The new DG-3000 three seater. I wonder where the CG is? As the ad copy states, "As a counter-weight for the additional third person in the cockpit you have to fill the normal fin-tank with pure mercury before take-off." Source: http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/dg-3000.html

"Honey, we're having corn on the cob tonight!"

Either that of we need the theme from "Jaws" playing in the background. This is a 2-33 landed out short of the Sky Soaring runway. No harm done except a bruised ego. Photo Credit: John DeRosa

Sky Soaring is near ORD and we sometimes find ourselves ducking the odd multi-engine transport. Credit: Pete Rosendale (pictured), his camera, his computer and his furtile imagination.

I don't know what's more impressive. An HP-14 breaking the sound barrier or the 1-26 chase plane. And they say that the 1-26 doesn't penetrate well. Hog wash! (This is an April 1, 1999 picture taken from the York soaring club site http://www.yorksoaring.com. Source: Wayne Paul, Schreder Sailplane Designs - http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder)

Larry Kase gives yours truly the victory first solo "cool down this hot pilot" bath. Credit: Pete Rosendale

And who says that old metal gliders don't have the lift the new glass ships have. (Another good one from the York soaring club site http://www.yorksoaring.com)

If there are four sticks in this ship, who the heck is PIC? Is there an intercom? (Another good one from the York soaring club site http://www.yorksoaring.com)