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Vintage Home Gliding Movie(s)
One of our Texas Soaring Association (TSA) members, Dave White,
discovered a VHS tape in a dusty old drawer at TSA made by June Wiberg who compiled and narrated all of her old glider days home movies from the 40's to the early 60's and sent it to TSA. June was the wife of Wally Wiberg, who owned a flying ranch in Grand Prairie, Texas that became the home of TSA in the 60's and 70's. Wally owned the Screamin' Wiener later renamed the Lil' Dogie. Dave put the VHS tape on a DVD which I converted to mp4 and posted in 11 segments on YouTube with a little description. The tape has 8mm footage of the 1952 Nationals in Grand Prairie featuring a few minutes of the Horten IV flying wing (Rudy Opitz) and the RJ5 (Dick Johnson). It also contained Torrey Pines beach landings, the 1955 Nationals in Florida, the first flight of the Sisu, many, many LK's, TG-3's, Pratt- Reeds, even footage of 1936 Wasserkuppe. More importantly, it has lots of footage of gliding legends who were (are) still in their youth. Part 1 of 11 1952 - Texas Soaring Association Gliders - Screaming Wiener, Lil Dogie, Pratt-Reed, BG-6,People - Phil Easley, E. J. Reeves, Wally Wiberg Part 2 of 11 1952 Nationals at Grand Prairie, Texas, Texas Soaring Association Gliders - Horten IV, RJ-6, Tiny Mite, People - Dick Johnson, Rudy Opitz, Ken Jacobs Part 3 of 11 1954 Texas Soaring Association, Gliders - AV-36, Flying Plank, 1-23, TG-3, Pratt-Reed, People - Jon Carsey, Larry Gerlein Part 4 of 11 1955 Nationals in Elmira, New York, Larry Gerlein, Rudy Opitz, Bill Coverdale, Bill Ivans, 2-25 Part 5 or 11 Local Texas Soaring Association - Early 1950's, Lil Dogie, TG-3, Minimoa, Wei he, Double Tow Part 6 of 11, December 1958, First flight of the Sisu - Len Niemi, George Coder Part 7 of 11, February 1959, Torrey Pines California, Pratt-Reed, Baby Bowlus, Joe Lincoln.Wally Wiberg Part 8 of 11, 1948 Nationals, Sanford, Florida, Pratt-Reed, LK, E.J. Reeves, Wally Wiberg, Fritz and Baby Compton Part 9 of 11, 1948 Nationals, Sanford, Florida,L-100, Teco Teco Part 10 of 11, Texas Soaring Association - Early 50's, Dick Johnson, Ken Jacobs, Oats Schwarzenegger Part 11 of 11, 1936 Wasserkuppe, Karl Bauer Go to www.youtube.com and search for TSA Wiberg to find all 11 or start he TSA Wiberg Part 1 of 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAkpVnbWo3A Bob O'Neal Texas Soaring Association |
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Vintage Home Gliding Movie(s)
WoW, those are amazing. Thanks so much for providing this footage.
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Thanks to all involved in preserving and sharing this precious
footage! Curt Lewis - 95 |
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Vintage Home Gliding Movie(s)
Hi Bob,
Very nice! Thank you Bob and Dave and June for making these treasures available! Paul Remde "Bob" wrote in message ... One of our Texas Soaring Association (TSA) members, Dave White, discovered a VHS tape in a dusty old drawer at TSA made by June Wiberg who compiled and narrated all of her old glider days home movies from the 40's to the early 60's and sent it to TSA. June was the wife of Wally Wiberg, who owned a flying ranch in Grand Prairie, Texas that became the home of TSA in the 60's and 70's. Wally owned the Screamin' Wiener later renamed the Lil' Dogie. Dave put the VHS tape on a DVD which I converted to mp4 and posted in 11 segments on YouTube with a little description. The tape has 8mm footage of the 1952 Nationals in Grand Prairie featuring a few minutes of the Horten IV flying wing (Rudy Opitz) and the RJ5 (Dick Johnson). It also contained Torrey Pines beach landings, the 1955 Nationals in Florida, the first flight of the Sisu, many, many LK's, TG-3's, Pratt- Reeds, even footage of 1936 Wasserkuppe. More importantly, it has lots of footage of gliding legends who were (are) still in their youth. Part 1 of 11 1952 - Texas Soaring Association Gliders - Screaming Wiener, Lil Dogie, Pratt-Reed, BG-6,People - Phil Easley, E. J. Reeves, Wally Wiberg Part 2 of 11 1952 Nationals at Grand Prairie, Texas, Texas Soaring Association Gliders - Horten IV, RJ-6, Tiny Mite, People - Dick Johnson, Rudy Opitz, Ken Jacobs Part 3 of 11 1954 Texas Soaring Association, Gliders - AV-36, Flying Plank, 1-23, TG-3, Pratt-Reed, People - Jon Carsey, Larry Gerlein Part 4 of 11 1955 Nationals in Elmira, New York, Larry Gerlein, Rudy Opitz, Bill Coverdale, Bill Ivans, 2-25 Part 5 or 11 Local Texas Soaring Association - Early 1950's, Lil Dogie, TG-3, Minimoa, Wei he, Double Tow Part 6 of 11, December 1958, First flight of the Sisu - Len Niemi, George Coder Part 7 of 11, February 1959, Torrey Pines California, Pratt-Reed, Baby Bowlus, Joe Lincoln.Wally Wiberg Part 8 of 11, 1948 Nationals, Sanford, Florida, Pratt-Reed, LK, E.J. Reeves, Wally Wiberg, Fritz and Baby Compton Part 9 of 11, 1948 Nationals, Sanford, Florida,L-100, Teco Teco Part 10 of 11, Texas Soaring Association - Early 50's, Dick Johnson, Ken Jacobs, Oats Schwarzenegger Part 11 of 11, 1936 Wasserkuppe, Karl Bauer Go to www.youtube.com and search for TSA Wiberg to find all 11 or start he TSA Wiberg Part 1 of 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAkpVnbWo3A Bob O'Neal Texas Soaring Association |
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June Wiberg was a really special person. We got to know her well -
she was a tremendous volunteer here in the West for both the Vintage Sailplane Association events and the Sailplane Homebuilders Association (now Experimental Soaring Association) events. I'm sure she would be thrilled you found the tapes! The ESA named an award after her - the June Wiberg Spirit of Volunteerism Award. Janice Armstrong DAN Crew |
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Oh my. Such wonderful images of soaring personalities and legendary
sailplanes that I remember in my youth. Especially enjoyed seeing the 1948 footage of my Mom & Dad in their thirties, young and smiling . . . Sincere thanks to Wally and June Wiberg for the original film, and to Dave & Bob at TSA for preserving this historic footage. Burt Marfa, Texas USA |
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"Burt Compton - Marfa" wrote in message ... Oh my. Such wonderful images of soaring personalities and legendary sailplanes that I remember in my youth. Especially enjoyed seeing the 1948 footage of my Mom & Dad in their thirties, young and smiling . . . Sincere thanks to Wally and June Wiberg for the original film, and to Dave & Bob at TSA for preserving this historic footage. Burt Marfa, Texas USA Burt, Do you know the status of your father's HP-11 project? Wayne http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder |
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