Memphis Soaring Society

1998: Starting Grid

Each year on or about July 4, Memphis Soaring holds a Fun Fly competition. This is a weekend event including one practice day and two days of racing. It's an informal affair that loosely follows the SSA Sports Class rules. Typically, about one dozen gliders compete.

These events were previously held at Edwards Soaring, north of Little Rock. But, in 1998, Joe could no longer host the events, so Memphis Soaring continued the practice.

Winners receive plaques to commemorate his accomplishments. Following are the standings for recent years:

Year	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
1998	Joe Edwards	Chris Podbielski	David Cahoon
1999
2000
2001	Joe Edwards - HP-18	Scott Jednacz - ASW-24	Jim Hendrix - Std. Cirrus
2002	Tim McNamara - ASW-27	Ed King - PIC-20D	Jim Hendrix - Std. Cirrus
2003	Dave Cahoon - ASW-28	Scott Jednacz - ASW-24	Tim McNamara - ASW-27