Thanks for the update Robert... Do you have an email for Rick ? It would be great to contact him after all these years....
You forgot to mention his extensive modeling background and his design of the White Trash... I still have mine :-) And I personally believe he was the first person to ever handlaunch anything into a thermal :-) Craig "Robert (Bob) P. Andris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Last night we had a knock at our door - and it was our pleasure to welcome back Rick Walters (LSF 003). He will be again representing the U.S. in the 18-meter class, at the World Gliding Championships on July 25 - Aug 16, 2008 in Luesse, Germany. Here's a little background info from the SSA web site: Richard Walters: 18-Meter Richard Walters has been soaring since 1972. He has logged over 3000 hours and has been racing US Nationals since 1985 with four wins in four different classes. Germany 2008 will be Rick's fourth World Championship. Rick's father, Fred, and uncle, Carl, were both glider pilots during the formative "Bishop Wave Project" and Southern California scene during the 1940's and 50's. A refugee from Silicon Valley in 1990, Rick gave up an engineering career and started a general contracting business in Minden, Nevada specializing in green building. Soaring related duties include a term on the SSA Rules Committee, Minden-Tahoe Airport Advisory, Airsailing Trustee, and Competition Director for a Nationals and several Regionals. Good Luck, Rick, Bob LSF 004, AMA 5055 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format