and i find this old skyline from 1990(!!!)
(It's addressed to a Kelly Bellings for those who remember her)
A news item was posted from Reuters:
"Gliders get post-Wall clearance"
East Berlin - Now that the Berlin Wall is coming down, East Germany has also decided that hang gliders are no longer a threat to its security.
The East German parliament changed the law yesterday to allow people to fly hang gliders, long banned because they were ideal for airborne escapes.
With the borders now open for East Germans to travel where they like with their feet firmly on the ground, parliament agreed that there was no longer any need to ban hang gliders.
Explaining the change, Transport Minister Heinrich Scholz said it was mainly aimed at offering young people a hobby.
East Germany has already lifted restrictions on sailing and swimming in the Baltic.
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in local news: they actually had lectures then every months. there was one scheduled about launching, next month was landing
, then ridge soaring, then thermals and XC flying (John Middleton) and then Stalls. Hangola was pretty impressive. Some highlights:
George Stebbins:...
Sharon Carr: 11/4 fisher road - soared down ridge. 11/11 fiargrounds -= great launch in strong winds - above launch! 11/12 kirchners 4 flights worked on landings 11/19 fairgrounds light winds, screwy final appraoch - nailed two tree trunks 30 more feet and I would've had it! broken LE 11/26 longs hill 1 flight on gemini (thanks, John). 1/1/90 four flights at smithsburg 1/6 pulpit first REAL soaring flight - 20 mins flew with 10 other pilots. what a day
dave collins reports "i am getting reeeal close to flying"
Tad Eareckson: 11/158 massanutten 56 mins. from new launch 11/19 - cumberland fairgrounds sled 12/2 taylor's 7 flights - strong air up to 4 passes. deadly turbulence below hill level. threw parachute on weak link. do not try this at home! do not try this with sharon and George around or they'll try to use your chute as a paraglider (ellis: they had PG back then?) 12/10- pulpit. light glass. buzzed deer herds from treetop level 15 mins 1/7/90 fisher road - seven minutes in a bit of magic at dark.
Christy Huddle: ... woodstock ... daniel's... got her hang 3... fairgrounds... daniel's... smithsburg... zirks... trike flights at peersburg airport... daniels
Bill Bennett: flew every weekend the temp was above 35 and the winds below 30.
Jody (aka Shortwave) Willoughby 1/6/90 - i'll note briefly the most exciting flight i've had in the past month. Launched at the pulpit (15-18 mph), good launch; followed route 16 and got too far back on the ridge. couldn't penetrate to get out in front, lost altitude trying to do so. hit microwave antenna, dove, recovered and landed in the trees. (ellis: so what exciting flights did she have in the months prior to this?)
Adam Swetnik:...
John Pesch - 1/6/90 - 45 mins in magic air 1200' over. approx 4 hours looking for the mysterious microwave pilot.
Bill Byrne:...
Mark Wallner: ... 1/6/90 pulpit 53 minutes One step landing! 100 feet from spot! (you should've seen Jody's landing - NO steps!) ...
Mary Hofmann ... (got hang 1)
Kate Spoont ... 4 swamp landing jan flights at smithsburg... (another female pilot #5 !!!)
Bob Stillwell: 1/6/90 about 50 mins at high rock, just enough to maintain my psychological dependency.
Tom Jones - 1/6/90 - 1 hour 45 minutes. I'm going to florida for a flight dependency program if the press ever lets me alone. (ellis: press???)
Richard Piasecki:...
Dan Folta:...
King Newman: 1/14/90 I actually flew @ fishers and got to try out my green nose cover! (ellis: was it green to start with?)
Stan Cobb:...
Tina Wilson (ellis: what? ANOTHER woman pilot???): ...
stuff for sale: The most expensive wing a Magic Kiss 154 demo 1 year old and clean for $2600.
President was a Brian Thacker, and vice president our dear Steve Kinsley.