Homebuilt 1,000 km flgiht

Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

On Apr 28, 8:27*am, Tom wrote:
Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

Bob Fitch did this about 25 - 30 years ago with his HP-18.

Evan Ludeman / T8

Tom,

I'm surprised that you don't remember Bob's HP-18 flight. You were there.
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/HP..._BLUE_FLY.html

Wayne


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On Apr 28, 8:27 am, Tom wrote:
Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

Bob Fitch did this about 25 - 30 years ago with his HP-18.

Evan Ludeman / T8

I would assume that Tom meant the first not-from-a-kit homebuilt to fly 1000km

On Saturday, April 28, 2012 6:19:08 AM UTC-7, T8 wrote:
On Apr 28, 8:27*am, Tom wrote:
Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

Bob Fitch did this about 25 - 30 years ago with his HP-18.

Evan Ludeman / T8

Christopher,

I think Tom simply forgot.

I'm sure Tom would agree that any glider that is classified on its'
Airworthiness Certificate as Homebuilt by the FAA is eligible to compete for
homebuilt firsts/records.

Remember that building the homebuilt glider kits of yesteryear required more
skill and investment of time than today's metal kits with their stack of
parts that are formed by computer driven lathes/drill presses/milling
machines and pre-drilled wing skins.

Now look at today's potential composite kits and what Bob Kuykendall and
Brad Hill have accomplished.
http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24/
Do you really think that gliders built using Bob's molds subsequent to
Brad's shouldn't be considered homebuilt?

BTW, Dick Schreder was not an Aeronautical Engineer. He was a Civil
Engineer.
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/Sc...Biography.html

Wayne



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I would assume that Tom meant the first not-from-a-kit homebuilt to fly
1000km

On Saturday, April 28, 2012 6:19:08 AM UTC-7, T8 wrote:
On Apr 28, 8:27 am, Tom wrote:
Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

Bob Fitch did this about 25 - 30 years ago with his HP-18.

Evan Ludeman / T8

I didn't mean to take anything away from Marian's accomplishment, but
Bob's was absolutely epic. US diplome #15 and way before GPS and
google earth. The game has changed a lot. Bob did it the hard way
and deserves to be remembered for it. I still recall the bumper
sticker on his van: "Old age and treachery will triumph over youth
and skill!"

-Evan Ludeman / T8

On Apr 28, 8:25*pm, Evan Ludeman wrote:
I didn't mean to take anything away from Marian's accomplishment, but
Bob's was absolutely epic. *US diplome #15 and way before GPS and
google earth. *The game has changed a lot. *Bob did it the hard way
and deserves to be remembered for it. *I *still recall the bumper
sticker on his van: *"Old age and treachery will triumph over youth
and skill!"

-Evan Ludeman / T8

Marian designed his glider from scratch and he build his glider
himself. It is a composite glider. Marian then flew 1000 km in it!

I am not sure if anything else can be more epic!

AK

Is there any info on this glider on the web?


On Apr 28, 8:27*am, Tom wrote:
Yesterday, Marian Nowak flew his homebuilt sailplane over 1,000 km at
Ridge Soaring Gliderport Is this a first?

The story about his amazing glider was featured in a recent issue of
"Gliding International."

Tom Knauff

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/700363.html

and it was on the cover of this 2004 Free Flight: http://www.wgc.mb.ca/sac/freeflight/04_01.pdf

On Apr 30, 6:48*am, Tony wrote:
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/700363.html

and it was on the cover of this 2004 Free Flight:http://www.wgc.mb.ca/sac/freeflight/04_01.pdf

thanks for the link Tony, that is a beautiful looking sailplane!

Brad