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mitch96

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2. I loved flying sail planes when I was younger. Great fun

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 09:41 PM

Mar 2020

It was a grass strip in western Conn. Owned by four airline pilots. I would take a lesson and hang out all day.. Schweitzer, Blanck's and one or two custom European hot rod gliders. What I loved was that you were using your skill and your brain to keep you up in the air. Not just push the power button. They were beautifully quiet also... 40 mph and all you heard was the woosh.
Lots of great stories and memories..
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Gliderport - 1973 [View all] DemoTex Mar 2020 OP

This is just splendid, my dear DemoTex! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2020 #1

I loved flying sail planes when I was younger. Great fun mitch96 Mar 2020 #2