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Company/Organization:
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Vintage Sailplane Association, Soaring Society
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Biography:
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Cam Martin works at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, where he heads the Office of External Affairs. For more than a half century, the Center has conducted experimental flight research in the high desert. Cam has delivered over 100 aerospace lectures at Oshkosh and is an EAA Young Eagles Flight Leader. He flies two vintage sailplanes from Skylark North in Tehachapi, a 1966 H301 Libelle and a 1968 Laister LP-49.
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Presentations:
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Friday, 7/30/2010 - 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM - Forum Pavilion 03 % Sennheiser - Map
The Schweizer 1-26 is a High Performance Sailplane - Really? - Evaluating the hidden performance aspects of the Schweizer 1-26 Sailplane. If a fast, flat glide is the ultimate measure of a sailplane's value, the 1-26 should be in big trouble. It does neither. What else could account for this humble machine's enduring popularity?
Presented by: Cam Martin
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