Volume 16 No 1 Feb 1965.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

The Boomerang.from a light-weight and stable olasticmaterial. . .A feature of the Boomerang is theall-flying high-aspect-ratio swept tailplane.This offers considerable reductionsin taih:dane drag at high speeds, thesweepback being used to increase thetail movement and improve stable flightcharacteristics with a normal fuselagelength. Two versions are planned-thefirst to have a skid and wheel undercarriageand the second to have a singleforward wheel only.Push-rod controls are used throughoutwith the e)Cception of cables to the rudder,wheel brake and release.The prototype £8·60 was due for itsfirst flight at the end of November.CANADA (Gatineau)DESPITE the lateness of the seasonand the uncertain fall weather, fieldactivities have remained at a high level.The following students have re«ntlysolocd: Paul Korzeniowski. Julius Kurfurst,Les Galko, Zig Galko and IanWhyte.The conditions are still conducive togood training, and we will be active aslong as weather permits. .The mountains do not come to Pendleton,so perforce the soaring pilots mustgo to the mountains. The mountains inthis case being the Green ones at Sugarbushin Vermont. Several intrepidG.G.c. pilots have ventured south totry for the Gold at the end of the rainbow,with such success that Gold Cshave bee.n l falling left and right, makingthe wearmg of hard hats all but a necessity.Those recently completing theirGold C's with the 3,OOo-metre climbare: Shorty Boudreault, Ed Laenen,Stan Rys, John Chesbrough and PeterNicholls. Dave Parsey (late SouthdownGliding Club) and Peder Mortensen alsomade their Gold C climbs. However,Gold is where you find it and some ofus are still searching. A. B.33