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Old February 21st 12, 06:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Steve Leonard[_2_]
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Default Two unique sailplanes

On Feb 20, 8:12*pm, wrote:

I did as you suggested and had a very nice conversation with Mr.
Monaghan, the designer, builder and owner of the Osprey. The Osprey
still exists and is safe and sound on it's trailer although it has
been many years since it has been flown. He did take it to a local
Airfest *a few years ago and set it up for display, so it does still
go together. Mr. Monaghan has a power license now and owns a 1939
Luscombe and a GlasStar as well. At age 67, he still flies and still
has that infectious sense of humor that came through in his Soaring
Magazine article from so many years ago. What a fine and gracious
gentleman to accept a call from a nutty glider enthusiast half a
country away!-


Great to hear! I, too, have contacted other glider pilots "out of the
blue". Only once did I get a growl from the other end. But, that was
not from the glider pilot, but apparently from his ex-wife! I got to
meet Frank Kelsey that way. Blind contact, half way across the
country, then as luck would have it, work to me to very near him, so I
got to meet him in person. What a wonderful and inventive man he was!

So, for the rest of you who are interested in learning a bit more
about something you have seen, don't hesitate to contact the person
mentioned. I had many wonderful conversations with AJ Smith and
George Moffat from these "out of the blue, half a continent away"
contacts.

Steve Leonard