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Old December 9th 09, 12:24 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tim Taylor
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Default Mystery of crashed glider in Arizona

On Dec 8, 5:18*pm, Mike wrote:
On Dec 8, 4:50*pm, David wrote:

I does look somewhat like the Edelweiss, except that the Edelweiss was
a standard class, no flaps. *Perhaps this was an alien (i.e. Roswell
type) modification.


David Martin


Also the Edelweiss was a mostly wood ship, except for the ailerons.

My first guess was the Edelweiss also, then I saw the flaps and
notieced that it was not shredded wood on the wings, but paint and
filler.


The C34 I believe had flaps

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