Re: Re: SO GA state finals

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:28:19 -0400

John, you're in pretty heady country if you're close to Mark's HLG
times. I have zero years left in my arm (and shoulder) but I love
catapult gliders. Do you fly catapult now or just HLG?

On 3/16/2013 9:59 PM, John D Koptonak wrote:
>
> Yes!
>
> I've come so close to his times! I'm just not sure how many more years
> I have left in my arm. I would love to better his time. (he flew back
> when Glastonbury was still a Cat 1 site. rules have changed and now
> Glastonbury is a very low Cat 2 site.)
>
> JetKo
>
> *From:*Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *William Gowen
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> *Subject:* RE: [Indoor_Construction] Re: SO GA state finals
>
> Good to hear John! Isn't that where Dr. Drela used to fly?
>
> On Mar 16, 2013 8:46 PM, "John D Koptonak" <gliderguider_at_comcast.net
> <mailto:gliderguider_at_comcast.net>> wrote:
>
> Bill, I'm still chucking low ceiling gliders here in Connecticut at
> Glastonbury High School. We have a couple of other folks also flying them.
>
> John Koptonak
>
> *From:*Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
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> *Subject:* [Indoor_Construction] Re: SO GA state finals
>
> First place for Mr. Perez today!
>
> And actually I don't think there are any other low ceiling glider
> fliers in the Eastern USA besides me. Or if there are I can't find them!
>
> I guess it's just too hard.
>
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 12:51 PM, William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com
> <mailto:wdgowen_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Sebastian did a good job at the state finals today with a two flight
> total of about 54 seconds. I don't know how he placed yet. I stayed
> for about an hour after he flew and didn't see any glider flights
> longer than a few seconds. There were several kit gliders that looked
> nice but the kids had no idea how to make them fly. I guess this isn't
> too surprising when you consider that there are no low ceiling indoor
> glider fliers in this area other than me.
>
>
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