Haven's blog

I was going through some old pics and found these showing some of the Wabash Valley Soaring Associates dealing with some challenging weather conditions during a visit to the front range of Colorado operating out of Owl Canyon Gliderport. Some found it necessary to land in places other than runways!

One might think the pilot landed on the road but actually he landed it where he should have, in the nice "wet" field where there were no fence posts or wires to catch the long wings which were carried out, over the fence, one by one and are already loaded in the trailer. The fuselage was fun to lift over the fence as well! That is the pilot's crew member standing by dutifully while his pilot documents the event for posterity.

This pilot picked a nice field across the street from its owner and was rewarded with a visit from an interested and curious child. We were able to maneuver the trailer so that the glider could be taken apart and stowed easily as designed. Nevertheless he bought those club members who helped a nice steak dinner as is the custom!
This all happened in the summer of '95 and the nice Pegasus shown here is now being flown by me periodically as a member of the Bay Area Soaring Associates who fly their six different gliders out of Hollister and Truckee in CA.