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PFSAG encourages information sharing on recent and memorable flights.

September 16, 2007:

Uwe Rudloff's solo 200 KM triangle cross country in the Janus CM 2-seat motorglider on a cloudless blue-sky thermal day.

Uwe says: "A real seat-of-the-pants experience. Only thermal markers were dried corn-stalk leaves swirling up in the thermal cores. All that Indiana corn put to another good use today. Very satisfying"

Confirmed Indiana state records: Speed around 200 KM triangle, Distance around a triangle.

Confirmed Silver Badge legs: Distance, Altitude gain.

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Click here to see 3-D Google Earth depiction using KMZ file

Flight Details:

Takeoff Point: Lake Village Airport (C98), Lake Village, Indiana
Turnpoint: White County Airport (MCX), Monticello, Indiana
Turnpoint: Wichman Airport (96LL), Stockland, Illinois
Landing Point: Lake Village Airport (C98), Lake Village, Indiana
Minimum Soaring Altitude: 2558 ft
Maximum Soaring Altitude: 6060 ft
Triangle Speed: 35.57 mph
Triangle Distance: 128.89 miles
Soaring Performance Flight Time: 3:37:13
Janus CM Performance:

L/D max. 43:1 @ 110 kph / 59 kt / 68 mph
Min. sink 0.60 m/s / 1.97 fps / 1.17 kt @ 85 kph / 46 kt / 53 mph

September 1, 2007:

Paul's first flight in a sailplane, the Janus CM 2-seat motorglider.

Even after circling for nearly two hours, his comment was "I can see how this can become addictive!"

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Flight Details:

Takeoff Point: Lake Village Airport (C98), Lake Village, Indiana
Landing Point: Lake Village Airport (C98), Lake Village, Indiana
Minimum Soaring Altitude: 2316 ft
Maximum Soaring Altitude: 4370 ft
Total Soaring Flight Time: 1:34:12
Janus CM Performance:

L/D max. 43:1 @ 110 kph / 59 kt / 68 mph
Min. sink 0.60 m/s / 1.97 fps / 1.17 kt @ 85 kph / 46 kt / 53 mph

December 9, 2006:

Dave McEntyre is at it again with the Blanik L-23, practicing those precision tows and carrier landings. Recently completing his Commercial Pilot Glider add-on certification, soon he will be a newly-minted Certified Flight Instructor - Glider.

A little different than jockeying a throttle around - eh Dave?

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June 24, 2006:

Uwe Rudloff takes the new Volkslogger VL GPS logger on a cross-country flight in the Janus CM 2-seat motorized sailplane for a test run.

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Flight Details:

Takeoff Point: Lake Village Airport (C98), Lake Village, Indiana
Turnpoint: Van Voorst Airport (5LL8), Union Hill, Illinois
Landing Point: Lake Village Airport (C98), Lake Village, Indiana
Distance to Turnpoint: 30.8 nm
Minimum Soaring Altitude: 2598 ft
Maximum Soaring Altitude: 6739 ft
Total Soaring Flight Time: 1:25:05
Average Track Speed: 21.72 kt

Janus CM Performance:

L/D max. 43:1 @ 110 kph / 59 kt / 68 mph
Min. sink 0.60 m/s / 1.97 fps / 1.17 kt @ 85 kph / 46 kt / 53 mph

July 27, 1996:

PFSAG's own Wally Gleason carries a commemorative postcard in a Schweizer 2-33A sailplane from Park Forest, Illinois to Miller Beach, Indiana, landing on the beach close to where Octave Chanute carried out his legendary gliding experiments 100 years earlier.

The occasion marked The Chanute Glider Centennial Celebration celebration of Chanute's work, and the National Soaring Museum's landmark dedication at the site.