August 2006 Vol. 23, No. 8 – R/C - RCSoaring.com
August 2006 Vol. 23, No. 8 – R/C - RCSoaring.com
August 2006 Vol. 23, No. 8 – R/C - RCSoaring.com
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Challenge <strong>2006</strong><br />
Dean Thomas (dean@steelheadproducts.<strong>com</strong>)<br />
T<br />
his year marked the 9th<br />
annual Montague Cross<br />
Country Challenge at the<br />
Siskiyou County Airport just<br />
outside of Yreka, California.<br />
This annual contest is hosted<br />
by Dean Gradwell. His<br />
hangars are used as the base of<br />
contest operations. The<br />
airport is used for full-scale<br />
sailplane operations and his<br />
hangars house a great<br />
collection of radio control and<br />
full scale sailplanes.<br />
This was my second year in<br />
the contest, but it will<br />
definitely not be my last.<br />
The contest is fun and never<br />
too intense, which allows all<br />
participants, teams or<br />
spectators to enjoy all that the<br />
Shasta Valley has to offer.<br />
Two winches were set up<br />
parallel to the taxiway for the<br />
airport. A bicycle or golf cart<br />
Photo by Joe Stagg<br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2006</strong><br />
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