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Old December 11th 09, 04:55 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Mystery of crashed glider in Arizona

I called the FAA registry. Looks like the Jordon Reid connection is
the key to this mystery. Tom "5Z" you are the winner.

A very nice lady at the FAA said that the tail number had been used
three times. A Cessna 421C (current), Moni before that (distroyed)
and then a "glider" which was registered to Jordon E Reid of Tucson,
AZ! Bingo.

She didn't have a model number but "Reid" as a manufacturer does show
up in the FAA database as a "RGS-1" glider as mentioned earlier, 1
seat. Serial number is 0001 so it is obviously a one-off homebuilt.
The detailed information on the craft is being sent to me but it is in
"Federal Storage" and will take weeks to be dug up.

RGS-1 = Reid Gordon Special #1???

Now the next question - how did it come to be lying next to a fence in
such disrepair. Wind storm as someone thought? It seems to be in
relatively good repair for something that might have tumbled end over
end.

- John DeRosa