The Sailplane Class @ Penn State

 
Home
Class Origins
Class Achievements
Class Members
Class Lectures
Class Fieldtrips
Design Groups
Design Competitions
Lab Groups
Lab Facilities
Easy Build Sailplane
The Falcon
The Griffin
Technical Reports
Aerospace Links

The sailplane class typically takes one field trip during a semester. These trips are to sites that are pertinent to the hobby of soaring. Past trips include visits to the University of Toronto, Diamond Aircraft, and the National Soaring Museum in Elmira, NY. Below are pictures from the class trip to Elmira on February 11, 2003.

One of the many fine planes on display at the National Warplane Museum
Josh Geiple looks at the world from a fighter pilot's point of view
The class gets a surprise visit from Paul Schweitzer
Pipa explains another important glider concept
So many gliders, so little time...
Is that a glider?
The field trip group with Paul Schweitzer