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CONTENTSOctober 2008Vol. 25, No. 103 RC Soaring Digest Editorial4 The F3J ExperienceSeattle 2006, Chicago 2007, Adaparazi 2008The road to the World Championships.By Sherman Knight42 Wings With a TwistPitcherons and wingerons detailed by Steve McKinlay.49 Miles and Storks Mean Smiles and TurkeyA new two meter from Murat Esibatir and Philip Kolb, acontest, and an avian phenomenon. By Sydney Lenssen54 What a Landing!By Daniel Bizzera56 Klingberg Wing 100, RevisitedRol Klingberg's large ’wing, built by Tom Hoopes, isfinally made airborne by Tom Nagel.Front cover: Jack Cooper and Joe Chovan fly in closeformation with a pair of Leading Edge Gliders Lockheed P-80Shooting Star slope jets. Photographed at WilsonLake Kansas by Dave Garwood using a Canon EOS 40D and70-200 f/4 lens. ISO 800, 1/750 sec., f8.0, 160mmThe Ferengi Rules of Soaring 65Ira Steven Behr, the Executive Producer of Deep SpaceNine, wrote the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. Rumor hasit that Ira was also a sailplane pilot... By Peter CarrTinamou 66Curtis Suter's long-term interest in swept back flyingwings leads to a beautiful and good flying RC sailplanenamed after a secretive tailless bird.Campbell 78Greg Potter talks about his bio-retreiver.Back cover & Contents page background:Matt Tillman's Super J-II RES electric sailplane, a planespecifically designed to take advantage of the lack of a zoomon electric climbout. It's powered by an Axi 2212/20 turninga 10x8 prop, with an AUW of ~22 oz, depending on ballast.The pod and boom are from Art Hobby, the fin is that of anAllegro, and the wing and stab are Matt's design. Photo byJulie Tillman at the field of the Patuxent Aeromodelers inHollywood Maryland.Canon PowerShot A630, 1/1250 sec., f3.52 R/C Soaring Digest