For those of you who missed the Concordia presentation....it was
great. It was so exciting to hear the first half of a "story that is
in the writing" as multiple elite aersospace engineers are coming
together to build a glider that is another quantum leap into the
future. Dick Butler will no doubt kick some tail when this glider is
up and running. I will be cheering him on as he blows past all of us
at 75/1 L/D. It is truely the story of an American Dream coming true.

This glider is so dang bad to the bone, that I firmly believe when it
shows up for contests in the future, all other glider pilots will
throw in the towel and forfeit immedately upon first glance at this
motorless-rocketship.

Other than that Moffat had a speech about his days when he was burning
the gelcoat off the wings. The Perlan exhibit was exciting as they
are attempting to set a rediculously high altitude record of 90,000
feet over the southern tip of South America on a wind condition that
only happens 3 times a year. The Perlan pilot was a wingman with
Steve Fosset.

It was my first time to attend a convention and it just adds salt to
my wound in the fact that we still have a few more weeks of cabin
fever to endure before we set off on more cross country flights.
Spring is almost here and I can't hardly wait!