On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 12:15:05 PM UTC-7, Paul T wrote:
At 16:18 09 July 2018, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
On Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 11:26:25 PM UTC-7, Ian wrote:
On 07/07/2018 00:59, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
=20
Schleicher and Schempp have a long history of making great
gliders.
Jo=
nkers has started that tradition too, however they have only produced
a
han=
dful of gliders compared to the other two listed.
=20
The Jonkers started out with the aim of building a world class 18m
ship.=
=20
In the upcoming world championships 17 out of 46 in the 18m class
are=20
Jonkers so I guess they have achieved that.
=20
I would have thought that competing with a 21m glider against
28m=20
gliders would be like taking a knife to gun fight. But 17 out of 32=20
entries in open class are JS1c's. That's over 50% of the entries!
They=20
have changed the nature of open class.
=20
Then there are 5 out of 37 JS3's in the just started 15m
championship.=20
They were placed 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th and 12th yesterday.
=20
Of course there are no Jonkers gliders in the club class! Most of
the=20
club class fleet were built when the Jonker brothers were still at
school=
..
=20
What is surprising about their achievement, is not that they
have=20
designed and built world competitive gliders, not that they are=20
competitive in 3 different classes. But the speed with which they
have=20
managed to progress from drawing board (computer) to prototype
to=20
production and certification.

Jonkers have saved the open class. Too bad the Quintus didn't make it
to
f=
ull production, I understand it handles MUCH better than a JS-c-21.
Hoping=
SH makes a Nimbus 5 or Quintus 2 or AS makes a follow on to their
amazing
=
ASW-22. I loved the open class, in the air, not so much on the ground.

You could have bought an Antares 23......


No, if Lange couldn't work with SH to get them the data they needed to get the quintus certified, they why would they work with me any better?