Homebuilt 1,000 km flgiht

Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

On Apr 28, 8:27*am, Tom wrote:
Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

Bob Fitch did this about 25 - 30 years ago with his HP-18.

Evan Ludeman / T8

Tom,

I'm surprised that you don't remember Bob's HP-18 flight. You were there.
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/HP..._BLUE_FLY.html

Wayne


"Evan Ludeman" wrote in message
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On Apr 28, 8:27 am, Tom wrote:
Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

Bob Fitch did this about 25 - 30 years ago with his HP-18.

Evan Ludeman / T8

I would assume that Tom meant the first not-from-a-kit homebuilt to fly 1000km

On Saturday, April 28, 2012 6:19:08 AM UTC-7, T8 wrote:
On Apr 28, 8:27*am, Tom wrote:
Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

Bob Fitch did this about 25 - 30 years ago with his HP-18.

Evan Ludeman / T8

Christopher,

I think Tom simply forgot.

I'm sure Tom would agree that any glider that is classified on its'
Airworthiness Certificate as Homebuilt by the FAA is eligible to compete for
homebuilt firsts/records.

Remember that building the homebuilt glider kits of yesteryear required more
skill and investment of time than today's metal kits with their stack of
parts that are formed by computer driven lathes/drill presses/milling
machines and pre-drilled wing skins.

Now look at today's potential composite kits and what Bob Kuykendall and
Brad Hill have accomplished.
http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24/
Do you really think that gliders built using Bob's molds subsequent to
Brad's shouldn't be considered homebuilt?

BTW, Dick Schreder was not an Aeronautical Engineer. He was a Civil
Engineer.
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/Sc...Biography.html

Wayne



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I would assume that Tom meant the first not-from-a-kit homebuilt to fly
1000km

On Saturday, April 28, 2012 6:19:08 AM UTC-7, T8 wrote:
On Apr 28, 8:27 am, Tom wrote:
Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

Bob Fitch did this about 25 - 30 years ago with his HP-18.

Evan Ludeman / T8

I didn't mean to take anything away from Marian's accomplishment, but
Bob's was absolutely epic. US diplome #15 and way before GPS and
google earth. The game has changed a lot. Bob did it the hard way
and deserves to be remembered for it. I still recall the bumper
sticker on his van: "Old age and treachery will triumph over youth
and skill!"

-Evan Ludeman / T8

On Apr 28, 8:25*pm, Evan Ludeman wrote:
I didn't mean to take anything away from Marian's accomplishment, but
Bob's was absolutely epic. *US diplome #15 and way before GPS and
google earth. *The game has changed a lot. *Bob did it the hard way
and deserves to be remembered for it. *I *still recall the bumper
sticker on his van: *"Old age and treachery will triumph over youth
and skill!"

-Evan Ludeman / T8

Marian designed his glider from scratch and he build his glider
himself. It is a composite glider. Marian then flew 1000 km in it!

I am not sure if anything else can be more epic!

AK

Originally Posted by Andrzej Kobus

On Apr 28, 8:25*pm, Evan Ludeman wrote:[color=blue][i]
I didn't mean to take anything away from Marian's accomplishment, but
Bob's was absolutely epic. *US diplome #15 and way before GPS and
google earth. *The game has changed a lot. *Bob did it the hard way
and deserves to be remembered for it. *...

...

I am not sure if anything else can be more epic!

AK

Both flights mentioned in this thread are noteworthy and inspiring. Lest we forget, there are many "epic" flights to be had. While not necessarily of the world or national record breaking variety, each one of us has the opportunity for "epic" flights as we try to do what we have only dreamed about...even if it's a seemingly small achievement to others.

The beauty of the sport of soaring is that we have the opportunity to challenge ourselves and do things we may have not thought possible before...no matter what the era or technology is being considered.

My current (albeit done "back in the day"...1984-ish) "epic" flight was just shy of 190sm as a gold distance attempt in an SGS 1-34...I failed to get a proper barogram "notch" so the claim was denied. I look forward to many more epic flights in the years to come!

Brad A.

On Apr 29, 7:57*am, Brad Alston Brad.Alston.
wrote:[color=blue][i]
Andrzej Kobus;813990 Wrote:

On Apr 28, 8:25*pm, Evan Ludeman
wrote:
I didn't mean to take anything away from Marian's accomplishment, but
Bob's was absolutely epic. *US diplome #15 and way before GPS and
google earth. *The game has changed a lot. *Bob did it the hard way
and deserves to be remembered for it. *...

...

I am not sure if anything else can be more epic!

AK

Both flights mentioned in this thread are noteworthy and inspiring. Lest
we forget, there are many "epic" flights to be had. While not
necessarily of the *world or national record breaking variety, each one
of us has the opportunity for "epic" flights as we try to do what we
have only dreamed about...even if it's a seemingly small achievement to
others.

The beauty of the sport of soaring is that we have the opportunity to
challenge ourselves and do things we may have not thought possible
before...no matter what the era or technology is being considered.

My current (albeit done "back in the day"...1984-ish) "epic" flight was
just shy of 190sm as a gold distance attempt in an SGS 1-34...I failed
to get a proper barogram "notch" so the claim was denied. I look forward
to many more epic flights in the years to come!

Brad A.

--
Brad Alston

Right now a homebuilt sailplane is leading the standings for R8 on the
OLC, except we all know the OLC is for wussies.

Brad

Is there any info on this glider on the web?


On Apr 28, 8:27*am, Tom wrote:
Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff