Concrete runways are hard on sailplanes. Barbara K. Henon learned this fact at Mile Square in Southern CA while flying her Graupner Cumulus RC Sailplane during the national League of Silent Flight contest in 1972. Barbara won the contest, but the Cumulus ended it beat up and dirty, although that doesn’t matter when you can take home both the Duration Winner trophy and the Overall Winner trophy.
The Cumulus sailplane, its original radio equipment, and winning trophies have all been donated to the collection by Barbara K. Henon & Richard Shilling, with the assistance of: Fred Weaver, SoaringUSA, Keith Finkenbiner, Manuel Barba Ortiz. Thank you, all, for helping to grow the museum’s collection!