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Best Looking Sailplane
Best looking: 17.7m Open Cirrus and the Glasflugel 604
By the way, it is NOT the "End of the Season" in the USA sunbelt. Every year in the fall I hear this rumor. Yes, most contests are over, but only about 250 pilots participate in them. From Florida across to California hundreds of pilots keep flyin' and enjoy some of our best soaring conditions. Our Marfa, west Texas wave window open to 30,000'. Thermals year- round. Tows / Instruction / Checkrides by appointment. Burt www.flygliders.com Open Cirrus, ASK-13, DG-1000T, etc. |
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#1. AS-W12 The in-flight black and white photos on Soaring were
absolutely breathtaking. On the ground, it sits up like a WWII fighter. The ship fairly oozes testosterone. #2. AS-W22. For utter beauty of line and proportion in flight. Ungainly on the ground. #3. Libelle with racing canopy for classic lines. #4. ASW-W20a. Form-follows-function. The ultimate all-around best glider ever built. Beautiful in form but even more fror what is it capable of. Images of the Four-On-the-Floor-Gang blasting down the Appalachians with bags of pennies and lead shot as seat cushions, wings bowing mightily in the turbulence. |
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I have to go with the ASW-20 as just about the best looking glider,
with the LS6 closely behind (bias showing, there). The newer 27s and 29s do not have the same, perfect proportions - especially in the tail. Good thing air is blind! But I guess I'm out of touch because I find the Libelle to be a bit odd looking. I think the contemporary ASW-15 is much prettier. But the absolute best looking glider is the one you can only see from the inside - it's the one you are flying! Kirk 66 |
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Hallo Martin Gregorie, Du schriebst am 02.11.2009 00:30
On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:31:27 -0800, vontresc wrote: None of that plastic stuff looks right. Give me some good old German plywood. :-) Hard to beat a Ka-6 For my money the best looking of the wooden gliders is the Fafnir. indeed, it is. The very best. But not for my *money* (couldn't pay one) ;-) Regards Werner |
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My vote for the most beautiful sailplane is for the one you fly. Nothing will beat that! Tell that to the guy sitting in the PW5... Whilst he/she cant see how ugly it is when sitting in it.. He/She has to be led to it and from blindfolded so as not to be made aware just how ugly it is. Al |
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I completely forgot about the PW-5....but the question was most
beautiful sailplane? I don't consider a PW-5 a sailplane. It's a "world class" glider. Nothing more. |
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On Nov 2, 12:05*pm, Werner Schmidt wrote:
Hallo Martin Gregorie, Du schriebst am 02.11.2009 00:30 dddNothing beats the gullwing Petrel in my opinion On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:31:27 -0800, vontresc wrote: None of that plastic stuff looks right. Give me some good old German plywood. :-) Hard to beat a Ka-6 For my money the best looking of the wooden gliders is the Fafnir. indeed, it is. The very best. But not for my *money* (couldn't pay one) ;-) Regards * * * * Werner |
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Minimoa, hands down. One of our club members has a "scratch built" one
he made. I am lucky enough to see it from the air 3-4 times a year. Come and see it fly and you'll know! Bob |
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On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:15:29 -0800, ZZ
wrote: I am a 20B owner but I have to agree...the 22 has it beat Second is the ASW17, third is the Kestrel 17. If you like the 17 and the 22... check out the new Binder EB-29 - its fuselage is a combination of the 17 and a T-tail. Not to mention the nice aspect ratio of 51... http://www.binder-flugmotorenbau.de/eb29.html Bye Andreas |
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