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Old December 19th 18, 10:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Wow, thats quite some history Bob! I need to read up on wave history a lot more! Did you ever track any of the flights from up in Cowley, Alberta at the so called Diamond Mine? I had my 1st wave flight there about 9 years ago and I was hooked! I also learned a few new acronyms from you-FWIW and YMWV I could decipher but RAS? Silent Leader? Appreciate all your comments and I do look forward to a chamber ride before committing to anything above FL300! This is purely a recreational pursuit and one of several gliding challenges for me but it's definitely not to be taken lightly as my two favorite aviation sayings remind me......1) takeoffs are optional but landings are mandatory &...... 2) I'd rather be on the ground wishing I was in the air than (very high) in air wishing I was on the ground!

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Old December 19th 18, 10:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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FWIW.....for what it's worth
YMMV.....your mileage (situation) may vary
RAS......recreational aviation....Soaring...(this forum where you're posting...)
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Old December 19th 18, 11:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Got the 1st two. RAS, of course-too obvious!

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Old December 20th 18, 12:58 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Yes, I met Ursula. She's married to Tony Burton an active CuNim pilot. I have the book as well but mine is not autographed! Cowley is THE wave destination in Canada.

Wonder if that L-13 you picked up was from CuNim? They sold one to Lee Cook I think flying out of Crystal. ISK if I'm not mistaken. I trained in that ship and I heard it got written off not long after it arrived in CA. Most of the L13s were grounded soon after that. Great 2-place workhorse.

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Old December 22nd 18, 08:08 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Fuzzy memory says the pickup was in BC (Hope?), ultimately destined for
Oklahoma...

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Your fuzzy memory is correct about Hope. You picked up the Vancouver Soaring Associations L-13 C-GZEU. Dearly loved and much missed by me - and many others in the club. It was the first glider I ever flew in, I did my first solo and also made my first flight as a licensed pilot in that ship too. She was essentially timed out though as Transport Canada enforced the factory life limits and getting an extension of 250 hours would have been financially prohibitive. I remember coming out to the airport so you could pick her up. Sorry to hear about the re-entry difficulty and I certainly wish the wing AD hadn't grounded the L-13 a few years later.

I also remember being surprised that the guy who wrote a series of books that I had read multiple times was one of the guys who came to collect the glider!
 




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