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March 8th 09, 11:30 PM
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Brilliant
This is brilliant… Messieurs Westgate and Wells in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pjOMAL2HTE 
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March 9th 09, 12:55 AM
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Brilliant
Most excellent!
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March 9th 09, 10:15 AM
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Brilliant
At 23:30 08 March 2009, Ben Flewett wrote:
This is brilliant… Messieurs Westgate and Wells in action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pjOMAL2HTE Beats me why anyone would want to waste so much energy on what is obviously a soarable day...
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#4
March 9th 09, 02:11 PM
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Brilliant
I didn't know a glider could do a (pardon the spelling) lumshivak (at
least, that's what I thought it was) Was the glider a Fox ? Absolutely gorgeous!
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#5
March 9th 09, 04:04 PM
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Brilliant
The glider is a Swift. The designer of the Fox also designed the
Swift. Sadly, neither are in production any more.
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#6
March 9th 09, 04:11 PM
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Brilliant
Here's a link to the designers homepage with some history of the two
gliders... http://www.marganski.com.pl/eng/html...rs/gliders.htm
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#7
March 9th 09, 04:33 PM
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Brilliant
The glider is a Swift. The designer of the Fox also designed the Swift. Sadly, neither are in production any more. Last I talked with Marganski, (quizzing him about the Swift a couple years ago...) they were still making the Fox, but not the Swift. It's a sad day indeed if they don't make the fox any longer either. There is also a one-off single seat version of the Fox as well, that they toyed with the idea of producing but hasn't come to fruition. Jerzy Makula has used it for the last few international acro comps. Here's a pic: http://tinyurl.com/de333e -Paul PS. Thanks Ben! Brilliant video indeed (now filed under 'Brilliant!' on my glider links page...).
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#8
March 9th 09, 06:35 PM
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Brilliant
On Mar 9, 12:04*pm, KevinFinke wrote:
The glider is a Swift. The designer of the Fox also designed the Swift. Sadly, neither are in production any more. Ah... hence the "Team Swift" in the description section of the video on YouTube. Sorry, I didn't make the connection.
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March 9th 09, 07:02 PM
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Brilliant
Also check out the same guys in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgJ1M...eature=related They loop the 2-33. I didn't know the beastie could (or should!) do that!
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March 9th 09, 07:06 PM
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Brilliant
On Mar 9, 3:02*pm, wrote:
Also check out the same guys in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgJ1M...eature=related They loop the 2-33. *I didn't know the beastie could (or should!) do that! No, it's not a 2-33 (I'm getting VERY annoyed with myself today). Some other old high-wing (sorry, don't know what it is). It also flies inverted a bit.
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