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Mike Fox times as Daryl Perkins gets his 10 minute target and a 100 point landing at the 2000 LSF/AMA National Soaring Championships

Who are these people? What are they doing? And WHY?

They are R/C Soaring Enthusiasts: imaginative individuals who prefer to do their thing by piloting sleek radio-controlled model sailplanes. Why? A million answers; yet, no answers. To ask is to miss the point. To do and to be is enough while sharing a carefully kept secret. They know the close fellowship, companionship with the birds and the wind, and a supreme challenge.

1997 LSF/AMA National Championships, Photo by Dave Garwood.

The League of Silent Flight was formed to accommodate pilots of like mind and interest, to codify and give voice to the soaring spirit; to promote a framework within which each soaring pilot may share an easy camaraderie with another while sharpening sharpening skills in a world-wide-accepted discipline of growth and achievement. Members of the League, or LSF, as it is known "have been there", have tasted silent fight and the sense of belonging. But to know is not always to say - for fear that speech and proclamation of one's innermost feelings may sever the tenuous bonds. And so, LSF prefers a quiet program through which its members, at their own pace, may acquire soaring skills through self imposed discipline, perseverance and a search for understanding. We seek to know our environment and to probe its secrets by attempting increasingly difficult tasks. By so doing, we begin to discover ourselves.

Do you fly? Imagine launching a motor-less craft and keeping it aloft for an hour or more by seeking out lift --wherever it may be. That's LSF. Try landing unerringly, ten times, within five feet of a spot chosen by someone else? That, too, is LSF. Have you the patience and the stamina to brave hours of wind, squinting into the blistering sun while trying to navigate a tricky slope in turbulence? You have? Then you should be LSF. A competitive spirit in your veins? Can you accumulate several thousand points in flight competition with your peers in six contests against others of your kind who try as hard - or even harder - to win? You're really LSF. Do the names Harris Hill, Torrey Pines or Die Wasserkuppe create a wanderlust feeling? Aha! You MUST be LSF. Yes, you can achieve these skills, and LSF will lead you to your new flying adventures. There are great memories and wonderful new friends to be made through the LEAGUE of SILENT FLIGHT.

And how shall you be known, one to another? By your deeds and sportsmanship - and by a small, white, soaring gull intertwined with the sky-blue letters "LSF " proudly worn over your heart and displayed on the Wings of your timeless, silent machine.

We won't try to find you. But, if you are our kind, YOU'LL FIND US. Over 7500 LSF members worldwide will show you the way.