Around 1975, Jerry Nedower flew his 3rd diamond in a BG-12/16. I
believe his flight was; Minden, Independance, Hawthorne. I tried the
same flight in my Duster, but landed at the north end of the Whites at
Nicholes ranch. As I waited for my crew, I came up with the 'big plan'
to use the Whites as much as possible. The next week I declared a road
intersection on the east side of Owens lake that allowad me to fly the
Whites twice. It worked and I got my diamond distance with a landing
at Janies Ranch (a house of ill repute) just off highway 6 on the
north end of the Owens Valley. I used the same strategy when planning
my 1000K flight out of Minden, except this time I used the Whites 4
times! Minden to Seragordo Mine to Schuez to USAF Radar with a planned
landing at Bishop. I worked and the LS-7 did itself proud.
JJ

cursingcomputers wrote:

The "guy" who got all his diamonds in the Duster is, if I remember
correctly, the over modest JJ Sinclair


To Matt in Ames: I have to admit, I laughed mighty hard when I read
that! And here's me naively saying 'you know there was this guy who
did 2 Diamonds in a BG-12.' They probably flew over the same ground
and knew each other personally as well. I've read several JJSinclair
posts in various forums, and have made a guess that he's got a barn
full of enough parts to build several planes, but I didn't know the
name in connection to the Soaring article. I haven't had the pleasure
of reading that particular one. I have read about the "Cherokee Kid"
though. He has stories of flying his plane I think on his flying
club's website......Just found the link in my Bookmarks. Is that your
club as well?



As to the BG-12 group, I somehow missed its existence for quite a long
time and had just joined the day of or the day before the original
post in this thread. I'll try to email you.