>S 1S d SUSQUEHAND Ratph M, Snyder R. D. 2 fh 3 / Mount Joy, PA | 75%2 Vol. 76 No. 24 June 16, 1976 Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Buiiletin MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA. FIFTEEN CENTS King Ryan Frymoyer tries on his crown. King and Queen crowned in Marietta ...story on page 14 Queen Kelly Barton poses with her crown and trophy. Gloria 2nd in Miss PA Gloria Longenecker Gloria Longenecker of Mount Joy placed 2nd in the Miss PA Pageant in Altoona last Saturday. Her roommate, Marie Margaret McLaughlin was crowned Miss PA. As 1st runner-up, Gloria won a $1,400 cash scholar- ship. She is a student at Lebanon Valley College. At least 48 people from Mount Joy attended the pageant. They got a chance to see Gloria perform the aria ‘‘Vissi D‘Arte’’, the number she sang last September when she won the Miss Lancaster County contest. Maytown Bicen Picnic A picnic with everybody in town present; that is the aim of the Maytown Bicen- tennial Committee. Plans are under way for a June 26 affair to be held at the old Legion grounds on North King Street. The committee urges everybody in town and country-side to meet and eat and get acquainted. Many townspeople la- ment the passing of the small-town, know-every- body atmosphere, and the idea behind the picnic is to bring old and new resi- dents together in a relaxed, get-acquainted afternoon. ey pir # Pete Osborne soars over a field near Milton Grove. 0 The Flying Osborne Brothers Five days a week, Pete Osborne of Mount Joy, R.D.#2, daydreams about flying free as a bird. On weekends, Pete doesn’t have to daydream. He straps himself into a hang glider, and takes off from the top of a hill. By shifting his weight, he can swoop left and right. He can dive steeply, stop in midair, and para- chute gently to earth. If he’s lucky, Pete can hitch a ride on a rising current of warm air, and circle high into the sky like a turkey vulture. A Susquehanna Times reporter watched Pete and his brother Mark fly from a hilltop near Milton Grove last Saturday. ‘‘Just don’t write another story about ‘daredevil’ hang-gliders,”” Pete said. “This sport is ridiculously safe.” He explained how the aerodynomics of the glider make it practically impos- sible for even the most inexperienced pilot to crash The glider resembles a parachute more than an airplane. Even if the pilot panics, his natural move- ments stop the glider’s forward motion, and the craft settles gently to the ground. After watching Pete and Mark soar gracefully down the slope, glide to a halt just above the grass, and land on their feet, the reporter was convinced. “I'd like to try it,”’ the reporter said, ‘if 1 can start near the bottom of the hill.” The Osborne brothers strapped the reporter into a harness and tied a helmet on his head. The reporter picked up the hang-glider and tried to aim it into the wind at the proper angle. The big glider weighs only 35 Ibs. It is con- structed of aluminum tub- ing, rip-stop sailcloth, and tough guy-wires. To take off, the pilot has to run into the wind until his air speed is 16 miles per hour. The reporter began to run. When Pete Osborne shouted, the reporter threw his legs backward and into the air. Instinct told the reporter that he was going to plow a furough in the dirt with his nose. Instead, he began to soar. The flight was very short and close to the ground, but for a few seconds, he felt a sensation that he remembered only from his dreams. Then, without knowing how it had hap- pened, he softly landed. [continued on page 3]
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