Paul Remde wrote:
Hi Tony,

Congratulations on the nice flight.

In my opinion, there are no "crappy" gliders. I'm sure the Cherokee II is a
lot of fun!

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde


Tony,

I'll echo what Paul said. Congrats on a great flight. Hope you are
surprised to find that you achieved the Silver Altitude as well.

Back about 1974, I was a fresh Commercial Glider pilot, giving rides
and intro lessons at Calistoga Soaring, and there was a morning that
not much was going on. Two old gentlemen were putting a nice looking
Cherokee II together and having a bit of difficulty with it, so I
volunteered my strong (at that time) back to help. We got it together,
then I got some work to do, and didn't think much about it. Later in
the afternoon during another lull, they came over and asked if I wanted
to fly their glider. I was shocked and amazed that they would ask, but
of course said yes. I had a nice 1/2 hour flight , and found it to fly
a lot like the 1-26 that I had flown. I asked them why they would
offer that opportunity to me, and they said that they had asked Jim
Indrebo, the gliderport operator, about me, and he said it was OK. I
doubt that they are still around to read this, but I certainly have
fond memories of that day. Their names are in my logbook somewhere,
and I hope that the glider is still making people happy.

Speaking of Jim, does anybody have an email address for him or his son
Rick? I'd like to see if I can jog either of their memory enough to
remember me.

Ed