Sailplane pilot who wandered across the Iron Curtain in the 1960's.

On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 5:17:24 AM UTC-8, wrote:
I didn't get to watch much TV as a kid, my dad made me sit in my room and read books with a dictionary and Thesaurus, hence my magnificant SAT verbal score, but I digress. I find Youtube to be quite entertaining, moreso than much of current crop of garbage on TV and in watching some old shows I came across an edition of "To Tell the Truth," featuring a sailplane pilot who accidently flew into commie land during a World Championship in Germany in 1960 or thereabouts. Go to YOUTUBE and search for "To Tell The Truth, Sailplane pilot." Guy's name was Dick Streeter of Strieter... Perhaps some of the older guys here might have known him.

Walt Connelly
Former Tow Pilot
Now Happy Helicopter Pilot

Seeing this thread, I half expected a link to a famous escapate by a regular poster on the board, John Firth.

Here is the link, to an article written by Christine Firth in 1978, about John's adventure in the 1972 World Contest in Yugoslavia.

https://www.wgc.mb.ca/static/freeflight/78_03.pdf

Page 20, "Excapades".

Ah, the good old days!

Bruce Friesen