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April 2006

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11th Apr

Splat the Fly

If you don't like all those pesky summer flies on your car screen, then pity this poor chap who wasn't even moving - (clue Mucha = Fly)

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16th Apr

UK Acro Cup

On the 30th April - The First UK Acro Cup Event will be held at Sandhays (Lincolnshire). Website

(click image to enlarge)
23rd Apr

Diana 2 maiden video

Here is a video of the second day of test flights of the Diana 2 sailplane. in 2005 The glider went on to take second place in the European Championship in Finland
24th Apr

The Sailplane Magazine

Anyone interested in the History of gliding can refer to the Sailplane Magazine published between 1930 and 1933 by downloading the PDF files from the Documentation section of this site.

There is a lot to read on all those unusual as well as popular gliders of the time as well as interesting reports on famous designers and pilots
28th Apr

Slope Heaven

I found the ultimate slope whilst on my short holiday break. You can fly in any wind direction and with a little effort you can errect it in your own garden. Picture

:-))
28th Apr

Ten out of Stemme

John Copeland has sent in two pictures of his awesome 1:3 scale Stemme Motor glider on its' first trip out. See March Snippets for details or go to his website and order one

11th Apr

Auto-Tow

I have wondered for quite some time about using a car to tow up models rather than by winch. Indeed it has been used since the early days of full size gliding and in parts of the world is still in use.

Here is a short video of one such flight and here is a short comment on full size operation

Fancy a go! Can we possibly make Barry Cole redundant!!
23rd Apr

A Rare Glasflugel H202

Here is a picture of a rare Type made by Glasflugel. It is a transitional development between the H201 Standard Libelle and the H205 Club Libelle.
Points to note are the Mid-Wing and front part of the fuselage with canopy like the H201 but with a rounded tube for the rear fuselage and a 'T 'tail. The rudder is also a different shape to both model types


H201 Standard Libelle
H202 Modified Libelle
H205 Club Libelle
23rd Apr

Another Wilga to add to the fleet

Here are several shots of the new Wilga Martin Tigg has been building for the coming season
26th Apr

Javalot + DG 505??

On this French page you can download a useful zip file of large format photos and a couple of videos of the Wassmer Javelot

On the same page is a video of a happy Frenchmans face going through hell for the camera whilst aerobating in a DG505 Trainer
28th Apr

Shop 'till you Drop
from Ray Cooper

The other day, I had some items from Hoellein in Germany. With these was a leaflet from the Flying Circus Shirt Shop.The web site contains over 500 items from Tea shirts to underware, all suitably covered with gliders, etc.

www.shirtshop.flying-circus.de
April 2006