Show fJ Sanpete Discovers A New Sport J r A group of glider gilder enthusiasts j flew for the first U time me at the 1 Mantl Ephraim Airport Saturday Satur Satur- Saturday e.- e. day and already the airport w c is the base of the largest club of this kind In Utah i if There are approximately 20 people in the r group some of i F whom come from Salt Lake City and Provo w W W. W W W. W Steinman and Rex r Petersen Manti Mantl and Ross Hanf Hansen Han Han- f sen Hal Hansen Harvey Draper T 4 r and Wayland Gray Ephraim t t are among those participating r in Sanpete's newest sport Leon Dusty Provo helped r generate area Interest in gliding gliding r ing and glider manufacturers Bruno Houfe Haufe and Klaus Hill Utah brought three I F gliders and a winch launch to the 1 Ephraim ManU Airport to test I flying conditions Saturday and I J Sunday The local club has rented I f I one of the gliders a training plane built bum by the Schweitzer I J Company of New i rowed the launch to serve as a i model for building its own winch which i is now near com com- 1 f Y W. W W W. W Steinman reports that i j j of three launching methods methods an an I 1 airplane tow an automobile tow j i and a winch tow tow the the winch tow like that used at the Sanpete airport is safest i He says that conditions for i gliding which became popular I i in Germany after World War i iII I II when allied forces banned j i I motorized air travel are I dealin Ideal deal in the Sanpete Valley The worlds world's longest planned two man round trip flight was made through the area j i i from Cedar City to Helper I j Utah from a national meet at Cedar City The gliders glider's I goal is to catch a lift lift from updrafts in the air I after he has been launched at 1500 feet His favorite day Is a cloudy day when air currents are I strong Once he finds a favorable favorable favorable favor- favor favorI I able current he may remain in the sky for an Indefinite I period of time Ume I Houfe Haufe and Hill tutors to the I I local glider club learned their sport as boys in their native Germany I W W. W W. W Steinman encouraged local youths to learn about gliding I ing at approaching Saturday and andt t Sunday meetings I We e would hope that because 14 years of age is the minimum minimum minimum mini mini- I i mum that perhaps local youth I F groups would catch on to this sport and we would invite them j to come out j. j I to f 1 Y 1 n Steven Dusty and Leon Dusty Provo and Stevie Kay Stein- Stein mann Ephraim stand before the training plane rented by local glider enthusiasts r r i 3 6 1 f li t r F Jt I t r M ice Its It's up up and away for a glider towed by an airplane at Heber Utah y ra n 1441 y w 4 r i Winch launch used as a model for Sanpete's first glider launch |