Soaring magazine gives regular prominence to Schweitzer gliders,
which the rest of the world has forgotten.


At 00:49 02 October 2014, Mark628CA wrote:
I just received my October Soaring magazine with my report on the
2014 OLC
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League standings. It was printed with an accompanying photo of a
bunch of
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-26 gliders on the ground. I had nothing to do with the photo
selection,
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d I consider it to be an insult to the thousands of pilots worldwide
who
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d their best to compete in this prestigious speed competition.

The 1-26 has an advantageous handicap due to its low
performance. Using it
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to illustrate the OLC League is ridiculous. The 1-26 Association (nice
guys=
all- no offense intended) finished 79th in the Worldwide League
standings.

I would have been happy to provide an appropriate photo of a
modern glider
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at speed to accompany the article, but I was not consulted, and I
did not
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xpect the article to be published so prominently.