My ride for the day cancelled but BASA(Bay Area Soaring Associates) member Peter had two friends out for rides in the high-performance state-of-the-art sailplane, the DG-505.
Awnalee is in the front seat while Peter flies from the rear. They are hooked up to the towrope, Peter's adjusting his glasses, Awnalee is closing her sliding side window and they are almost ready to launch!
After landing Bob came out to trade places with Awnalee for his ride:
Here's a pic showing the wing-span of that sailplane with a glide ratio of 47 to 1:
The private club owns two two-place and three single-place sailplanes with some of them in Truckee during the summer soaring season. Flights of 4 to 5 hours and 300 miles are made in the Sierra!
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