Re: [RCSE] First Sailplane

[Chris Gregg]

My first glider in the UK was a Keilkraft model called the "Invader".  True 
stick and dope construction.  This was around 1957, before the advent of 
remote control.   I would hand tow this thing up, then let it loose and get 
lots of exercise going to retrieve it.  First RC's was a Mark's Models 
'Windfree.'  Had lots of fun with that and a high start till I decided to 
let some kid launch it. He let go of the plane and left little bits of this 
beautiful model all the way down the launch strip.  Next was the 
Aquilla.  Spent many happy hours sloping this model over the cliffs on 
Vancouver Island.

Chris
At 05:25 PM 11/29/2004, you wrote:
Started building a Craftair Windrifter SD-100 in the spring of 1978, and 
then moved off to college in Ft. Wayne Ind. from Michigan and learned to 
fly in L.O.F.T., just wish I could remember which one of the guys was my 
first instructor, but everyone in the club was a huge help with all my 
questions and problems.

Thanks
Mark
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