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The 30th International Vintage Glider rally was held at Achmer airfield (NE of Osnabruck) last week (2oth - 27th July)
About 110 gliders attended. Roughly 40 from Germany, 35 from UK, several from Sweden, Denmark,Holland, Poland, Belgium,France, Switzerland.
Slingsby products present included the Petrel, Sky, Swallow, several T31's and T21's, and 3 various models of Skylark.
Also many gorgeous and wonderfullyu restored German products especially Grunau Babies.
The weather wasn't that great but we flew 7 days out of 8.
Social occasions, especially the "International" and "German" evenings were excellent and heavily ethanol fuelled.
I got to fly 6 new types including that incredible two seat "primary" which the Danes have - now that's open air flying!
1500 feet of fresh air straight down between your legs is impressive!
See www.ovfl.de "events" for the details
The 30th International Vintage Glider rally was held at Achmer airfield (NE of Osnabruck) last week (2oth - 27th July)
About 110 gliders attended. Roughly 40 from Germany, 35 from UK, several from Sweden, Denmark,Holland, Poland, Belgium,France, Switzerland.
Slingsby products present included the Petrel, Sky, Swallow, several T31's and T21's, and 3 various models of Skylark.
Also many gorgeous and wonderfullyu restored German products especially Grunau Babies.
The weather wasn't that great but we flew 7 days out of 8.
Social occasions, especially the "International" and "German" evenings were excellent and heavily ethanol fuelled.
I got to fly 6 new types including that incredible two seat "primary" which the Danes have - now that's open air flying!
1500 feet of fresh air straight down between your legs is impressive!
See www.ovfl.de "events" for the details
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Astir8, Thanks for the info, wanted to get there this year, but with family crisis and a current crisis at work with a certain airline who think nothing of rebasing crews around the country side at short notice, it didnt happen.
Worse still I am having to put plans on the back burner for getting a vintage machine until life returns back to some sense of normality.
Roll on an upturn in the job market!
By the way what do you fly normally, did Chris Wills find his way there without getting lost?
Worse still I am having to put plans on the back burner for getting a vintage machine until life returns back to some sense of normality.
Roll on an upturn in the job market!
By the way what do you fly normally, did Chris Wills find his way there without getting lost?
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Flew both the T21 and the Kirby cadet at Tangmere when it was still going - anyone remember "riding the winch" - after the last knot on checking the cable at the end of the day you would sit on the winch chute and be winched the rest of the way in - great fun!
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Chris Wills got there - don't know by what diverse route.
I usually fly a Skylark 4. On the way back we went through Arnhem & visited the Airborne Museum at Oosterbeck.
I'm not sure when a British built wooden glider last visited Arnhem!
Chris Wills got there - don't know by what diverse route.
I usually fly a Skylark 4. On the way back we went through Arnhem & visited the Airborne Museum at Oosterbeck.
I'm not sure when a British built wooden glider last visited Arnhem!
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Aahh, tweaking my nostalgia strings. First gliding
course at Swanton Morley as an ATC cadet (276
Chelmsford) flying both T21 & T31 & then joined
the RAF. After a while, off to Bicester to be
'taught to fly the thing, not just point it!'.
Ended up in Germany flying from Bruggen & got my 'C' licence on my second conversion flight onto
the Swallow. Crisp April Sunday morning just
before midday with all the cookers in the married
patch, which was on the downwind leg, going
full blast for Sunday lunch. Damn thing wouldn't
come down so ended up stooging around for 24'.
What fun!
course at Swanton Morley as an ATC cadet (276
Chelmsford) flying both T21 & T31 & then joined
the RAF. After a while, off to Bicester to be
'taught to fly the thing, not just point it!'.
Ended up in Germany flying from Bruggen & got my 'C' licence on my second conversion flight onto
the Swallow. Crisp April Sunday morning just
before midday with all the cookers in the married
patch, which was on the downwind leg, going
full blast for Sunday lunch. Damn thing wouldn't
come down so ended up stooging around for 24'.
What fun!
