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On Sunday, December 2, 2012 11:52:54 AM UTC-8, Evan Ludeman wrote:
On Sunday, December 2, 2012 1:25:01 PM UTC-5, Craig Funston wrote: On Sunday, December 2, 2012 9:25:36 AM UTC-8, Evan Ludeman wrote: On Sunday, December 2, 2012 12:14:06 PM UTC-5, Bob Kuykendall wrote: On Dec 2, 8:49*am, Evan Ludeman wrote: Aw, come on, what's the legend? It's snowing here, time for a good story. Okay, I'll give. However, first a note of caution: The tale begins about thirty years ago, and many of the principals in it are no longer around to set the record straight or to defend their version of it. So I'd prefer to proceed with some caution. Here's the short version: Legend has it that in the 1980s one of the Hutchinson brothers crashed an early Ventus in the mountains somewhere in Southern California. The wreckage changed hands, and after non- structural repairs to restore the exterior contours, was used as a plug to pull a set of molds for a certain composite sailplane kit that appeared in about 1990. What I am trying to do is try to figure out if there is enough institutional memory within the Soaring community to get to the bottom of the case at hand. There is plenty of circumstantial evidence, and plenty of unsupported assertion. But is there anybody who was actually there, who helped retrieve the wreckage, and repair it, and make the molds? The information I have so far suggests that the bulk of this work was done by people from outside the soaring world. So, anybody? Thanks, Bob K. Argh. I was hoping for a fun story. That's not a fun story. T8 Bob, I think it's a fun story. Waiting for the gripping conclusion.. Craig I guess you don't have friends in the Tor Jensen fan club? It's a nightmare story for some. T8 Evan, Thanks for the lead in on that one. I was mercifully uninvolved in the "nightmare" Apologies to those involved for my lack of tact. Craig |
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