At 03:04 07 August 2009, TonyV wrote:

IMHO, Lane Wallace is an outstanding aviation writer. A worthy successor

to Gordon Baxter.

Well, she'll never replace Bax, but she's pretty good
in her own write.

A few years back she devoted her column to the sailplane
experience, riding in, as I recall, a two-seat Grob. I was
disappointed that she didn't seem overly impressed with
the experience.

Jim Beckman