At 13:42 09 June 2004, Graham Hodgson wrote:
What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?


LS-1d from Harnett County Airport to Ball Field, both
in eastern North Carolina, USA. Distance: about 90
kilometers. Aerotowed back. The cross-country aerotow
was my first long distance tow and it was more frightful
than the flight up. I should have left the landing
gear extended and popped the spoilers open. I ended
up with WAAAAAAY too much slack in the rope and pulled
the release. After the panic subsided, I was able
to find enough lift to get me the 30 or 35 kilometers
remaining to the home field.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA