Al with his Laser two-meter glider.
Bill with his Primera two-meter glider.
95% RTF glider features 3021 Airfoil
(Somebody Asked)
Hand Launch Golf Event
Al and Bill's Totally Excellent Soaring Adventure
at the 13th Annual Southwest Classic
Phoenix Arizona
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Al with his Laser two-meter glider. |
Bill with his Primera two-meter glider. 95% RTF glider features 3021 Airfoil
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Hand Launch Golf Event |
at Western Skies Country Club |
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| A few of the planes awaiting hand launch golf. | See Al run. He is trying to keep up with his Mirage HL glider. |
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| Skip Miller controls his plane while riding in the golf cart. | That's flexing the old noodle. Foam inserts in the holes were called "noodles". |
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| Joe lines up to hit the noodle. Housing surrounded the golf course closely on two sides of a narrow course. | There were water hazards to go around on the course. Luckily no one crashed in the water. |
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| Top three left to right: Joe Wurts, Paul Anderson, and John Erickson. Joe and Paul had a climatic fly-off with Joe winning in the second and third flights. Paul got amazing launch height for a conventional launch. How he missed the obstacles in the parking lot amazed me. | This plane knocked the ball off the short noodle. |
Main Contest Pictures
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View of sailplanes in front of vendor area. |
View looking between the two rows of vendors. |
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| Four winches with retrievers kept a steady stream of planes going up. |
Now this is the way to get around at a big contest! |
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Mark Howard's Victory C in flight. |
Winch retriever that were used for practice flying before the contest. |
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Bob Avery prepares for another launch. |
Larry looks puzzled to how Bob can fly without a JR radio. |
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| Two electric planes that were demonstrated after the contest. | Unusual pivot wing slope plane in foreground. |
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Close up of hand launch in flight. |
Two hand launches circle close to trees. |
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| And if you are tired of looking at airplane pictures, here is a cute little dog to look at. | Al's bowl of oatmeal, gave him energy to fly all day. |
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| If you didn't stay at the Super 8, this was the next best thing! |
Sharp looking gliders. |
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| Glider flies over stage area. Site is used for outdoor concerts. | Paul Anderson has an awesome overhand launch. |
