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Here's a few shots taken on a flight with Lynn Alley, in the Duo-Discus he shares with
Walt.
On tow, heading to the mahogony mountains |
Passing big mahogony on tow |
Thanks for the tow Stan Mcgrew |
Working our way up Durst Mountain |
On top of Durst looking East |
Above Durst looking West past Mtn Green to Odgen |
What a day to enjoy time in a Duo Discus! |
Morgan Utah from the North looking South |
A perfect thermal turn, 45' and 1,000 fpm up! |
looking up to see what's drawing us skyward |
Lynn enjoying the day and the view |
Hey... who put that camera there |
Above Morgan, looking west along I-84 to Devils Slide |
a friend joined us to lead at 11,500' |
How the bottom of a CU looks when it's time to move on |
Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake from above Trappers Loop |
The fall colors and sailplane's shadow |
landing on 21 @ Morgan, looking South, very peaceful |
A special thanks to Lynn and Walt for taking
my flying in their Duo... an even bigger thanks for letting me be PIC for some time each
flight! |
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Here's a few shots taken on a flight with Walt Konecny in the Duo-Discus he shares with
Lynn.
2KA waiting for a pilot |
Lets get this show on the road! |
we slowly climb above a 1-23 |
Another view of the 1-23 |
getting to the top of Durst |
The close treeline as we work the ridge |
We hit a good bump here on our way up. |
The white panel gave the camera reflections. |
Heading for home as the coulds over-develop |
Check out the rotor clouds... it's getting ugly up there! |
Ah the safety of your home airport. |
Morgan Utah, looking down rwy-03 from pattern altitude |
These pictures show a typical launch and landing. These pictures also document my
first solo flight. I accomplished my "A" badge on Saturday, May 16th, 1998
at the Morgan Airport in Morgan County, Utah. That's enough self-congratulations,
you want to see pictures... Thanks to Jay for the great pictures.
Here's the launch sequence...
Seatbelts on, review checklist, when ready to fly give thumbs up to the wing runner. |
Wing runner lifts wing, pilot wiggles the rudder and radios tow pilot to get things
rolling. |
After just a few steps, the wing runner lets go (notice his hand is off the wing in the
shadow). |
As the wing runner slows, the planes rapidly pull away. |
Gaining speed, the glider is ready to lift off. |
Glider stays low waiting for the tow plane to lift off too. |
Here's the landing sequence...
Lined up on final, spoilers open to control descent. |
Nice and level, spoilers open to about half. |
Just over the fence, now only seconds away from touch down. |
Time to close the spoilers and soften the landing, keep it smooth... |
Glider pushed back in position, instructor (Jay) congratulates student (Dale). |
I'm excited to go again, can I? Can I? Are we all ready? |
These are the gliders I've been fortunate enough to fly so far.
A SGS 2-33 at Morgan Air in Morgan Utah, we call it the Banana. |
A Blanik L-13 at Whisper Flight in Hurricane Utah. |
A SGS 2-33 at Soar Utah, Inc. in Heber City Utah. |
A SGS-233 at Peak Soaring in Penrose Colorado. |
These pictures show Jay Thomson's Ka7, which he's currently rebuilding.
Metal tube fuselage, view from the left rear looking forward. |
Metal tube fuselage, view from the left front looking aft. |
The forward panel with instruments in place. |
These pictures help explain how things are laid out in a modern fiberglass glider.
Thanks to Jay Thomson for letting me
take these pictures of his beautiful ASW-19 -- Jay, if you ever want to sell it, let me
know ;-)
The pilots view of Jay's panel. The radio is cut-off at the very bottom. |
Jay's panel as seen by the pilot with the tinted canopy closed. |
Shows the rudder pedals and a partial side view of the panel. |
Note spoiler control (on left, handle down) and the landing gear control just below it
(handle up). |
The oxygen system is installed to the right of the seat, the tank is bolted in and not
visible. |
Shows how the fuselage sits in a saddle and rolls into the trailer. |
An assembled picture of Jay's ASW-19. |
The panel in Lee Steorts Pilatus B-4. |
This page was updated Monday, June 14, 2004.
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