Jim Tolpin

SOME OF THE BEST fun a kid can have is when someone shows him or her how to build and fly a good-performing Hand-Launched Glider. I know. I've helped put this little Glider into the hands of nearly a hundred children. I fly Two-Meter Sailplanes, often with up to four kids of my own tagging along. It was becoming obvious that I needed something to keep them busy and interested while I was thermal hopping. I tried toy gliders-the 69-cent variety-but four were demolished in less than 15 minutes.