- Tue Apr 07, 2015 5:58 pm
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Like littlepilot was saying earlier:
designbydave wrote:And here we are again, everyone talking about how they would gladly put money into supporting video projects, yet only 60 people have put their money where their keyboards are. -I totally agree with Dave here, this is the kind of thing we need. I gave some money and am super excited to see something like this happen, but I still think that the only people who know about the Rhythm of Flight project are current pilots, so I don't know how much good its doing for spreading the sport to the general public. Maybe this is where those commercials would come in handy?
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the- ... oject#home
These guys are doing exactly what we need to do. The only thing we can do that is affordable and effective at promoting hang gliding.
Less endless forum speculating / armchair promoting, more actually supporting.
OverloadUT wrote:I had a similar experience here; I have been interested in aviation since I was very young and at the time that I took my first hg tandem, I thought that I wanted to get my airplane license and become a commercial/military pilot. It wasn't until I was exposed to Kitty Hawk's commercial advertising that I even knew that hang gliding was a thing. I mean, I'd barely even heard of it! After taking dune lessons followed by a tandem, only THEN did I start looking for videos of hang gliding online. And the video that got me super hooked? Ryan Voight's Willard with Smokes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sgP9G3H9xI
I am personally a contradiction to this. Anecdotal evidence of course, but I always knew I wanted to fly, but had no idea that hang gliding was what it is. I nearly took up wing-suiting because of ads that I saw. If I had seen a hang gliding ad instead I would have taken up this sport a lot earlier.
I've talked to many others that were the same: they just plain didn't realize that hang gliding was even an actual option, because they were never exposed to it, or the only exposure that they had was in popular media which was usually negative. My idea would expose people to the positive stuff and do it where they are already visiting.
Like littlepilot was saying earlier:
littlepilot wrote:I was thinking something a little more spicy though....at least for someone my age, seeing this kind of thing brings on a strong interest.
custom gliders
aerobatics