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Archive Home > 2002 > August > 01 > Gliders soar into another world

Gliders soar into another world

Oregon Desert Flyers leave Earth thousands of feet below as they take to the sky

By Keith Ridler / The Bulletin
August 1, 2002

A hot desert wind whipped into the faces of the men who looked through squinting eyes across the plain at wildly twisting dust devils shooting debris a thousand feet upward.

"It's very active right now," said Robin Ritter of Bend, scanning the sky. "Unstable. Very unstable. We've....

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