SASS Updraft for March

SASS Updraft

Vol. 11, No. 2, March - April, 1999
(Home Page -- http://www.reddata.com/sass/)
SASS Updraft is published by the Seattle Area Soaring Society (AMA Charter No. 2927), Seattle, Washington. Copyright Seattle Area Soaring Society, 1999. Newsletter address: 12448 83rd Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98178. SASS is dedicated to encouraging and enhancing R/C glider and electric-powered R/C flying in the Seattle area.

- AMA membership is required -

1999 SASS Board of Directors

Bob Brewer, President, 206-935-8692 (airbrew@quidnunc.net)
T.G. (Pete) Hinze, V.P., 425-778-8128 (phinze@juno.com)
Charlie Baumgartner, Treasurer & Memership Focal, 425-746-4924 (baum.cjb@worldnet.att.net)
Paul Measel, Secretary, 425-455-1236 (paul.r.measel@boeing.com)
Mike Dooley, Field Marshall, 206-232-6158
Jeff Johnson, Contest Coordinator, 425-830-0251 (jeffmj@microsoft.com)
Contest Equipment: Ole Skotvold, 487-4032 (ochute@juno.com)
Newsletter Editor: Waid Reynolds, 772-0291 (waid@aa.net)
Library & Rental Equipment: Carol Hazlett, 253-735-9028 (chazlet@msn.com)

REMINDER: IF YOU HAVE NOT YET PAID YOUR 1999 CLUB DUES, PLEASE DO IT SOON.
The Treasurer reports that many of last year's members have not paid their dues for 1999.
You can mail your check or give it to Charlie Baumgartner at the next meeting.
Charlie's address is 4638 133rd Ave. SE, Bellevue WA 98006-2140

Upcoming Club Meetings
Lake Washington School District Board Room, Redmond
7-9 P.M., Monday, May 10^th at Rose Hill Junior High
The following 3 meetings -- June 14^th , July 12^th , August 9^th -- will be held at the flying field
(Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of the month unless otherwise noted)

Upcoming Events At 60 Acres
Fuller's Fabulous 2-Function Thermal Contest #1 - Saturday, May 8
Red's Riotous RC Hand Launch Glider Contest #2 - Saturday, May 15
Johnson's Gigantic Thermal Duration Contest #2 - Saturday, May 29

Lagging Membership Raises Concerns: The lag in renewals of memberships this spring has stimulated concern that making the club newsletter and other club information available on the Internet has reduced the interest in belonging to SASS, and should be discontinued. We doubt that this is a viable explanation, since SASS membership offers so much more than a newsletter. For instance, most RC soaring enthusiasts in the Seattle Area know that keeping SASS strong and active is the key factor in retaining and improving our flying field at 60 Acres. Without the efforts put forth by SASS members over the last ten years, there is little doubt that 60 Acres South would now be a soccer haven. Without SASS there would be no place for newcomers to RC soaring to go for help. There would be no organized contests or fun flies. Without the club meetings as a focal point there would be little opportunity to associate with those who share the same interests.

It would be informative and helpful to hear the opinions of folks who have not rejoined the club. If you know of someone who has "dropped out", please query them as to the reasons. Then, drop me a line at waid@aa.net, or call 206-772-0291 to give me the feedback. Thanks!

Update On Flying Field Status: In this issue you will see that Sherman Knight has taken the time to write up a synopsis of the recent King County Council meeting at which he and President Bob Brewer spoke in defense of retaining 60 Acres as an RC flying field. The feedback from the council was very favorable. One of the issues that came to light is that Parks & Recreation has not prepared a master plan for 60 Acres South as required by law. As you will see by his letter included in this issue, Sherman has requested that the KC Council direct Parks & Recreation to prepare such a plan. SASS intends to play a major role in ensuring that the master plan will contain language which will protect and preserve the continued use of 60 Acres South for RC glider and electric flying. If we are successful in this effort, SASS may never have to stave off another attempted takeover by team sports. We all owe Bob Brewer many, many thanks for his tireless efforts on our behalf. Thanks also go to Sherman for his help and expertise, and for keeping us abreast of developments. With guys like these working to protect our flying field we can't lose!

Parking In The Soccer Lot: The center section of the soccer parking lot has been roped off for our use during the winter months. The arrangement with Dave Halderman is a courtesy to SASS that will work as long as there are no problems with the gate left open or damage to the lot. Access will be through the gate across from our North frequency board. Combination lock 1-1-6-6. Please keep the gate closed during use so as not to invite non-flyers to park there. It will be our responsibility to lock up when done for the day. Contact Bob Brewer about parking permits for your dash board.

Contest Season In High Gear: As evidenced by the density of contests on the event calendar included at the end of this issue, the SASS RC soaring contest season is underway. An HLG contest and a TD contest are already behind us. Both were well attended and enjoyed good weather (we caught La Nina napping). SASS offers a variety of contests and a variety of pilot and glider classes within each contest so that pilots of all skill levels and interests can enjoy participating. Our club contests are low key events intended less for competition and more as a chance to socialize and hone your skills. Of course, even if you compete hard in one of our glider contests you are really competing with yourself in the sense that it is not a head to head type of competition like a marathon. To do well in RC soaring you really have to forget about the other flyers and focus on what you are doing. Our contests are good clean fun, and definitely help to improve flying skills. I hope to see many of you participating in at least one club contest this year. If you aren't sure what they are all about, spend a day watching and helping out at one of the contests. You'll enjoy the experience, while learning all about how a contest runs. Basically, you will see that it all comes down to a bunch of overgrown kids having a good time playing with toy airplanes.

Eagle Butte Slopin' Safari: The few of us who made the pilgrimage to Richland on March 20th were greeted by some of the best slope soaring I have ever seen. About five miles this side of Benton city I felt the wind pick up out of nowhere and try to push the Blazer off the road. It was very apparent that we were in for some fun at Kiona Butte, which is immediately south of Benton City away up on top of the hill. 40 mph north winds directly into the face of Kiona with sunshine, blue sky and shirtsleeve temperatures were the order of the day. As always, the territorial view from 2000 feet above the valley was stunning. Guys showed up from all over Washington and as far away as Eugene -- a good crowd. We couldn't put planes together and charge batteries fast enough. Every pause in flying seemed like an incredible waste of a rare and precious commodity. It was one of those days when you could completely satiate yourself in RC soaring. After darkness finally forced us to call it a day, a group of us finished off this fantastic time with excellent Italian cuisine served at one of Wil Byer's favorite restaurants in Richland.

Sunday started off cold and wet with 45 mph SW wind at Eagle Butte. Dieter Mahlein was already in the air with a very quick Rodent when we arrived at 9 AM. Combat was joined in spite of the rain -- real macho man soaring! Within an hour the rain had let up and the wind was above 50 mph. Lift, needless to say, was not even a consideration. I ballasted up my F-21 Predator foamie with all the lead I could find and wished for more. Every sort of lead sled and foamie was ripping up the sky. We combated and aerobated until our thumbs ached and adrenaline was running low. Before noon the sun decided to shine on us again and the parkas and warmups were shed. This was indeed another wonderful soaring experience. Brewer and I decided to hit the road at 1 o'clock. I heard later that the wind died for about an hour then picked back up for great soaring the rest of the afternoon. If you haven't tried sloping in Richland you are really missing out on some wonderful flying. Remember, you do need to join the Mid Columbia Soarers ($10/year) if you plan to fly at Eagle Butte. This does not apply to Kiona Butte, which is on public lands.

Discovery Park Slope Soaring: Last Saturday, May 1st, (Opening Day) was perfect for slope soaring at Discovery Park in Seattle. The sun was warm. The sky was blue, and the Olympics standing tall and majestic across the sparkling whitecaps on Puget Sound made for an incomparable backdrop. With winds in the mid to high thirties the lift was just what we were looking for. Mike Simon and I were the only ones there -- all that sky just for the two of us -- amazing -- what overwhelming riches. I guess everyone else had other plans for the day, or were frightened away by the rain that fell that morning. Anyway, frequency conflicts we did not have. Mike proceeded to tear up the air with his whistling Avenger, which is heavy enough, hard enough and sharp enough to cut down trees. This is not the fastest slope plane around, but when compared to my ASW-19 and F-21 it seemed to be just short of supersonic. Unfortunately, it is also a real handful when the time comes to return to mother Earth. After a good long flight with lots of exciting high speed passes the Avenger sustained a bit of landing damage. So, we shared my two planes. They seemed pretty tame after the ballistic speeds of the Avenger, but fun nonetheless. It was a wonderful afternoon of flying. It's just too bad that more of you slopeheads weren't able to share it with us.

TS Plague Spreads Uncontrollably: The Twin Star Phenomenon (TSP) is spreading like a plague. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. If you don't already own a Multiplex Twin Star you probably will soon. These little twin speed 400 powered flying beer coolers are just too much fun to ignore. And besides, everybody else has one -- you don't want to be left out! They're the beanie babies of RC electric flying. With the help(?) of John Fuller buying mass quantities of TS's, I too finally succumbed to the TSP and will shortly add another Twin Star to the throng buzzing around 60 Acres annoying the HLG guys. Can't wait to aerotow my first Zagi. Look out Phil!

Don't Toss This Newsletter: If you don't have access to the club's web site, then please -- hang onto this issue! It contains the latest event calendar and meeting calendar, which won't be published again this year. If you should happen to lose it, just get one of your wired buddies to print it from the web for you.

Discounts: I was talking on the phone to Paul Naton and he mentioned that he will discount his Endless Lift 2 - Ultimate Soaring video, normally $24.95, for orders of 3 or more in case some of you want to get together and order several at once. Paul's phone is 541-752-9661. Q

At 7:00 PM April 14th (attending this meeting kept me up all night finishing my taxes) myself, Bob Brewer, Pete Hinze and Lauren Anstead attended a committee meeting of the King County Council. Members of the King County Council either chair or participate in several different committees. This particular committee dealt with proposed amendments to the unincorporated King County Comprehensive Plan. Bob Brewer received an email from somebody over at Parks and Recreation that recommended we attend the meeting.

Once we got there, the only item on the agenda that appeared to affect us was the one modifying the definition of active recreation. Therefore, as recommended by the North Shore Soccer Association, we decided to help them out and recommend that the Mueller Farm be changed from passive to active recreation so they can play soccer on it. Before I spoke, several others from the club spoke about the flying field and the need to maintain its current status.

I also took my Psycho III and set it up in the back of the room. With it turned on and the radio working, I started my testimony by giving a demonstration of the things that we do. The council seemed genuinely interested in the aircraft. I don’t believe anyone but Louise Miller had seen anything quite like it. For once, these individuals were not hearing somebody complaining about the King County Council’s lack of initiative, but instead was listening to a group that was thanking them for giving them a place to play. Once I was done showing off the toys, I started discussing the need to develop the Mueller Farm and allow soccer to be played on it. One of the council members started turning red in the face. Another one started shaking her head. I knew I was in trouble. For the next 10 minutes, I was pummeled. Flat out told that if the flying groups decided to get in bed with active sports and promote the modification of agriculture lands to active recreation that we would probably lose our status at the flying field. I bit my lip (I bit it quite hard) and took it in stride. I then let the committee know that we were there on a recommendation from one of those other associations, which seemed to take the heat off a little bit. I then thanked the committee for setting me straight and that we were hearing a lot of information that we had never heard before.

First, no matter how they zone the Mueller Farm, it will never be used for anything but agriculture property. Apparently, King County purchased the development rights to that property some time ago for 1.4 million dollars. Even if it was zoned commercial, King County owns the development rights and they are not going to release them.

Second, it was quite obvious that the King County Council is tired of hearing from the Organized Sports Associations about the need for additional play fields. Louise Miller spoke at length about the need for individual cities and towns to provide ball fields for the people living within their communities. She used the city of Redmond as an example. Redmond, because it is right next to Marymoor Park, has done little if anything to develop its parks and recreation systems. The city of Redmond only has five softball fields. They just simply send everybody over to Marymoor. I think it is fair to say that Louise Miller was down right pissed off and thinks that King County has done more than its share of developing active sports and that its time for the cities and towns to step up.

Third, another one of the council members spent a fair amount of time talking about the need to become politically involved. Apparently there was a bond issue some years ago that would have provided money or financing for another 100 soccer/softball fields. It failed. According to this particular councilperson, it failed because the active sports associations did absolutely nothing to politically push this bond issue through. They did not do any letter writing campaigns, there were no letters to the editor, no press releases, and no one showed up at public hearings. This particular councilperson's attitude seemed to be one of, if they don’t want to get politically involved then why should we.

Fourth, the same councilperson also said that we would be much better off simply promoting the position that we have been flying at Sixty Acres South for a long time. He recommended that we assemble all the information and data available for the purposes of showing the King County Council that we have been there for a long period of time.

Fifth, we also discovered from statements from the King County Council, that apparently there is a law requiring King County Parks and Recreation to prepare a Master Plan for all of its properties. The club owns a copy of the master plan for Marymoor. It is almost 2 inches thick. So, we asked the King County Council, "how do we initiate the process to obtain a Master Plan for this particular property?" They seemed a little surprised by the question and were really not quite sure. According to one councilperson, it should have been done anyway; it is the law. We were then told by a King County councilperson that we should draft a letter to the King County Council requesting that a motion be made and passed requiring King County Parks and Recreation to prepare a Master Plan on this particular property. He basically said, if we tell them to do it, it will get done.

Sixth, both councilpersons at the meeting pointed out several times, that King County Parks and Recreation does not decide or approve the Master Plan, the King County Council does. Louise Miller was quick to point out, that in the Master Plan assembled by Parks and Recreation for Marymoor, it initially did not contain any language concerning the remote control flying field. She claimed some authorship in the drafting of the amendment not only granting that space to the remote control power clubs, but reducing its review to once every 7 years, and actively requiring Parks and Recreation to locate a new flying site no smaller than 65 acres. It is a pretty impressive amendment.

After the meeting, I talked to one of the council members and Brewer talked with a different one. Louise Miller indicated that the North Shore Soccer Association recently purchased 25 acres for field development. It sounds like the pressure from North Shore for our flying field will probably be reduced or limited.

The other councilperson actually left his seat and came back and talked to Bob and I. He indicated that there was no way that we would lose the designation for the glider field given the current political atmosphere.

All in all, it was the most fruitful meeting I have been to in the last year. We have friends on the King County Council. To that end, I have drafted a letter to the King County Council-persons at the meeting requesting them to make and pass a motion requiring King County Parks and Recreation to perform a Master Plan on the 60 acre south property.

It may not sound like it, but the meeting was extremely productive. We found out that there is a process, which may require King County Parks and Recreation to Master Plan the site. We also found at least two members on the King County Council who are in direct support of our position. Finally, and most importantly, we found out that the King County Council is tired of providing soccer and softball fields to cities and towns who were not providing their own share of services.

The King County Council made it crystal clear, that King County Parks and Recreation does not approve the Master Plan. The King County Council does. Throughout the meeting, the council talked of the need for political involvement. They also made is crystal clear that they are well aware of our situation because of our letter writing campaign. Although I was extremely pleased with what I heard at the meeting, we don't have a Master Plan identifying the field for glider or similar related uses. We need to accomplish that task, and to do that we still need your involvement. Many of you have already written letters to the King County Parks and Recreation. I can tell you, from personal visits, that your letters are in the files and they have had an impact on Parks and Recreation. What we need to do now is to take those letters that you have already written and send copies of them to the King County Council. Their addresses are contained below. I cannot emphasis enough, how disappointed the King County Council seemed to be with active sports because of their failure to participate in the political process. At the moment, it seems to be going our way, but until we can obtain a Master Plan with statements similar to what the Marymoor RC Flying Club received, we will have this fight every time some new association wants to use our field for something other than glider flying.

I want to personally thank all of you who have written letters to King County Parks and Recreation. I wish I had some way to tell you how important those letters have been to our current mission.

Finally, it has become quite clear, that Bob Brewer, through his continuous and unabashed efforts to personally meet and shake the hand of any and every person in the King County Parks and Recreation system that he has done a magnificent job of trumpeting our cause. I hope that when everyone sees him you will go out of your way to thank him for his effort.

Brian Derdowski, Louise Miller King County Council,
King County Courthouse, Rm 1200
Seattle, WA 98104-3272

Re: Meeting attended by councilperson Miller and Derdowski on April 14, 1999 at the Tukwila Activity Center.

I am a member of the Seattle Area Soaring Society and testified at the above referenced meeting. I was the one demonstrated the remote controlled sailplane and discussed the possibilities of making the Mueller Farm available for active recreation. The attendance of the Seattle Area Soaring Society at the meeting was recommended by one on the soccer associations.

The information provided by both of you was informative and explained many the things we have been wondering about, but really did not understand. We were able to return to the association with a lengthy newsletter, which provided more information from one meeting than we have been able to obtain through the attendance of meetings throughout the last year. Thank you.

During that meeting there was a short discussion concerning the requirement of King County Parks and Recreation to perform a Master Plan for each of its properties. To the best of our knowledge, the property know as 60 acre south has not been included in a Master Plan.

We have looked into and are unable to determine if there is a process for obtaining a Master Plan on this particular piece of property. Therefore, through this letter we are requesting the King County Council to make and pass a motion or resolution directing the King County Parks and Recreation to perform a Master Plan on the property known as 60 Acres South.

Thank you again for providing the information at the meeting. We will be sure to pass the information along to our membership and keep them as informed as possible.

Saturday, April 17 was SASS' first HLG contest of the year. The weather started out a bit threatening, but through the power of positive thinking, there was only 1 rain drop felt by the CD. Winds were a factor throughout the day, with many off field landings. Thermals were present, but so was the sink. Most pilots were flying their light lift planes (SD7037 and GM-15 airfoils) but had to be flown to avoid sinking out.

The winning pilot for expert class was Joseph Conrad flying a new sidearm launched plane by designed and launched by Harold Locke. This new plane was easily out launching everyone else in the field. At the end of the day, this plane was donated as a door prize for the sportsperson class pilots (plane won by Mark Bryan). I flew my sidearm launched Glass Err to second place, and Steve Cameron flew his venerable RG-15 to third.

In Sportsman class, the Bryan family rapped up the top two spots. This father-son team (the new Pearsons???) flew their Glass Err's to an easy victory over the rest of the field. Wayne Farwell was able to keep his Climax in one piece for the whole contest and took third. There was a tie for 4th (unheard of out of a possible 7000 points).

Season points will be cumulated, and if this first contest is representative, it should be a good race! We hope to see more people from all over the Northwest for our next contest (May 15th) , email RED (awagner@blarg.net) for more details!

1. Joseph Conrad; H. Locke Special; SD7003 Modified; 6608
2. Adam Weston; Glass Err; GM-15 Modified; 5906
3. Steve Cameron; Orbiter; RG-15 Modified; 5750
4. Dick Barker; Uplink 58(Own Des); SD7037 Modified; 5527
5. Phil Pearson; Sunspot (Own Design); Phil Phoil, SD7080; 5359
6. Jim Pearson; Sunspot; Phil Phoil; 4817
7. Bruce Kimball; Terminator; SD4083; 4591
8. Steve Shumate; Orbiter; SD4061; 4763
9. Tim Naugler; Encore; S6063; 755 (DNF)

1. Jonathan Bryan; Glass Err; GM-15 Modified; 6565
2. Mark Bryan; Glass Err; GM-15 Modified; 6116
3. Wayne Farwell; Climax; SD7037; 4618
4. Tim Johnson; Illusion; 4399
4. Al Bangham; Own Design; SD7037; 4399
6. Lauren Anstead; Monarch D; 3379
7. Todd Long; Monarch D; 0(DNF) Q

SASS April 24 TD Contest Results
By David Beardsley (David.A.Beardsley@gte.net)

We lucked out with a beautiful, warm summer day generating many good thermals. Most of the flyers had a good time working on the challenging tasks (up to 15 minutes in length) set forth by the "evil" CD, Jeff Johnson.

These local contests are always casual and fun (when the weather cooperates) events. Lots of socializing, including ample quantities of BS, is the order of the day. If you haven't flown in a TD contest you should come out and give it a try. It's a nice way to spend the day.

Hats off to Pete Hinze in particular for mowing the grass, then running retriever all day followed by helping with the tear down at the end of the day. Dick McDonald was also a big help as retriever operator. Thanks to Jeff for smoothly handling the CD duties. Results follow...

The 1999 Spring Tune-Up was hosted by Oakalla Hawks on April 17, 1999 at the Anderson Turf Farm near Mission, B.C. The weather was beautiful, as was the scenery. Lift was hard to find and very light. Achieving the task times was often a challenge. The results:

May 10, 1999	Rose Hill
June 14, 1999	Outdoors at 60 Acres
July 12, 1999	Outdoors at 60 Acres
August 9, 1999	Outdoors at 60 Acres
September 13, 1999	Rose Hill
October 11, 1999	Rose Hill
November 8, 1999	Rose Hill
December 13, 1999	Rose Hill
Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Q

Updates: World Speed Trials; Wallowa Lake Alpine Soaring
By Wil Byers (wilbyers@aol.com)

WORLD SPEED TRIALS: June 11, 12, 13, possible extra day June 14. I just got word today Espen Torp and two other international "SPEEDSTERS" will be attending the 1999 Speed Trials in the Tri-Cities. This boosts our numbers and level of competition by about 3 notches on the competition ladder. Espen is known for piloting real fast models on the slope and promises to add another dimension of excitement to the first-ever event.

Additionally, the 1999 World Speed Trials will be videotaped for a future edition of REAL TV. This means the fastest airplane/pilot in the world will get his/her flight on TV, hopefully. We can't speak for the editors of REAL TV but I can tell you we will see some spectacular passes; and, moreover we will see some spectacular crashes. I absolutely can't wait to hear the high pitched scream of these models plunging out of the sky towards base "A". Please register as soon as possible. Remember, this event is for a big cash purse and a huge trophy.

WALLOWA LAKE ALPINE SOARING: July 9, 10, 11, 12. The 1999 WLAS event promises to be even bigger and better than last year; albeit, this is going to be a "relaxed / laid back" fun event. It will feature aerotowing, alpine soaring, electric airplanes of all flavors, and as much fun with models and family as you can stand. I personally challenge all entrants to a go-cart race after the flying has stopped each day. The loser is buying the beer or wine!

Today I talked with the mayor of Enterprise, Ms Susan Roberts. She was more than excited to have the R/C soarers coming back for 1999. Further, she said she would be meeting with the county parks department to discuss recreational activities scheduled for 1999, of which ours is part. We discussed our need for a mowed landing apron adjoining the Joseph airport and she assured me this would be included in her discussions with the parks people and that she was confident we would have an apron mowed for us. Additionally, we may be able to use the Enterprise airport for aerotowing. This is good news in that it is surrounded by large open fields, however, it is also a somewhat more active airport; it has five planes land a day instead of two.

Also, she felt confident both Mt. Howard and the Memaloose airstrip would be open for "alpine soaring the likes of which you have never seen!" For those who haven't been to Mt. Howard or Memaloose, the vertical rise to Mt. Howard is 4100 feet (a gondola takes you and your airplanes to the top). The vertical rise at Memaloose is only at 3895 feet (dirt road to flying site). This site is overlooking Hells canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. Come and you will have a chance to pilot your model over it. The view is worth the drive alone. For those who are interested, the elevation at Mt. Howard is 8350, Memaloose 6710, and the Joseph airstrip 4130. We'll also be having a group dinner together on Saturday night to see who has the bragging rights to say they got their model the highest. The winner will walk away with a yet undetermined prize (suffice it to say we'll get something worth the effort).

For more information please visit the Wallowa website at: www.wallowa.com or www.semodeler.com. Both events are being brought to you by the Mid-Columbia Soarers, Enterprise Chamber of Commerce and S&E Modeler magazine. Q

Last Saturday and Sunday ( March 27 and 28) the Viewers Choice Model Airplane Show was again held at the Museum Of Flight. There were 27 entries for the show -- all kinds of airplanes from Spitfires to trainer planes. Some came from as far away as Oregon. I had the first public showing of my 1909 Demosielle. It was finished early this year and was waiting for this show to be displayed. I Plan to have Chuck Clemens fly the thing this spring at Marymoor while I shoot video of its first flight. Chuck has built and flown two of this model of airplane. He was most helpful in furnishing me drawings and support during its scratch building. The Demosielle was a star plane in the 1963 movie "Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines" Was used in the first cross Channel race between London and Paris in 1910.

I also brought my ATV camera/transmitter equipped Shuttle ZX to the show. And, also brought my electric powered glider the Spectra (last year I entered my old training glider Skeeter). Again for the second year there were no other choppers or gliders at the show, so I took two first place awards and a second place award for my Demosielle.

It is a shame the visitors to the Museum do not get to see some of the absolutely beautifully built gliders from the SASS group at that show. I figure there must be 50 or more gliders built and owned by members of SASS. I have seen them out at 60 Acres and at the SASS meetings. The construction is FIRST CLASS. Second to none. Maybe next year there will be more than one glider there from the SASS group.

Now that the daylight hours are getting longer I hope to attend the SASS meetings again. I have reached that age that I do not feel safe driving in the NW dark rainy nights to a meetings either Marymoor or SASS!!!

So till then 73's es CUL DE Louis in Bellevue. PS: after finishing the Demosielle early this year I began building a 1992 ACE/RC kit of the Extra 230 30% scale, for a stunt pilot in San Diego CA. About 80 percent finished at this time. Q

We've got the goods on Brewer this time! This is the aftermath of his Dove crashing on top of his car! (Dennis Otter photo)	Jeanee and Ole Skotvold -- two of our very favorite glider Folk! (Dennis Otter Photo)
Happy Russ Lee with favorite sailplane (Dennis Otter Photo)

2M (Combined expert/sportsman) Waid Reynolds 4848 Jeff Johnson 4243 Dave Beardsley 4172 Paul McKee 3285 Lauren Anstead 1847	Open Sportsman Paul McKee 3383 C. Baumgartner 3171 John Fuller 2839 Eric Dye 2762 Bob Eagan 1551 Dick Bannen 770
Open Expert Sherman Knight 4806 Pavel Brzak 4785 Dave Beardsley 4202 Jeff Johnson 4072 Ole Skotvold 3964 Waid Reynolds 3453 Q