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all over the continent and sometimes overseas, and gets to visit many places involving model airplane flying. He has lived in Canada and the US for the last 25 years, and Chesterfield, Virginia since 1995. This month, Erich Jost takes us to Switzerland.
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his column is dedicated to soaring vacations. If you have a favorite sailplane saga, consider writing it down for RCSD. If you are planning a vacation that includes your plane and transmitter, consider making notes as you go, and working up an article later. Take photos. Collect maps. And send your story to Tom Nagel at tomnagel@iwaynet.net for gentle editing and suggestions. Tom
Arriving at this hallowed site, I found a multitude of models of every kind suitable for slope flying, especially large scale ships and fast molded slope racers.
there. Most flyers going to internet, the address is: Hahnenmoos Pass stay there. During contests and fly-ins, the hotel is usually Berghotel Hahnenmoos Pass filled to capacity, so advanced reserva3715 Adelboden/Switzerland tions are required. Phone: 011 41 33 673 2121 Fax: 011 41 33 673 4841 Even though the wind was, at first, not I met several famous fliers from e-mail: spori@hahnenmoos.ch consistently from any particular around Europe at Hahenmoos Pass, direction, this did not present a and was able to check out the latest in Local flying contacts are: problem. It was possible to get a lot of airplanes. After the flying ended and TUN Modellbau flying done just by switching slopes. the last whispers of air had been Ueli Nyffenegger The area provides slopes in every exploited with HLGs, the social affair Sagenfeld 3 direction, so no matter where the wind started. We indulged in some fabulous 5614 Sarmensdorf is blowing from, there is a flyable slope food and drink at the hotel and, of Switzerland and, importantly so, a suitable landing course, engaged in a lot of hangar Phone/Fax: 011 41 56 667 2211 area. flying. For me, it was particularly e-mail: mail@tun.ch interesting in comparing the slope www.tun.ch Additionally, massive thermals flying scene to the one in the United links - Modellflugferien-Hahnenmoos develop way down in the valleys and States. contribute to the excitement of magSee you there!! nificent slope lift. Landings are a piece One sleeps well in the clean mountain Fly safe and think up!! of cake on the lawn-like short grass. air at that altitude. The next day, All you have to do is be familiar with everybody was out again to enjoy cross wind landings on sloping themselves until, unfortunately, ground. Some landing areas are Sunday afternoon came along and actually relatively level. It is truly a most people had to leave. Some of the slope flyers paradise, and the mounlucky ones on vacation (like me) were tain scenery is spectacular. There are able to make further use of the wonalso very sharp crests with very steep derful world of slope soaring. International drop-offs to one side or another, which Scale Soaring would lend themselves to fantastic Unfortunately, I didnt bring my own Association dynamic soaring (DS) which, as I plane to Switzerland. However, I was found out, is not known very well handed a transmitter from one of the There is a growing interest in scale soaring in among the local fliers. Some of them flyers so I could do some soaring. (I the U.S. We are dedicated to all aspects of have heard about Americas famous left the landing up to him though.) So, scale soaring. Scale soaring festivals and Joe Wurts DS exploits, though. if you find yourself in Switzerland and competitions all year. Source for information time, weather and schedule allows, on plans, kits, accessories and other people interested in scale. For more information, The local hotel, the Berghotel visit this mountain slope paradise. You write to: Hahnenmoos Pass (check out the web wont be sorry. International Scale Soaring Association site), caters to model aviators, as well 37545 Oak Mesa Drive as mountain climbers and hikers in the You can check out the place on the Yucaipa, CA 92399-9507 summer months, and to skiers in the web at <www.hahnenmoos.ch>. e-mail: 70773.1160@Compuserve.com winter. The hotel provides a large Unfortunately its all in German, but web site: www.soaringissa.org storage room for secure safe keeping of phone number and e-mail are univermodels and equipment while staying sal. For those without the use of the
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