On 23 Nov 2006 11:24:26 -0800, "kirk.stant"
wrote:


So, Andreas, got any horror stories of your own about, shall be say,
controversial gliders? There has to be something gathering dust in the
back of the hangar!


Yup.... we still have the last pieces of a Doppelraab hanging under
the roof of our hangar... it's been there since it rammed a tree in
1978 after about 40.000 flights.

Compared to a Doppelraab even a 2-33 is a hightech-design - the
former's stick design is unique (one stick for both student and
instructor, the instructor leaning over the studen't shoulder). Might
make an interesting flight with a female student pilot...


At the moment the oldest active glider we have (apart from our beloved
Ka-8 that is still the first solo glider) is an ASK-21 from 1986.
Unfortunately I'm not able to tell any horror stories about her...







Bye
Andreas