At 20:17 22 September 2008, Randy wrote:
Gavin,
The Serial number for this glider is #9. This is what is in the
cockpit, aircraft log books,
original Bill of Sale and on the Airworthiness Certificate. It was
built in 1969.



Randy,

I am impressed. I thought the chances of you having a single digit serial
number was so low that I didn't mention it.

Notwithstanding the other advice you have been given I am sure
Schempp-Hirth will support/come up with a suitable way ahead. When I
visited the factory in the summer some of the most interesting work was
being done by some of the retired workers. They are allowed to use all
teh factory's facilities and work on projects that are not financially
viable for good causes (local clubs etc). I saw a Std Cirrus that had
gone through a hedge and had its wings ripped off. The central metal
'cage' in teh fuselage had been completely rebuilt. Another set of
wings was being offered up. Also in the crash the tail boom had broken
and the tail written off. The team were grafting on a Nimbus 2 tail (if
recall correctly).

So a sorting out an early C hook to match the early size tail plane
bearing should be straight forward.

Good luck.

I am just wrestling with the question as to whether to fit a transponder
or not this winter... crowded skies in this part of Europe.




Gavin
Std Cirrus, CNN now G-SCNN, #173
LSV Viersen, Keiheuvel, Belgium