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Old July 3rd 07, 10:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell
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Chip Bearden wrote:
On Jul 2, 9:18 pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Chip Bearden wrote:

It's not well known that when the LS-3
and ASW 20 first appeared here in the US around 1977, the '3 was the
hot ship to have.

Even though George Moffat won the 15 M nationals at Ephrata in 1976,
using an ASW 20?


Yeah, there are always exceptions.

Actually, I think George's win was in 1978.


You are right, as a search of Soaring magazine archives
(http://soaringweb.org/Soaring_Index) reveals. Dang, I can't remember
stuff that's only 30 years ago?


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