On Mar 15, 8:12*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 3/15/2011 7:21 PM, Jack wrote:



I also know from very, very reliable sources the story of how the
AS-12 came to be known as the AS-W12, and all subsequent Schleicher
designs have had a letter designation for the designer. Would you like
to hear the story?

Jack Gravance

I would, and I hope includes mention that some earlier gliders, like
Ka-6 and Ka-7, also had the "designer designator" in them.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
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All well documented in the book Rhon Adler.
check it out.
it was written to document the first 75 years of Schleicher.
Also Jan Scott sells a CD of the translation.
Dan
AS-W 20
WO