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Show Sailplane Enthusiasts Meet at Cedar !n Attempt at New World Records Ed Mlghelll, Palmdale, Cal-1 .f. a sailplane enthusiast who et two world records in Cedar Jity in June 1967 has returned return-ed this year in company with a host of other experts in an attempt to sot additional records. re-cords. Seven of the sailcraft are in the area and expect to remain through the remainder of the month in attempts at estab lishing a series of records. Among the participants is Minghelli who set two records re-cords last year, and five other pilots from that area,. plus a ,ialt Lake pilot and another world record holder from West Germany. The German pilot in addition addi-tion to attempting world records re-cords will also be shooting for Germany records since he is still a citien of that country. coun-try. Its a facinating sport, and that's exactly what it Is, a sport. As pointed out by Larry Lar-ry Winterton and Steve Larson Lar-son of the K & E Sky Sailing in Heber City, "you don't just get in a sail plane and head from one community to another an-other as a means of transpor-tation." Sailplaneing is growing in popularity and Winterton indicates in-dicates that some place it in the same class as skiing just ten years ago with a potential rapid growth in interest. For those attempting records re-cords it is a rather serious business as they study cloud formations from day to day in hopes of finding the necessary nec-essary thermal trophs that will give them the necessary boost to attempt to set one of the many records in this interesting in-teresting sport. Monday of this week in the first day out an attempt was made at the point and return record when one of the crafts left Cedar City made it to Duchesne in north-eastern Utah and attempted to return. The attempt was about 75 miles short when the craft was forced to land at Richfield Rich-field and the plane had to bo towed back to Cedar City for another crack at "a record on another day. For the interested citizen of the area who thinks he might like to see what his sailplaneing sailplane-ing is all about, Winterton and Larson are here to give rides and instruction to those intsrested. The experience is interesting, interest-ing, most enjoyable and perfectly per-fectly safe. Winterton in giving giv-ing one of the rides explains (Coninued on Page Three) Sailplane Advocatesi Set Sights On World Marks (Continued from Front Page) that the takeoff and tow is one of the critical times In the .flight as the sailplane j must remain absolutely be- i hind the two unit. But once in "free flight" the small,; light crafts are more man- euverable. The hrill of free flight, . the excellent view ( from the air all . make it a wonderful experience. U , "Thermal activity In the1? mountain 'ranges in this area make it conducive for this activity," a spokesman said. Should this group be success- ful this season it is reasonable , to believe that the event might be an annual activity j that could grow and develop 2 with this year's event being called a "World Record Camp," by those in 'attendance which S included Ted Melshimer, Gra- I ham Thompson, Bob Gravance and Herman Stiglmeier,, all of Los Angeles and Frank Kelsy of Salt Lake in addition to Minghelli of Palmdale. |