Bob Wakerley was also flying the full scale gliders in the early 70's. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Craig asked what became of Rick Walters. He gave up R/C for the real thing. > He lives in (or near) Minden (near Reno), NV. He's a very successful and > competitive soaring pilot and been on the US Soaring team several times. Many > of your current full scale competition soaring pilots were modelers in the > 70's (me included. I just never gave up the models). Gary Ittner is another > US Soaring team member who flew R/C sailplanes in the 70's. In fact he showed > up at the last Int'l Hand Launch Glider Fest (Poway, CA) just to see what was > going on in the R/C world these days. Other R/Cers that you probably know and > also fly full scale sailplane competitions are Larry Jolly, Paul Trist, Mike > Reagan. We're trying to get Joe Wurts to join the club, but he's under some > weird impression that he doesn't have enough time. Daryll Perkins is almost > there, too. He recently earned his pilots license, but the plane he flies has > a prop on the nose. He sat in my ASW-28 this last summer and I know he's > hooked. Where else can you go after winning the worlds 4 times? > > <A HREF="www.planes-wings-things.com">www.planes-wings- things.com</A> has links to our club (full scale) at California > City (near Mojave, CA). If you're in the So Calif area, come out and see what > it's all about. The club is great way to get started in full scale soaring. > Dues are $50 per month and no hourly charge for the planes. Yeah, you heard > right. All the flying you can stand for 50 bucks per month (tows are about > $25, but you usually only need one per day in the summer). Our club is unique > in that it is geared towards X/C, competition, and even wave soaring in the > winter the club fleet includes a Discus). > > Sorry, I didn't mean to go off on a tangent for this post, but full scale > soaring is where many R/Cers end up. > > Ben Clerx > LSF 305
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