[Willi Von Klugerman]

I at this point,am trying to achieve my dream of taking flight by building a glider.It is a project that I am proud to be doing and I hope it all goes well!

I recall myself attempting to achieve flight since I was about seven or eight years old.I remember placing a long block of wood between my bike frame,hoping that it would make me fly,only to find out that it was a useless idea.But I was young and would have never imagine knowing things like lift,power,stalls,ect.I abandoned trying to fly from that point on.It wasn't until early 2008 when I was in the 8th grade and was 15.

What sparked my interest at trying to achieve flight again was when I found out that a fellow school peer actually flew aircraft and flies a scarlet red fuselage Cessna and twin engines.I was envious that a boy that is about my age is doing such activities that I have been dreaming for years to do.I knew alot more information about flight than my early self so I had just the knowlege to do such thing.Unfortunetly I was too hasty and by April I slopily put pieces of would and a bed sheet and hammered it together without even bothering to be practical.Within a few days I devised a glider that screamed poor work and desperation.

It was a sorry excuse for a glider.It had no tail,the wood in various spots detatched from the nails,the fabric wasn't stiffened and wasn't fastened in some spots.In all,it was a failed attempt and it didn't lift me.Soon it was scrapped and only one pic exsist of the glider was a pic of the family cat and the glider is seen laying on the porch through the window.After that I layed back on the idea but still had high intentions in doing another project, thinking more carefully and practical.

Then about February of 2009 things started to spark again but this time it was devising both a design of my own aircraft and glider (as a back up project) with a retro-1900's aircraft design.After numerous sketches of various designs,enough to make a magazine,I came up with a type that is similar to a Bleriot XI but with some changes.But by Easter break I soon realized I wasn't thinking practical again when I visited a local hardwhare store and knew that building an aircraft was a project that is beyond my capabillities.

I got carried away with myself again,but I still had the thirst to fly.I then quickly went back to the glider idea.This time putting more thought into it and use Octave Chanutes glider as the basis for my design.By late May I started to build the glider and through out the summer.What is humbling about this project is the fact that Im building this during the 100th centenial of the decade of first flight and knowing that a hundred years from this day a person was doing the same thing I am doing.I hope to get it completed soon and make tethered tests and if it passes,I shall test it on a hill slope that is nearby from my house.

Maybe my age,my story,my ideas,and my projects gives me the title of a pioneer aviator.