News Article Promotes Soaring

[Burt Compton]

Nice article about Jim Kellett of Skyline Soaring Club / Westchester, Virginia
in this newspaper.
http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/041208/Area_flying.asp

Burt
Marfa

[Terry]

It is good to see Jim still doing well. Long ago, I was one of his
students back at the old Warrenton Soaring Center.

I still remember him singing as we cleared the fence while I fought the
take-off and tow. Nearer my God to thee. What an impression.

Terry Claussen
Estrella

Burt Compton wrote:
> Nice article about Jim Kellett of Skyline Soaring Club / Westchester,
Virginia
> in this newspaper.
>
http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/041208/Area_flying.asp
>
> Burt
> Marfa

[Nyal Williams]

At 00:30 09 December 2004, Terry wrote:
>It is good to see Jim still doing well. Long ago,
>I was one of his
>students back at the old Warrenton Soaring Center.
>
>I still remember him singing as we cleared the fence
>while I fought the
>take-off and tow. Nearer my God to thee. What an
>impression.
>
That is an old joke from the 1930s. That tune starts
out with a descending melodic line; as the bi-planes
slowed up and approached stall speed the rigging wires
would hum a lower and lower pitch. People, especially
instructors, would say the wires were playing 'Nearer,
My God, To Thee.' It fits and it is a strong message
on base or final.

[No Thankyou]

I like the "miniature version of his ASW-20C glider plane". Strangest
"20" I've ever seen.

Tony V.

[Jim Kellett]

"No Thankyou" > wrote in message
news:BCFud.484186$wV.283907@attbi_s54...
> I like the "miniature version of his ASW-20C glider plane". Strangest
> "20" I've ever seen.

<snip>

Yeah, the model's an Open Cirrus . . . but that's the worst error the
reporter, who'd never seen a sailplane before, made in the article, so . .
.. . . <gr>

Jim K