Gliding At Elmira
In 1932, Time magazine published an article the Third Annual National Soaring Meet in Elmira, New York where an enthusiastic little group of glider pilots had prayed that the winds of the Chemung Valley would persist. Most importantly, a meteorological service was provided at the meet by Massachusetts Institute of Technology which loaned Dr. Karl 0. Lange, an authority on soaring. Each day at 5 a. m. a plane climbed to 13,000 ft (4,000 m) with M. I. T.'s special instruments for recording weather data. At 7 a.m. Dr. Lange directed the glider pilots to the best ridge for the day's soaring, told them what currents to expect. Then pilots and crews started for the ridge, dragging their craft on trailers.
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