Re-using charts

[Guest burbles1]

Wouldn't it be great if people donated their old charts and ERSAs for some type of public displays to encourage new members? If we have open days and fly-ins where the public is invited, then colourful charts and out-of-date documents could be a drawcard and a conversation starter...They have drumMuster in the country and Yellow Pages bins at BP stations - why not have chartMuster?

What do you think - at displays, will old charts entice new members? Who has experience with grass-roots promotion (e.g. setting up posters, handouts)? Would it work for rec flying?

 

 

[FlyingVizsla]

I recycled my old WACs etc in the flying school. Students could work on flight planning, drawing all over them, folding, fiddling, without ruining the current ones. The instructor provided current charts etc until they decided they were going to continue and got their own. Also was good for parents, girlfriends etc to give the current ones as a gift at some point - birthday, solo, etc. It bought them a bit of time to find out what and where to get them, when they realised what fun / how serious they were.

 

AUF school / Club I was involved with had out of date charts on the wall, but the school inspection wasn't impressed. Another school who kept up to date charts on the off chance of a charter and used the GPS etc rather than unfold and mark one - their bored secretary / Gr III in waiting, turned them into envelopes - most with map inside, some with map outside and address on label. Looked quite neat and was a real talking point (but expensive envelope).

 

Then again, you could make origami aircraft ... Many uses.

 

Sue

 

 

[farri]

Hi Burbles1, Sue has the right idea,used charts are more usefull and of interest to students.

 

Most people wanting to take up recreational flying do so for the fun involved and it`s the fun side of it that needs to be displayed, in hand outs,posters and any other way possible,Used charts definitley don`t do this.

 

I can certainly tell you that used charts are not what excited me into flying.

 

Frank.