Carl is the father of US handicap soaring. He wrote the first rules, crunched the first handicap numbers and CD'd the first sports class contest at Air Sailing in 1975 and annually ther after. Carl would announce the minimum distance for the scratch ship and then we would divide our own handicap into the scratch distance to see how far we must go that day. Then we went through the Green Book to find a triangle that was greater than our required distance. The Red Book showed a sketch of all turn points with glider position and photo target. Using Carl's rules there was an all sports contest at El Marage and Montigue, then the first Sports Class Nationals at Minden in 1978.
The sports owes Carl more than words can express. Good Finish, Good Contest, Good Life,........ONE VICTOR
JJ