Larry is in the clouds.

Larry was in the clouds on Sunday... sort of. From looking at the photos you might argue that there were no clouds. You'd be right but he was flying high just the same.

Through a fellow CAP Member, Enrique (shown here in the yellow tow plane), Larry got an opportunity to fly in a glider. This is an opportunity that he's been excited about but wasn't sure how or when it would happen. CAP has a glider in TN and CAP wants people to use it but making that happen hasn't been as easy as he had hoped.

He and Enrique got to talking at the CAP

meeting last Thursday. Enrique is a real character... very interesting and very adventurous. He's upbeat, busy, creative and a fast talker with a heavy accent. He's a lot of fun to talk to. Though he loves to fly, hang gliding is his passion.

Anyway, Enrique flies just about anything but helicopters. He often tows gliders up and pilots gliders as well. He took Larry along with him this time. Larry had to wait a few hours as he watched others be towed up and glide. During the wait he was able to talk to other people who

were there to fly and learned a lot. When it was his turn to go up in the glider Enrique piloted until there were up and then gave Larry the controls. They were up for about a half hour but the air was cooling as it was near the end of the day and drew their gliding to an early end. I'm sure there will be more opportunities in the future.