U.S. Standard Class Nationals

Siskiyou County Airport, CA

This information was sent to me by Walter Rogers.

Ray Gimmey, who also had flown the Genesis, calls the Genesis, "a Discus killer."

Chip Garner flew the ship on a non-contest day and worked weak lift, and he had this to say, "Handling is great, it is docile, not pitch sensitive, easy to control speed in a thermal."

Claudio Ponte also flew the ship the same day as Chip and said the cockpit was comfortable and the glider was "easy to fly."

Rick Walters told us "the prototype is a competitive standard class glider that climbs good and runs good."

Clem Bowman, had a 55 minute flight in the Genesis and can hardly wait to receive his own Genesis kit.

It took Karl a few flights to get comfortable flying the Genesis. All of the pilots had problems on the marginal weather days this year, and every pilot had at least one off-field landing. The two off-field landings were in mowed hay fields and presented no problem When Karl did finish, he got first and second..

The current external shape of the Genesis is fixed and will represent what the kits will look like. We will make a few internal changes to systems which will lighten and simpilfy the design. At the same time we will start the process of making production molds. We want to be able to ship kits in the first quarter of 1996. The equipped aircraft should weigh 520 pounds ready to fly. The wing panels a expected weigh 130 pounds each. The kit price is still at 25,900 dollars, U.S . We are working with Dick Collier of Collier Aviation Services, in Groveland, CA, on developing a trailer for the Genesis. Storage in the trailer and assembly is conventional. All in all, we enjoyed out visit to Northern California and meeting and racing against the best in the United States.

Robert Mudd
Genesis Production Manager