Dave White discovered a VHS tape in a dusty old drawer at TSA made by June Wiberg who compiled and narrated all of her old glider days home movies from the 40's to the early 60's and sent it to TSA. June was the wife of Wally Wiberg, who owned a flying ranch in Grand Prairie, Texas that became the home of TSA in the 60's and 70's. Wally owned the famous Screamin' Wiener glider later renamed the Lil' Dogie.

Dave put the VHS tape on a DVD which I converted to mp4 and posted in 11 segments on YouTube with a little description. The tape has footage of the 1952 Nationals in Grand Prairie featuring a few minutes of the Horten IV flying wing (Rudy Opitz) and the RJ5 (Dick Johnson). It also contained Torrey Pines beach landings, the 1955 Nationals in Florida, the first flight of the Sisu, many, many LK's, TG-3's, Pratt-Reeds, even footage of 1936 Wasserkuppe. More importantly, it has lots of footage of gliding legends who were (are) still in their youth.

Part 1 of 11 1952 - Texas Soaring Association
Gliders - Screaming Wiener, Lil Dogie, Pratt-Reed, BG-6,People - Phil Easley, E. J. Reeves, Wally Wiberg

Part 2 of 11  1952 Nationals at Grand Prairie, Texas, Texas Soaring Association
Gliders - Horten IV, RJ-5, Tiny Mite, People - Dick Johnson, Rudy Opitz, Ken Jacobs

Part 3 of 11 1954 Texas Soaring Association, Gliders - AV-36, Flying Plank, 1-23, TG-3, Pratt-Reed, People - Jon Carsey, Larry Gerlein

Part 4 of 11 1955 Nationals in Elmira, New York, Larry Gerlein, Rudy Opitz, Bill Coverdale, Bill Ivans, 2-25

Part 5 or 11 Local Texas Soaring Association - Early 1950's, Lil Dogie, TG-3, Minimoa, Weihe, Double Tow

Part 6 of 11, December 1958, First flight of the Sisu - Len Niemi, George Coder

Part 7 of 11, February 1959, Torrey Pines California, Pratt-Reed, Baby Bowlus, Joe Lincoln, Wally Wiberg
 
Part 8 of 11, 1948 Nationals, Sanford, Florida, Pratt-Reed, LK, E.J. Reeves, Wally Wiberg, Fritz and Baby Compton

Part 9 of 11, 1948 Nationals, Sanford, Florida,L-100, Teco Teco

Part 10 of 11, Texas Soaring Association - Early 50's, Dick Johnson, Ken Jacobs, Oats Schwarzenegger

Part 11 of 11, 1936 Wasserkuppe, Karl Bauer

Go to www.youtube.com and search for TSA Wiberg to find all 11 or start here:

TSA Wiberg Part 1 of 11
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Bob O'Neal
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