[LASS Soaring] "BIG Lee is no DS virgin any more! "

[GordySoar at aol.com]

Our little Lee (page 7 this months MA:-) is now a fully  authorized DS'r!  
 
The Frankfort slope was cranking all day, should have set up my 8 hour  
yesterday!  We flew for 7 straight as it was, but various ships. I had a  Pike 
Superior, an oldy but goody RNR Synergy Xtail, the Mini Pike that I got  from the 
boys in CA via Ebay and of course the mandatory one or two minutes of  time 
wasted with an Easy Glider.
 
Lee had a converted ex-electric 60" vtail (tower hobby thing), a old 2m  
Falcon full house that Ed Wilson had built( and turns out its a slick/quick  slope 
ship!) and he flew most of my stuff and Tony Utley's combat wing  throughout 
the day.
 
He'd been asking about the backside since Bruce likes to wear out the  groove 
most of the day and I do my humble best, so once we had his stuff tuned  up 
and checked out, I took over and did a few demo spins, then turned it over to  
him.  He was nervous because our DS slope has a flat field backside, no dip  
to drop into. Its knife edge circles dipping near the ground on the backside of 
 the circle...with some occasionally really hairy turbulence that threatens 
to  push your ship down onto terra firma!
 
"I could'a been a contenda" for my LSF5 8, but instead I was Lee's  
friend....as was Tony.
 
A really good day had by all.  It was dark and late when I got him to  his 
house (his belly full of some Steak and Shake along the way) and while he  
wasn't sleeping, he was ready :-).
 
You should'a been there! ;-)
Gordy
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