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History

The historical information below was taken from, with kind permission, Images of Aviation – Soaring and Gliding – The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Area written by Jeffery Sandman and Peter Sandman and published by Arcadia Publishing. http://www.arcadiapublishing.com

As early as October 1936, an informal soaring meet was held near Benton Harbor, Indiana, with members of four glider clubs participating. It led to the formation of the ChicagoLand Glider Council, a not-for-profit organization intended to encourage motorless flying by sponsoring regional contests, setting soaring records, and aiding sailplane construction. Headed by German-born Chicagoan Joseph P. Steinhauser and Bob Blaine, the editor of the Air Bubble, the mimeographed publication of the council, the group was very active in meets at Frankfort in 1938 and 1939. In February 1939, they sponsored a Winter Get-Together and Soaring Forum at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, with Frankfort’s Stan Corcoran and Ted Bellak as the guest speakers. About 200 pilots attended. In November of that year, they hosted a meet at Benton Harbor. —Jeffery Sandman and Peter Sandman, Images of Aviation – Soaring and Gliding – The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Area


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