Silver Distance

"Larry Pardue" wrote in message ...

".SGS 1-26


Does anyone notice a trend here? In the United States the impact of the,
little respected, 1-26 has been huge. I think if one goes back through all
the US badges it can be found that it is the dominant US glider.

High performance sure does have its place but I have nothing but the best of
feelings for the 1-26. Fifty years and still going very strong.

Larry Pardue ex owner of 441
Carlsbad, NM

Larry,

I and obviously many of the people posting here feel the same way
about the Ka-8. Ours was an early production number with a steel-tube
built up canopy that only had flat plates of plexi to look through.
My 6'2" made it damned tight inside and I was barely able to turn my
head. Flew in '81 from Bisperode near the Pied Piper town of Hamelin
to the Harz mountains for Silver Distance. I understand the Ka-8 is
flying in Iceland now.

Herb, J7