every point of this "pipeline" needs to be optimized or you will lose a percentage of students at every step where it gets hard.
The further down the pipeline you get them, the greater the "hook" and the lower the probability of drop out.
sg wrote:Once again its all about entry barriersHow do you become an instructor:
TomGalvin wrote:Between Groupon, Zozi and related sites, many instructors are being swamped this season. I predict that the used single surface market will be tighter this year than ever.This groupon, living social, truebates thingy....Is the best thing since sliced bread!
GoIllini wrote:I'm also kinda wondering if there's potential for a reality TV show.Man, All Davis wants to do is fly, fly, fly. He won't wash his dirty dishes and he keeps blocking my car in the driveway.
deeprecon1 wrote:What do you believe will help grown the sport ...I think you can use any of the options in the poll and thousand more, but the problem
axo wrote:Either add a flying ball to follow in the air so more people will join inNo, that's Quidditch.
Spitfire wrote:Recently they did a sell-out Groupon for some training hill flights. When I spoke to my instructor this Sunday he said that NOT ONE had yet converted into more lessons.Very different experience in New York. I think the key is community exposure early on. The training hill in Ellenville is right next to the LZ. Long time pilots are mixing it up with day trippers all the time. Flying tall tales at a BBQ after a day on the training hill is seductive and infectious.