On Oct 28, 8:32 am, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Oct 28, 9:15 am, Frank Whiteley wrote:

Colorado soaring pilot Stewart Kissell perished Friday in the crash of
his Ventus on Methodist Mountain after towing out of Salida,
Colorado. A search involving 11 CAP aircraft and other local pilots
was started at 7am Saturday morning after he failed to return from the
Friday flight. The wreckage was spotted about 7:30pm Saturday and
searchers reached the rugged, remote site about three hours later.

Stewart was son of Emil Kissell, a long time California soaring
pilot. He was an occasional contributor to RAS and frequently
corresponded with me on SSA, soaring safety, and other flight topics
and was moderator of the high country Chaffee (County) Soaring Yahoo
Group.

Frank Whiteley
SSA Governor, Colorado

Sorry for the error, but the spelling is Kissel

This really Sucks.

Condolences to family and friends of Stewart.
He and I would exchange emails about Ventus flying/tuning when I was
flying mine.

A sad loss indeed.

Regards

Al