Today's Name That Glider contest

[Tuno]

See: http://www.asa-soaring.org/images/front/pic5.jpg

Found on display on a rest stop kiosk on Interstate 10 in southern
Arizona. It's a photograph of a grainy photograph and hard to tell
what the glider is. Any ideas?

2NO

[MaD]

On 26 Mrz., 16:56, "Tuno" > wrote:
> See:http://www.asa-soaring.org/images/front/pic5.jpg
>
> Found on display on a rest stop kiosk on Interstate 10 in southern
> Arizona. It's a photograph of a grainy photograph and hard to tell
> what the glider is. Any ideas?
>
> 2NO

My guess is LS3

Regards
Marcel

[[email protected]]

On Mar 26, 8:24 am, "MaD" > wrote:
> On 26 Mrz., 16:56, "Tuno" > wrote:
>
> > See:http://www.asa-soaring.org/images/front/pic5.jpg
>
> > Found on display on a rest stop kiosk on Interstate 10 in southern
> > Arizona. It's a photograph of a grainy photograph and hard to tell
> > what the glider is. Any ideas?
>
> > 2NO
>
> My guess is LS3
>
> Regards
> Marcel

Bob Von Hellens flew an LS 8 with his competition number 1X

[Kilo Charlie]

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> On Mar 26, 8:24 am, "MaD" > wrote:
>> On 26 Mrz., 16:56, "Tuno" > wrote:
>>
>> > See:http://www.asa-soaring.org/images/front/pic5.jpg
>>
>> > Found on display on a rest stop kiosk on Interstate 10 in southern
>> > Arizona. It's a photograph of a grainy photograph and hard to tell
>> > what the glider is. Any ideas?
>>
>> > 2NO
>>
>> My guess is LS3
>>
>> Regards
>> Marcel
>
> Bob Von Hellens flew an LS 8 with his competition number 1X


Bob is still racing and yes is flying an LS-8 currently but that doesn't
look like one and neither does it looks like the Discus B or A he had
previously....not sure what he owned before those other than his usual cadre
of 1-26's.

Casey Lenox
KC
Phoenix

[Bob Kuykendall]

On Mar 26, 8:24 am, "MaD" > wrote:

> My guess is LS3

I concur. Wolf Lemke has a marvelous sense of what a glider fuselage
should look like, and that looks like one of his.

Bob K.

[01-- Zero One]

Could be an LS3 but the horizontal and elevator look a little too small
compared to the vertical. Also, the fuse shape doesn't look _quite_
right. Lastly, in the picture, while it appears that the left wing has
downturned tips, that could be an photographic illusion. So for my
money either an LS3 or Standard Cirrus.



Larry

"zero one" USA

LS3-a





"Tuno" > wrote in message
ups.com:

> See: http://www.asa-soaring.org/images/front/pic5.jpg
>
> Found on display on a rest stop kiosk on Interstate 10 in southern
> Arizona. It's a photograph of a grainy photograph and hard to tell
> what the glider is. Any ideas?
>
> 2NO

[Greg Arnold]

It appears to have the straight leading and trailing edges of the LS-3
and the taller tail of the LS3a.



01-- Zero One wrote:
> Could be an LS3 but the horizontal and elevator look a little too small
> compared to the vertical. Also, the fuse shape doesn’t look _/quite/_
> right. Lastly, in the picture, while it appears that the left wing has
> downturned tips, that could be an photographic illusion. So for my
> money either an LS3 or Standard Cirrus.
>
>
>
> Larry
>
> “zero one” USA
>
> LS3-a
>
>
>
>
>
> "Tuno" > wrote in message
> ups.com:
>
>> See: http://www.asa-soaring.org/images/front/pic5.jpg
>>
>> Found on display on a rest stop kiosk on Interstate 10 in southern
>> Arizona. It's a photograph of a grainy photograph and hard to tell
>> what the glider is. Any ideas?
>>
>> 2NO
>

[Peter Smith]

On Mar 26, 10:56 am, "Tuno" > wrote:
> See:http://www.asa-soaring.org/images/front/pic5.jpg
>
> Found on display on a rest stop kiosk on Interstate 10 in southern
> Arizona. It's a photograph of a grainy photograph and hard to tell
> what the glider is. Any ideas?
>
> 2NO

A little plastic model thingy hanging on a Christmas tree?

[5Z]

On Mar 26, 10:44 am, "Kilo Charlie" > wrote:
> Bob is still racing and yes is flying an LS-8 currently but that doesn't
> look like one and neither does it looks like the Discus B or A he had
> previously....not sure what he owned before those other than his usual cadre
> of 1-26's.

He did fly an LS-3 as well.

-Tom

[1SL]

Tuno wrote:
> See: http://www.asa-soaring.org/images/front/pic5.jpg
>
> Found on display on a rest stop kiosk on Interstate 10 in southern
> Arizona. It's a photograph of a grainy photograph and hard to tell
> what the glider is. Any ideas?
>
> 2NO
>

Any chance it could be an LS1-f?

http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/data/planes/images/206_1_B.jpg

[Tuno]

The highest probability is that it is an LS-3a, flown by Bob Von
Hellens, 1X. He has confirmed that he once owned one. The semblance to
the LS-3a, and the callsign visible on the glider, make anything else
unlikely.

2NO

[Vic7]

See: http://www.asa-soaring.org/images/front/pic5.jpg

Found on display on a rest stop kiosk on Interstate 10 in southern
Arizona. It's a photograph of a grainy photograph and hard to tell
what the glider is. Any ideas?

2NO

The member list at the SRA website lists the aforementioned Mr. Hellens as 1X but lists the plane as a Ventus B. The droop tips, the trailing edge of the wings and the horizontal stab look very similar to my older S/H wings.

V7