Vintage Home Gliding Movie(s)

[Bob]

One of our Texas Soaring Association (TSA) members, Dave White,
discovered a VHS tape in a dusty old drawer at TSA made by June Wiberg
who compiled and narrated all of her old glider days home movies from
the 40's to the early 60's and sent it to TSA. June was the wife of
Wally Wiberg, who owned a flying ranch in Grand Prairie, Texas that
became the home of TSA in the 60's and 70's. Wally owned the Screamin'
Wiener later renamed the Lil' Dogie.

Dave put the VHS tape on a DVD which I converted to mp4 and posted in
11 segments on YouTube with a little description. The tape has 8mm
footage of the 1952 Nationals in Grand Prairie featuring a few minutes
of the Horten IV flying wing (Rudy Opitz) and the RJ5 (Dick Johnson).
It also contained Torrey Pines beach landings, the 1955 Nationals in
Florida, the first flight of the Sisu, many, many LK's, TG-3's, Pratt-
Reeds, even footage of 1936 Wasserkuppe. More importantly, it has
lots of footage of gliding legends who were (are) still in their
youth.

Part 1 of 11 1952 - Texas Soaring Association
Gliders - Screaming Wiener, Lil Dogie, Pratt-Reed, BG-6,People - Phil
Easley, E. J. Reeves, Wally Wiberg

Part 2 of 11 1952 Nationals at Grand Prairie, Texas, Texas Soaring
Association
Gliders - Horten IV, RJ-6, Tiny Mite, People - Dick Johnson, Rudy
Opitz, Ken Jacobs

Part 3 of 11 1954 Texas Soaring Association, Gliders - AV-36, Flying
Plank, 1-23, TG-3, Pratt-Reed, People - Jon Carsey, Larry Gerlein

Part 4 of 11 1955 Nationals in Elmira, New York, Larry Gerlein, Rudy
Opitz, Bill Coverdale, Bill Ivans, 2-25

Part 5 or 11 Local Texas Soaring Association - Early 1950's, Lil
Dogie, TG-3, Minimoa, Wei he, Double Tow

Part 6 of 11, December 1958, First flight of the Sisu - Len Niemi,
George Coder

Part 7 of 11, February 1959, Torrey Pines California, Pratt-Reed, Baby
Bowlus, Joe Lincoln.Wally Wiberg

Part 8 of 11, 1948 Nationals, Sanford, Florida, Pratt-Reed, LK, E.J.
Reeves, Wally Wiberg, Fritz and Baby Compton

Part 9 of 11, 1948 Nationals, Sanford, Florida,L-100, Teco Teco

Part 10 of 11, Texas Soaring Association - Early 50's, Dick Johnson,
Ken Jacobs, Oats Schwarzenegger

Part 11 of 11, 1936 Wasserkuppe, Karl Bauer

Go to www.youtube.com and search for TSA Wiberg to find all 11 or
start here:

TSA Wiberg Part 1 of 11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAkpVnbWo3A


Bob O'Neal
Texas Soaring Association

[Paul Cordell]

WoW, those are amazing. Thanks so much for providing this footage.

[CLewis95]

Thanks to all involved in preserving and sharing this precious
footage!

Curt Lewis - 95

[Paul Remde]

Hi Bob,

Very nice! Thank you Bob and Dave and June for making these treasures
available!

Paul Remde

"Bob" > wrote in message
...
> One of our Texas Soaring Association (TSA) members, Dave White,
> discovered a VHS tape in a dusty old drawer at TSA made by June Wiberg
> who compiled and narrated all of her old glider days home movies from
> the 40's to the early 60's and sent it to TSA. June was the wife of
> Wally Wiberg, who owned a flying ranch in Grand Prairie, Texas that
> became the home of TSA in the 60's and 70's. Wally owned the Screamin'
> Wiener later renamed the Lil' Dogie.
>
> Dave put the VHS tape on a DVD which I converted to mp4 and posted in
> 11 segments on YouTube with a little description. The tape has 8mm
> footage of the 1952 Nationals in Grand Prairie featuring a few minutes
> of the Horten IV flying wing (Rudy Opitz) and the RJ5 (Dick Johnson).
> It also contained Torrey Pines beach landings, the 1955 Nationals in
> Florida, the first flight of the Sisu, many, many LK's, TG-3's, Pratt-
> Reeds, even footage of 1936 Wasserkuppe. More importantly, it has
> lots of footage of gliding legends who were (are) still in their
> youth.
>
> Part 1 of 11 1952 - Texas Soaring Association
> Gliders - Screaming Wiener, Lil Dogie, Pratt-Reed, BG-6,People - Phil
> Easley, E. J. Reeves, Wally Wiberg
>
> Part 2 of 11 1952 Nationals at Grand Prairie, Texas, Texas Soaring
> Association
> Gliders - Horten IV, RJ-6, Tiny Mite, People - Dick Johnson, Rudy
> Opitz, Ken Jacobs
>
> Part 3 of 11 1954 Texas Soaring Association, Gliders - AV-36, Flying
> Plank, 1-23, TG-3, Pratt-Reed, People - Jon Carsey, Larry Gerlein
>
> Part 4 of 11 1955 Nationals in Elmira, New York, Larry Gerlein, Rudy
> Opitz, Bill Coverdale, Bill Ivans, 2-25
>
> Part 5 or 11 Local Texas Soaring Association - Early 1950's, Lil
> Dogie, TG-3, Minimoa, Wei he, Double Tow
>
> Part 6 of 11, December 1958, First flight of the Sisu - Len Niemi,
> George Coder
>
> Part 7 of 11, February 1959, Torrey Pines California, Pratt-Reed, Baby
> Bowlus, Joe Lincoln.Wally Wiberg
>
> Part 8 of 11, 1948 Nationals, Sanford, Florida, Pratt-Reed, LK, E.J.
> Reeves, Wally Wiberg, Fritz and Baby Compton
>
> Part 9 of 11, 1948 Nationals, Sanford, Florida,L-100, Teco Teco
>
> Part 10 of 11, Texas Soaring Association - Early 50's, Dick Johnson,
> Ken Jacobs, Oats Schwarzenegger
>
> Part 11 of 11, 1936 Wasserkuppe, Karl Bauer
>
> Go to www.youtube.com and search for TSA Wiberg to find all 11 or
> start here:
>
> TSA Wiberg Part 1 of 11
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAkpVnbWo3A
>
>
> Bob O'Neal
> Texas Soaring Association

[Dan Armstrong]

June Wiberg was a really special person. We got to know her well -
she was a tremendous volunteer here in the West for both the Vintage
Sailplane Association events and the Sailplane Homebuilders
Association (now Experimental Soaring Association) events. I'm sure
she would be thrilled you found the tapes! The ESA named an award
after her - the June Wiberg Spirit of Volunteerism Award.

Janice Armstrong
DAN Crew

[Burt Compton - Marfa]

Oh my. Such wonderful images of soaring personalities and legendary
sailplanes that I remember in my youth.
Especially enjoyed seeing the 1948 footage of my Mom & Dad in their
thirties, young and smiling . . .

Sincere thanks to Wally and June Wiberg for the original film, and to
Dave & Bob at TSA for preserving this historic footage.


Burt
Marfa, Texas USA

[Wayne Paul]

"Burt Compton - Marfa" > wrote in message ...
> Oh my. Such wonderful images of soaring personalities and legendary
> sailplanes that I remember in my youth.
> Especially enjoyed seeing the 1948 footage of my Mom & Dad in their
> thirties, young and smiling . . .
>
> Sincere thanks to Wally and June Wiberg for the original film, and to
> Dave & Bob at TSA for preserving this historic footage.
>
>
> Burt
> Marfa, Texas USA
>

Burt,

Do you know the status of your father's HP-11 project?

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder