On Jan 21, 11:50*am, drbdanieli wrote:
On Jan 21, 10:01 am, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:

http://www.silentflight.com/
I'm sure this will be one of those things that "Everybody
Knows" (except, of course, me). Who was the owner of this glider that
painted the swoopy blue stripe and OZ ID? The same paint scheme is on
a different glider in "Running On Empty" and "The Quiet Challange".
TIA
Jim

Quentin Berg was the original owner of the Kestrel 17 you are thinking
of. *He passed away from a heart attack while helping to erect the
tent for the pilots meeting at the 1973 Open Class Nationals in
Liberal Kansas. *Ted Schirtzinger purchased the Kestrel from his
estate and had it painted in this scheme. *He eventually bought an
ASW-20 which he loaned out for the Hitachi Masters of Soaring contest,
and the excellent Chris Woods film Running on Empty. *Many people have
owned this Kestrel since Ted sold it many years ago.

Barry

I owned it in 97-98 season.
I sold it to Mike Deleo who flew it around California until recently
until he sold it last year.

Ted used to work at the Hilton Ranch and when flying over the ranch I
would always ring him up on the radio for a quick chat.
Ted was great guy and total gentleman, he died I heard in a boating
accident.

The OZ was a great fun glider and was my first flapped glider.
I had a lot of fun in that plane learning to fly cross country under
the guidance of Mountain Mike from high country soaring.

Fun times.

I love the pic Mike took of me in the OZ and that is now the splash
cover on http://www.silentflight.com

Cheers

Al