ae And si since , his wife Anne;

- who usually works up there
with ‘him, has decided: she’s
_ made the. ‘rip: enough times:
- to pass. up on it this, year. and.
© stay” at “home in | North:
~~ Vancoun er, he'll be up.there.

| is” a - commodity
almost: as. ‘precious as. the —

November. Even: bea it’s: a.
_ precat ous. ‘trip by four wheel —
e.

of: “their =’ on
“Cumberland Crescent.

If Otto had had his way the ©
- couple: would have been up.
there already, . gliding effort-
lessly through ‘the Skies” at
about 50 m.p. he

BUREAUCRATIC HASSLES
_ ‘He's been . “ready: and.
raring to go for a couple’ of |
weeks now but. has been
__ prevented from doing so: by
_ forces over which he has no |
control — first bureaucracy
and now the weather. ;

_ The obstacles began with
the federal department of
transport. Their, difficulty
- was that the plane with its 30
ft. wingspan,. which Otto
calls a power glider, is the
first of ‘its type they have |
_ seen. -

Even “after ‘they'd ‘ap:
proved it structurally they .
still couldn’t decide what. to
classify it ae or determine
_ whether. the couple were
entitled to fly it.

plane and that he wasn’t-too’

e1 “What: was requir -d;
, Grilling. a blasting away a all ‘one. way

~ intended | getting his plan

>and once 'more: changed. their

changed ‘and. was. too windy ~
to risk flying the aluminum, - ali my life and I am’ anxious:

: and two gallon gas tank.

, DOT.

tive -thinkers and as far as :
they are. concerned there’s

ion too | old. to. > ‘fy his own

old to. sit -for ‘his pilot’
‘Jicence. either, if: that. was”

-into the air and: being ‘at the —
controls himself. . :

‘They'r re | ‘so. , ‘confident ‘that |

nspected ‘the’ plane’ again

“minds about what it was. ~

bought i in Florida. oe
= They. think - they < can: ‘sell

$1,980: ‘pius $200 ‘currency
duty

in his life.” ene

fly, while, they checked out.
possible airstrips. at Squam-"
ish and Delta." -

arrived,

just. before. the | excited about ‘flying it. ee
weekend, 6

the. ‘weather ' had |

oe “oy have: wanted to ‘do this

_wood and fabric plane which . ‘to take it up,” he says. ot
weighs: just 130 1b. when .
fully ‘equipped with _ its.

McCulloch go-kart | engine ‘consequences: Tl: am. not

"go. high. ups" she says.
- Otio’ Ss hoping the weather ; “ ass oa
will change ‘later this week’.
and that he’ll be able to fly it,':..
while it’s. still OK byt the"

‘The Schneiders. are. posi”

“no question. that the plane -
will fly high from a ground.

Ee r. “hey re already’ looking ' into.
: marketing a modified version.
of the plane. Ait which: they -

‘she. ‘intends: “ning it. out
herself.

.\, do: it too;””

“them. to. Canadians: for less.
han the. price they paid of —

exchange. and $400" import :
| the plane ¢

oe The™ few: ae - Otto. has had: a-previous -
a - Schneiders, impatiently ¥ wait-_

“ed for the: official DOT letter.
giving them ‘permission - to”

‘Anne is . ‘not afraid: of the ,

worried as long as he doesn’t »

‘Having

g
“sites: ‘loge to: ‘home, - Otto.
thinks he. will: probably. take
to, Hope for its first”

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wine he has had p plenty Oi itt : ve

a his s lifetime. -

in the. war . ‘he. “was | the | "
_ Swiss. Army champion ‘Skier —
in his:age group. And-he is
sail. very much a mountain- od
eer.)

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