nose cones

[Rome Dodson]

ABOUT 29 YEARS AGO, I BOUGHT A RADICALY NEW GLIDER, A (PHANTOM WING SCORPION) IT HAD AN EXTREMELY WIDE NOSE ANGLE AND TRUNKATED TIPS, WITH WING DEFLEXOR WIRES (3) . ALL OF A SUDDEN MY NOSE CONE WAS BANGING ON THE TOP OF MY SAIL, BUT ONLY WHEN I WAS IN A THERMAL. IT WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST HIGH ??? PERFORMANCE KITE AFTER THE STANDARDS. IT WAS GREAT, I DIDN'T EVEN NEED A VARIO TO KNOW I WAS IN A THERMAL. . ROME

[JT]

Yep, I remember ol' blue and white. When I got my first Cumulus 5B, I always got a good look at it from above. And weren't you sporting a toupe in those days, Romeo?