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"Pirat" Gehl'iRer ahout /0 fly the Pirat. Photo by W. Stachowiak. IS In three parts, the outer sections be .ing tapered with a small dihedral angle; it has a Wortmal)n laminar section. The machine has a T-tail, a wheel with brake, a back-rest adjustable on the ground and pedals adjustable in flight. Disposable load is 125 kg. (265 lb.). Never-exceed speed is 250 km./h. (135 kt.). Proof load factor +6 &\ - 3; ulti· mate load factor +10,5 & -5.25. Estimated gliding ratio 33; min. sink 0.65 m./sec. (2 fL le} in.fsec.). Price is not given in the handout, but Flyv says it is $3,000 (about £1,100) at the Polish frontier,. fully instrumented. Exporters are: Motoimport, Warsaw, Przemyslowa 26. RHODESIA F LYING is proceeding at a hectic rate and we seem to have a s.ufficient number of pilots to keep us going for some time. The numbers are proving a bit of an embarrassment to our small nucleus of instructors who have been sadly deplete.d by the absence of Paul Hodge, now In U.K., who made the first 500 km. out-and-return in Rhodesia. We seem to have adequate fuel supplies and up to now this problem seems to have been overcome thanks to friends.. Rhodes and Founder's week-end was not very promising weather-wise but there were many flights of over an hour. Jimmy Arnett's Vasama enjoyed its first flight in over six months on completion of its C. of A. and what a wonderful job Jimmy has done. The syndicated 420 Vasama has had its C. of A. and is back in the air. As usual, bush fires are the main soun:es of lift just now and we often wonder why so many boxes of matches go astray from the clubhouse. Roy Smith from Bindura e1aimed our Beer Stein by landing in his Dart but was, unable to make it back again as conditiQns died pretty early and Jimmy Aitken had to tug him back. The Annual Championships wUl be held from 3rd to 15th October. It is, hoped that the Prime Minister, the Hon. Ian Smith, will be able to open them. MIKE MCGEORGE SOVIET UNION F EMININE WORJ..O RECORD. - Tamara . and Valeri Zagainov, making the first "group flight" in Soviet gliding history, flew from their home town, Orel, to their goal at Volgograd (~X Stalingrad), a distance exceeding 740 km. (460 miles), both flying A-IS's. Tamara Zagainova thereby beat the official feminine world record for goal flight held by Adela Dankowska of Poland with 391.46, miles on 7th July,. 1964. Valeri came close to a national record; he is the sixth Soviet gIider pilot to fly approximately 750 km. (It is not stated whethei' Valeri and Tamara are husband and wife, brother and sister, or what.) Novosti informatioll SerVice
SWITZERLAND A NEW ELFE.-The designer of the . Elfe series. A. Markwalder, has made considerable modifications to the Standard Elfe. The wing area has been reduced by 5% by lessening the taper ratio to 0.4, thus i?creasing tbe aspect ratio 10 20; but owmg to new construction' methods the maximum wing loading is stj,j) only 25 kg./sq. m. (5.12 Ib.1 sq. ft.). The elev/loor is raised to avoid the fuselage slipstream and ground damage. To maintain laminar flow over the front of the fuselage, its surface is COmpletelY unbroken and it slides forward as a who;le to allow the pilot to get in. An Open Class version, incorporating the same improvements, will have a span of 17.8 m. (58.4 ft.), an aspect ratio' ·of 23.3, and a wing loading of 22.5 kg.; sq. m. (4,608 lb.;sq. ft.). Swiss A em Revue ATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP at Hausen, N 14th-21st May. - Eighteen Swiss and four foreign pilots flew on 'six COnlest days. SATURDAY, 14TH MAY.-I96 km. Outand·Return. Hans Nietlispach was the only pilot to complete this task, with a speed of 40.53 km./h.; second, Fritz Wanzenried 126 km.; lan Wroblewski (Poland), flying a Foka, came third wilh 122 km. SUNDAY, 15TH MAY.-120 km. Outand-Return. Weather eonditions were better than the prev.ious day and II pilots oompleted this time. Hans Nietlispach won again at 50.35 km./h,; second, Emil Bucher (Germany), 48.~92 km./h.; third, WaIter Spychiger, 47.f4 km./h. MONDAY, 16TH MAY.-233 km. Triangle. This race took plac.e with plenty of thunderstorms along the foute, and it is therefore not surprising that only a handful of pilots completed the course which was won by Rudolf Seiler, 60.4 km.{h.; second, Urs Bloch, ~4.8 km./h.; third, Rene Liischer, 54.19 km.1 h. TUESDAY, 17TH MAY.-Goal race via two turning-points; total distance 163 km. Pilots ,experienced difficulty in getting away from base and again heavy thunderstorms were encountered along the route. First, Rene Luscher, 66.38 krp./h.; second, Rudolf Seilcr, 65.05 km./h.; third, Hans NietIispach, 64.93 km·/h. WEDNESDAY, lam MAY.-loo km. Out-and-Return. Although only two pilots completed this task, some excel· lent performances were noted, A thunderstorm belt tried to move in from the west and several pilots experienced Etfes in formation. 421
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SAIL A &GLIDI October-November 1966
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SAILPLANE &, GLIDING OFFICIAL ORGAN
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CALIFORNIAN HOLIDAY By FRED SLlNGSB
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A gaggle, assembly, dope, or produc
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to Lake Tahoe, partly in Nevada but
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a most interesting visit to the Soa
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Guo (sharply): Are you referring to
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THE GERMAN NATIONALS EARLY a hundre
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B.G.A. NEWS Association Secretary R
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THE CARE AND FEEDING OF PASSENGERS
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"A.h, bwt lift in clowds is much bi
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V-TAILS By JOHN GIBSON HE recent in
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LONDON REGIONALS 30th July - 7th Au
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would also be possible. Pilots were
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Final 3L7 2.8 5.8 Total Place PI/or
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FLYING IN THE U.S. NATIONALS By R.
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Page 37 and 38: "TURN LEFT AT READING" Some Thought
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Page 51 and 52: RIETI 1966 By PHIL.lP WILLS W· HEN
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Page 57 and 58: GLIDING CERTIFICATES DIAMOND FOR HE
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