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Cedar Rapids Glider Club Soars Across Linn County
The Cedar Rapids Soaring Society, Iowa's first sailplane club, has grown to 15 members with several homebuilt and privately owned planes. Members fly from Evans gliderport near Squaw Creek, cross country to Galesburg and Urbana, with family crews aiding launches. Sailplanes demand constant pilot attention as thermals lift the gliders, and volunteers recount long flights and safe landings with cooperative farmers aiding in landouts.
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Richard Lenth
Sussex Drive
Lenth
Cedar Rapids
Bob Abbott
Vine Avenue
Art Krelle
Thirty-first Street
Gliderport
Cedar Rapdis-Marion
Iowa City
Linn County
Krelle
Galesburg
Ill
Donald Garnett
Urbana