Final Glide

On April 13th, 2004 "Slim" left us on his final glide at the Ohio Veterans Home at age 89 due to complications of Alzheimer's disease. Our friend "Slim" attained highly [...]

Edward H. Butts, Jr. passed away on March 28, 2004. He had a distinguished career in military aviation spanning 24 years, and in soaring for most of his adult life. [...]

On June 9th Nevada Soaring Association (NSA) held a memorial for one of our cherished glider pilots, Alex Burnette, call sign Watermelon who had recently passed away. We flew his [...]

Dezso George-Falvy, age 74, died at his home on Mercer Island on Saturday, July 29, 2001 after a long illness. A loving father, a devoted husband and a brilliant aeronautical [...]

Norman H. Ellison was born on September 11, 1931 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, the son of Robert and Lilian Ellison. He was raised in England where he attended school. He [...]

I would like to thank you very much for writing a very nice article about William Harris several years ago. I knew, at that time, that Bill was sick and [...]

Irv has long been recognized throughout the world as a pioneer in glider design. He was responsible for a long line of next generation gliders, enabling soaring enthusiast, like myself, [...]

LeRoy D. Peterson, a resident of Webberville, Michigan died of heart failure late Friday, June 8, 2001 at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. Mr. Peterson, 74, was the founder and [...]

Soaring, like most other sports, can have its happy moments and its sad times. When you retire a sailplane you have second thoughts, "Should I?" When a member retires and [...]

Mike Luckey left us Monday night, August 14, in his sleep. Mike was an avid builder-pilot. He built and flew a Petenpaul, a Woodstock, a Wagaero 2+2 and an ASC [...]