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QUESTION:
Does anyone know the condition and whereabouts of N46LP, a Laister LP-46 sailplane? N46LP was the second of two LP-46s built by Jack Laister's factory. DATA BASES SEARCHED: I have already checked the FAA's online registration databases, the NTSB crashed aircraft reports, etc. There are old registration entries for the aircraft but nothing current. The glider is "out there somewhere" but the trail has grown cold. ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS ONE: The original LP-46, N178J, is still flying quite happily in Leavenworth, Washington at last report. N178J was built in 1966 as the short span prototype LP-49. It appears on the Nov 1966 Soaring magazine cover by George Uveges Link to the cover photo: http://soaring.aerobatics.ws/Soaring...66Nov_full.jpg LOOKING FOR THIS ONE: The one I'm trying to identify and locate is the *other* LP-46, N46LP. It has 44.5 foot span metal wing, glass fuselage, swept fin, the shorter LP-49 style canopy, and fixed gear. Photos of it on page 27 of the May 1979 issue of Soaring. PREVIOUS OWNERS: The owner in the 1970s was C. Gordon "Doc" Livingston who flew it at El Mirage. The owners in the 1980s were Richard & Joan Robinson on Morris Rd. in Irvine, California. The trail seems to end there as the FAA's Triennial Aircraft Registration Report was returned from their last known address to the FAA by the Post Office as undeliverable. I am now hoping that someone who knows where the glider itself is, and / or who the current owner / caretaker is might respond. Does anyone know where N46LP is now, and who owns it? Thanks in advance. Please feel free to email or phone. Cam Martin Tehachapi CA (661) 8two3-0218 jcmartin(at)bak.rr.com |
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