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i 6-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 6th, 1976 The above photo shows the " taken from the backseat of airspeed about 35 knots. The middle of the picture is tne releasing of the glider from the plane. The altitude is object sticking up in the rudder of the tow plane. » the tow plane. This view was about 2000 feet and the This photo shows the 1000 feet with a numeral and gauges one navigates with, every 200 feet with .a line. On the left is the altitude Next is yur air speed measur- meter which is marked every ed in knots per hour.' A The Ups and Downs of soaring - gliding It you are a normal, average type person, who at /tine time or another has sat /ànd watched a hawk or gull ; soar effortlessly across the great blue expanses of the E sky, you have probably wondered wondered to yourself, "what it ' WtrçMïfe like to be in a world of your own and be able to //express yourself in such a graceful manner. Since I have asked this very question myself I have taken the liberty in finding the answer. With my camera slung over my shoulder and a couple motion sickness tab- ( lets carefully away, just in case, I headed for the Omemee Gliding and Country Ltd. This is a new and fast growing gliderport about a mile north of Omemee on the road to Dunsford. Upon arrival, I sat and watched the tow-plane and gliders take off into the vast blue yonder and gracefully float down again. Finally I could no longer remain content in staying on the ground, so I made the arrangements necessary to ■go up. I climbed aboard the two seater Czechoslovakian designed designed craft. This particular glider was made of metal and had a gliding ratio of 28:1, which means for every unit the glider drops it goes 28 units ahead. Thti passenger is securely strapped in the front of the cockpit, for the best possible view. At this point, the pilot, who is sitting behind me lowers the clear buble and signals to a club member, who is steadying the wing until we are moving, that we are ready for take-off. From this moment on there is no turning back. As we are being towed along the glider is actually in the air before the tow-plane. On our ascent, an altitude of 2,000 feet, the pilot is explaining explaining to me what the various instruments in front of me are, and how they are used in flight. So far the ride has been smooth with the exception of the odd air pocket which makes the plane drop suddenly. suddenly. After about 4-5 minutes of being towed, we have reached the 2,000/oot attitude. At this point the pilot asked me to pull the yeii..w handle in front ther 500 feet, inside one of these thermos'. Our top speed so far was about 35 knots or about 50 m.p.h. From this altitude on a clear day you can see the shoreline of Lake Ontario to Toronto and see the C.N. Tower and upon looking north you see the Kawartha area spotted with its numerous lakes and rivers. The farmers fields looked like a perfect patchwork of squares, ànd rectangles with their! farms spotted here and there. The pilot, who was still explaining the basic fundamentals fundamentals of gliding, and what each move he made was for, now said that our time was up and it was time to go down. ■Without having time to answer answer 1 felt the glider leap forward to start our descent, tip until this point we had not gone any faster than 35 knots. As we nosed , to down at a precarious angle to the ground, our air speed changed changed slightly. That is we went from 35 knots per hour to a dazzling 125 knots per hour in a short time. What a sensation. sensation. To my amazement I felt little or no fear as the ground moved up to us at a great speed. In fact it was a feeling of power that had control of us. , As we approached the air strip we were heading in the wrong direction to land this bird, so with a pull on that lever, a turn of the udder and a 'banking of the plane we çnàde a quick, graceful, somehow right angle turn and ended'up touching down on the runway without feeling a bump. As 1 tilimbed out of the •cotikpit, I -knew I had been trapped. That is to say "that was not going to be the last, time I would endeavour to go (D r U \%Jali Taping-Spray Ceilings Plaster Repair Painting Waily Lucyk 983-5518 ORONO compass is located in the which shows whether you are centre of the cluster and at rising or falling and your the top. Going down the right present altitude. The bottom hand side we have a gauge right gauge shows your speed of ascent or decent. of me, then came the simple words "we are on our own". Any noise created by the tow-plane was now gone and we were soaring silently 2,000 feet above the ground in a , slow rising sprial. The feeling you have at this point; is unexpressable in words. You hear nothing, there is .no sensation of speed, because you are so high, and the ground looks so quiet and subdued from this perch. The main idea in glidiing i.4 to find areas called thermo areas and remember where they are located. Tjiese thermo thermo areas .are aretis of'heat rising from the ground usually usually ovër a dark area like a gravel pi y. If you wanVto go higher you simply locate one of these thermos'and start a series of circles inside of it. When we released ourselves from the tow-plane we were at, an altitude of 2,000 feet, from here 1 wë ascended ano- Charles Reid Orono's Licensed Auctioneer Valuator Specialize in Farm Furniture Sales Consult me for terms and dates Phone Orono 983-5914 up into the silent blue sky". Can • you imagine what it would be like up there on r clear fall day, seeing th splendor of the autumn colours. colours. Omemee Gliding and Country Country Ltd. is located just north qf Omemee on the road to- Dunsford. For a nominal fee you can go up in one of these great silver birds and may be you too will become an addict of the blue. Even the lack of a motor does not stop these pilots from doing stunts like turning upside down, rolling the plane or other fantastic feats. These are performed in a specially precission built glider. The cost of one of these could run you as much as $15,000. The ' one I was in, a double seated job, cost about $10,000. ' TRY IT -- YOU'LL LIRE IT! NOTICE Mom's Kitchen Will be Closed Thanksgiving Week-End Commencing 2 p.m. Friday Clarke Public LIBRARY PHONE 983-5507 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday ' 1'2 :00to8:3op.m. Saturday, 10:00 to 12:90 am. 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