Silver Distance

Silver in 1-26E #615

Gold with Diamond Goal flight in 1-26B #192

Kevin R. Anderson
1-26B 192
HP-18


"S.B." wrote in message ...
Graham Hodgson wrote:

What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?

A K8 in Lincolnshire, England.

Silver Distance, Altitude and Duration.. SGS 1-26C #446
BT

"Graham Hodgson" wrote in
message ...
What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?

Bryan.. are you still in NV?
BT

"Bryan" wrote in message
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Schweizer1-26 from what was then Henderson Sky Harbor, NV, to Searchlight,
NV. I arrived with only 10,000 feet to spare. I'm a little bit
conservative.


"Graham Hodgson" wrote in
message ...
What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?

Graham Hodgson wrote:
What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?



SZD 51-1 Junior VH-XOC, yes I know I'm a wimp, a glass glider and an IGC logger.

You can see the log of my Silver Distance flight he

http://ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au/~gjo...e_flights.html

and laugh at my inefficiency.

Greg O'Sullivan

LP-49, N39LP.

"Graham Hodgson" wrote in
message ...
What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?

".SGS 1-26 #340 (9933J)
Windermere gliderport to Lampassas, Texas.
Took about an hour and a half and arrived over Lampassas at 8500 feet at the
bottom of a cloud.
Shoulda kept going for gold but didn't see the opportunity. Too focused on
the task at hand. Used barograph and landing card (no GPS in those days).
Cheers!, Pete

1-26.
All three legs.
With a distance penalty no less (no kidding!).

".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

if you do Silver.. in the southwest US.... in anything but a 1-26.. it's
cheating..
check out the number of 1-26 pilots that have all three diamonds in a 1-26
BT

"Larry Pardue" wrote in message
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".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

Graham Hodgson wrote:
What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?

Annebula. A 15 meter homebuilt with a Stan Hall Cherokee fuselage and
a new wing. Built by my dad. Flown by him and all three of his sons
on various badges up to and including all three Diamond legs. From
Kansas.

Altitude was in a TG-3A. Duration in a Slinsgby Swallow. So far,
each badge has had each leg in a different sailplane. What to use for
the Diamond altitude....

Steve Leonard