Originally Posted by
India Four Two
Olympia 463,
I’ve flown three of the four gliders you mentioned, but ỉonically, never the K13. I have lots of instructional time in Blaniks, but only a few flights in a Capstan and a Bocian, early in my gliding career, before I had even gone solo.
I’m intrigued by your comment about the Capstan. What was so bad about it?
Air Cadets wanted to buy Blaniks back in the '60s but were blocked because they were made in an Iron Curtain country.
Ray Stafford-Allen kindly brought his T49 Capstan to Halton one weekend for us all to sample at his own expense. It was like a 2 seat Swallow and would have fitted the bill perfectly, but that's just my personal opinion.