Sailplane & Gliding 1966 - Lakes Gliding Club

some hair-raising times fiying in hail.
lightning and thunder. First, Robert
Wetli, 42.21 km./h.; second, Hans Nietlispach,
40.26 lc.m./h.; third, Rene
Liischer, distance 155 km.
lHuRSDAY, 19TH MAY.-No task.
Wroblewski gave a fascinating aerobatic
display in his Foka.
FRIDAY, 20TH MAY.-Again after
several postponements of bridlng the
task had to be cancelled.
SATUJU>AY, 21sT MAY.-I03 km. Outand-Return.
Towards noon the showers
disappeared but starting was very difficult
although the weather looked promising.
Most of the pilots landed back
and Hans Nietlispach gave up after two
abortive launches. 16 pilots did not
score, but some of the rest got round.
First, Rudolf Seiler, 40.3 km./b.; second,
Rudolf H1ichler, 36.45 km./h.; third,
Emil Bucher (Germany), 32.34 km./h.
Nietlispach, however, was far enough
ahead to maintain his overall position
and after a bre.ak of four years became
National Champion fQr the eighth time.
Several "special" days were held during
this Championships, one of the
nicest being the day for "Old Timers".
The doyen, August Hug, who at 72 is
still active and officiated at Hausen
with tremendous spirit, welcomed
another 110 well-knowns from yesterday
and yesteryear, including the bolder of
gliding licence No. I issued in 1930 ­
Willy Farner from Grenchen.
The discussions between the older
generation and the present one about
past experiences and discussions on the
technical aspect could easily fill two
pages of Aero Revue.
Final Leading Results:
1. Hans Nietlispach (SHK)
2. Rudolf Seiler (EIfe MNR)
3. Rene LUscher (Elfe S2)
4. Urs Bloch (Elfe)
5. Rudolf Hachler (SH-t)
6. Emil Bucher (Germany, SHK-l)
7. Erwin Lehmann (Ka-6)
8=. Jan Wroblewski (Poland, Foka 4)
8 =. Robert Wetli (Ka-6)
Swiss Aero Revue
HERMANN GEtGER. - The famous
Alpine pilot Hermann Geiger, who ran
an air rescue service and was stated to
have an unrivalled knowledge of mountain
air currents, has been killed at the
422
age of 51. One report st3 tcs tbat he
collided with a glider during take-off
with a pupil at Sion. but further details
are not yet available.
UNITED STATES
Two NATIONAL RECORDS. - A multi­
~ seater distance record is claimed by
Edward G. Minghelli of Palmdale, Calif.
With a passenger, Lawrence E. Cavell,
of Palmdale, he flew 403 miles on 9th
July from El Mirage Field, Calif., to
25 miles south of Carlin Nevada, in a
Prue 2. The flight was difficult at first,
with several prospects of early landings,
till the White Mountains were reached
130 miles out. From there, with a
cumulus-filled sky and a 60 m.p.h. tailwind,
the going was easy until near sunset
when a thunderstorm blocked further
progress. Flying time 9 hr. 4 min.
Previous record, 309.7 miles by Dick
Johnson in 1946. The world record,
515.6 miles, is held in Soviet Russia.
Paul A. Schweizer claims a national
multi-place record for speed round a
500 km. triangle, 48.25 m.p.h. He flew
with Clyde McCarthy in a Schweizer
2-32 from Odessa, Texas, with turningpoints
at Snyder and San Angelo, both
in Texas, over a distance of 318 miles
(512 km.) on 29th July. This is the first
US. record of its kind; the world record
of 52.0 m.p.h. was set up by H. and H.
Sorg, of West Germany, in South Africa
OQ 1st July, 1964. S.SA.
HIGH WAVES. - Among absolute
altitudes reached on 22nd May at Westcliff,
Colerado (8,000 ft.), were 38,000 ft.
by John Brittingham in a 2-32 (solo),
37,500 ft. by Louis Feierabend in a
Ka-8B, and 37,400 ft. by Ed. Smull in
a 1-26. Brittingham also took. two passengers
in turn to 32,000 ft. on the
same day.
Soaring
WEST GERMANY
N
EW TwO-SEATER FROM POPPENHAU­
SEN. - The AS-K13, a further
development of the Schleicher Ka-7,
has its wing lowered to the mid-wing
position to improve visibility in turns.
This also allows the canopy to be made
in. one piece from moulded plexiglass
with no o1;lstruction to all·round vision.
The main wheel is shock-absorbed by