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I was just forwarded a note from BLANIK AMERICA, INC (Vitek Siroky)
that Blanik has ceased producing gliders. However, he will still be able to source parts. Sad news. The all metal L-23 has been a venerable 2-place glider for club operations for many years. - John |
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That is a shame! I did much of my initial glider flight instruction in a
Blanik L-13 and later helped our soaring club purchase an L-23 Super Blanik. They are easy-to-fly and reliable aircraft. There is no indication of a cease of production on the LET web site he http://www.let.cz/index.php?sec=58 Paul Remde "ContestID67" wrote in message ... I was just forwarded a note from BLANIK AMERICA, INC (Vitek Siroky) that Blanik has ceased producing gliders. However, he will still be able to source parts. Sad news. The all metal L-23 has been a venerable 2-place glider for club operations for many years. - John |
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On Oct 9, 3:08*pm, "Paul Remde" wrote:
That is a shame! *I did much of my initial glider flight instruction in a Blanik L-13 and later helped our soaring club purchase an L-23 Super Blanik. They are easy-to-fly and reliable aircraft. There is no indication of a cease of production on the LET web site hehttp://www.let.cz/index.php?sec=58 Paul Remde Paul, I see what you mean. There isn't any mention of it anywhere on the web that I can tell. However, I got this information (second hand through our maintenence chief) from Vitek who runs Blanik America and, I would think, would be plugged into the latest information and not send out false rumors. But even his web site http://www.nwi.net/~blanikam/ba/ still shows the L33, L13 and L-23 available. I noted that the L-23 shown on that site has a two piece canopy (front is side hinged and rear is rear hinged). However, for several years the L-23 has come with a single piece canopy (with a very small hinged canopy section at the wing root) - from serial No. 96-8401 onwards according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LET_L-23. We had such a CAP L-23 on our field from 2005-2007. Are these old stale web sites? Time will tell. I hope that this is a false rumor. - John |
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ContestID67 wrote:
I was just forwarded a note from BLANIK AMERICA, INC (Vitek Siroky) that Blanik has ceased producing gliders. Lately I heard the rumour that Ford plans to cease producing the T model. Sad news. The all metal L-23 has been a venerable 2-place glider for club operations for many years. Indeed for very many years. Come on, the Blanik is a 60 year old design with a L/D of less than 30! By these standards, even the venerable ASK 21 is a high performance ship! |
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On Oct 9, 1:22*pm, John Smith wrote:
ContestID67 wrote: I was just forwarded a note from BLANIK AMERICA, INC (Vitek Siroky) that Blanik has ceased producing gliders. Lately I heard the rumour that Ford plans to cease producing the T model. * Sad news. *The all metal L-23 has been a venerable 2-place glider for * club operations for many years. Indeed for very many years. Come on, the Blanik is a 60 year old design with a L/D of less than 30! By these standards, even the venerable ASK 21 is a high performance ship! Brilliant analogy! That kind of thinking will keep a lot of folks from soaring, it's already sorta expensive for a lot of us, in case you haven't noticed. Brad |
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On Oct 9, 1:22*pm, John Smith wrote:
ContestID67 wrote: I was just forwarded a note from BLANIK AMERICA, INC (Vitek Siroky) that Blanik has ceased producing gliders. Lately I heard the rumour that Ford plans to cease producing the T model. * Sad news. *The all metal L-23 has been a venerable 2-place glider for * club operations for many years. Indeed for very many years. Come on, the Blanik is a 60 year old design with a L/D of less than 30! By these standards, even the venerable ASK 21 is a high performance ship! Great! We should all learn to fly in DG 1000's or Duo's I guess! Too bad most clubs can't afford them. Not to mention that many places don't have hangers, and glass ships don't seem to tolerate being tied out endlessly as well as metal gliders. You are right about Blaniks not being high performance planes, but the L/D of a trainer isn't very important. Hell, I learned to fly at 23/1! |
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I still fly at 23:1 and have a lot of fun doing it. Blaniks are the
backbones of many clubs, just like many old 2-33's and 2-22's our there. like em or not they are supporting the sport in many areas. Tony |
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Uncle Fuzzy wrote:
On Oct 9, 1:22 pm, John Smith wrote: ContestID67 wrote: I was just forwarded a note from BLANIK AMERICA, INC (Vitek Siroky) that Blanik has ceased producing gliders. Lately I heard the rumour that Ford plans to cease producing the T model. Sad news. The all metal L-23 has been a venerable 2-place glider for club operations for many years. Indeed for very many years. Come on, the Blanik is a 60 year old design with a L/D of less than 30! By these standards, even the venerable ASK 21 is a high performance ship! Great! We should all learn to fly in DG 1000's or Duo's I guess! Too bad most clubs can't afford them. Not to mention that many places don't have hangers, and glass ships don't seem to tolerate being tied out endlessly as well as metal gliders. You are right about Blaniks not being high performance planes, but the L/D of a trainer isn't very important. Hell, I learned to fly at 23/1! Hell, I fly a powered plane that is about 3:1 at idle (maybe not even that!) ![]() |
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3/1 glide? I doubt that. The Shuttle is better than that!
My Old Ford F-150 is better than 3/1. Bob Hell, I fly a powered plane that is about 3:1 at idle (maybe not even that!) ![]() - Show quoted text - |
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glider wrote:
3/1 glide? I doubt that. The Shuttle is better than that! My Old Ford F-150 is better than 3/1. Bob Hell, I fly a powered plane that is about 3:1 at idle (maybe not even that!) ![]() - Show quoted text - Ever flown a Corben Junior Ace? Open cockpit, tons of drag. Idle descent will scare the crap out of ya the first time ![]() about 65 MPH (~5720 FPM), so 5720/1500 = 3.81. Oops, I did underestimate ![]() Scott |
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