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Posted by Chuck Z
on 7/21/2009, 10:24 pm, in reply to "Terrific weekend of soaring notwithstanding Wx"
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To Dave Van Der Linden and Mike Kostin,
You both probably noticed that the gliders fly differently without all the noisy dead weight in the back.
Congratulations on your first solo flights.
Chuck Zabinski
--Previous Message--
: Sunday, July 19 was a big day at Finger Lakes
: Soaring Club in Dansville, NY. Not one, but
: two students made their first solo flights.
: Dave Van Der Linden of Hemlock, NY, was
: turned loose in the club's Blanik L-13 by
: instructor Tom Roberts. After a
: picture-perfect 20-minute flight, Dave was
: heartily congratulated by all present, and
: was a good sport when the traditional bucket
: of water was administered by Jake Smith, 13.
: (Jake, who expects to solo on his 14th
: birthday in the near future, has a record of
: dousing our solo pilots for a couple of
: years now, and will do well to bring some
: dry clothes when his time comes. It'll be
: payback time from more than one soggy
: pilot.)
:
: A couple of hours later, instructor Jim
: Rizzo decided he'd had enough riding around
: in the back while Mike Kostin, 16, did all
: the flying. So Mike took off by himself in
: the club's ASK21, and showed us how to get
: to cloud base before returning. After Mike
: landed, his mom played along, distracting
: him while the buckets approached unseen. The
: first bucket, the small one, was filled with
: confetti as a decoy. Dodging that one caused
: Mike to run straight at the big bucket,
: filled with real water. Who says we can't
: have fun?
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