This and That

Two questions:

1. As I load my car for a trip to the airfield for
one day of flying, I wonder how the families loaded
up for a week or two of competition, back in the day
when families went to the competition. From the book
about Dick Schreder, written by his daughter (an EXCELLENT
book, by the way, called '10,000 Feet and Climbing')
I understand that the whole family attended the contests.
So, in the 60's and 70's and maybe the early 80's,
how in the world did the competitors get all their
stuff not only for themselves but for their families
in their cars? Were they driving big land yachts back
then? I wouldn't think so. I have a mental image
of big ol' station wagons (I think they are called
estate cars or shooting brakes in the UK???) loaded
to the gills and pulling some big trailer. Maybe a
roof rack full of stuff?

Heck, my car is full when I, traveling alone, go for
a week. Maybe it's a good thing my wife doesn't go,
because I would have to buy a bigger car to take her
and her stuff.

2. Chip Garner mentioned the Europeans have a buggier
problem than we do in America. And their bugs end
up contaminating their wings much more so there than
they do here. So, why is it, at least in Germany and
Belgium where I lived for a total of five years (thank
you , oh thank you, U.S. Air Force!), their homes don't
have insect screens?

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
(As you might expect, I'm not flying today due to thunderstorms
around the area...)

On Jul 7, 2:26 pm, Ray Lovinggood
wrote:
Two questions:

1. As I load my car for a trip to the airfield for
one day of flying, I wonder how the families loaded
up for a week or two of competition, back in the day
when families went to the competition. From the book
about Dick Schreder, written by his daughter (an EXCELLENT
book, by the way, called '10,000 Feet and Climbing')
I understand that the whole family attended the contests.
So, in the 60's and 70's and maybe the early 80's,
how in the world did the competitors get all their
stuff not only for themselves but for their families
in their cars? Were they driving big land yachts back
then? I wouldn't think so. I have a mental image
of big ol' station wagons (I think they are called
estate cars or shooting brakes in the UK???) loaded
to the gills and pulling some big trailer. Maybe a
roof rack full of stuff?

Heck, my car is full when I, traveling alone, go for
a week. Maybe it's a good thing my wife doesn't go,
because I would have to buy a bigger car to take her
and her stuff.

2. Chip Garner mentioned the Europeans have a buggier
problem than we do in America. And their bugs end
up contaminating their wings much more so there than
they do here. So, why is it, at least in Germany and
Belgium where I lived for a total of five years (thank
you , oh thank you, U.S. Air Force!), their homes don't
have insect screens?

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
(As you might expect, I'm not flying today due to thunderstorms
around the area...)

I started racing about 1969 and in 1970 bought my first motorhome a
20 foot Pace Arrow. We (wife, 4 kids, 2 dogs) wore it out as we flew
in contests in Ephrata, Marfa, El Mirage and (as my children have said
ever after) other garden spots of America.

Gary Kemp

Motor homes were not art of the scene in the 50s and
early 60s. Towing speeds were 55mph, suppposedly,
people didn't carry as much stuff, flights weren't
as long. A large family car did serve the purpose.

At 21:54 07 July 2007, wrote:
On Jul 7, 2:26 pm, Ray Lovinggood
wrote:
Two questions:

1. As I load my car for a trip to the airfield for
one day of flying, I wonder how the families loaded
up for a week or two of competition, back in the day
when families went to the competition. From the book
about Dick Schreder, written by his daughter (an EXCELLENT
book, by the way, called '10,000 Feet and Climbing')
I understand that the whole family attended the contests.
So, in the 60's and 70's and maybe the early 80's,
how in the world did the competitors get all their
stuff not only for themselves but for their families
in their cars? Were they driving big land yachts
back
then? I wouldn't think so. I have a mental image
of big ol' station wagons (I think they are called
estate cars or shooting brakes in the UK???) loaded
to the gills and pulling some big trailer. Maybe
a
roof rack full of stuff?

Heck, my car is full when I, traveling alone, go for
a week. Maybe it's a good thing my wife doesn't go,
because I would have to buy a bigger car to take her
and her stuff.

2. Chip Garner mentioned the Europeans have a buggier
problem than we do in America. And their bugs end
up contaminating their wings much more so there than
they do here. So, why is it, at least in Germany
and
Belgium where I lived for a total of five years (thank
you , oh thank you, U.S. Air Force!), their homes
don't
have insect screens?

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
(As you might expect, I'm not flying today due to
thunderstorms
around the area...)

I started racing about 1969 and in 1970 bought my
first motorhome a
20 foot Pace Arrow. We (wife, 4 kids, 2 dogs) wore
it out as we flew
in contests in Ephrata, Marfa, El Mirage and (as my
children have said
ever after) other garden spots of America.

Gary Kemp

Look at the trailers back then...Not the sleek ones we have
today...And you could fit a LOT more junk in there!! Ask any 1-26er
who has an enclosed trailer how much is in there... :-)

I wouldn't know for a fact, I was born in '76, and did not start
racing sailplanes 'till 93, but I'm just taking a guess.

-Mitch

Ray Lovinggood wrote:
2. Chip Garner mentioned the Europeans have a buggier
problem than we do in America. And their bugs end
up contaminating their wings much more so there than
they do here. So, why is it, at least in Germany and
Belgium where I lived for a total of five years (thank
you , oh thank you, U.S. Air Force!), their homes don't
have insect screens?

This one's easy - all our bugs are up at height, throwing themselves at
wings, whereas yours stay low and invade your house.