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Old 11-29-2004 | 01:02 AM
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Steve Helmick
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Default RE: Why is CL losing popularity?

FWIW, we have 43 members of our club, essentially a CL club. A very few also fly R/C or Free Flight. One of our best PR gigs has been to fly in a schoolyard which happens to be on the parade route of a small city parade. We are there, ready to teach kids to fly, sometimes with fathers or mothers also getting the hard sell. Lots of kids line up, some actually learn, but we don't see many joining our club. We are hopeful, however, that at least some of these folks won't be crabby when they hear a model airplane engine, maybe it will bring a fond memory to their minds, and maybe they'll stop in at the LHS and get started in a great hobby. Oh, I quit flying R/C about '63, when we moved to a city with Controline and Free Flight contests, as well as plenty of R/C flying.