Stuart stands by the cockpit of the Stemme in its hangar in Waukegan. I met Stuart in 1979 when he volunteered to crew for me at a glider competition in Pennsylvania. In 1980 we were together again for a grand aviation adventure: a glider expedition from Mexico to Canada along the spine of the Continental Divide. What with the commitments of working and raising families, this is the first time since then that we've been able to contemplate a similarly ambitious trip.