I just finished constructing a wing wheel for use with S/N 263. A while back, Milton Moos sent me photos of a wing wheel he built. His design incorporated the original Schweizer wing tip wheels, but S/N 263 doesn’t have those; I have wing skids. So, his design wouldn’t work for my glider. I settled on a ‘clam shell’ design, which I modif…Read More

S/N 263, aka ‘Glamour Girl’ returned to the air yesterday, July 29th. There was good lift in the area. Glamour Girl’s wings were talking to me, and that only happens in strong lift. It was a beautiful day for soaring! Two more flights were completed today – it’s good to have S/N 263 flying again.

This past weekend, the weight and balance was recalculated for S/N 263 ‘Glamour Girl’. I need to lose the ten pounds that I wasn’t carrying before COVID started. There were a lot of things that stopped during the worst of the pandemic, but eating was not one of them.

Repairs to S/N 263 (Glamour Girl) are nearing completion. Jim B, the mechanic who has been working on Glamour Girl since March, recruited some help from the members of the local Commemorative Air Force chapter. Those fellows maintain the P-51D Mustang ‘Gunfighter’ and an AT-6. They’ve got the space, the tools, and the skills to handle the…Read More