On Jul 17, 5:41?am, "Mal" wrote:
http://www.skysoaring.com/modules/ga...mor/twinblanik

Does anyone know the story that goes with the photo?

Mal

This twin Blanik was designed, built and flown by Sportine Avicaja the
well known Lithuanian glider factory. SA was a Let Factory authorized
overhaul facility for the Blanik and so knew the airframe very well.
It was an attempt to test airfoils in the "real world". The right hand
fuselage contained data recording equiptment. I am not sure how
successful the project was.

I was told that even without the test rig it sank like a brick. It was
disasembled and the gliders returned to the club, one was later
written off but I believe one is still flying with the Kaunas Glider
Club at Pociunai areodrome.

The SA factory gets inqueries about this glider to this day.

Robert Mudd
Moriarty, New Mexico