D. Garwood

WOMEN IN SOARING: Like many Soaring pilots, I've tried to interest my wife and daughter in the sport and hobby. Both of them gave it an honest try, but neither became engaged in flying models. My daughter Sarah helped to build a Chuperosa, test flew it a few times, and has not built or flown another model since. My wife Paula has made half-hour slope flights, and has taken 23 published sailplane photographs, but isn't much interested in building or flying sailplanes. Both have been to sailplane contests. Both are tremendously supportive of my Soaring habit-offering time, money, assistance, schedule accommodation, and photography support-but neither has a continuing interest in flying, much less Soaring competition.