PHOTO: Cape Town local pilot Anton Brown tows up from a dirt airstrip in Hermanus, South Africa (Photo by Jon McElravy)
Newsletter of the Daedalus Hang Gliding Club, USHGA Chapter #69 available on the web as http://www3.pgh.net/~mcelravy/news298.html
President Eric Shiever 482-4232
Editor Pete Lehmann 661-3474
Newsletter Production and Rack Doctor Jon McElravy 466-3807
In-Active Instructor Jeff Hostler 767-4882 (NEW) 242-2318 (parents) or 958-6205 (beeper)
Spring's over with, and as I write this summer heat and mugginess have replaced it. Fortunately, while spring was here it produced some reasonable, if not spectacular flying including one hundred miler.
The hard core of pilots was getting out quite a bit, including Jim Meadows who exploited the fact that his place of work is near Templeton, and he has lots of accrued vacation time. He would work mornings, and then meet Lynn at the hill in the afternoon and go flying. His diligence was rewarded by a flight of 39 miles, representing his longest XC to date. Mike Neuman and Chimney returned from hibernation to do a fair bit of flyin' and drivin' much to my amusement. Luke Thompson has been flying very regularly, either with us, or with the DC pilots and he has been doing quite well. He also made his first ever XC flight, which included the experience of a Team Gypsy beer retrieve. Marc Maskowitz made the club's longest dope-chute flight of eleven miles from Templeton, while Charlie Martin finally took his Falcon off of Pat's hands (and mine, dammit) and made his first soaring flight and first Templeton flight.
Noteworthy too was the visit of Marc Fink from DC. He got a 29 mile flight that began after six o'clock and ended well after seven.
Enjoy the first part of summer. I am heading off to Wyoming for a few weeks to hunt the Big One. My North Carolina friend Bubba Goodman is going to be towing and driving for me. We'll see.
Lynn Meadows added a new duty to those performed by the Daedalus Drivers. Knowing that on days with poor conditions some form of sacrifice is required to propitiate the angry wind gods, and recognizing that there is no longer a ready supply of attractive virgins available for that purpose, Lynn resorted to an alternative strategy for improving conditions: she got one pilot to accept a beer. She figured that if one pilot's flying were sacrificed to the common good, the rest might fly. So, after that beer had been willingly consumed, she forced a second one into his doubtless reluctant hands. And then, miraculously, with the emptying of the second can, the winds began to abate. The pilots then suited up, launched into lift and went over the back for thirty miles thus enabling Lynn to fulfill her destiny as a driver. Very cunning, that one.
The following week Lynn chased Jim on his longest ever flight. Chasing Jim proved to be something of a test of driving skill as on the long flight Jim had flown off his small map and gotten lost, while on the next flight of a similar distance, his radio died early in the flight. All the same, Lynn, with Pat Brooks' assistance succeeded in finding him.
Brenda Huffman did a fair bit of driving too. The longest one was to get Larry southeast of Altoona on his longest flight of the year, as well as picking him up near Winchester, VA after his long flight from High Point.
Chimney Ferraton's efforts were heroic. After barely escaping the wrath of an irate husband, without sleep, and otherwise under the weather, he still came out to drive for Mike Neuman, eventually driving as far as Portage before exhaustion claimed him. A few days later, and in a much improved condition, he again drove for Mike and Pete Lehmann on the year's longest retrieve thus far, the hundred miler to Lewistown, PA.
My friend Jeff Thomas chased me on a trip to Portage. That was unexpected as I hadn't heard from him by the time I left my house. So I went to the hill, set up and was heading over the back at Templeton when I heard him on the radio, arriving just in time to chase me. He was at my lz within minutes of the landing. Now that's service
JOHN "MOJO" CHESTER is the proud owner of a new 1992 DODGE CARAVAN which he is fitting with a MC ELRAVY RACKS t-bar to enable him to haul divers.
For a one year subscription (four issues) send a $6.00 check made out to Daedalus HGC to Dewayne Renwick, 4 Griffith Dr; Home, PA 15747
Any pilot flying cross country, or with aspirations to do so, will benefit from the sailplane technology that makes speeds-to-fly easy. GPS interface is available, and the 3-D BAROGRAPH may be available sometime before SamArai graduates from high school. For more information on this easy to use, state of the art, performance enhancing instrument and/or personalized help with speeds-to-fly theory call Larry Huffman at 352-3726. He also has a demo instrument available for test flights. FLY IT YOU'LL LIKE IT. (Of course you could still buy a buggy, but cool looking, Ball Comp)
As some of you may know, WQED, Pittsburgh's PBS TV station, recently aired a documentary on the Allegheny River. The show featured the people, scenery and history of life along the river, including the hang gliding that takes place above the river at Templeton. The show's producers had contacted Jeff Hostler to demonstrate flying and to talk about the sport. Along with Jeff, John Chester was present, and the two of them appeared in the video enthusiastically speaking at considerable length about the joys of hang gliding.
The show aired on the night of a Final Four basketball game, and John was in a sports bar with friends watching the game. Realizing he was about to appear on television John appealed to the management to change one of the TVs to PBS. That they consented to do, but drew the line at turning up the sound. Fortunately for John a friend taped the show and gave him a video cassette of it.
A number of weeks later John was talking to a young woman when he made mention of the show and his prominently featured speaking part in it. The woman expressed an interest in seeing the tape, and John hurried home to get it. Upon returning to her house they began watching the video. As the video played, John's companion began showing a decidedly strong interest in the charms of 'movie star' John's physical attractions so much so that she kept asking for a re-run the tape, of course. Perhaps it was all that dialogue in the show featuring terms like 'getting up', 'going down' and 'penetration'. A PBS sex video. What would Mr. Rodgers say?
Fellow pilots:
Just a note to invite all to a new towing site in Hiram, Ohio. GPS coordinates are:
N41 17.623' W081 09.143'
It is along Pioneer Trail Road one mile west of Hiram. This is a private sod airstrip oriented almost due E-W. We will be aerotowing there on the weekends. If you are interested in coming, e-mail me the evening before, or call (216) 751-0347 (my phone) or Ralph Eckart (330)656-3422. The farmer requests a 5.00 (five) dollar donation from each glider that takes at least one flight during the day. The runway is near I80 and SR44. Please make sure that you have an AT rating or that someone can vouch for your skills. We can rate you after observing your flights.
XC potential for this area is fantastic. A westerly flow will send you right into PA with only a few airspace nuisances along the way. LZ's are plentiful (ask John Lester) in all directions. Hope to see you there.
Safe launches & landings
Felipe Amunategui
If anyone would like to advertise any equipment for sale, let me know before the end of each quarter. Please let me know if you've sold anything.
PACAIR PULSE 10 METER - low hours, less than 2 years old,pod harness, pda parachute and helmet
Ball M19 vario, car rack, books, etc. He would like to sell it all as a package for $2500. Andrew Holupka 724-845-9443 or e-mail aph@slip.net
WILLS WING EURO-SPORT 167 Blue and white. Two extra downtubes, manual, batten pattern, and speed bar. $1,000 OBO Call Doug Cassley (724) 352-4497
USED MOYES DIVER BAZAAR
137 XTRALITE to a good home. It's in fine shape and will make you look better than you really are. $1,500. He is also selling his
XS 142 142 XSVery good condition. $800. Call Larry Huffman (724) 352-3726
WILLS WING SUPER SPORT 163 New in '94; 70 hours; sweet handling and only tumbled once. Flouro Red, Yellow and White. Folding speed bar. Call Ric Niehaus 833-0266 for condition, price, etc.
PACAIR K4 PARTS GLIDER contact John Fenner for availability. 741-6792
UP COMET-2 165 Pacific blue, gold and white. $400 John Scott (412) 981-7460
CG 1000 HARNESS and PARACHUTE with kevlar bridle $350 together. LITEK VARIO and altimeter $45 Call Tom Linder 863-3529
KLASSIC 133 Built in October 1996. About 70 hours of airtime, excellent
shape. Ideal glider for light weight pilots. $3,000. Call Claire Pagen
at 814-383-2569 or e-mail at pagenbks@lazerlink.com.
MIKE NEUMAN'S LIQUIDATION SALE
WILLS WING HP-AT 158 Very clean, and only flown XC on Sundays by a little old lady. Call for details.
QUICKSILVER MX II (N3917A) Rotax 503 engine. Very good condition. Always hangared. Ballistic chute, ELT, CHT, and tach. $4300.00.
Call (724) 898-3219
DOUG AFFOLTER'S GETTING OUT OF THE SPORT SALE
WILLS WING HP-AT 158 Approx. 150hrs, blue and white. $1,000, also,
BALL M-50 VARIO: all the doodads including barograph. $300.00 Doug Affolter tel. (216) 934-1305
PACAIR FORMULA 144 Good condition, 70+hours. $1000 OBO Contact Felipe Amunategui in Cleveland at; Dr.Amunategui@worldnet.att.net
COMPLETE PACKAGE: $2,350.00
PACAIR FORMULA 144: red w/white LE and blue top. 2 speed bars, wheels and thermal mitts.
HIGH ENERGY COCOON HARNESS: for approx.5'10" to 6'0". 20 gore chute with paraswivel. Omega 94 steel D-ring. Safety knife.
REFLEX FULL-FACE HELMET: large, new and with microphone built-in
FLYTEC 3005SI VARIO with airspeed indicator and mount.
Call Bill Kuhar: (216) 252-4313
COMPLETE FLYING PACKAGE: Super Lancer 180 (one owner), Odyssey harness, parachute, Litek vario, training harness, 2-channel Courier business band (USHGA) radio. Kevin Gallagher (724) 282-6894
FORMULA 154 Less than 100hours, purple LE, pink and blue. Good shape+safe edge downtubes. $900 OBO Call Christian Titone at (610) 286-9427
MAY 14-17 WHITEWATER, WI Eric Shiever and Pete Lehmann drove out to participate in the Mid-West XC Contest, an aero-tow meet in southern Wisconsin. Things didn't quite work out as planned. First conditions were too strong for Eric to obtain the required aero-tow rating before the meet began. Then the contest's first day was blown out. The second day should have been blown out, but people flew and Pete got all of 14 miles and a landing in howling conditions. On the final day Eric flew one of the school's Spectrums (equipped with a needed tail fin for yaw stability) and went eight miles over the back. After returning to the field he was allowed to tow his own K5 in the mellower evening conditions. He then discovered that the warnings he'd received about its poor tow characteristics were warranted. After several aborted tows, Eric called it a (long) day. He had made one tandem tow, towed a Falcon, towed the Spectrum and gone XC, and finally made multiple attempts with his own glider. Pete too had a frustrating day after discovering that his vario had died. He borrowed someone's back-up vario and flew with it. He found it to be such a miserable piece of crap that he decided that rather than go xc he ought to fly back upwind to the airport to try and snivvle a better one. Unfortunately the winds had picked up again and he landed half a mile short of the airport. He bagged the day and began drinking beer.
MAY 16 AVONMORE After a bit of weed whacking, flying began in conditions that threaten thunder storms. Larry Huffman had he day's longest flight of fifteen minutes before he and Pat Brooks (:05) had to land due the an approaching storm. Larry was zipping his bag as the first drops fell. Paul Donahue and Deb Uttenreither both had ten minute soaring flights. Jeff Seruset and Luke Thompson made sled rides.
MAY 17 TEMPLETON /LOCK MOUNTAIN A day of firsts. Under an essentially blue sky containing a few wispy cumies, Charlie Martin flew Templeton for the first time, and, made his first ever soaring flight on the new Falcon. He was stoked, and was happy to discover that the lz is by no means as intimidating as rumor would have it be. Another pilot with a significant first was Luke Thompson who climbed out well and went over the back for 4.5 miles for his first XC flight. Luke could have gone further, but had no radio, nor any idea of where he was, so he decided to land with Mike Neuman to ensure a retrieve. Well done to both Charlie and Luke. It should be pointed out that Luke experienced another 'first' in that a retrieve with Chimney and Mike is, in and of itself, a memorable experience. Luke was treated to an extensive tour of all available bars in the Plumville area. He should appreciate that this is essential information for a Daedalus xc pilot.
The long distance champ of the day was John Fenner. He proved that despite his inactivity over the past year his flying skills are still superior to his retrieval skills by becoming confused as to his exact location. On a day of essentially blue conditions John flew 44.9 miles. Larry Huffman went 29.5 miles to the exact same lz he'd landed at a few weeks ago on route 286. Jeff Seruset went 25 miles, while the final xc of the day was Marc Maskowitz's 11 mile flight in his dope chute, the longest one yet from Templeton. Marc had launched late in the day expecting (and equipped for) nothing but a ridge flight. Upon reaching 5,600ft he figured that perhaps he ought to go over the back.
At the hill long absent Dirk Mahling flew for an hour and a half, Jim Meadows got 1:40 in two flights, Pat Brooks 1:15 in two flights, Jon McElravy (:15) and Ric Niehaus (:10).
At Lock Mountain Deborah Uttenreither had to wait through strong conditions before launching and getting 2,200 over launch in a flight of forty minutes. Paul Donahue then flew towards sunset, getting half an hour and 1,100over in a beautiful glass-off.
MAY 19 AVONMORE Mike Neuman returns to Avonmore for his first flight there in two years. He and Pete Lehmann do a slow climbout in erratic, blue lift, finally getting to 5,300agl for their best gain of the day. They then flew their entire flight together until landing east of Nicktown for 35.7 and 35.0 miles respectively. Chimney very promptly delivered beers to their lzs.
MAY 21 TEMPLETON A number of pilots went out on what turned out to be a violently strong day that kept the early launchers on the ground until Pete Lehmann used the secret weapon to guarantee improved conditions: he began to drink a beer. When that one was finished, Lynn Meadows forced him to drink another one which produced the desired result, the wind abated. Pete, now desperate to fly, but determined not to do so with a buzz, pulled off his shirt and went for a quick mile and a half run over the hilly terrain to burn off the alcohol. When he got back to the hill at what was by then six o'clock, he suited up and launched into a 500fpm thermal. Marc Fink followed him off with Jim Meadows going next. Jim climbed out, but didn't get quite as high as the other two, and landed at Rose Valley for 8.5?miles. Marc and Pete continued on, flying together under the slowly dissipating cloud street that continued toward Indiana, PA. Pete got quite low there, and Marc rejoined him for the final bit of lift before they landed at 7:30 towards Brush Valley for 31.3 and 28.6 miles respectively.
Lynn Meadows picked all of them up and when they arrived back at the hill in the dark they were greeted by the sight of other pilots still breaking down gliders by the light of headlights. Andrew Holupka, Luke Thompson, and Paul Donahue had all benefited from the mellower late-day conditions and flown for 20-25 minutes.
MAY 22 TEMPLETON On the previous day the forecast had understated the velocity by ten miles an hour, but on this day it overstated it by ten. In other words, it had howled on the previous day, and was too light on this one. It was a cycle-soaring kinda day, and Pete Lehmann made three flights (:35 total), Jim Meadows two (:10), while Marc Fink and Fred Booher broke down on top.
MAY 24 FISHER ROAD A day for fishes, actually. After pilots had been in the air for a while it began to rain and Larry Huffman found that his CSX doesn't like to fly when wet. He was flushed (literally) by the rain after forty minutes. Jim Meadows had the longest flight of 1:03 and landed because the rain killed the lift. Pat Brooks got fifteen minutes, and Jeff Seruset ten minutes.
Later launchers included Paul Donahue who flew for twenty minutes, Charlie Martin who had a very extended sled ride in his first flight at the site, and Luke Thompson who similarly slid.
MAY 25 AVONMORE An un-memorable Memorial Day. The sky was a mixed bag, and by the time pilots flew it was spitting a bit of rain. Pete Lehmann flew first in the strongish trashy right cross, getting :25. Larry Huffman got a couple of passes, and everyone after that had sled rides in the increasingly dead air: Pat Brooks, Ric Niehaus, Luke Thompson, Jim Meadows and Charlie Martin.
MAY 28 AVONMORE Sonny Venesky of Kitty Hawk Kites was in the area visiting family and called Pete Lehmann to go flying. So they and Jim Meadows went to Avonmore where conditions were summer-like warm, humid and hazy. Pete launched first with Sonny flying a single surface Aeros Target following shortly after. They climbed to 3,300agl at 400-500fpm and Pete went wandering over and beyond Avonmore to the north. Sonny then lost it, while Pete cruised around for an hour before getting trapped and having to land out. Lynn delivered beer to his lz. Jim had launched in the meantime, and after getting to 500 feet he too was flushed to the lz with Sonny. Jim later took a second flight in the lighter evening conditions, and slid.
MAY 30-JUNE 1 SEQUATCHIE VALLEY Deborah Uttenreither and consort Paul Donahue took a long weekend trip to their old stomping grounds in Tennessee. The Tennessee Tree Toppers were holding their annual Mayhem Party. After sled rides at Whitwell on Saturday, and Hensons on Sunday, on Monday they were rewarded for their persistence and driving with a soaring flight. In what began as light conditions, but later improved greatly, Deb got 1:45, while Paul (2:45) flew a triangle going north to Bucks Knob, across the valley and back to Hensons. He flew again in the evening, getting another hour.
MAY 30 AVONMORE A summer-like day that bodes ill for the future: warm, humid and stable. The result was five minutes for Pete Lehmann, and sled rides for Larry Huffman, Pat Brooks, Jim Meadows and Luke Thompson.
JUNE 1 TEMPLETON THE BIG WEEK BEGINS The first day of the month brings a large mid-week contingent of pilots to sample one of the first true post-frontal days in a while. Mike Neuman began the festivities with a climb-out of 600-700fpm, after which he left with Chimney Ferraton in pursuit. It was most fortunate that Chimney was available to drive. The previous night he had been victimized by a Mon Valley hussy, who had exhausted his aging energy reserves while neglecting to mention the existence of a husband. That gentleman returned home in the morning to waken Chimney at about nine o'clock. Grasping the situation, Chimney beat a hasty, successful retreat out the proverbial back door. He did however suffer some losses in that he left behind a (hard to explain) shoe and his favorite beer cooler. Having been informed of, and being sympathetic to Chimney's losses, Pete Lehmann presented him with one of his precious Australian Dederang Pub beer coolers.
Pat Brooks and Pete Lehmann climbed out behind Mike and then hooked up with him a few miles over the back. Unfortunately the original thermal strengths were never seen again, lift was erratic, and the clouds undependable. Pat landed east of Keystone Lake (14.2 miles) and then assisted Lynn Meadows in chasing Jim. That was a project that required some creativity as Jim had flown off his map and was lost. In the end they had to fall back on the Revloc repeater to find him at Cherry Tree. Jim's flight represents his longest ever flight of 38.9 miles, as well as his longest duration of 2:45. The astonishing part about his flight is that it was done in the blue, and with extremely low altitudes. His best gain had been back at the hill, and after that he seldom was over three thousand feet agl. An excellent flight.
Mike Neuman and Pete had continued along on a much more southerly route than Jim because they had jogged southward to stay under the cumies forming there. A long glide through a blue hole put Mike on the ground east of Indiana County Airport (28 miles), while Pete barely got back up to continue on. He finally landed at Portage (53.6 miles) at the base of Allegheny Mountain after spending ten minutes unsuccessfully trying to get high enough to cross over the mountain. The by now severely debilitated Chimney was there before Pete completely broken down, but with that Mike felt it advisable to relieve him of the steering wheel after a day of duty far above and beyond the call.
To round out the day, Eric Shiever arrived late in the afternoon and managed to get 10.8 miles, landing at Rose Valley, while Jeff Seruset got ten minutes before landing below.
JUNE 4 TEMPLETON After first having given blood at noon, Pete Lehmann persuaded Mike Neuman to go to the hill on a somewhat iffy forecast. Conditions were left-cross westerly and light, and there was considerable high cloud cover which was forecast to thicken later in the afternoon. Chimney Ferraton was again available to drive, and, unlike the previous Monday, he was well rested after his stay at the Neuman Spa For the Morally Challenged. Mike had taken Chimney to his farm at Kennerdale to remove him from the temptations of the Mon Valley vixens known to orbit about and lead him into temptation.
Pete and Mike launched at three thirty as soon as they were set up. With the west cross they went down to the west facing ridge beyond the road cut and instantly found a departure thermal. It began at 300fpm, and in stages reached as much as 900fpm on the averager. Pete topped out at 5,900 over launch in exactly ten minutes after beginning to climb. With Chimney in pursuit, they were off under the somewhat spotty clouds.
Mike scraped off Pete at Marion Center speedway (25 miles out) and the two continued on independently, but often within sight of one another. The clouds were erratic, as was the lift which was usually 300-400fpm, but occasionally as much as 700fpm. At the base of Allegheny Mountain they rejoined, but Pete was again quickly scraped off and Mike crossed over the mountain at Bellwood, with Pete following later. Mike got onto Bald Eagle ridge and went over it in a weak thermal that never turned on. He then landed in the aptly named Sinking Valley for 66 miles.
Meanwhile Pete had gotten up on Bald Eagle and continued beyond the succeeding ridges, photographing Ron Dively's home at Alexandria, and then pressing on across some serious trees to reach the big valley behind Jack's Mountain. By now, after six o'clock, there was a line of late day cumies forming and providing an easy route past Jack's launch and onward to Lewistown. But by then the clouds had died and Pete couldn't get high enough to cross over the four miles of trees behind Licking Creek ridge, and at 7:05 he landed at Lewistown for 102 miles. Chimney arrived as he was zipping up the glider bag. After stopping at the Old Canal Inn in Hollidaysburg for dinner and time for Chimney to practice his charms on the barmaid, they arrived back at Templeton at 1am. An entirely satisfactory day, even if Chimney did abuse Mike and Pete for having gotten to the hill too late to really go far.
Jim Meadows had arrived at the hill after Mike and Pete had departed on their thermal rocket, and unfortunately the cirrus limited his flying to the ridge. He got an hour and twenty minutes (2,000ft) before landing back at Slagels.
JUNE 6 TEMPLETON Another day in what turned out to be this spring's best xc week. The day began with the most spectacular sky we have seen in a couple of years. Unfortunately it began to overdevelop around the time the first pilots had set-up. Nevertheless there was abundant, and occasionally strong, lift under the clouds.
The principal beneficiary of the conditions was Larry Huffman who had begun the day with a visit to a chiropractor to treat the bad back pain he had awoken with. The chiropractor improved his back such that Larry could fly, although still in some discomfort. The first part of his flight was done at quite low altitude, seldom much above 4,000msl, but fortunately that improved to 6,800msl as he approached the mountains. It took two tries before he could get enough altitude to get over Allegheny Mountain, but he succeeded in doing so although after that the lift became less available, and he landed behind Dunning Mountain for 74.7 miles. Pete Lehmann had taken a somewhat more southerly track which took him to south of Portage where he landed at the foot of Allegheny Mountain (55 miles) for the second time in a week.
Jim Meadows followed Larry off the hill, and after having set a personal best earlier in the week, nearly equalled it again. Jim landed atop Chestnut Ridge's remnants south of Strongstown for 37.1 miles. The only flaw in Jim's day was the fact that his battery died in flight, thus leading Lynn on a merry chase through the western Pennsylvania countryside. Lynn was accompanied by Pat Brooks who'd gotten trapped over the back behind launch and had to land at Slagels. Rather than re-launch Pat decided to drink beer and help Lynn search for Jim.
Later arrivals at the hill enjoyed soaring flights of varying lengths as the thermal activity slowly dwindled to light ridge soaring under the overcast deck. Jeff Seruset had the best flight, getting 1:20 and 2,200 over launch. Both Deborah Uttenreither and Paul Donahue got about an hour, with Deb getting to a grand and remaining persistently higher than the others on the ridge. The final member of the day's flying community was Luke Thompson who got twenty minutes of pleasant soaring.
JUNE 7 TEMPLETON Another northwest day, but one unlike the preceding days. Larry, Jim and Pete showed up for overcast and occasionally rainy conditions. Their presence reminded one of the cliché about second marriages, 'the triumph of hope over experience'. After a couple of showers had passed through, Pete decided to set up as quickly as he could, and jump before it again rained. That he did, and after a minor beating on the ridge, he climbed out and bailed over the back to land at the Exxon station after half an hour in the air.
JUNE 8 TEMPLETON Another in the series of northwest days. Conditions were a bit overdeveloped, but fundamentally there was a helluva lot of lift around. Mike Neuman got out first, but in somewhat weak lift which never really got much better. After some low level scratching he finally landed at Brush Valley (31.6 miles) so that his wife Sue could get home in time to get some sleep before going to work.
Unlike Mike's experience with light lift Jim Meadows and Pete Lehmann climbed out together at 500-650fpm to five grand over launch and wandered off on course. Of course that was the last lift they found, and they landed together at Deming's Ridge for 15.2 miles. Pat Brooks was the day's hard luck pilot, getting trapped over the back and again landing at Slagel's after about half an hour.
JUNE 20 HIGH POINT Larry Huffman goes by himself and is rewarded with an almost four hour long flight to near Winchester. He had spent considerable time on the ridge before finally getting high enough to leave with Larry Ball. After that he reached 6400msl before landing after 54.7 miles of very pleasant flying.
JUNE 21 FISHER ROAD A hot day for sled rides. Larry made one as did Deborah Uttenreither, Luke Thompson. Paul Donahue had the day's best flight with a soaring flight of some ten to fifteen minutes at very low altitude. That was his reward for having spent the previous day clearing Ron Dively's local Brickyard flight by himself, and never getting to fly.