Show pilfered articles result in career ORLANDO FLA sheets stolen from his mother a few old plumbing fixtures and other scraps started raymon parker nationally known glider pilot on his career with the pilfered sheets and discarded articles parker at the age of 0 15 had built flown and crashed his first glider in the interval since then he has become one of the worlds outstanding glider pilots he holds one 0 of f the nations six golden Cs highest attainment in soaring and this years distance record parker now is stationed at pine castle army air field with the soaring society of america flying gliders in the thunderstorm project in which the army and navy are seeking scientific thunderstorm data recalling that first flight as a youth parker said the glider which had a 32 foot wing span soared at 1000 feet with the aid of a california thermal for 90 minutes it was towed off by a 1916 model car that was my first and last accident said the expert parker also paints and makes wood miniatures |