Yesterday (Nov 9th) the new ASG 29 had its first flight. The ASG 29 is
Schleicher's new 15m/18m flapped ship with sustainer engine as an
option. L/D is 52:1 for the 18m version.

More details can be found he

http://www.alexander-schleicher.de

The English site has not been updated yet with first flight info (as of
this morning), go to the German site for photos and more.

Markus