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Old January 22nd 10, 07:23 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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It had to be Bill.
Hard to forget the High Country Soaring ad featuring the AS-W17. What
a gorgeous glider.
And where's that 17 now? Haven't seen it since the O2 bottle was
surgically removed.
Jim

On Jan 21, 10:59*pm, drbdanieli wrote:
I also forgot to mention that Bill Stowers did the design and paint
job in 1978 at Alan Bikle's shop. *He also did the ASW-20 when Ted
purchased that ship. *Bill eventually bought an ASW-17 and painted it
with the swoopy red stripes on the tail. *It's probably the most
photographed ASW-17 around.

Barry