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wrote:

The local Grob-109B had LORAN and VOR installed...
gyro instruments... I am Airplane-Instrument rated,
so I got my 3 hours "in a glider" and took it in some
clouds... legally, with a clearance.

The POH of the G109b prohibits cloud flying.

Stefan

Stefan wrote:

The POH of the G109b prohibits cloud flying.

Ours had a supplement that ok'd it.

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocations!"
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schrieb:

The POH of the G109b prohibits cloud flying.

Ours had a supplement that ok'd it.

Interesting. Three questions:
- Only as a glider or also with the engine running?
- Who issued that supplement: Grob Germany or some US contractor?
- Special requirements?

Stefan

Stefan wrote:
schrieb:

The POH of the G109b prohibits cloud flying.

Ours had a supplement that ok'd it.

Interesting. Three questions:
- Only as a glider or also with the engine running?
- Who issued that supplement: Grob Germany or some US contractor?
- Special requirements?

This was a long time ago and I just don't remember.
It started when I made a comment that "you can't fly gliders
in the clouds in the USA". The instructor took me to a hangar
and showed me an SGS-2-32 setup for atmospheric research
that could go in the clouds. Then pulled up the manual for
the motorglider, showed me the entry for VFR and IFR,
DAY and NIGHT.

Now I wish I had copied that POH (I have a POH for most of
the aircraft that I fly).

I think I do remember that a G109A had 80hp, and the G109B
had 100hp.

Thank you for your kind inquiry.

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocations!"
--
Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO
CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jeratfrii.com http://users.frii.com/jer/
C-206 N9513G, CFII Airplane&Glider FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor
CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot BM218 HAM N0FZD 240 Young Eagles!