The Schreder HP-14 looks a lot more modern and with the pretty great
thermals you must get around there you can probably stay up an awful lot
longer than they do at Camphill.

It is interesting that so many KA-8's were built though I suspect that
there are still quite a few flying in the UK.

Just for information the Camphill web site http://www.dlgc.org.uk/
--
Andrew B (Cheshire, England)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)

"Wayne Paul" wrote in message
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There were about 1,000 of these nice KA-8 sailplanes built in the early
1960s. Their wing and tail feathers are wood and fabric and the fuselage
is steel tubing and fabric. The are still a great entry level glider and
fun to fly.

I use to own a Ka-6E which was all wood and fabric. It was my first
sailplane.
http://www.soaridaho.com/photogallery/valley/Ka-6E.jpg
http://www.soaridaho.com/photogaller...with_Ka-6E.jpg

Wayne
HP16 "Six Foxtrot"
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder



"Andrew B" wrote in message
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Firstly a correction to my post, the registration should have read
G-CJQZ.

I understand from a search that it is a Schleicher K8B but I don't know
the age.

They had four or five various gliders flying when I popped into the
viewing car park but as ever my lens struggled to get close enough to any
of them as the airfield covers quite a large area.

--
Andrew B (Cheshire, England)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)


"Wayne Paul" wrote in message
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That is a nice old bird!!!

Wayne
HP14 "Six Foxtrot"
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder