In July, 1863, two thousand Confederate cavalrymen - known as "Morgan's Raiders" - crossed the Ohio River from Brandenburg, Kentucky into Indiana, where they burned, pillaged and looted for several days before crossing into Ohio.
On May 7 and 8, 2005, the Central Indiana Soaring Society decided it was payback time.
Striking from a secret base deep in a secluded river bottom, five engineless aircraft flew ten separate sorties over the Ohio River, where they pillaged and looted ...
Okay, not really. We just
- set some Kentucky state soaring records
- saw some beautiful scenery
- ate great food
- watched the thunderstorms roll in after dark
- camped out next to the runway, thunderstorms or no
- after flying was done, tossed back a few cold ones
- saw a lot of nice taildraggers on Sunday
- had too many milkshakes
- and had a lot of fun
We had a great turnout and a great time. Ron Clarke, Scot Ortman, Todd Rutledge, Peter Detore, Larry Pennington, Kurt Ristow and I all flew on Saturday. Scot's flight, a heroic out and return to Paoli, Indiana in tricky conditions, apparently broke the Kentucky absolute altitude record. Ron Clarke and I each declared and flew 100km triangular speed courses. Mario Lazaga (CISS's newest graduate of the five-hour silver badge leg) did not fly but served as official observer and crew chief. Charlie Epperson ferried the tow plane down on Saturday morning and back on Sunday afternoon, and Mike Hutchison drove down from Columbus, Indiana to share towing duties with Charlie.
This will not be the last post on this subject!
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