Another oldie showcasing Soaring's Finest?

When I see an aircraft tail number in an old movie or advert I like to look it up to see if the ship is still flying - especially gliders.

I found that N5752S was previously registered to a 2-33A and that registration was cancelled in 1989. So that prettily painted ship is no longer with us (DOA or left the country) and the tail number was subsequently reassigned. Nothing new there. BTW: I could not find any NTSB report for N5752S (yep, I looked in the two NTSB databases for pre-2009 and post-2008 events).

N5752S is currently registered to a Blank L-13 (registered to Silver Creek Glider Club located NE of St Louis*) as of 2002. The odd part is that this L-13 was manufactured in 1967, two years before the car commercial was made!

I'm curious what happened to this L-13 between 1967 and 2002. Lived at another club? Lived outside the US before being imported into the US? Is it flying now with a repaired spar?

Expiring minds want to know.

Thanks, John OHM

* The SSA "Where to Fly" database shows an L-13 associated with the St. Louis Soaring Association but none at Silver Creek. Mysteries inside of mysteries.

On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 11:30:25 AM UTC-5, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
When I see an aircraft tail number in an old movie or advert I like to look it up to see if the ship is still flying - especially gliders.

I found that N5752S was previously registered to a 2-33A and that registration was cancelled in 1989. So that prettily painted ship is no longer with us (DOA or left the country) and the tail number was subsequently reassigned. Nothing new there. BTW: I could not find any NTSB report for N5752S (yep, I looked in the two NTSB databases for pre-2009 and post-2008 events).

N5752S is currently registered to a Blank L-13 (registered to Silver Creek Glider Club located NE of St Louis*) as of 2002. The odd part is that this L-13 was manufactured in 1967, two years before the car commercial was made!

I'm curious what happened to this L-13 between 1967 and 2002. Lived at another club? Lived outside the US before being imported into the US? Is it flying now with a repaired spar?

Expiring minds want to know.

Thanks, John OHM

* The SSA "Where to Fly" database shows an L-13 associated with the St. Louis Soaring Association but none at Silver Creek. Mysteries inside of mysteries.


Snooping around on that website brought up this:
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/v...ch_results_adp

And now we know why they are called 'Sail-planes'!

Uli
'AS'

On 1/29/21 11:35 AM, AS wrote:
On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 11:30:25 AM UTC-5, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
When I see an aircraft tail number in an old movie or advert I like to look it up to see if the ship is still flying - especially gliders.

I found that N5752S was previously registered to a 2-33A and that registration was cancelled in 1989. So that prettily painted ship is no longer with us (DOA or left the country) and the tail number was subsequently reassigned. Nothing new there. BTW: I could not find any NTSB report for N5752S (yep, I looked in the two NTSB databases for pre-2009 and post-2008 events).

N5752S is currently registered to a Blank L-13 (registered to Silver Creek Glider Club located NE of St Louis*) as of 2002. The odd part is that this L-13 was manufactured in 1967, two years before the car commercial was made!

I'm curious what happened to this L-13 between 1967 and 2002. Lived at another club? Lived outside the US before being imported into the US? Is it flying now with a repaired spar?

Expiring minds want to know.

Thanks, John OHM

* The SSA "Where to Fly" database shows an L-13 associated with the St. Louis Soaring Association but none at Silver Creek. Mysteries inside of mysteries.


Snooping around on that website brought up this:
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/v...ch_results_adp

And now we know why they are called 'Sail-planes'!

Uli
'AS'

Another Caproni invention perhaps??? This one makes the nine-winged
airliner look absolutely sane. :-)

On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:51:24 -0700, kinsell wrote:

Another Caproni invention perhaps??? This one makes the nine-winged
airliner look absolutely sane. :-)

Thinking about that Caproni - it features in "The Wind Rises", a Japanese
anime by Hayao Miyazaki. If you like these films, this is a cracker.



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On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 6:23:44 PM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:51:24 -0700, kinsell wrote:

Another Caproni invention perhaps??? This one makes the nine-winged
airliner look absolutely sane. :-)
Thinking about that Caproni - it features in "The Wind Rises", a Japanese
anime by Hayao Miyazaki. If you like these films, this is a cracker.



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Gregorie | gregorie dot org

Got that movie in my collection, of course! :-)

Uli
'AS'

On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 5:51:28 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:
Another Caproni invention perhaps??? This one makes the nine-winged
airliner look absolutely sane. :-)

No, I think this one sprung from the mind of an intrepid American.
Can you imagine how much better this thing would have flown without the sails?

Uli
'AS'

OMG!Â* Did he leave that glider unsecured?

Dan 5J

On 1/28/21 3:09 PM, Steve Leonard wrote:
Google searching for something else, and stumbled on to this 1969 ad.

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/v...?adppopup=true

Flame Suit on!!

Steve Leonard