Well said Whirly!
Have to agree with you!
What really cheeses me off are the characters stating that their flying is THE REAL FLYING.
What a load of tosh.
Anyone stating this has either got blinkers on or is just envious of what other people are doing.
My personal experience is that there are quite a few of these folks in the gliding fraternity. (Probably not more or less than in any other flying fraternity but that is were I have had the bulk of my exposure to aviating, and part of gliding is a lot of talk talk talk (as my other half complains))
Funny though that even those in the hard core never turn down an opportunity for a whizz when offered.
For me: Variety is the spice of life.
As ever: MHO of course
FD