The Greater Detroit Soaring and Hiking Society (www.gdshs.com) is going
to hold it's first electric launched sailplane contest August 19 and 20.
All information is on our web site (www.gdshs.com) under the F5J CONTEST
button on the left side of the home page so I will not detail it here.
If you plan on coming, please send me your frequency request as we are
trying to have one frequency per contestant and I will update the
frequency list on a weekly basis (except Nats week). I am not a good
webmaster yet so do not know how to set up an interactive site to sign
up. No money now, only when you get here.
Not on the site yet is the fact that this is also the "Woodward Cruise"
week and weekend so if you plan on coming and staying overnight you may
want to get a motel in the Rochester area now as they will fill up
quickly. There are just too many to list on our site so do a search on
the area to get rates etc. The field is about 11 miles north of
Rochester so go for a motel north of town to the Oxford area or north of
that if need be. Camping at Addison Oaks (link is on our site) is good
but again if this is your desire, check with them as sites fill up for
the weekends quickly.
Hutch has a great little cabin he rents out at his farm to horse show
people for $60.00 a night and it would probably take several people but
I think you need to bring you own bedding etc (not sure). You can
practice fly there if you wish as the hay is gone and he has 40 acres of
not much. Call him on 248-628-9306 if you are interested.
For any of you car guys, the "Cruise" would be fantastic thing to do
Friday all day or Saturday after flying. It is a fantastic party and I
for one will hate to miss it this year as I will be a little busy with
the contest.
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Jack Iafret
Home and Hobbies
