Correct. We would all meet at Jim Slaters Hardware in Lancaster. I don't know if it is all there at this time, that was over 40 years ago. Jerry Lucke would come down from Lima, Ohio, Mark Radcliffe and his dad, Dave and Sally, lot of time the kids, Dave with the Strohs. At Chardon, Ohio, one weekend, total rain all weekend. Didn't stop us, we would hold the planes under the wing forward of the LE at fuselage base, left hand wrapped around the fuse bottom, the right hand holding the fuse in front of the stab, gears retracted, full power, take three long fast steps in the mud, hand launch. I'm not sure if we made gear up landings. Dave had a VW bus for a while after Army discharge. He came to World with that bus. Later on, he bought a green and white Dodge van from one of the contest flyers, northern Ohio, forget his name, we would all pile in it, Harry Roe along, for the Rough River trip. I don't know how 5 or 6 of us piled in that van with planes, overnight bags, flight line gear, etc.
Vince