- Once Again
By Peter Kelly
John J Sinclair - JJ for short, bought a wrecked glider
from the insurance company, did the repairs and got it back into the air,
with a lot of help and support from his wife Pat and his son John. I
took a few photos of the first day back into the air for The Genesis.
Of course, JJ is not one who would fail to address the significance of such an event. His last project - some four years ago, was to build a replica of an Albatross Glider He built it from plans. JJ is truly a romantic when it comes to gliders. He says this ship has a new name now. Rather than Genisis, he is calling it Geneside! I overheard him inflight, and I think he really likes her.
Here are the photos I snapped on Sunday, May 4, 2003
As usual, just click on the photo to enlarge.......
A Critical view from the
wing tip - waiting for the right time to launch.
The Family was all
there - JJ in the cockpit, with wife, son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren.
Waiting for the traffic
ahead to land. Rick Anderson mans the tow rope hook up, while son
John offers last minute support from behind the wing.
Tow line is connected,
JJ secures the canopy latches.
Wings level, start of takeoff
roll.
Pat watches, somewhat
anxiously, as the bird reaches flying speed and lifts into the air for the
first time
A shot through the zoom
lens shows that all is well, as Genocide flys - once again!
Here's a personal note that was posted on Williams Today, from JJ,
commenting on this page and the flight performance on the test flight.....
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To: Readers of Williams Today
Subject: Re: The Genesis Flys again- and party follows..., By Peter K.
From: JJ
Date: 07 May 2003
Time: 10:22:28 = 7:22 AM PDST
Comments
Thanks Peter, You're all right. The ship is "Geneside" for the Diskies.
I really like it, she's a keeper. Was able to stay above two LS-8's and
an ASW-24, so where's the climb problem?
Ray and I were dead even in the cruse at 80 knots, but then he ran off
and left me due to superior cloud reading. Even so, we flew about
150 miles on the test flight and I was only 4 minutes behind Ray.
I'll take that every day this summer at Montague Nats.
Thanks again,
JJ
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The end.
Of course, JJ is not one who would fail to address the significance of such an event. His last project - some four years ago, was to build a replica of an Albatross Glider He built it from plans. JJ is truly a romantic when it comes to gliders. He says this ship has a new name now. Rather than Genisis, he is calling it Geneside! I overheard him inflight, and I think he really likes her.
Here are the photos I snapped on Sunday, May 4, 2003
As usual, just click on the photo to enlarge.......
A Critical view from the
wing tip - waiting for the right time to launch. 
The Family was all
there - JJ in the cockpit, with wife, son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren.
Waiting for the traffic
ahead to land. Rick Anderson mans the tow rope hook up, while son
John offers last minute support from behind the wing. 
Tow line is connected,
JJ secures the canopy latches.
Wings level, start of takeoff
roll. 
Pat watches, somewhat
anxiously, as the bird reaches flying speed and lifts into the air for the
first time 
A shot through the zoom
lens shows that all is well, as Genocide flys - once again!Here's a personal note that was posted on Williams Today, from JJ,
commenting on this page and the flight performance on the test flight.....
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To: Readers of Williams Today
Subject: Re: The Genesis Flys again- and party follows..., By Peter K.
From: JJ
Date: 07 May 2003
Time: 10:22:28 = 7:22 AM PDST
Comments
Thanks Peter, You're all right. The ship is "Geneside" for the Diskies.
I really like it, she's a keeper. Was able to stay above two LS-8's and
an ASW-24, so where's the climb problem?
Ray and I were dead even in the cruse at 80 knots, but then he ran off
and left me due to superior cloud reading. Even so, we flew about
150 miles on the test flight and I was only 4 minutes behind Ray.
I'll take that every day this summer at Montague Nats.
Thanks again,
JJ
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The end.