Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 12:49:41 GMT, "John Giddy"

wrote:

Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:34:06 +0100, Mike Lindsay
wrote:

In article , Malcolm
Austin
writes
Hi, due to the current UK problems with flying K7's we have
resurrected our Capstan.

Having had a first flight in it today I'm surprised at how good
it
was. Yes of course it's wooden and doesn't penetrate as well as
glass! But it more than makes up for that when
thermalling......

There was one at Gransden Lodge last year; it may still be there.

It is, and has been joined this season by second, very well
restored, example.

It seems sad that one cannot consult an on-line Aircraft Register
in
the UK.
If it were possible, this thread could be answered by a search for
all Capstan gliders on the Register.
I have had a quick Google for such a Register, but it doen't seem
to
exist as a web document; at least from a study of the CAA pages.
We have things easier in Australia. One can download the Civil
Aircraft Register as a *.csv file and then use any suitable program
(Access, Excel etc) to search for records of interest.
Cheers, John G.

NZ does exactly the same.

There's no way the CAA could do that here in the UK because they
don't
register gliders: the BGA is responsible for that. I don't know if
the
BGA supplies them with lists of current registrations. OTOH,
publishing an online register *is* something the BGA could do and I,
for one, would like to see it made available.

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martin@ : Martin Gregorie
gregorie : Harlow, UK
demon :
co : Zappa fan & glider pilot
uk :

That is also the case in Australia, where the GFA registers gliders,
but uses letter groups allocated from the total possible set by CASA
(The Aussie CAA).
The GFA has to provide CASA with updates regularly, which are entered
into the general Register, and AFAIK, GFA no longer keep a separate
Register, but rely on the CASA overall database.
It is possible for the owner of a new glider to reserve an available
mark with CASA from the list of available marks which is also on line.
Then GFA will use that mark when registering the glider.
Cheers, John G.