Finding Francis Rogallo

Chuck,

Rosemary and I managed to squeeze in on Friday night and were there 30 minutes
before the gate opened on Sat. Had a chance to see all of the temp. exhibits.
Most of the Wright Brothers stuff was old news, as I've been following its
evolution for 7 years now. But the old museum got cleaned up very well, and
they finally put the left 1903 prop and the original engine block back on
display. It was very interesting to see them.

On the walk back from the bus stop to the hotel, we had a chance to see a pair
of HG's. They were working the ridge lift off the beach side of the Ramada Inn
and then sliding back over to the "hump" on the south side of the John Yancey.
Very impressive. Sorry you didn't get to make it. I'll send ya a few pics as
soon as I can get mine developed.

Merry Christmas,
Harry

PS: Two Polack pilots were trying to land an airliner at a new field. On the
first approach, they touched down on the edge of the runway, but soon ran out
of asphalt and had to go around. On the second attempt, the co-pilot stood on
the brakes, but again, the plane ran out of runway, and the pilot had to go
around again. On the third attempt, the co-pilot again stood on the brakes,
while the pilot applied full- reverse thrust. Amid a cloud of tire smoke and
screaming engines, the plane slid to a halt just before running off the runway.
The pilot turned to the co-pilot and said, "Man, that's the shortest runway
I've ever landed on." The co-pilot replied, "Yeah, but did you notice how damn
wide they made it... s'gotta be 2 friggin' miles!"