L-13 AMOC

If you are really interested in how many gliders go into a container (modified for the purpose) here is a link to a photo essay I wrote last year.
Roy
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...ybBYbmfD8/edit

On Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:25:16 UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:
If you are really interested in how many gliders go into a container (modified for the purpose) here is a link to a photo essay I wrote last year.
Roy
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...ybBYbmfD8/edit

Thank you. That was quite informative. I'd not see the like, before.

Grietje and Francesco at the Australian Soaring Centre Corowa pack 6
gliders each into 4 containers. Blaniks wings are rather big though.
Maybe only 4 Blaniks.

http://www.australian-soaring-corowa.com/containers.php

On 15/09/2017 09:25, Roy B. wrote:
If you are really interested in how many gliders go into a container (modified for the purpose) here is a link to a photo essay I wrote last year.
Roy
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...ybBYbmfD8/edit



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GC

When I was the Schleicher rep (1974-1986) it was normal to ship six 15 meter ships in a standard 40' container. All 12 wings were placed above the fuselages which were on the floor.

This was in the day when most pilots built their own trailers. With the option of good Komet and, later, Cobra trailers the need to pack containers evaporated.

KS

On Friday, July 7, 2017 at 9:10:53 PM UTC-7, Frank Whiteley wrote:
http://www.ssa.org/GovernmentLiaison?show=blog&id=4431

Good news for anyone in the U.S. with a nice, fairly low time L-13! The AD&C mod has already been approved under the EASA (and consequently by Transport Canada) but I don't personally know anyone who has made their L-13 airworthy again under that procedure, likely because of the expense. Call me crazy (and I'm sure many glider pilots will) but an L-13 is one of the few gliders I would be willing to own in place of my ASW-15. An L-13 was the glider that first caught my heart and made me get off my ass and learn to fly. I love looks of them and the way they fly, even if they are usually noisy and are only 28:1 with a polar that gives them the glide angle of a crowbar at high speeds.