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"Wayne Paul" wrote in
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Now the marking on this one IS strange. The Polish Wilga (PZL-104)
was designed to tow gliders (up to 3 at a time) and provide skydiving
training. It has been in continuous production since 1962 (first
flight was April 24, 1962).

It definitely is a post war design. I don't see any logical reason
for WWII German markings.

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/

I saw this at the Burlington Airport (north of Seattle) in April 2005.
It, and another Wilga in more standard colors, are/were apparently for
sale, this one didn't have an N-registration, and I don't think it was
fully airworthy yet.

When I asked one of the folks that were working on it about the markings,
I got a story that "it was a Polish post-war modification of the Fiesler
Storch." Riiiight, and if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon!

Don't know if it had been used in a movie perhaps, or just a rather
creative bit of imagination.

Bob ^,,^






"Bob Harrington" wrote in message
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"Mikey" wrote in
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It's a Pilatus P2 actually chaps and it just don't look right in
them thar markings!

Seems to be a trend...

Bob ^,,^

"Bob Harrington" wrote in message
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"Wayne Paul" wrote in
:

Now the marking on this one IS strange. The Polish Wilga (PZL-104)
was designed to tow gliders (up to 3 at a time) and provide skydiving
training. It has been in continuous production since 1962 (first
flight was April 24, 1962).

It definitely is a post war design. I don't see any logical reason
for WWII German markings.

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/

I saw this at the Burlington Airport (north of Seattle) in April 2005.
It, and another Wilga in more standard colors, are/were apparently for
sale, this one didn't have an N-registration, and I don't think it was
fully airworthy yet.

When I asked one of the folks that were working on it about the markings,
I got a story that "it was a Polish post-war modification of the Fiesler
Storch." Riiiight, and if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon!

Don't know if it had been used in a movie perhaps, or just a rather
creative bit of imagination.


Bob,

We had a Wilga land at the Nampa airport on 9/11. Being one of the glider
guys, I just had to get a few pictures.
http://www.soaridaho.com/Guest_Photos/Wilga.htm This is a PZL factory paint
job.

It doesn't look like a "Fiesler Storch" to me.

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/

"Wayne Paul" wrote in
:

Bob,

We had a Wilga land at the Nampa airport on 9/11. Being one of the
glider guys, I just had to get a few pictures.
http://www.soaridaho.com/Guest_Photos/Wilga.htm This is a PZL factory
paint job.

It doesn't look like a "Fiesler Storch" to me.

Though every bit as impressive in its own right.

9/11 - living just a few miles from Boeing Field and Seattle-Tacoma
International, I was amazed by how much quieter it got around here during
the days following. Other than an occasional military craft passing over at
altitude. Unnerving at first, not that it got a better quickly after
flights resumed. Suddenly my life-long thrill at watching the aluminum fly
overhead gained a dark shadow of "is he really in the pattern? Or a little
too low and too fast..."

Bob ^,,^

"Wayne Paul" wrote in
:

Bob,

We had a Wilga land at the Nampa airport on 9/11. Being one of the
glider guys, I just had to get a few pictures.
http://www.soaridaho.com/Guest_Photos/Wilga.htm This is a PZL factory
paint job.

It doesn't look like a "Fiesler Storch" to me.

Though every bit as impressive in its own right.

9/11 - living just a few miles from Boeing Field and Seattle-Tacoma
International, I was amazed by how much quieter it got around here during
the days following. Other than an occasional military craft passing over at
altitude. Unnerving at first, not that it got a better quickly after
flights resumed. Suddenly my life-long thrill at watching the aluminum fly
overhead gained a dark shadow of "is he really in the pattern? Or a little
too low and too fast..."

Bob ^,,^

"Bob Harrington" wrote in message
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"Wayne Paul" wrote in
:

Now the marking on this one IS strange. The Polish Wilga (PZL-104)
was designed to tow gliders (up to 3 at a time) and provide skydiving
training. It has been in continuous production since 1962 (first
flight was April 24, 1962).

It definitely is a post war design. I don't see any logical reason
for WWII German markings.

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/

I saw this at the Burlington Airport (north of Seattle) in April 2005.
It, and another Wilga in more standard colors, are/were apparently for
sale, this one didn't have an N-registration, and I don't think it was
fully airworthy yet.

When I asked one of the folks that were working on it about the markings,
I got a story that "it was a Polish post-war modification of the Fiesler
Storch." Riiiight, and if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon!

Don't know if it had been used in a movie perhaps, or just a rather
creative bit of imagination.


Bob,

We had a Wilga land at the Nampa airport on 9/11. Being one of the glider
guys, I just had to get a few pictures.
http://www.soaridaho.com/Guest_Photos/Wilga.htm This is a PZL factory paint
job.

It doesn't look like a "Fiesler Storch" to me.

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/