Steve Wendt <>
writes:

I just wanted to tell you that I just got back from Quest and the
two Scooter Clinics that were scheduled there.


I ended up with fifteen participants and we did close to 250 tows with no
incidents or bent tubing. This time the participants ended up not being
instructors, but pilots who would like to be, and saw this as a great avenue for
success. When I initially scheduled this, it was for instructors only, but few
signed up. More often it was other people wanting to learn, so I hope the USHPA
gets some new instructors certified out of it.


So, since the initiative, last year at the clinics we did twenty students, this
time fifteen, and I've had about twelve other small groups or individuals come
to me just to learn about the scooter towing process. So, close to fifty people
with more to come soon.


I will be back in Florida with the Wills Wing sponsored clinics in April, so
hopefully this will be an extra boost. I've already had a few guys who were at
the clinic contact me and want me to run an IP just for them at my place, as
they are very interested in becoming new instructors, so that's positive.

I had given up on these clinics. I knew that Steve didn't want to
go to Florida twice as he is always concerned about his wonderful flight park
back in Virginia and hates to leave it any more than he needs to. I also knew
that the USHPA had really put its foot in it when it declined to allow in
foreign instructors and Wills Wing went on its own with Steve's clinic in April
at the Florida Ridge and Wallaby Ranch. It seemed to me that the April clinics
would really take off (and they did) and these would end up tanking.


Well it was great to see that folks turned out for them. The numbers that Steve
is talking about are great and better than I had hoped for when I made my
proposals to the USHPA to get Blue Sky scooter tow clinics. Of course, the USHPA
wants to see as many US instructors trained as possible and so they evaluated
the proposal partly on how many instructors could be produced.


If you haven't signed up for the Wills Wing Blue Sky April Scooter Tow Clinics
yet, contact Wills Wing or Steve Wendt.