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Am I seeing things - a jet powered glider!!??
Around 1300(A) I could swear it went over my house near the Parham gliding site. Am I hallucinating? How inefficient can that propulsion system be for a glider?
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Seems there are several self launching sailplanes powered by small turbines available now including a version of the Schempp-Hirth Ventus.
Actually, I think the Fouga Magister had its genesis in a jet powered glider in the 1950s. |
The U2 looks very much like a jet powered glider.
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Lightweight, compact, no prop. How is that inefficient when space and weight are at a premium?
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I could swear it went over my house near the Parham gliding site http://www.wingsandwheels.com/images/018a.jpg G-HPJT Glasflügel (HpH) 304SJ Shark, a common sight at Parham, may even be based there. |
Looks right, DR - strange I have nevert heard it before - a very distinctive noise.
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Caproni made a jet powered motor glider in the 70s, the C21J. It had an engine in the fuselage and had fantastic performance with a ceiling well in excess of 40,000ft!
http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/imag...caproni-r1.jpg |
Trouble is the ceiling round here is 4500' and possibly soon to be lower.
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