No.4 -- Frankfort, Michigan

9 May 1992

Frankfort, Michigan, has been a soaring mecca since the early 1930s. The city is the home of the sailplane company which manufactured the first designated military training glider. The area has also hosted two national soaring meets and numerous midwest gliding contests. [References]


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A Franklin "PS-2" flying along the beach of Lake Michigan, as part of the 1938 Glider Meet.


Souvenir envelope from the 1938 National Glider Meet in Frankfort, MI.


The "City of Utica," designed by Stanley W. Smith, at the 1938 Glider Contest.


The 1992 souvenir mail was flown by Jan Scott in his Minimoa and by John House and Ted Bellak in the club's ASK-13. Each pilot carried about half of the total load.


Ted Bellak, Jan Scott, John House and Simine Short with the ASK-13 in the background.


Jan Scott in his Minimoa sailplane, coming in to land.


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