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jetmaven
Dec 17, 2004, 07:41 PM
Back In The 70's , Dwight Holley Flew An Open Class Sailplane Called The Maestro. All That It Ever Did Was Blow Away The Competition. Does It Still Exist?
schrederman
Dec 18, 2004, 08:54 PM
Only in the garages and basements of kit horders.

JW
Ollie
Dec 18, 2004, 11:35 PM
Then, Dwight Holley's flying skill blown away the competition. It was not about equipment.

Dwight beat me in NJ in the 70s.

I saw at '82 at the World's. Dwight won with his own design. He had a very fine plane but, a few had better planes but, he beat them.
raschow
Dec 19, 2004, 02:59 AM
What we used to say about Dwight: He launches, looks for lift for 10 min (typical max in those days) and then lands (on the spot) whether he finds any or not! I seldom beat him, but managed to do so at one contest which included one flight when I outlasted him head to head in very light & scratchy conditions with a Hobie Hawk vs his Maestro. That win (and his gracious compliments) was a high I'll never forget! An appropriately beefed up Maestro would be a potential killer in Nostalgia class. Good Lift!
Badger
Dec 19, 2004, 10:48 AM
Here's a Megan that I sold in 1979. I am still looking to build one today. The owner of the rights to the Maestro line won't sell me a plan or kit. Anyone else out there have a plan?
erich
Dec 19, 2004, 11:12 AM
That looks a lot like a Dodgson Windsong. I have an unbuilt kit of the Saratoga
Windsong by Bob Dodgson. It's 132" span, flaps, ailerons, rudder, elevator.
It may be that the Maestro was the forerunner of the Windsong? It was the best
plane I ever had. Flew it for 4-5 years back in the mid 80's. Liked it so much I
bought another kit. In fact I built at least one of all the Dodgson kits.
Camano, Pivot, Pixy, Pivot plus, and Windsong his flagship.

erich
jetmaven
Dec 19, 2004, 09:55 PM
Badger, It Sure Beats Me Why Someone Would Let A Design Like The Maestro Just Disappear.
skybenchone
Dec 21, 2004, 05:02 PM
Dwight and Fritz Bein colaborated and came up with a similar design they called the Gobbler. Kit was available from MEN for a short time. Used a 205 and was an absolute bear to build. I have had one, (built by someone else), but never flew it. Mike Remus just finished taping the flaps/ailerons back on, so this spring I'll put it up.

Ray Hayes
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