Finally got our little “Sundbird”, #182, into the air on Saturday. Partners Alice Palmer, Deb Ings and Mark Palmer got in short flights. Still tweaking to do on the seat, the radio and the vario, but she flies!

My #1 Alice and I were cleaning out some old drawers at the Black Forest Soaring Society clubhouse. Some of the contents went back over 40 years. One thing we found was a new, still in the envelope, SPN-1 1-26 glide calculator. Who needs an S80? No, you can’t have it.

Mark Palmer
1-26A #182
ex-606