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Hangola December 19, 1998

I visited Manquin on Friday and Saturday. On friday I had a tail put on the Super Sport. On Saturday I flew it twice. The tow was straight forward. Basically you just have to keep the glider pointed at the truck and flying a little faster than trim.

Flying with a tail fin was a lot different than without one and also a lot different than I expected. The glider carries much more inertia into and out of the turn. During the first flight I had difficulty squaring the corners and getting the wings level when coming out of the turn. This all resulted in an ignanamous but harmless whack. I flew the second flight much faster, and without incident.

Steve Wendt seems to have his operation down to a fairly precise science. You might want to look things over on some sunny SW day. He's about 75 miles from the Hwy 234 exit off of I 95.

Dan.

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