lighter models on those rare occasions when the
air is still and there is little or no lift, but appropriately ballasted it easily handled the strongest wind
that I was prepared to fly in. As a result of this
transformation it was promoted and became my
number one choice for most competitions.
My Stratos performed admirably in quite a few
competitions until, at Jerilderie, it suddenly and unexpectedly failed to release from the winch line.
The line was not tangled around the model, as
sometimes happens, it was jus