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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 6, 1 978 THREE ighflyiinig Ionian 2ir way to N 1 Hang Gliding meet down bowling pins, or camp ing in front of the teevee with a six-pack account for the recreation needs for many of us. . But when Rick Peterson of lone wants to unwind, he gumps off a cliff wearing a kite. But he does it well. So well, in fact, that in two weeks, he J will travel to Pennsylvania to compete in the National Hang Gliding Championship. Pe terson is the lone Oregonian to qualify for the nationals in his high-performance soaring division, and one of only six persons to represent four northwest states at the nation als. Peterson.? became involved with hang gliding three years ago. "I was going to college in Pendleton, and I saw an ad on a bui'etin board for a hang gliding store that was opening. I'd seen a program on television ' about it, and thought I'd like to try it. So I was the first person at the store the day it opened,", he recollected. That same day, he took his first lesson, and the following day his first flight. "I thought it was something that I could be good at, so I really stuck with it," he said. Prior to that time, the 21-year-old lone man depen ded on motocross racing to satisfy his recreational inter ests. But his dirt bike just collected dust after he dis covered the joy of flying. "I guess it's mainly just the thrill that attracted me to hang gliding." he said. "No matter how many times I take off, I still get the adrenalin hill behind the Jordan grain elevator almost four miles into lone, landing on the school football field. While riding a thermal draft above Wallowa Lake one summer, he was joined by a soaring eagle. "Every time I'd do a turn, he'd do one too," story continued on page 10 - M it -j S z pumping. It's a rush that stays with you all the time." It's not hard to understand, when you hear about some of the flights he's taken in his rainbow colored Dragonfly model glider. He's gone as high as 4,000 feet above' the ground during one competition meet, making him feel "pretty small and excited, but not really scared. I could see cars at the landing area but not the people, and I was flying through pieces of clouds." v , On another flight, thermal conditions allowed him to remain airborne for 2'2 hours, giving him an eerie, but not unpleasant sensation of "not really noticing the glider at all. It seems like it's just you up there." His longest cross country flight was an esti mated seven miles. He has soared across the Columbia River and back near Biggs, and once flew from a lone aerialist Rick Peterson soars off top of butte near McNab in multicolored high performance kite in photo at right. 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