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  • Some Soaring History....

    From AS@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 11 16:40:26 2023
    Nice article. I wished somehow this bird would be restored to flying condition rather than going on display in a museum.
    https://warbirdsnews.com/vintage-aviation/a-true-barn-find-for-the-mid-atlantic-air-museum.html

    Uli
    'AS'

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  • From Steve Leonard@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 11 20:25:02 2023
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:40:28 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    Nice article. I wished somehow this bird would be restored to flying condition rather than going on display in a museum.
    https://warbirdsnews.com/vintage-aviation/a-true-barn-find-for-the-mid-atlantic-air-museum.html

    Uli
    'AS'

    Hey, Uli. Wanna buy a Pioneer? I know a guy who knows a guy...

    Steve Leonard

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  • From Steve Leonard@21:1/5 to Steve Leonard on Mon Sep 11 20:45:14 2023
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 10:25:05 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:40:28 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    Nice article. I wished somehow this bird would be restored to flying condition rather than going on display in a museum.
    https://warbirdsnews.com/vintage-aviation/a-true-barn-find-for-the-mid-atlantic-air-museum.html

    Uli
    'AS'
    Hey, Uli. Wanna buy a Pioneer? I know a guy who knows a guy...

    Steve Leonard

    In all seriousness. I think the Ree Brothers built a stock Cherokee II (Tony Condon has it now), one with a longer, higher aspect ratio, laminar flow wing, known as a Cherokee RM (now owned by James Shafer), a Tern (registration expired. Lasted
    registered to Ree Brothers), then the Pioneer II.

    Steve Leonard

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  • From AS@21:1/5 to Steve Leonard on Mon Sep 11 20:53:54 2023
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 8:25:05 PM UTC-7, Steve Leonard wrote:
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:40:28 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    Nice article. I wished somehow this bird would be restored to flying condition rather than going on display in a museum.
    https://warbirdsnews.com/vintage-aviation/a-true-barn-find-for-the-mid-atlantic-air-museum.html

    Uli
    'AS'
    Hey, Uli. Wanna buy a Pioneer? I know a guy who knows a guy...

    Steve Leonard
    Ha - thanks but no, thanks! I got my hands full with my side-by-side Italian Minestrone soup can! :-)

    Uli
    'AS'

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Steve Leonard on Wed Sep 13 07:04:00 2023
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 10:45:17 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 10:25:05 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:40:28 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    Nice article. I wished somehow this bird would be restored to flying condition rather than going on display in a museum.
    https://warbirdsnews.com/vintage-aviation/a-true-barn-find-for-the-mid-atlantic-air-museum.html

    Uli
    'AS'
    Hey, Uli. Wanna buy a Pioneer? I know a guy who knows a guy...

    Steve Leonard
    In all seriousness. I think the Ree Brothers built a stock Cherokee II (Tony Condon has it now), one with a longer, higher aspect ratio, laminar flow wing, known as a Cherokee RM (now owned by James Shafer), a Tern (registration expired. Lasted
    registered to Ree Brothers), then the Pioneer II.

    Steve Leonard

    The Ree Brothers built their gliders in the attic above their (electronics I think) shop in Philadelphia. I have an almost exact photo of my Cherokee being lowered to the street as the one of the Pioneer in this article!

    The Tern is no more. See the "Tern of a Screw" article in Soaring. or is is "Screw of a Tern"? Either way one of the brothers bailed out after getting into a spin in it.

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  • From Steve Leonard@21:1/5 to Tony on Wed Sep 13 13:17:48 2023
    On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 9:04:07 AM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 10:45:17 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 10:25:05 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:40:28 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    Nice article. I wished somehow this bird would be restored to flying condition rather than going on display in a museum.
    https://warbirdsnews.com/vintage-aviation/a-true-barn-find-for-the-mid-atlantic-air-museum.html

    Uli
    'AS'
    Hey, Uli. Wanna buy a Pioneer? I know a guy who knows a guy...

    Steve Leonard
    In all seriousness. I think the Ree Brothers built a stock Cherokee II (Tony Condon has it now), one with a longer, higher aspect ratio, laminar flow wing, known as a Cherokee RM (now owned by James Shafer), a Tern (registration expired. Lasted
    registered to Ree Brothers), then the Pioneer II.

    Steve Leonard
    The Ree Brothers built their gliders in the attic above their (electronics I think) shop in Philadelphia. I have an almost exact photo of my Cherokee being lowered to the street as the one of the Pioneer in this article!

    The Tern is no more. See the "Tern of a Screw" article in Soaring. or is is "Screw of a Tern"? Either way one of the brothers bailed out after getting into a spin in it.

    Screw of a Tern. December 1970, SOARING Magazine, page 16. It was a nice looking example of the Tern, too.

    Steve Leonard

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  • From Papa3@21:1/5 to Steve Leonard on Wed Sep 13 14:03:16 2023
    On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 4:17:53 PM UTC-4, Steve Leonard wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 9:04:07 AM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 10:45:17 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 10:25:05 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
    On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:40:28 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    Nice article. I wished somehow this bird would be restored to flying condition rather than going on display in a museum.
    https://warbirdsnews.com/vintage-aviation/a-true-barn-find-for-the-mid-atlantic-air-museum.html

    Uli
    'AS'
    Hey, Uli. Wanna buy a Pioneer? I know a guy who knows a guy...

    Steve Leonard
    In all seriousness. I think the Ree Brothers built a stock Cherokee II (Tony Condon has it now), one with a longer, higher aspect ratio, laminar flow wing, known as a Cherokee RM (now owned by James Shafer), a Tern (registration expired. Lasted
    registered to Ree Brothers), then the Pioneer II.

    Steve Leonard
    The Ree Brothers built their gliders in the attic above their (electronics I think) shop in Philadelphia. I have an almost exact photo of my Cherokee being lowered to the street as the one of the Pioneer in this article!

    The Tern is no more. See the "Tern of a Screw" article in Soaring. or is is "Screw of a Tern"? Either way one of the brothers bailed out after getting into a spin in it.
    Screw of a Tern. December 1970, SOARING Magazine, page 16. It was a nice looking example of the Tern, too.

    Steve Leonard

    A quick Google turned up this interesting tidbit. Look about halfway down the article. There's a picture of Ree Electronics.

    http://www.analogdial.com/CrystalSet/CrystalRadio.html

    I vaguely remember hearing about the Ree brothers from a PGC (Philadelphia Glider Council) old-timer in the mid to late 1980s when I was first learning to fly. Their shop was not far from where my wife grew up in Northeast Philly, and there was some
    other connection that I can't remember.

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